October 20, 2025
Format
In-person
Venue
HKIAC, 38th Floor, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
Overview
In a world reshaped by geopolitical turbulence, rapid digital innovation, and fractured global trade, arbitration stands at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Escalating cross-border disputes demand bold adaptation to new geopolitical realities, innovative technologies, and heightened expectations for fairness and speed.
The event bridges theory and practice, addressing how arbitration can evolve beyond traditional frameworks to:
- Adapt to geopolitical shifts through cutting-edge legal strategies, including the RAA Anti-Sanctions Arbitration Protocol – an initiative empowering individuals and businesses affected by unilateral sanctions to safeguard their contractual rights in arbitration.
- Harness AI and digital tools to streamline arbitration processes while ensuring compliance with due process and ethical standards.
- Deliver justice faster via procedural innovations such as hybrid med-arb models and proactive expert engagement.
Discussions will focus on practical solutions for practitioners, institutions, and affected parties - exploring how technology can enhance efficiency to meet today's challenges while developing more agile procedures for the future of dispute resolution.
Speakers
- Dmitry Kaysin, Partner at Asari Legal
- Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan, Director AIAC
- Kiran Sanghera, HKIAC Deputy Secretary General and Co-Chair Institutions Taskforce for the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations
- Ng Jern-Fei KC, Arbitrator, barrister at Duxton Hill Chambers, 7BR, Temple Chambers
- Roman Zykov, Secretary General at the Russian Arbitration Association
- Asari Legal Associate (TBC)
Programme
2:45pm – 3:00pm - Registration and Welcome Coffee
3:00 pm – 4:15pm - Presentations
4:15pm – 4:30pm - Moderated Q&A
