The new ICC Rules of Arbitration are are now in force, but members of the task force that drafted them continue tirelessly to highlight the changes to lawyers and users in different jurisdictions. Eda Cerrahoglu Balssen and Defne Sirakaya of Cerrahoglu Law Firm in Istanbul report on a recent event in their city.

A conference organised by the Austrian Arbitration Association on 2 December considered the increased economic activity between Austria and Turkey and the rise in business disputes this has yielded. Jarred Pinkston, of Dorda Brugger Jordis in Vienna, reports.

A seminar organised by CMS Cameron McKenna in Romania a day after a major investment arbitration victory for the state highlighted ways to protect foreign investment in central and eastern Europe, with an emphasis on pre-investment planning and managing the process of dispute resolution once an investment is underway. Horia Draghici, a senior associate at CMS Cameron McKenna in Romania, reports.

English and Chinese perspectives on international arbitration was the theme of a recent event co-hosted in Beijing by the China Britain Law Institute, or CBLI, and the Bar Council of England and Wales. CBLI co-founder Matthew Townsend and his colleague James Rogers, both of Fulbright & Jaworski's Beijing and Hong Kong offices, report.

A conference in London this month considered how specific attributes of the ICSID regime – including its summary disposal procedure and the annulment mechanism – are shaping the current climate of investment treaty arbitration. David Earnest, an associate at host firm Hogan Lovells, reports.

Eleonore Treu of ICC Austria reports on the first PIDA seminar on international commercial arbitration to be held outside Paris.

More than 200 arbitration practitioners from 14 countries attended a seminar in Copenhagen on the taking of evidence and witness conferencing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Danish Institute of Arbitration. Danish lawyer Tania Saigol Roth reports.

The latest Taipei Arbitration and Mediation Conference covered a range of fundamental issues in international arbitration as well as cross-Straits arbitration (between Mainland China and Taiwan). David Kreider, an experienced arbitrator in Asia-related disputes and general counsel of Vodafone in New Zealand, reports.

A conference organised by Wöss & Partners SC and the Institute of Juridical Investigations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico considered approaches to damages and loss of income claims. Adriana San Román, partner and financial analyst at the Mexican firm, reports.

The ICC Court came to Vienna on 3 and 4 October to market its revised arbitration rules. Jarred Pinkston, of counsel at Dorda Brugger Jordis in Vienna, reports.

Arbitrators and counsel in Hong Kong braved a typhoon warning to attend a recent seminar at the HKIAC on recognition and enforcement of foreign awards in mainland China. Arthur Ma, associate at Fangda Partners in Beijing, reports.