Agenda
The conference will take place over two half days on 30 November and 1 December 2026, with the Conference Dinner in the evening of the first day.
1st Day (30 November 2026)
Registration and Coffee
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Inauguration
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
First Panel: The Law Governing Arbitrability and the Arbitration Agreement
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Chair: Christian Koller (University of Vienna)
Stefan Kröll (Bucerius Law School), TBA
Katharina Plavec (European Central Bank), Problem Cases with Regard to the Arbitration Agreement
Manuel Penades Fons (King's College London), The Law Governing Arbitration Agreements in England: Questions Ahead
Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Second Panel: The Law Governing the Conduct of Proceedings
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Chair: Nikolaus Pitkowitz (Pitkowitz & Partners)
Vesna Lazić (University of Utrecht / TMC Asser Institute), Intervening Insolvency During Arbitration Proceedings
Hayk Kupelyants (King's College London), The Law Governing res judicata and lis pendens
Sylvain Bollée (University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne), TBA
Mulled Wine Reception
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Conference Dinner
30 November 2026, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Wiener Rathauskeller
Rathausplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
The conference dinner will be held in the cellars of Vienna City Hall, supported by the City of Vienna. Separate registration is required.
2nd Day (1 December 2026)
Coffee and Small Bites
8:45 am – 9:15 am
Welcoming Remarks
9:15 am – 9:30 am
Third Panel: The Law Governing Privilege and Document Production
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Chair: Paul Oberhammer (University of Vienna)
Mariel Dimsey (MD Arbitration), A Common Law Perspective
Patricia Shaughnessy (Stockholm University), A Civil Law Perspective
Friedrich Rosenfeld (Hanefeld), A Practitioner's Perspective
Coffee Break
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Fourth Panel: The Law Governing the Merits and Overriding Mandatory Rules
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Chair: Burkhard Hess (University of Vienna)
Jan Kleinheisterkamp (London School of Economics), Commercial Arbitration between Party Autonomy and Market Regulation
Yuliya Chernikh (University of Inland Norway), Going Beyond the Contract: The Role of Statutory Law in International Arbitration
Andrea Bjorklund (McGill University), Conflicts Issues in Investment Arbitration
Concluding Remarks
1:00 pm