Browse through Delos's past webinars, organised below into the following categories.
For topics covered in the 'Conversations with Neil', a separate detailed index is available here.

Annulment, Appeals, New York Convention of 1958, and Enforcement
Applicable law and contract interpretation
Damages and Costs
Human rights, climate change and environmental law in international arbitration
Impact of COVID-19, and remote and virtual hearings
Industry perspectives
ISDS
Jurisdiction and Admissibility
Law and economics, and sociology, of arbitration
Market perspectives
Procedure
Seats of arbitration
Tech
Transversal legal issues

Annulment, Appeals, New York Convention of 1958, and Enforcement

• "Issue Estoppel under the New York Convention", with Sir Bernard Eder – TagTime on 6 May 2020
• "Recent Developments in the Enforcement of New York Convention Awards in India", with Gourab Banerji SA – TagTime on 20 May 2020
• “Appeals on Questions of Law – Worth the Trouble?”, with Matthew Gearing QC – TagTime on 27 January 2021
• "Enforcement of Awards: a Walk Through the Process in Algeria, England and France", with Marie Danis, Thomas Granier, Opeyemi Longe and Mourad Seghir, on 9 February 2021
• "Compliance with Investment Awards", with Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Andrea K. Bjorklund, Roberto Echandi, Jacques-Alexandre Genet, Dyalá Jiménez, Goran Jutriša, Ilija Mitrev Penushliski, Ros Prince, Hafez Virjee, Dr Stephan Wilske, on 2 December 2021
• "The Last Mile: Prompting Compliance With The Award Without Having To Enforce It", with Anne-Sophie Gidoin, Thomas Granier, Colin Rule, Sami Tannous and Paul Werné – GAP Symposium on 9 March 2022
• "The Seat of the Arbitration: Towards a Uniform Approach?", with Ricky Diwan QC, Thomas Granier, Prof. Florian Grisel, Prof. Joongi Kim and Prof. Maxi Scherer – GAP Symposium on 10 March 2022
• "The Enforcement of Awards Against States", with Christopher Harris QC - TagTime on 16 March 2022
• "Enforcement of Interim Measures: Theory and Recent Practice", with Dr. Christopher Boog - TagTime on 30 November 2022
• "GAP Headnote Series - Argentina", with Federico Campolieti, Santiago Lucas Peña, and Ophélie Divoy - 2 February 2023
• "GAP Headnote Series - Cyprus" with Agis Georgiades and Naa Amorkor Amarteifio - 20 April 2023
• "Arbitrage OHADA : Exequatur des sentences arbitrales dans l’espace OHADA", with Joachim Bilé-Aka, Sylvie Bebohi, Yaye Diabaté, Alexandre Fichaux, Moussa Keita, and Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté - 14 December 2023
• "GAP Headnote Series - Bulgaria" with Emil Emanuilov and Yana Todorova - 18 January 2024
• "GAP Headnote Series - Austria" with Florian Haugeneder, Patrizia Netal, and Anzhela Torosyan - 22 February 2024
• "GAP Headnote Series - Portugal" with Antonio Sampaio Caramelo and David de Freitas - 2 May 2024
• "Enforcement of interim measures and final arbitral awards of International Commercial Disputes in Ethiopia", with Ermias Ayalew, Rahul Donde, Tsegaye Laurendeau, Leyou Tameru, Seyoum Yohannes, and Eunice Lumallas - 16 May 2024
• "GAP Headnote Series - Taiwan" with Weiyu Chiang, Brian Lai, and Nguyen Ngoc Minh - 6 June 2024

