Washington Arbitration Week 2024
JAMS is a proud sponsor of Washington Arbitration Week (WAW) which will take place December 2-6, 2024. The Fifth Edition of WAW will host 23 in-person panels this year. WAW 2024 will bring together the Washington DC international arbitration community and the global arbitration community related to DC, including arbitrators, practitioners of investment and international commercial arbitration, damages experts, asset tracers, international organizations, diplomats, academics, researchers and students.
PANELS FEATURING JAMS NEUTRALS:
Expert Witnesses and Gender Equality: The Evolving Landscape
Monday, December 2, 2024 | 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Covington & Burling, LLP, One City Center, 850 Tenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
This panel will explore the evolving landscape of gender equality in expert witness representation. It will assess the progress made since the ERE pledge’s inception, consider ongoing challenges, and discuss the key actions required to ensure fair and equitable representation going forward. Our WAW panelists, which will include experts, arbitrators and counsel among others, will discuss, from their experience, how the progress and evolution towards expert witness and gender equality may be impacting international arbitration, how are tribunals, parties, and counsel reacting to having expert witness from more diverse backgrounds. May such greater diversity among expert witnesses help to further advance the fairness, efficiency, and justice of the arbitral process? The panel will feature leading voices from the legal, arbitral, and expert witness arenas, who will share their experiences and insights on advancing gender diversity.
The Tech Revolution in International Arbitration: The Impact and Use of AI on Lawyering and Adjudicating
Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 9:00 am – 10:15 am ET
Crowell & Moring LLP, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
This panel will explore the significant impact and utilization of AI in arbitration. It will discuss how these technologies are fundamentally altering the practices of lawyering and adjudication, assessing their potential to transform dispute resolution and improve procedural efficiency. Panelists may also address hard questions related to ethical and professional responsibility standards for lawyers and adjudicators on the use of AI. What AI may do? Research, analysis, recounting the procedural history in a case? Should AI stay away from analyzing the case and offering a solution? What role might AI have in the development of international arbitration in the years to come?
Expedited Proceedings in International Investment and International Commercial Arbitration: Features and Steps that Parties, Counsel and Arbitrators Must Bear in Mind and Take
Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 2:30 am – 3:45 pm ET
Freshfields US LLP, 700 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-3960
This panel will examine the practical steps that parties, counsel, and arbitrators should take when engaging in expedited arbitration. It will cover strategies for effectively managing the expedited process, addressing potential challenges, and ensuring that the arbitration remains fair and efficient. Panelists will share their insights on expedited arbitration, the strengths and limitations of different expedited arbitration rules, and how they may or may not contribute to achieving prompt and cost-effective resolutions possibly for small and medium size disputes, while maintaining the integrity of the arbitral process.
