The Annual International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Symposium: New Directions in International Arbitration & Mediation will be held on Friday, February 19 and Friday, February 26, 2021 from 1-2:45 p.m CT. The event is organized by Washington University in St. Louis School of Law’s Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program and Whitney R. Harris Institute, and is again co-sponsored by the American Branch and NAB YMG.

This year’s program features a keynote address by ABILA Vice-President Prof. Chiara Giorgetti’s on Looking at the Future: Reflecting on the Reform Process in Investor-State Dispute Settlement. A panel discussed led by Prof. Frédéric G. Sourgens (Washburn University School of Law) will expand on the keynote and further explore how non-arbitration modes of dispute resolution will begin to play an increased role in international dispute resolution. The second day of the Symposium will feature a panel discussion by ABILA Secretary M. Imad Khan on anticipated developments in U.S. arbitration law in light of recent developments and circuit splits on an array of arbitration topics.

Confirmed speakers include:

• • Kun Fan (The University of New South Wales – Law)
  • Won Kidane (Seattle University School of Law)
  • Viren Mascarenhas (King & Spalding)
  • Judge Lawrence Mooney (JAMS)
  • Hannah Tümpel (United World Colleges)
  • Gretta Walters (Chaffetz Lindsey)

CLE credit in Missouri of 2.0 hours is offered for each Friday’s session to lawyers who attend this Symposium.  For more information and a link to register can be found at:  https://law.wustl.edu/faculty-and-research/whitney-r-harris-world-law-institute/iadr-symposium/.