CAD 2026 Program

The theme of this year’s Columbia Arbitration Day is “Arbitration and Crises,” a timely and crucial topic given the current global landscape. We are thrilled to host Professors Bernard Hanotiau (Hanotiau Tossens Goldman and UCLouvain – Université Catholique de Louvain), Brigitte Stern (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Eduardo Zuleta (Arbitration Chambers and Georgetown Law), and Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler and CIDS – Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement) for a dynamic fireside chat on Day 1. We will also be pleased to welcome Carolyn Lamm (White & Case LLP and University of Miami), Sabina Sacco (Sabina Sacco Arbitration LLC), and Professor Yas Banifatemi (Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes and Harvard Law School) for a thought-provoking fireside chat on Day 2.

Columbia Arbitration Day 2026 Program is as follows:

CAD Day 1 - 30th March, 2026

9:00 – 10:15 AM

Government Panel

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Arbitration Without Signatures: The Non-Signatory Paradox

1:30 – 2:45 PM

Arbitration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Efficiency, Ethics, and Oversight

3:00 – 4:15 PM

The Arbitrator’s Mission: Applying the Law or Shaping Justice?

4:30 – 6:30 PM

Keynote Fireside Chat

CAD Day 2 - March 31st, 2026

9:00 – 10:15 AM

Privilege and Cross-Border Issues

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

EU and Public Policy in Arbitration: How to Resolve the Crisis

12:00 – 1:30 PM

Judges’ Panel 

1:30 – 2:45 PM

Judicial Intervention and Party Autonomy: The Evolving Role of Anti-Suit Injunctions

3:00 – 4:15 PM

Conflicts and Arbitration

4:30 – 6:30 PM

Keynote Fireside Chat