The Plenary Session of the ICCA Conference on 10 June 2008, entitled “The New York Convention at 50,” marked the occasion for international arbitration experts to gather and discuss the New York Convention 1958, past and future, its successes and its potential shortcomings.
The papers presented during this discussion, headlined by Professor van den Berg and chaired by Donald Francis Donovan, complemented by inspired discussion of the topic by Rory Brady S.C., Teresa Cheng S.C., Professor Gaillard, Carolyn Lamm and Peter Turner, will be published in the forthcoming ICCA Congress Series.
The Conference coincided with a momentous event, namely, the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards on 10 June 1958.