Applicable law and contract interpretation

• "Text, Context, and Justice: Contract Interpretation by Arbitrators", with Prof. Larry Shore – TagTime on 4 November 2020
• "Clarity or Confusion? Enka v Chubb (UKSC 2020) and the Law Governing Arbitration Agreements From a Comparative Law Perspective", with Prof. Joongi Kim, Prof. Maxi Scherer and Thomas Granier – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020
• "An Arbitration Evergreen: What Is the Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement?", with Prof. Maxi Scherer –  TagTime on 7 April 2021
• "Applying Substantive Law in International Arbitration: Is There a Case for Harmonization?", with Andrés Jana – TagTime on 17 March 2021
• "Applying substantive law in International Arbitration: On the way to Harmonization?", with Sandra González – TagTime on 9 June 2021
• "Application of Substantive Law in International Arbitration – the Limits of Tribunals’ Discretionary Powers", with Prof. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska – TagTime on 8 September 2021
• "Jura Novit Arbiter", with Chiann Bao – TagTime on 14 December 2021
• “The Constitution and Arbitration: A Shield or a Sword?”, with Professor Eduardo Zuleta – TagTime on 16 February 2022
• "GAP Headnote Series - Pakistan" with Umer Akram Chaudhry, Asad Ladha, Ramsha Banuri, and Nikhil Desai - 23 March
• "GAP Journal Series - AES Gener v Mobil" with Karina Goldberg, Julio César Rivera, Rodrigo Zamora, and Laura Sinisterra - 25 May 2023
• "GAP Headnote Series - Hong Kong" with Olga Boltenko, Xiongchao Chen, and Samantha Tan - 22 June 2023

Damages and Costs

• "Damages and Costs: Can Fair Compensation Be Too Much?", with Funke Adekoya SAN – TagTime on 27 May 2020
• "Recoverability of In-House Counsel Costs in International Arbitration", with Dr Crina Baltag – TagTime on 14 October 2020
• "A Black Swan Event? Implications of COVID-19 for Damages and Valuations in International Arbitration", with Lucy Martinez, James Nicholson, Noah Rubins QC and Hafez Virjee – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020
• "Sales season: arbitration cheapens investment!", with Deva Villanúa Gómez - TagTime on 1 June 2022
• "GAP Headnote Series - Poland" with Adelina Prokop, Monika Diehl, Ewelina Bzducha, and Murtaza Somjee - 16 February 2023

De Damnis

• • "Delos De Damnis: the 5Ws (and 1H)", with Roula Harfouche (HKA, London), Reza Mohtashami KC (Three Crowns, London), James Nicholson (FTI Consulting, Singapore) and Hafez Virjee (Delos, Paris)

  • "The De Damnis Lecture" - “The Plane to Lisbon: Reducing Heuristic Biases in International Arbitration Damages”, by Mark W. Friedman (Debevoise & Plimpton, New York)

  • "The De Damnis Debate" - Motion: “This House believes that hindsight should be a key consideration in the assessment of damages”, jury: Sofia Martins (Miranda, Lisbon) chairing, Graham Coop (Pinsent Masons, London) and David Walker (Deminor, London), debaters: Penny Madden KC (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, London) and Chris Osborne (Osborne Partners, London) vs. Noah Rubins KC (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris) and Colin Johnson (HKA, London)

Diversity, law and economics, and sociology of arbitration

• "Does International Arbitration Enfeeble or Enhance Local Legal Institutions?", with Prof. Catherine Rogers – TagTime on 1 July 2020
• "Existential Threat or Basic Hygiene: A Framework for Considering Greater Transparency in Commercial Arbitration", with Amb. (r.) David Huebner – TagTime on 30 September 2020
• "The Role of Experts in Investment and Commercial Arbitration", with Prof. Loukas Mistelis – TagTime on 28 October 2020
• "Arbitrators as Flamingos of Many Colors", with Judge Joan Donoghue – TagTime on 11 November 2020
• "The Phenomenon of the Ailing Arbitrator and Its Consequences", with Dr Stephan Wilske – TagTime on 25 November 2020
• "What is the Role of Counsel in International Arbitration?", with Prof. Julian Lew QC – TagTime on 19 May 2021
• "Culture and Conflict: Convergence in International Arbitration?", with Erin Miller Rankin - TagTime on 2 March 2022
• "Diversity in international arbitration matters", with Dr Kabir Duggal, Amanda Lee, May Tai, Professor Pierre Tercier and Hafez Virjee on 22 March 2022 (co-organised with Herbert Smith Freehills, Careers in Arbitration, RAI and REAL)
• "10 Reasons why International Arbitration is Truly International", with Jose Daniel Amado - TagTime on 27 April 2022

General interviews & panel discussions

• See our past events page.

