California Arbitration

Australian Arbitration Week: International Arbitration Conference 2025
2025-10-13 08:30 - 18:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney, Australia
This flagship event, the International Arbitration Conference (hosted and organised by ACICA and co-hosted by Ciarb (Australia Branch)), will take place on Monday 13 October (IA Conference). The IA Conference is Australia’s premier international arbitration event and routinely attracts speakers and delegates from across Australia and globally. The IA Conference enjoys the support of national and global institutes, law firms, government, business, judiciary and academia.

TechCred
2025-10-16 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
TechCred is a dynamic, three-part competency certificate program that equips global legal professionals, policymakers, and business leaders with cutting-edge expertise in digital innovation and technology dispute resolution. Built by international legal experts, TechCred blends legal rigor with technological insight to meet the demands of a fast-changing digital economy.
TechCred is an independent credential that demonstrates the capability to address disputes arising in connection with a digital world.
Whether you resolve disputes with any contracts with smart supply chains, digital infrastructure, cryptocurrency or you advise on AI governance, have contracts with cross-border data, TechCred delivers the knowledge and credentials you need to lead. Show your competency with Tech Cred – certified by the New York Law School.

Keeping Business Moving: Risk, Dispute Resolution, and Innovation
2025-10-27 13:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cooley, Palo Alto, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, United States
Join us for the first time in Palo Alto for our annual half-day California program. Special guests include ICC Court President Claudia Salomon. The event will feature two panel discussions and a cocktail networking reception.

Cross-Border Innovation: Structuring, Regulating, and Resolving Tech-Driven Deals Between the GCC and California
2025-11-13 16:00 - 17:30 (Asia/Dubai) | #Rouse – Sheikh Zayed Road – The Maze Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
To be presented at DUBAI ARBITRATION WEEK 2025
As the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and the UAE move forward with transformative bilateral technology and infrastructure partnerships—backed by over $600 billion in announced investments—companies across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are poised to deepen engagement with Silicon Valley.
These tech-sector alliances are increasingly structured around AI infrastructure, sovereign partnerships, and access to advanced U.S. chips, creating a new commercial and legal corridor between California and the Gulf. As such, Silicon Valley is becoming the commercial and legal hub for these deals. With most contracts governed by California law and calling for arbitration seated in San Francisco or Santa Clara, it is essential that GCC companies and investors understand the legal, regulatory, and dispute resolution landscape that underpins their partnerships with U.S. tech and finance. Yet many GCC-based companies, investors, and counsel remain unfamiliar with the intersection of California’s legal, regulatory, and dispute resolution frameworks.
This 60-minute panel brings together voices from technology, venture capital, and international arbitration to discuss what GCC companies, startups, investors, and legal counsel need to know when entering deals with U.S. tech partners—particularly as artificial intelligence, fintech, green tech, semiconductors, and dual-use R&D drive cross-border collaboration. The conversation will also examine emerging risks that threaten deal execution and contract stability, including jurisdictional complexity, regulatory shifts, and sovereign counterparty concerns.

Nuts and Bolts of International Arbitration
2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Join us and learn about the ongoing expansion of international arbitration in California. The webinar will cover what lawyers need to know about international arbitration and when it should be utilized. This webinar is essential to anyone in California involved with cross-border business transactions. Learn how to avoid disputes, how international arbitration works and why it is completely different than domestic arbitration.
Speakers:
Jeffery Daar | Daar & Newman (CalArb President)
Katie Connolly | Norton Rose Fulbright (CalArb Officer at Large)
Ghada Audi | Ghada Qaisi Audi ADR (CalArb Treasurer)
Johanna Bracy (Moderator) | Judicate West

Korea as a Hub for International Arbitration
2025-12-19 11:45 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | LimNexus LLP, Aon Building, 707 Wilshire Blvd. 46F, Los Angeles, CA, 90017, United States
KCAB International and LimNexus LLP are pleased to invite you to a lunch meeting featuring a fireside chat with Prof. Seung Wha Chang (Chairman, KCAB International) and Grant Kim (Partner at LimNexus LLP and CalArb member) to explore Korea’s growing role as a hub for international arbitration.

Pre-Moot: 19th Annual ICDR Practice Moot and Lecture Series
2026-02-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This annual program offers students a unique opportunity to step into a truly global setting and develop the advocacy skills essential to future leaders in international arbitration.

The ICDR Pre-Moot brings together universities from around the world, connecting participants with experienced arbitrators and practitioners who provide real-time feedback and guidance. For many teams, this event becomes a defining milestone in both their academic and professional development.

I-TIDE 2026: AI and Cross-Border Tech Disputes - New York
2026-03-03 14:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, 10007, United States
AI is reshaping how cross-border tech and IP disputes are resolved and in this evolving landscape, the rules are changing at a breakneck speed.
At the International Tech & IP Disputes Exchange (I-TIDE) 2026 seminars in New York and San Francisco, global experts will unpack:
– Key international legal developments impacting AI and emerging technologies
– Cross-border commercial and IP disputes involving AI
– Practical strategies for navigating complex multi-jurisdiction procedures and dispute resolution

I-TIDE 2026: AI and Cross-Border Tech Disputes - San Francisco
2026-03-05 14:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Morrison Foerster, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States

California International Arbitration Week
2026-03-09 08:00 - 2026-03-12 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco Omni Hotel, 500 California St, San Francisco, California, 94104
Organized as a collaboration of California Arbitration (CalArb), the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and leading arbitration institutions and organizations from around the world, California International Arbitration Week (CIAW) is an annual week-long series of in-person and online programs celebrating international arbitration in California.

ICCA 2026 Congress - Madrid
2026-04-12 - 2026-04-15
Save the Date for ICCA 2026 Madrid
12-15 April 2026

ICCA Congress 2028 - San Francisco
2028-05-14
Plan Ahead for ICCA 2028 San Francisco
hosted by CalArb and AAA/ICDR
May 2028 – Confirmed dates and details coming
