California International Arbitration Week

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.

Our thanks to our CIAW 2024 presenting institutions and organizations: American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), Arbitral Women, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb NAB), College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), CPR Dispute Resolution Services, FedArb, German Arbitration Institute (DIS),  International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), JAMS, Japan Commercial Arbitration Assn (JCAA), KCAB International, Pepperdine, Shenzhen Court of Arbitration (SCIA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Centre (SVAMC), Stanford International Arbitration Assn, and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre.

And thanks to GAR for the launch of GAR Live: Technology Disputes.

Save the Date: We’re making plans for CIAW 2025 scheduled for March 10-13, 2025 in Los Angeles.

Interested international arbitration institutions and member organizations supporting the field are invited to submit a topic proposal by September 16, 2024:

The CIAW 2025 Planning Committee is working to develop an engaging and insightful program that will build on our success in 2024, featuring thought-provoking panel discussions, exciting evening events and valuable networking opportunities with users, institutions and practitioners from California and around the world. Once again, CIAW will be the premier opportunity to focus on the ever-larger opportunities for California international arbitration

Interested international arbitration institutions and member organizations supporting the field are invited to submit a topic proposal by September 16, 2024 using the following link:

https://calawyers.org/litigation/2025-ca-international-arbitration-week-program-proposal-form/

Decisions on proposals are expected in early October.

Please note that all speakers need to be present in person and all programs should include at least one California speaker who is a California Lawyers Assn or CalArb.org member.  Only programs who commit to having all of the speakers appear in person will be accepted.

All proposal submissions constitute a commitment to participate if selected.

If your proposal is approved, the Planning Committee will coordinate with you on presentation scheduling slots. All speaker details will be required to be finalized by December 1st.

Questions? Contact: Laura Abrahamson and Jeff Daar, Co Chairs, CalArb/CLA 2024 California International Arbitration Week Joint Planning Committee

Details on the event site, agenda, sponsorships and registration will be available shortly.

Save the date and return to this page for updates!

For a look at what happened at CIAW 2024, click here.