ICC Canada - Arbitration Committee Annual Conference 2025

Join us for the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Annual Conference at the National Arts Centre, located in Ottawa, Ontario on October 8-9, 2025. The ICC Canada Arbitration Committee's long-standing annual conference brings together international dispute resolution practitioners, corporate counsel and arbitrators based around the world for interactive discussion and debate on cutting-edge topics in international dispute resolution, not to mention a hefty dose of merriment, libations and camaraderie among friends old and new.

Objective/Who should attend?

This year’s conference will kick-off on October 8 with a joint YCAP and ICC Canada Arbitration Committee welcome reception, which will take place at Dentons’ offices. It is generously sponsored by Dentons and PwC.

The main Conference will take place on October 9, 2025 from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm at the National Arts Centre. This year’s conference theme is “The Great Disruption: Dispute Resolution in a Multipolar World” and will feature panels on:

• Economic nationalism, climate change and armed conflict in international arbitration
• Critical minerals
• NAFTA’s legacy
• Resource nationalism (who wants to be a millionaire game show)

There will be lots of time for networking during breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and the cocktail reception.

There will also be a dinner held in the evening of October 9, after the main Conference which requires an additional ticket.

The annual general meeting (open only to Members of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee) will take place on October 10, hosted at BLG’s Ottawa office.

A detailed conference programme will be available soon. This year’s conference co-chairs are Benedict S Wray, Counsel at BLG and Emily Sherkey, Senior Associate at Torys LLP.