Human rights, climate change and environmental law in international arbitration

• "Arbitration as a means of improving human rights protections at sea", with Dr Yas Banifatemi – TagTime on 3 June 2020
• "Invoking Climate Change, Environmental Law and Human Rights Law in International Arbitration: Utopia or Opportunity?", with Prof. Diane Desierto – TagTime on 17 June 2020
• "Substantive Issues at the Intersection of Climate Change and International Arbitration", with Annette Magnusson – TagTime on 30 June 2021
• "Can Foreign Investors Bring Claims Against a State for Violations of a BIT or MIT Where a State Has Failed to Act to Prevent Climate Change or Acted to Prevent Climate Change?", with Prof. Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid – TagTime on 7 July 2021
• "Clean Energy and Arbitration", with Adam Bryan, Patrick Hebreard, Tilman Niedermaier, Marily Paralika, Alexandros Tsirigos, on 10 November 2021 (co-organised with KLC Law Firm)
• "State immunity concept: time to tailor exceptions to new reality", with Olena Perepelynska - TagTime on 7 December 2022

Impact of COVID-19, and remote and virtual hearings

• "International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution", with Prof. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Niuscha Bassiri, Prof. Gary Born, Anneliese Day QC, Prof. Maxi Scherer, Hafez Virjee, on 2 November 2020
• "A Black Swan Event? Implications of COVID-19 for Damages and Valuations in International Arbitration", with Lucy Martinez, James Nicholson, Noah Rubins QC, Hafez Virjee – GAP Symposium on 19 November 2020
• "Fast & Slow? A Look Back at Remote Hearings in 2020 and the Outlook for 2021", with Dr Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Ndanga Kamau, Annette Magnusson, Prof. Maxi Scherer, Hafez Virjee, on 26 January 2021
• "Medidas de Urgência em Arbitragens e a Pandemia de Covid-19", with Filipa Cansado Carvalho, Guilherme Carneiro Monteiro Nitschke, André de Albuquerque Cavalcanti Abbud, Lucas Mejias, Mônica Mendonça Costa, Sheila Neder Cerezetti, Fernando Eduaro Serec, on 22 April 2021
• "Is there a place for remote hearings in a post pandemic world? The challenges and opportunities", with Anneliese Day QC – TagTime on 2 February 2022

Industry perspectives

• "When Arbitration Meets IP Disputes – Settling Global Patent Disputes in a Single Arbitration", with Yoshimi Ohara – TagTime on 4 March 2021
• "M&A and Security Disputes", with Eduardo Damião Gonçalves – TagTime on 5 May 2021
• "No blackout in arbitration: how to deal with the energy crisis", with Sara K. Aranjo, Moritz Keller, Jurgita Petkutė, Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka, moderated by Florian Haugeneder – 15 December 2022
• "Third Party Funding en América Latina. ¿Dónde estamos y hacia dónde vamos?" with Brian Burstein, Soledad Díaz, Francisco Muñoz, Sergio Revilla Cornejo, and Santiago Lucas Peña - 9 March 2023
• "Construction Dispute Resolution in the East Mediterranean" with Taner Dedezade, Louk Korovesis, Dr. Zeina Obeid, Dara Sahab, and Panagiotis Krystallis - 1 June 2023
• "The potential impact of the latest UK Supreme Court ruling on litigation funding: a storm in a teacup?" with Dr. Diego Agulló Agulló, Ania Farren, Fernando Gragera Contador, and Elisa Vicente - 12 December 2023

