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Upcoming events

Georgetown Arbitration Month 2026 (series of events)

February 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

18th Annual Michael Thorsnes International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot

13-15 February 2026

San Diego, CA, United States of America

20th ICC/USCIB New York Vis Pre-Moot

20 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

HardTalk Washington, D.C.: “The Adaptation of Investment Arbitration: Geopolitical & Sector Synergies.”

20 February 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

International Law Weekend – West: New Frontiers, Evolving Rules: The Future of International Law

20-21 February 2026

Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

NYIAC and JAMS: Decisions that Matter: Caselaw Year in Review

25 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

77th Energy Law Conference

26-27 February 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

Pre-Moot: 19th Annual ICDR Practice Moot and Lecture Series

27 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

DC Vis Pre-Moot

27 February – 1 March 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

2026 Harvard International Law Symposium: Resilient Order: International Law in an Age of Transition

28 February 2026

Cambridge, MA, United States of America

15th Annual NYU Vis Pre-Moot

28 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

2026 New York City Bar Vis Pre-Moot

2 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

AI and Cross-Border Tech Disputes

3 and 5 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

ITA: 4th Conference on International Arbitration in the Mining Sector

4-5 March 2026

Toronto, Canada

Domestic & International Life Sciences Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference 

5 March 2026

Boston, MA, United States of America

12th Harvard International Arbitration Conference: Legitimacy, Multiplicity, and Innovation – Perspectives on the Future of Arbitration

5-7 March 2026

Cambridge, MA, United States of America

California International Arbitration Week

9-12 March 2026

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Building an ADR Practice: Thoughts and Advice from the Trenches

10 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Arbitration by Design: The Rise of Specialized Tribunals

12 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Fireside Chat: SIAC Rules & The Vis Moot Problem

13 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Employment Arbitration & Mediation Today

16 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Competencia de Arbitraje Internacional de Inversión (in Spanish)

23-27 March 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

Columbia Arbitration Day 2026

30-31 March 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

13th Washington Arbitration Competition

2-4 April 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

ITA, ASIL and ICSID: 23rd Joint Conference: Arbitration in Flux

22 April 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

International Arbitration Summer Institute

25 May – 18 June 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

Certificate Program in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution

1-18 June 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

Canada Arbitration Week

7-10 June 2026

Toronto, Canada

38th ITA Workshop and Meeting

10-12 June 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

21st ICC New York Conference

24-25 September 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

8th New York Arbitration Week

16-20 November 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

24th ICC Miami Conference on International Arbitration

29 November – 1 December 2026

Miami, FL, United States of America

Past events

24th Annual Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution Course: ADR 2.0: How AI is Changing the ADR Game

9 January 2026

Austin, TX, United States of America

ITA Roundtable at UNCITRAL Working Group III: Costs and Security for Costs in Investment Arbitration

13 January 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Decennial Symposium: Disputes in a Changing World

16 January 2026

Montreal, Canada

Is Houston the Place of Arbitration for Mexican Cases?

21 January 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

14th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration – Houston

22-23 January 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

ITA: Expert Task Force Luncheon: Lawyers Be Damned? Arbitrator Perspectives on Effective Expert Evidence

22 January 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

Investor-state arbitration: Contract or BIT?

22 January 2026

Houston, TX, United States of America

Miami Law’s White & Case International Arbitration Lecture: Arbitrator Conflicts/Bias: What Rules Control and the Need for a Unified Standard?

23 January 2026

Miami, FL, United States of America

NYIAC: Annual Reception

5 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Alternative Careers in International Arbitration

5 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Courts and Arbitration: Tension, Trust and Transformation

5 February 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

When Diplomacy Meets Arbitration: Stories from State and Investor Negotiators and Practitioners

10 February 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

AI & the Transformation of the Legal Profession: A Town Hall on How AI is Reshaping Practice, Training, Ethics, and The Business of Law

10 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Book Launch with Prof Mark Feldman: Reforming Arbitration Reform: Emerging Voices, New Strategies and Evolving Values

10 February 2026

New York City, NY, United States of America

Who Picks the Arbitrator: You or the Algorithm?

11 February 2026

Miami, FL, United States of America

Fair Play or Foul? The Future of Sports Arbitration

12 February 2026

Washington, DC, United States of America

Damages Demystified: What Lawyers Always Wanted to Know—but Never Asked

12 February 2026

Cambridge, MA, United States of America

ICC YAAF: Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses & Careers in Arbitration

13 February 2026

Cambridge, MA, United States of America