Winter Academy 2026 Program
Course scheduleJanuary 26
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Choosing Where to Sit: The Jurisdictional Chessboard by Prof. Marike Paulsson |
January 27
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Managing Expert Evidence: From Selection and Reports to Cross-Examination and Award by Mr. Andrey Ushakov |
January 28
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Overcoming Fragmentation Through Harmonization: Delocalisation of Arbitration and International Arbitration Rules by Mr. Shaun Leong |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Beyond the ‘Midnight Clause’: How to Draft a Bespoke Arbitration Agreement – and Why You Should by Ms. Briana Young |
January 29
| 10:00 – 11:30 | New Mainland China’s Arbitration Law Reform and the Rise of Ad hoc Legalisation by Mr. Henry Huang |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Regional Approaches to Investment Mediation: Emerging Trajectories by Dr. Yulia Levashova LL.M. |
January 30
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Beyond the New York Convention: Navigating Divergent National Approaches to Enforcement by Mr. Yuri Bashmakov |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Viva la Creativity?: Deviations from UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration by Ms. Dyalá Jiménez, Mr. Sergey Alekhin, Prof. Dr. Ziya Akıncı |
February 2
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Statutory vs. Contractual Adjudication by Mr. Henk Louw |
February 4
| 12:00 – 13:30 | The English Arbitration Act 2025: A Game Changer? by Mr. Paul Key KC |
February 5
| 18:00 – 19:30 | The 5th Wave of Arbitration: Investment vs. Commercial Blur by Mr. Alexander A. Yanos |