3VB to Host International Arbitration Day at LIDW 2026

9 – 9.30am BST: Opening remarks and keynote

• Opening remarks by Ali Malek KC
• Keynote from The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury

9.30 – 11am BST: Due Process Challenges: Is Arbitration Getting Worse or Are Courts Getting More Activist?

• There’s been an uptick in successful challenges to awards on due process grounds (in London, Paris, Singapore) – are there more extreme cases out there, or are national courts losing their reluctance to intervene?
• Speakers: Moderator – Can Yeginsu (3VB), Sir Andrew Henshaw (English Commercial Court), Philippa Charles (Twenty Essex), Jason Fry KC (Clifford Chance, Paris), Andrea Meier (Walder Wyss, Zurich)

11.30am – 1pm BST: Reimagining Arbitration: Three Bold Ideas

• Three “mini-lectures” with each speaker presenting a single idea for how arbitration could be improved. The aim is to elicit bold thinking, from people with the authority and the vision to carry it off.
• Speakers: Moderator – Caroline Zand-Korteweg, (Opus 2), Andrew Clarke (Arbitration Sciences Limited), Karim A. Youssef (Youssef + Partners), Mélida Hodgson, (Arnold & Porter, New York)

2.30 – 4pm BST: What’s round the corner? Horizon scanning for the next disputes waves 

• Beyond “tech” or other new industrial development disputes: what does the next wave really look like?
• Speakers: Moderator – Nicholas Craig KC (3VB), Koh Swee Yen SC (Wong Partnership Singapore), Darshini Prasad (Willkie Farr, London and New York), Marina M Weiss, Bredin Prat (Paris), Matthew Skinner, A&O Shearman (London), Chris Williams (Competition Economist Expert, HKA)

4.30 – 6pm BST: Arbitrating Defence Sector Disputes: Confidentiality, Sovereignty, and Strategy

• This panel will explore the unique challenges and opportunities in arbitrating disputes arising from defence contracts.
• Speakers: George Spalton KC (4 New Square), Aimy Roshan (White and Case Dubai), Gitanjali Bajaj (DLA Piper, Sydney), Jovana Crncevic (Withers, New York)