Coming into its 7th Year, Hong Kong Arbitration Week has taken its place in the global calendar of "Must Attend Events" for arbitration practitioners in Asia and worldwide.

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre established the Hong Kong Arbitration Week to celebrate the triumphs and challenges of international arbitration while actively promoting the development of the practice in Asia. Following the dramatic economic growth across many parts of the region, the call for international arbitration has become significantly louder in recent years. Through conferences, luncheons and evening receptions, Hong Kong Arbitration Week seeks to provide a multitude of forums in which users and practitioners can come together to exchange ideas on how best to manage this increased demand for arbitration services. The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre hopes to raise awareness of the latest trends in the field as it welcomes members of the global arbitration community to Hong Kong.

The Annual Hong Kong Arbitration Week will be held from 28 October to 2 November 2018.

For more information, please visit here.

The ICC Mediation Competition Hong Kong will be held in Hong Kong from 12 – 15 October 2018. It will be the first ICC competition in Hong Kong to focus on international commercial mediation. Up to 24 teams from universities in Hong Kong and the Asian Region, including countries along the Belt & Road, are expected to compete.

The winning team will be funded to compete in the ICC Mediation Competition in Paris in February 2019. The ICC Mediation Competition is widely recognized as the world’s leading mediation competition for university students bringing 66 teams together in February each year to the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) in Paris.

For more information, please visit here.

The London edition of 'HL Dialogues' is a conference that brings together speakers and delegates from across the international arbitration (IA) community to tackle our industry's hot topics.

The conference will feature Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as the keynote speaker.

We are proud to announce our Juliet Blanch will be sharing her insights from the perspective of Tribunal members, along with other leading arbitrators Sir Jack Beatson, Lucy Greenwood and Sir Stephen Tomlinson. The panels will also feature representatives from leading corporates including Standard Chartered, General Electric and LyondellBasell. An international panel from Hogan Lovells' offices across the globe will discuss recent developments in leading arbitral centres and offer different regional perspectives.

The panelists will discuss a range of issues, including:

• The death of confidentiality?
• Diversity: taking on the MAFIA
• Bribery and corruption
• How will technology change the way we arbitrate?
• Summary determination: what's next?