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The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
A Division of The Center for American and International Law

1st ITA Winter Roundtable
on the Fundamentals of International Arbitration
February 2, 2012
The Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco Hotel
San Francisco, California

1st Annual ITA Winter Forum
February 2-3, 2012
The Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco Hotel
San Francisco, California

9th ITA-ASIL Conference:
Arbitration in Times of Crisis
March 28, 2012
The Fairmont Hotel
Washington, D.C.

5th Annual Americas Roundtable on the Fundamentals of International Arbitration:
Building Skills in International Arbitration – Do’s and Don’ts
April 25, 2012
Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel
Santiago, Chile

8th Annual Americas Workshop:
The Merits Hearing: Getting the Message to the Tribunal
April 25-27, 2012
Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel
Santiago, Chile

7th Annual ITA Dallas Roundtable
June 20, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel
Dallas, Texas

23rd Annual ITA Workshop:
Final Submissions, Deliberations and Enforcement
June 21, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel
Dallas, Texas

The ITA Dallas Forum
(For members of the ITA Advisory Board, Academic Council, Board of Reporters, WAMR Board of Editors, Workshop & Roundtable Faculty)
June 22, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel
Dallas, Texas

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ITA Survey

Founded in 1986, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) has become an important international educational forum in the field of transnational arbitration, counting among its members and contributors today many of the leading arbitrators and arbitration counsel in the world.

The ITA is making a significant contribution to the international arbitration legal community through our annual international arbitration workshops and conferences, our Advisory Board which meets annually during the June Workshop in Dallas, our Academic Council, our Americas Initiative, our Young Arbitrators Initiative, our quarterly publication News and Notes with its regularly updated Scoreboard of Adherence to Transnational Arbitration Treaties, our co-sponsorship of KluwerArbitration.com through the work of our Board of Reporters, our law journal World Arbitration and Mediation Review edited by our Board of Editors, and our DVD Library and book series.

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1st ITA Winter Roundtable

on the Fundamentals of International Arbitration

February 2, 2012

The Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco Hotel
San Francisco, California

Presented by

Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago

ALARB Young Professionals in Arbitration Committee

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Latin American Chapter

ICDR Young & International

ITA Young Arbitrators Initiative

LCIA Young International Arbitration Group

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Co-chairs: Prof. Susan Frank and Leah D. Harhay

1st Annual ITA Winter Forum
February 2-3, 2012
The Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco Hotel
San Francisco, California

The 1^st Annual ITA Winter Forum will be held on February 2-3, 2012 in San Francisco under the leadership of Prof. Susan Franck (Washington & Lee University Law School, Lexington, Virginia) and Leah D. Harhay (Of Counsel, Jones Day and Managing Editor, World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Lafayette, San Francisco, California). Designed to draw together scholars and practitioners (at both the junior and senior level) for intellectual dialogue and practical insights in international arbitration. The Winter Forum will feature presentation and discussion of scholarly works-in-progress, a Tylney-Hall style Forum for candid dialogue on important developments in the field, a special Roundtable for young lawyers and a variety of social networking opportunities.

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Co-chairs: Prof. John R. Crook and Andrew Newcombe

9th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference:
Arbitration in Times of Crisis
March 28, 2012
The Fairmont Hotel
Washington, D.C.

The 9th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference will be held on March 28, 2012 under the leadership of co-chairs Prof. John R. Crook (George Washington University Law School, Potomac) and Andrew Newcombe (University of Victoria Law School, Victoria) at The Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C.

More details coming soon.

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5th Annual Americas Roundtable on the Fundamentals of International Arbitration:
Building Skills in International Arbitration – Do’s and Don’ts
April 25, 2012
Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel
Santiago, Chile

Presented by

Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Latin American Chapter
ICDR Young & International
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Latin American Arbitration Association
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group

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Co-chairs: Michael Goldberg, Karin Helmlinger, Carlos Eugenio Jorquiera, Wendy Miles, Prof. Guido Tawil, Eduardo Zuleta

8th Annual Americas Workshop:
The Merits Hearing: Getting the Message to the Tribunal
April 25-27, 2012
Radisson Plaza Santiago Hotel
Santiago, Chile

The 8^th Annual Americas Workshop, which is the encore performance of the 22^nd Annual ITA Workshop, will be held on April 25-27, 2012 under the leadership of co-chairs Michael Goldberg (Baker Botts LLP, Houston), Karin Helmlinger (Secretary General, Arbitration and Mediation Center of Santiago, Santiago), Carlos Eugenio Jorquiera (President, Arbitration and Mediation Center of Santiago, Santiago), Wendy Miles (WilmerHale, London), Prof. Guido Tawil (M. & M. Bomchil Advogados and University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires) and Eduardo Zuleta (Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta, Bogotá) in Santiago, Chile.

More details coming soon.

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7th Annual ITA Dallas Roundtable
June 20, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel
Dallas, Texas

Presented by
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
ICDR Young & International
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group

The three primary young international arbitration organizations joined again with ITA to present a special program on the eve of the Workshop. The Roundtable included two substantive panels of young and not-so-young international arbitration specialists and concluded with a networking reception. The Roundtable is designed for young lawyers under the age of 40 who are practicing or interested in practicing international arbitration.

More details coming soon.

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Co-chairs: Prof. Tai-Heng Cheng,
Philippe Pinsolle and Jennifer M. Smith

23rd Annual ITA Workshop:Final Submissions, Deliberations and Enforcement
June 21, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel
Dallas, Texas

The 23rd Annual ITA Workshop will be held on June 21, 2012 under the leadership of co-chairs Prof. Tai-Heng Cheng (New York Law School, New York), Philippe Pinsolle (Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris) and Jennifer M. Smith (Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston) in Dallas, Texas.

More details coming soon.

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