MCIA - India ADR Week, 2022 kick starts today

The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration is organizing the India ADR Week, 2022 from October 10-14, 2022, across three Indian cities: Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi

This is the second year of the ADR Week and will be a five-day event comprising 4 sessions on each day on various themes concerning Arbitration law and practice including those on -

• Arbitration in the era of Web 3.0 and Tokenomics 

• How Business Financial and Technical Experts add value in commercial disputes and Arbitration

• India poised to become 3rd largest construction dispute market- is India ready?

• Future of arbitration: new and emerging norms

• Emergency Arbitration – a brief history, a comparative look and how it works in India

• Investment Arbitration: Boon or bane for developing countries?

• International Arbitration and Mediation: Complementary Systems to Preserve Business Relationships and Effectively Resolve Disputes

• Disputes involving long-term agreements and investments: key considerations and quantum issues

• ODR and Mediation: a more sustainable form of dispute resolution?

• Managing disputes with States and State parties - common challenges, lessons learnt and practical solutions

• Confronting the Expected, Embracing the Unexpected | Resolving Disputes with PSUs

• Investment Treaty Arbitrations - Massive Claims

• The What, Why, How & When of maintaining records for an arbitration- the whole nine yards

• International Arbitration for young practitioners - experiences from across Civil and Common Law

• Perception of an expert’s role in India and the UK

• ESG and Arbitration

• Abuse of Process in International Investment Arbitration

• Show me the Money: Navigating Investors through uncertainty and disputes

• Where could Indian parties choose to arbitrate – a comparison between Switzerland, India, Dubai and Singapore

• Emergency Arbitration

The Chief Justice of India has delivered the inaugural message for the India ADR week. [Watch Video]

CJI UU Lalit message for the opening of the MCIA - India ADR Week, 2022 - YouTube

On October 10, Justice PS Dinesh Kumar, Judge, Karnataka High Court will deliver the Keynote Address at Bangalore. On October 12, Justice GS Patel, Judge, Bombay High Court will deliver the Keynote Address at Mumbai. On October 14, Justice Manmohan, Judge, Delhi High Court will deliver the Keynote Address at Delhi.

50 domestic and international organizations are supporting the India ADR Week

The sessions are being hosted by various law firms including Nishith Desai Associates, PwC, Masin, Clifford Chance, Fountain Court Chambers, P&A Law Offices, SIAC, SIMC, Osborne Partners, CADRE, CORD, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, CAMP, Allen & Overy, Trilegal, Konvêrj-Zeûs, Khaitan & Co, ICC International Court of Arbitration, ICC YAAF, Kroll, Osborne Clarke, King & Spalding, AZB & Partners, Swiss Arbitration Centre and Fox & Mandal.

India ADR Week 2021 saw the participation of 26 arbitral institutions; 15 ADR organizations; 12 domestic and international firms; over 100 speakers and 2000+ participants

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