ICCA News

ICCA is delighted to announce the launch of the Johnny Veeder Fellowship Programme and is now seeking contributions to the fund. The mission of the Programme is to celebrate and perpetuate Johnny’s contributions to ICCA and especially to the advancement of young, new and diverse international arbitration practitioners and academics. 

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ICCA Advisory Board Member William (‘Bill’) Kenneth Slate II on 10 June 2022. Bill held office in ICCA from 2005-2018, and will be remembered as unfailingly courteous, constructive and generous in his interactions with the ICCA community.

The full programme for ICCA Edinburgh 2022 is now available. Dedicated to the theme “Arbitration’s Age of Enlightenment?”, the programme covers a wide range of topics relevant to international commercial and investment arbitration.

ICCA is pleased to support the Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel Foundation, offering financial assistance to young arbitration academics to attend the ICCA Congress in Edinburgh in September 2022.

ICCA is pleased to announce that its Inclusion Fund is now accepting applications for funding to attend the ICCA Congress in Edinburgh in September 2022.

Co-editors Giacomo Rojas Elgueta, James Hosking and Yasmine Lahlou, in collaboration with ICCA, announce the release of the General Report, the culmination of the multi-jurisdictional survey concerning the question whether a right to a physical hearing exists in international arbitration.

ICCA Publications General Editor Stephan Schill gives us his favourite picks of the first Yearbook upload of 2022.

Co-editors Giacomo Rojas Elgueta, James Hosking and Yasmine Lahlou, in collaboration with ICCA, announce the release of updates to the Finland and Sweden national reports.

ICCA is pleased to announce that it will be collaborating with the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge to host the ERA Female Arbitrator Search function on the ICCA website.

ICCA announces the election of a new President-Elect and Vice President, as well as the appointment of nine new Governing Board Members who will take office on 1 April 2022.