World Atlas
of Arbitration
World maps of international commercial arbitration
The World Atlas of Arbitration Symposium is a unique event organised exclusively for the contributors.
Symposium 2026
The 2026 Symposium took place on 11 September 2026 in Prague, where we once again welcomed contributors from around the world.
The programme featured the following panels:
Panel 1
Good Faith in International Arbitration chaired by Sabrina Pearson-Wenger
Panellists: Alexis Martinez, Simon Weber and Klaus-Peter Berger
Panel 2
Res Iudicata in International Arbitration chaired by Peter Ashford
Panellists: Velislava Hristova, Svetlana Vasileva, András Daniel László and Jaroslav Kudrna
Panel 3
No Surprise Awards: Iura Novit Arbiter, Party Autonomy and Rule-of-Law Limits in Commercial Arbitration chaired by Zdeněk Kühn
Panellists: Simona Valkova, Piotr Paprota and Richard Schmidt
Panel 4
Commercial Arbitration in the EU: Is There a Writing on the Wall? chaired by Michal Říha
Panellists: Lyra Çela, Mathias Audit and Stefan Dobrijević
Panel 5
The Global Landscape of Third-Party Funding in Arbitration: Disclosure, Regulation and Practice chaired by Alice Fremuth-Wolf
Panellists: Ruth Marie Mosch, Olivier Stéphan and Maroš Kravec
Symposium 2025
On 19 September 2025, editors of the World Atlas of Arbitration, Roman Kramařík and Tomáš Král, welcomed contributors and arbitration experts from around the world to the inaugural World Atlas of Arbitration 2025 Symposium in Prague.
The programme captured following panels:
Panel 1
The Institutional quantum report chaired by Louise Barrington
Panellists: Olena Perepelynska, Jurgita Petkute, Juraj Szabo
- Institutional rules: spot the (important) differences
- Case numbers
- Discussions of factors affecting the institutional choice in international commercial arbitration
Panel 2
Legal cultures in arbitration chaired by Roman Kramarik
Panellists: Emilia Onyema, Tomas Richter, Svetlana Vasileva
- Arbitrability around the world
- Non-signatories
- Evidence-taking
Panel 3
Difficult waters chaired by Alice Fremuth-Wolf
Panellists: Thomas Dillon, Andras Daniel Laszlo, Martin Svatos
- Insolvency during arbitration
- Optional and asymmetric arbitration clauses
- Res iudicata in arbitration
Panel 4
The grand finale chaired by Arman Sarvarian
Panellists: Stefan Dobrijevic, Albert Marsman, Diora Ziyaeva
- Annulment / vacation / set-aside
- New evidence after award
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