By almost any account, arbitration has enjoyed its golden age in the last decades.  Yet several recent signs suggest that the sun has begun to set on that golden age.  Courts have erected some previously unseen barriers to international arbitration.  Criticism has been leveled at various aspects of traditional Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and nations have withdrawn from ICSID.  And in the United States, Congress currently is considering the most sweeping reform of the Federal Arbitration Act since its enactment.  Against this background, this year's conference asks whether a golden age is ending for arbitration or whether the evolution of arbitration and arbitration practice will lead to welcome improvements.  Given the importance of legislation to these questions, policymakers themselves will join the discussion.  Led by co-chairs Prof. Peter B. Rutledge, University of Georgia Law School, and
Edna Sussman, SussmanADR LLC, New York, the Spring Conference is co-sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration's Academic Council and the American Society of International Law.  It immediately precedes the 104th ASIL Annual Meeting. 

Registration: 8:00 a.m.
Conference: 9:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Networking Luncheon: 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

For more information and to register for this event, visit www.cailaw.org/ita/asil_10.html