2023 Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy Forum: Asia and Beyond

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 - 3:00am to 7:30am

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 - 10:00am to 12:30pm (Hong Kong, GMT+8)

Mode: Hybrid (in-person/online). Venue: South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong), Suites 5708-5710, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong

On 8 November, the UNCITRAL secretariat held the 2023 Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy Forum: Asia and Beyond co-organized with the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong) at the latter’s premise in Hong Kong. As part of the World Tour initiative in UNCITRAL’s Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy project, two panels sought inputs on important DRDE topics from Chinese, Asian and global perspectives. The Secretary of UNCITRAL, Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret opened the event. Consult the flyer below, which contains the programme, speaker bios and the event video.

The Forum was held in person and virtually via Zoom in English. 

Programme

Panel 1

Heidi CHUI, Electronic Communication in Arbitration: Serving Electronic Notice of Arbitration

Yiming HUANG, SCIA's Practice and Experience on Electronic Notices of Arbitration

Zheng TANG, Legal Issues on Prospects of Electronic Arbitral Awards

Panel 2

Yun ZHAO, Regulatory Framework on Online Dispute Resolution

Lixing ZHANG, The Application of ChatGPT in the Field of International Arbitration

Shahla ALI, Opportunities and Safeguards in the Use of Technology in Arbitration and UNCITRAL DRDE Project