Sharm El Sheikh 2014 is the fifth in the only international series of conferences organized biennially since 2005 on the evolving relation between state courts and arbitration in a cross-cultural context.
CRCICA Partners in the Sharm El Sheikh Conferences are the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI), and the Arab Union for International Arbitration (AUIA).
The program of Sharm El Sheikh V will focus on the role of the judiciary during the four traditional phases of the arbitration process (the arbitration agreement, the arbitral tribunal, the arbitration proceedings and the arbitral award). Confirmed speakers so far come from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Italy, France, UK, Sweden, Brazil, Venezuela, U.S.A. and Cameron.