ISDS

• "Tracking the Evolution of the ICSID Rules", with Meg Kinnear – TagTime on 13 May 2020
• "Indirect Investments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement", with Alvin Yeo SC – TagTime on 7 October 2020
• "Can BITs Apply to Disputed Territory?", with Baiju Vasani – TagTime on 16 June 2021
• "Enforcement of ICSID Convention Arbitration Awards: How to Fix a Broken System", with Bart Legum – TagTime on 6 October 2021
• "How Newness Enters Mainstream ISDS Practice: Reflections on the Role of the State", with Prof. Patrick Pearsall – TagTime on 29 October 2021
• "UNCITRAL’s Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Implications for International Arbitration", with Anna Joubin-Bret – TagTime on 8 November 2021
• "Compliance with Investment Awards", with Laurie Achtouk-Spivak, Andrea K. Bjorklund, Roberto Echandi, Jacques-Alexandre Genet, Dyalá Jiménez, Goran Jutriša, Ilija Mitrev Penushliski, Ros Prince, Hafez Virjee, Dr Stephan Wilske, on 2 December 2021
• "GAP Headnote Series - New York and D.C." with Ben Love, David Hunt, and Eric van Eyken - 9 November 2023

Jurisdiction and Admissibility

• "Referral of Judgment Payment Disputes to Arbitration", with Dr Michael Hwang SC – TagTime on 22 July 2020
• "Who Decides: Courts or Tribunals? Arbitrability in International Arbitration", with Julie Bédard – TagTime on 3 February 2021
• "Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: What Are the Limits to Party autonomy in International Arbitration?", with Angeline Welsh – TagTime on 22 September 2021
• "The Nuances of an Arbitration Agreement: Incorporating the Right Elements", with Gourab Banerji SA, Pooja Bedi, Ritin Rai SA and Palash Gupta – Delos India Launch Event on 21 October 2021
• "Of 'Group Company' and 'Single Economic Entity' - When, and to What Extent Should a Non-Signatory be Bound to Arbitrate?", with Swee Yen Koh SC - TagTime on 6 April 2022
• "GAP Headnote Series - China" with Helen Tang, Celine Wang, and Isuru Devendra - 2 March 2023
• "GAP Journal Series - Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd" with Ruth Byrne KC, James Herbert, Nico Leslie, Nathan Searle, and Tsegaye Laurendeau - 16 March 2023
• "GAP Journal Series - Dow Chemical" with Samantha Nataf, Pedro Martini, Giulio Palermo, Robert Reyes Landicho, and Laurie Achtouk-Spivak - 25 April 2023
• "GAP Journal Series - Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings" with Kate Apostolova, Steven Lim, Nicholas Poon, Niranjan Venkatesan, and Jonathan Lim - 3 May 2023
• "GAP Journal Series - Republic of Sierra Leone v. SL Mining Ltd" with Markus Burgstaller, Marc Jacob, Elizabeth Oger-Gross, Nania Owusu-Ankomah, and Tsegaye Laurendeau - 6 July 2023

Market perspectives

• "Intra-Africa trade and the future of commercial dispute resolution on the continent", with Yemi Candide-Johnson SAN – TagTime on 15 July 2020
• "Question time with GAR and the Kluwer Arbitration Blog", with Sara Aranjo, Dr Crina Baltag and Alison Ross – GAP Symposium on 18 November 2020
• "Question time with LAW360 and the Kluwer Arbitration Blog", with Caroline Simson, Kiran Gore and Myriam Seers – GAP Symposium on 18 November 2020
• "BRI: State of Play of Disputes Market and Trends", with Jun Bautista,  Aliona Bitkivskaja, Olga Boltenko, Mohit Gogia, Julia (Zhang) Le Roux, Susan Munro, Rana Sajjad, Aji Setiadi, Brad Wang – GAP Symposium on 18 November 2020
• "What to know - or what to forget - about an Arbitral Institution", with Umer Akram Chaudhry, Antonia Birt and Hafez Virjee, on 26 November 2020 (co-organised with Raja Mohammed Akram & Co.)
• "Between Theory and Practice: Introducing TagTime and In Conversation with Neil", with Dr Michael Hwang SC, Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS, Dr Luke Nottage and Hafez Virjee on 2 March 2022 (co-organised with University of Sydney)
• "The Abraham Accords and Changes to the Arbitration Landscape in the Middle East", with Agis Georgiades and Shai Sharvit on 16 November 2022 (co-organised with Christos Georgiades & Associates LLC)
• "Arbitration Considerations in Iraq and Jordan" with Tawfiq Tabbaa, Hani Kurdi, Aseel Barghuthi, and Nadeen Rashdan - 23 February 2023
• "Current Arbitration Landscape in Africa: Through the Cases" with Isaiah Bozimo SAN, Jackwell Feris, Samuel Mbiriri Nderitu, Esine Okudzeto, and Daniel Ihueze - 28 February 2024

