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Thomas Krümmel concluded the second day of IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 by reflecting on the conference’s progress and looking ahead to IAC EAW27, while Zmarak Khan brought the three-day programme to a close by highlighting the importance of ADR education, experiential learning and international collaboration.
In a student-oriented panel discussion at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026, the panel title “The Role of Practical Programs in the Development of ADR Education” examined how experiential legal education, moot competitions, ADR clinics, and institutional collaborations are reshaping arbitration practice.
In a student-oriented panel discussion at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026, academics explored the future of ADR education, emphasizing the role of experiential learning, legal clinics, AI, behavioural science, and institutional collaboration in preparing globally competitive lawyers.
How do soft law, modern arbitration legislation and supportive courts influence cross-border dispute resolution? A Day 3 panel at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 examined the evolving legal and institutional framework shaping international arbitration across Eurasia.
Blending legal principles with practical experience, empirical studies and humour, the debate titled “Procedural Efficiency in Arbitration: Myth, Mantra or Menace?” underscored the constant balancing exercise between due process, document production, witnesses, and state treatment versus efficiency, economy, and the search for justice.
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Corporate counsel and arbitration practitioners at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 examined what businesses truly expect from arbitration, stressing predictability, commercial awareness, enforceability, effective contract drafting, mediation and stronger collaboration between in-house and external counsel.
The session explored both the remarkable institutional developments taking place across Central Asia and the broader global movement towards modernising investment treaties through balanced treaty drafting, stronger procedural safeguards, and greater emphasis on dispute prevention.
The panel examined the evolving role of artificial intelligence in arbitration, discussing its practical applications, ethical boundaries and the principles that should guide its responsible use.
Prof. Loukas Mistelis traced the evolution of the Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey over the past two decades, highlighting arbitration’s continued dominance in cross-border disputes, Asia’s growing influence, user expectations, and the transformative role of artificial intelligence.
Lawrence Teh highlighted the importance of institutional trust, judicial restraint, and cultural understanding in international arbitration, while encouraging Kazakhstan to build an arbitral identity rooted in its own strengths rather than replicating existing models.
From what does the new Constitution represent to the Supreme Court’s efforts in the arbitration ecosystem, Justice Margarita Odintsova and Justice Aigul Kydyrbayeva deliver notable addresses at the IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026.
From representations and warranties disputes to fraud, earn-outs, mediation and investment arbitration, panellists at the International Arbitration Centre’s Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 discussed why cross-border M&A disputes arise and how businesses can better structure transactions to prevent and resolve them.
From Kazakhstan’s new Constitution reinforcing the rule of law to the AIFC Court’s year-on-year growth in cases, mediations and delegate numbers, the opening ceremony of EAW26 set the tone for a conference that has grown from a single online session in 2022 into one of Eurasia’s most significant gatherings for international arbitration practitioners, policymakers and academics.
The IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 returns to Astana as one of the most influential global platforms for arbitration and dispute resolution, bringing together leading arbitrators, judges, in-house counsel, policymakers, and academics from across jurisdictions. Hosted by the International Arbitration Centre, EAW26 continues to strengthen Eurasia’s position as a key hub for international arbitration through high-level dialogue, training, and cross-border collaboration.
This year’s programme will feature distinguished contributions from Gary Born, one of the world’s leading authorities in international arbitration, and Professor Loukas Mistelis, internationally recognised arbitration scholar and expert on the Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey.