ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on Internationel Energy Arbitration 2027

The conference takes place at Four Seasons Hotel Houston in Houston, Texas.

The stated audience includes leading practitioners, in-house counsel, arbitrators, experts and academics.

It is most useful for arbitration counsel, in-house energy lawyers and arbitrators, since the speakers include Claudia Salomon of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and lawyers from Debevoise & Plimpton and Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, and an in-house voice from Baker Hughes is also on the list. The substantive focus on disputes over cross-border energy transmission and on how far sovereign immunity limits enforcement suits specialists in energy and investment disputes; general commercial litigators or non-lawyers would get less from it, while junior lawyers get an opening roundtable designed for everyone.

International arbitration conferences at upscale hotels usually call for business formal, with suits and ties or equivalent, and a business attire standard carries over to the evening reception.