6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit 2025: Judicial Conference – “Building towards End-to-End Digitalization”
Jointly organised by UNCITRAL RCAP and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the 6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit will take place from 1 to 2 December 2025. A biennial flagship event, this year’s theme is “The Future is Now: Legally Enabling Digitalization of International Trade.” The Summit brings together senior members of the judiciary, legal professionals, policymakers and international experts in the region to discuss the role of the judiciary in promoting progressive harmonization of international commercial law, particularly through uniform interpretation and application of UNCITRAL legal instruments.
Day 1 of the Summit - the Judicial Conference is open to the public and comprises of four panels on digitalization of trade finance and digital assets, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, the Draft UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents, and Currents Trends of Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy.
The event will be held in English in hybrid mode, allowing for both in-person and online participation, with simultaneous interpretation provided in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and Russian. For further details including the event programme and registration, please visit: https://www.legalweek.hk/