India

• • "Welcome & Introductory Remarks", with Manish Aggarwal, Vyapak Desai, Rahul Donde and Hafez Virjee – Delos India Launch Event on 21 October 2021
  • "The In-House Counsel Perspective on Conducting an Arbitration", with Rahul Donde, Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Zarina Pundole and Promod Nair – Delos India Launch Event on 21 October 2021
  • "This House believes that institutional arbitration does not meet the needs of Indian parties", with Niti Dixit, Savani Gupte, Shreyas Jayasimha, Aditya Kurian, Dharshini Prasad and Sulabh Rewari – Delos India Launch Event on 21 October 2021
  • "This House believes that Indian law enables the use of guerrilla tactics in arbitration" Oxford Style Debate, with Percival Billimoria, Vivek Kapoor, Sonali Mathur, Rajshekhar Rao on 10 December 2022 (co-organised with PSL)

Procedure

• "Procedural Order No. 1", with Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS – TagTime on 22 April 2020
• "PO1 – The beginning or the end?", with Prof. Doug Jones AO and Prof. Janet Walker – TagTime on 29 April 2020
• "Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration: Debates and Dilemmas Surrounding Third-Party Funding and Party Representation", with Cecilia Azar – TagTime on 10 June 2020
• "The Gangnam Principle in International Arbitration", with Kevin Kim – TagTime on 23 September 2020
• "Robust Arbitrators: How to Deal with Dilatory/ Guerilla Tactics During the Course of the Arbitral Proceedings", with Prof. Nayla Comair-Obeid - TagTime on 21 October 2020
• "Arbitration in Absentia: How to Deal with Non-participation in International Disputes", with Judith Levine – TagTime on 17 November 2020
• "Inside the Black Box: What Happens During the Deliberations and the Drafting of an Award?", with Prof. Pierre Tercier – TagTime on 2 December 2020
• "Settlement in Arbitration: the Changing Role of the Arbitrator", with Prof. Patricia Shaughnessy – TagTime on 2 June 2021
• "Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: What Are the Limits to Party autonomy in International Arbitration?”, with Angeline Welsh – TagTime on 22 September 2021
• "¿Tiene un problema el arbitraje internacional con las revelaciones de conflictos?", with Alexis Mourre on 1 October 2021
• "Jura Novit Arbiter", with Chiann Bao – TagTime on 14 December 2021
• "The Arbitrator's Duty of Disclosure and Arbitration Legitimacy", with Valeria Galindez - TagTime on 4 May 2022
• "The three standards that should underpin the presentation of expert evidence in international arbitration", with Reza Mohtashami QC - TagTime on 15 June 2022
• "The role of professional arbitral organizations in regulating the conduct of arbitrators", with Sofia Martins - TagTime on 7 September 2022
• "Delos Arbitration Rules 2021 : a Swiss perspective on tools for enhanced efficiency", with Annabelle Möckesh, Silja Schaffstein, Nhu-Hoang Tran Thang and Thomas Granier on 8 September 2022 (co-organised with Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler)
• "The Rise of the CMC II", with Michael McIlwrath - TagTime on 28 September 2022
• "Drafting the award – dos and don’ts", with Gisela Knuts - TagTime on 12 October 2022
• "Are we as arbitrators listening for real?", with Carita Wallgren-Lindhom - TagTime on 16 November 2022
• "Café Arbitral – Claves y Técnicas para un Manejo Eficiente del Procedimiento Arbitral" with José Moreno Rodríguez, Rafael Rincón y Marianela Riofrio Piché, Cecilia Flores Rueda, y Luis Miguel Velarde Saffer - 14 February 2024
• "GAP Headnote Series - England and Wales" with Paul Brumpton, Opeyemi Longe and Dr. Johanna Büstgens - 26 January 2024
• "GAP Journal Series - Dutco" with Wesley Chan, Gaëlle Filhol, Paul Kleist, Leyou Tameru, and Laurie Achtouk-Spivak - 21 September 2023
• "GAP Headnote Series - France" with Marie Danis, Benjamin Sabbagh Zadeh, and Sara Koleilat-Aranjo - 19 October 2023

