Past Events

CIBEL's annual Young Scholars Workshop is just around the corner. This year's theme will be addressing international investment law and regulation. 

This session will explore the challenges and opportunities to enhance the sustainable development dimension of the international investment treaties and investor-state arbitration.

Join global experts in discussing the latest developments in digital banking and finance, industry regulation, and sustainability practices. 

This event will explore the nexus between trade and the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs), the role of the WTO in facilitating the achievement of SDGs and the importance of cooperation between states to trade, development and beyond.

The unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia will affect businesses directly and indirectly. They are likely to bring both intended and unintended effects.

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game changer for the economy in digital era. This event discussed cutting-edge issues. For instance, what is the future of CBDC? How would it likely affect banks, other businesses and the public? 

Natasha Blycha, former Global Head of Digital Law at Herbert Smith Freehills, shared her insights on who is holding the baby on digital assets, ethics in data, AI and robotics, and the stewardship model and ESG reporting.  

This webinar explored the cutting-edge issues in the digital era, including the fast-developing practices. This would help businesses and other stakeholders better understand the new landscape and think about going forward. 

This panel explored the trend of international commercial and economic law and its implications based on the analysis of representative areas (e.g., state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and investment rules, merge control). 

This panel approached the implications of investment law from diverse viewpoints in trade and investment, with the major focus ranging from investment obligations, competition law and policy and the regulation of digital platforms.

This panel explored the ongoing efforts of ISDS reform from different institutions (including ICSID, UNCITRAL Working Group III on ISDS Reform) and probes public opinion on ISDS through behavioural experiments.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the global economy and flow of capital and people. This session explored significant issues in corporate law in the turbulent times. 

This panel discussed some of the most systemic and controversial issues relating to China, the world trading system and beyond. 

New issues of finance and currency are arising, ranging from new international development banks to new technology and digital currency.

This panel discussed a number controversial issues facing international dispute settlement mechanism, from the covid-19 crisis and investment contracts under the ICSID Convention, to human rights issues arising out of investment treaty arbitration

The panel discussed some of the most systemic and controversial issues relating to China, the world trading system and beyond. 

The campaign of decoupling driven by geopolitics is reshaping our business world. Commercial law plays a critical role in responding to the unpredictable future. This panel discussed these issues and more. 

This panel discussed issues emerging from the two cutting edge areas of competition law and policy.