The Atlanta International Arbitration Society: 5th Annual Conference

A decade has passed since the publication of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas Friedman. The title was a metaphor for viewing the world as a level-playing field, especially in business.

Friedman maintained that historical and geographical divisions are becoming increasingly irrelevant in a global market. Yet the backlash against trade agreements, the rise of politicians and political movements with anti-globalist agendas, and Brexit perhaps suggest a not-so-flat world.

This conference will explore both the “flattening” and centrifugal forces at work in international arbitration and their implications for practitioners, arbitral institutions, and businesses engaged in cross-border commerce.

• Sunday, October 9, 2016
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EST

  Monday, October 10, 2016
  7:30 AM - 6:30 PM EST
  Reception Dinner: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM EST
  
  Tuesday, October 11, 2016
  7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST

Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation (ACIAM)
85 Park Place NE
Atlanta, GA 30303

Ritz-Carlton Atlanta
181 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30303

National Center for Civil and Human Rights
100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

• Moving Beyond the Usual Suspects
  Monday, October 10, 2016 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
  
  Diversity and inclusion (in all senses of the words) in arbitral appointments will be addressed.

• To what extent does the choice of institution and seat still matter?
  Monday, October 10, 2016 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
  
  Rules convergence and “flattening” among leading arbitral institutions and venues will be addressed.