Who Speaks for Arbitration: Arbitration in the Media and Public Discourse

This panel will discuss the themes of Who Speaks for Arbitration?, a report examining how international arbitration is explained and perceived beyond the legal community. While arbitration remains central to resolving cross-border commercial and investment disputes, public narratives are increasingly shaped by controversy - particularly around investor-state disputes - rather than by the system’s everyday successes.

Bringing together practitioners and media experts, the discussion will explore who currently speaks for arbitration, why its messaging is fragmented, and how the community can better communicate its value to policymakers, businesses and the wider public. The panel will consider how clearer storytelling, coordinated voices and engagement beyond the arbitral ‘bubble’ can help ensure arbitration’s role in supporting global trade and investment is better understood.

The session will be followed by an opportunity to continue the conversation informally over networking, with lunch provided.

Online access via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85412803184?pwd=SGCH7Iy0Faqv7KzPHNlfnhJ3DA38ak.1

Meeting ID: 854 1280 3184

Passcode: 232296