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.

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3rd Annual Americas Roundtable For Young International Arbitrators
October 14, 2010
Bogotá, Colombia

Presented by
Center for Arbitration and Conciliation of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá

Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Latin American Chapter

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Co-chairs: James E. Castello, Jonathan C. Hamilton, Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, Kenneth B. Reisenfeld, Catherine A. Rogers and Eduardo Zuleta.

ITA-CCB Americas Workshop: Confronting Ethical Issues in International Arbitration and featuring Perspectives of Latin American Arbitral Institutions
October 15, 2010
Bogotá, Colombia

Led by Workshop co-chairs James E. Castello (King & Spalding LLP, Paris), Jonathan C. Hamilton (White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C.), Fernando Mantilla-Serrano (Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris), Kenneth B. Reisenfeld (Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C.), Catherine A. Rogers (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italy & Pennsylvania State University, University Park) and Eduardo Zuleta (Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta, Bogotá), the encore performance of the 20th Annual ITA Workshop will be held October 15. (venue to be announced).

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Co-chairs: Prof. Peter B. Rutledge and Edna Sussman

7th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference:
Arbitration: The End of the Golden Age?
March 24, 2010
The Ritz-Carlton
Washington, DC

The 7th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference was held on March 24, 2010 under the leadership of co-chairs Prof. Peter B. Rutledge (Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia Law School, Athens)and Edna Sussman (Arbitrator & Mediator, SussmanADR LLC, Scarsdale) at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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5th Annual Dallas Roundtable for Young International Arbitrators
June 16, 2010
The Adolphus 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.

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Co-chairs: Christopher Gibson, Jean E. Kalicki and Klaus Reichert.

21st Annual ITA Workshop:

Commencing an International Commercial Arbitration:

The 21st Annual ITA Workshop was held on June 17, 2010 under the leadership of co-chairs Prof. Christopher Gibson (Suffolk University Law School, Boston), Jean E. Kalicki (Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.) and Klaus Reichert (Bar Council of Ireland, Dublin) at The Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

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