Seats of arbitration

• "The Often Overlooked Value of African Seats for African-Chinese Disputes", with Tunde Fagbohunlu SAN, Thomas Granier, Julia (Zhang) Le Roux, Michael Tam, Peter Po Kwong Yuen, Andrew Skudder, on 12 March 2021 (co-organised with Fangda Partners and Asafo & Co.)
• "Portugal as a Seat for International Arbitration", with Filipa Cansado Carvalho, Joana Granadeiro and Hafez Virjee, on 13 October 2021 (co-organised with PT-VYAP)
• "Sedes de Arbitraje en Latinoamérica: Una Mirada Comparada de Cuatro Sedes Diferentes", with Agustina Alfaro, Carla Cepeda, Daniela Páez, Santiago Peña, Martín Rosati, on 4 November 2021 (co-organised with Baker McKenzie, Bomchil, Carmigniani Pérez, Delos-Y and Ferrere)
• "Arbitrage dans l’espace OHADA : États des Lieux et Pratique", with Narcisse Aka, Atinoukê Kayeyemi Amadou, Amadou Barry, Thérèse Béticka, Bodeen Diallo, Aksel Doruk and Mamadou Ismaïla Konaté on 24 February 2022 (co-organised with Thiam & Associés and Oya)
• "The Seat of the Arbitration: Towards a Uniform Approach?", with Ricky Diwan QC, Thomas Granier, Prof. Florian Grisel, Prof. Joongi Kim and Prof. Maxi Scherer – GAP Symposium on 10 March 2022
• "GAP Headnote Series - Nigeria" with Isaiah Bozimo SAN, Daniel Ihueze, and Jakub Kamenicky - 13 July 2023
• "GAP Headnote Series - Germany" with Dr. Tilman Niedermaier, Marcus Weiler, and Mark McMahon - 21 September 2023
• "Bucharest as the Seat of Arbitration: A State and Judiciary Perspective" with Decebal-Adrian Ghinoiu, Madalina Grecu, Iuliana Iacob, Adrian Iordache, and Lucian Ilie - 12 June 2023

Tech

• "Cybersecurity and International Arbitration: A Wake-up Call", with Catherine Amirfar – TagTime on 9 December 2020
• "Arbitration for the metaverse and blockchain – related disputes", with Dr Crenguta Leaua - TagTime on 29 June 2022

Transversal legal issues

• "Good Faith and Neighbouring Doctrines: Conceptual Considerations and Practical Applications in International Arbitration", with Prof. Mohamed Abdel Wahab – TagTime on 24 June 2020
• "Corruption in international arbitration: red flags, burden and standard of proof", with Vladimir Khvalei – TagTime on 8 July 2020
• "Legal Privilege in International Commercial Arbitration", with Samaa Haridi – TagTime on 16 September 2020
• "The State in International Arbitration: Immunity, Sovereignty & Other Salient Issues", with Ndanga Kamau – TagTime on 17 February 2021