IAW 2025 Calendar

Bengaluru

Generative AI in Arbitration: Transforming International Dispute Resolution

This panel will explore the integration of generative AI into arbitration, assessing its potential to automate key processes, enhance procedural efficiency, and the legal and ethical challenges of AI-assisted decision-making.

Data Privacy in Cross-Border Arbitration: Navigating DPDPA, GDPR, and Global Frameworks

The session will focus on data privacy obligations in international arbitration, comparing India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) with the GDPR and other global standards, particularly regarding consent and data handling.

WIPO ADR for IP Disputes: Confidential, Expert, and Efficient Resolution

This panel will examine how WIPO’s specialized arbitration and mediation services effectively handle complex intellectual property disputes, offering confidentiality and expert-driven resolutions.

Transnational Issue Estoppel in Indian Arbitration Jurisprudence

This session will explore the status of transnational issue estoppel (TIE) in Indian jurisprudence and compare it with practices in jurisdictions like Singapore, analyzing cases such as India v. Deutsche Telekom.

Mumbai

Renewable Energy Projects and Arbitration: Diverging Approaches in Asia

This panel will explore the varying legal frameworks across Asian jurisdictions for resolving renewable energy disputes. It will focus on balancing ESG commitments with contractual risks amid rapid technological advancements.

Maritime Arbitration in the Indo-Pacific Region: Evolving Mechanisms for Shipping, Port Development, and Maritime Boundary Disputes

This session will examine arbitration mechanisms for resolving shipping and maritime boundary disputes, with an emphasis on UNCLOS compliance challenges and multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

Navigating Supply Chain Disputes in Post-Pandemic Markets: Causes and Best Practices

The panel will discuss post-COVID-19 supply chain renegotiation strategies, including force majeure claims, diversification practices, and solutions to global logistics bottlenecks and tariff-induced disruptions.

Dispute Resolution in the Indian Mining Sector: Balancing Environmental Concerns and Contractual Obligations

This session will explore conflicts between environmental regulations and mining contracts, focusing on ESG compliance and enforceability of sustainability clauses in mining projects.

Aviation Disputes: Arbitration or Litigation?

This panel will assess why arbitration is increasingly preferred for cross-border aviation disputes, considering its procedural flexibility and sector-specific expertise, while also examining the continued relevance of litigation for domestic regulatory matters.

MSMEs and Arbitration: Is Reform Needed?

This discussion will focus on the need to reform mandatory conciliation under the MSMED Act, aiming to reduce delays while preserving statutory protections for small enterprises in debt recovery and contractual disputes.

The Future of Expert Evidence in Indian Arbitration: Hot-Tubbing and Joint Reports

This panel will evaluate innovative approaches to expert evidence, such as concurrent expert testimony (“hot-tubbing”) and joint expert reports, discussing their advantages and challenges in the Indian context.

ESG Considerations in Commercial Arbitration

The session will analyze how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are influencing arbitration in India, with a focus on greenwashing claims and the enforceability of ESG clauses.

India’s Evolving BIT Regime: Overhaul and Stakeholder Management

This panel will examine India's recent efforts to reform its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) framework, including the rationale behind such reforms, stakeholder involvement, and examples such as the India–UAE BIT.

Delhi

Non-Signatories in State Contracts and the Group of Companies Doctrine

The panel will analyze the application of the Group of Companies Doctrine to state-owned entities, particularly in the context of investment arbitration.

Understanding Sports Arbitration

This session will discuss arbitration’s role in resolving athlete contracts, doping disputes, and governance challenges under frameworks such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Witness Preparation in Construction Disputes

The panel will highlight the significance of effective witness preparation in construction arbitrations, with a focus on expert testimony.

Investment Arbitration in South Asia: Modern Approaches to ISDS

This discussion will cover evolving Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in South Asia, with attention to regional hubs, state sovereignty, and investor protection.

Emergency Arbitration Enforceability: India and Global Comparisons

The panel will examine recent Indian judicial developments concerning emergency arbitration and contrast them with global practices on enforceability.

Third-Party Funding Disclosure Requirements: Is Transparency Necessary?

This panel will address the influence of funders on arbitral proceedings, ethical concerns, and the necessity of disclosure obligations.

Geopolitical and Economic Impacts on Disputes

This session will explore how shifting trade policies and economic strategies, such as tariff renegotiations, influence cross-border dispute resolution.

Section 29A Time Limits: Strategic Considerations and Judicial Interpretations

This discussion will analyze the challenges posed by statutory time limits for arbitration in India, including the scope of extensions and consequences of non-compliance.

Third-Party Funding in Indian Arbitration: Regulatory and Ethical Perspectives

The panel will explore the current unregulated status of third-party funding in India, potential conflicts of interest, and possible frameworks for regulation.

Multi-Party, Multi-Contract Disputes in Construction Projects: An Indian Perspective

This session will address the complexities of consolidating claims and joinder mechanisms in multi-party arbitrations, with reference to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and institutional rules.

Integrity on Trial: Combating Corruption in Arbitral Processes

Speakers will discuss the impact of corruption on fairness and transparency in arbitration and evaluate the adequacy of existing frameworks such as the IBA Guidelines and the Indian Act’s schedules.

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