CRCICA participated in the IBA Annual Conference which was held on 30 October – 4 November 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. CRCICA’s Director contributed to the session entitled “Hot topics in ethics” by handling “the ethical guidelines for counsel in international arbitration: needed? feasible? who should promulgate?” Also, Laila El Shentenawi, Legal Advisor and a founding member of CRCICA’s Young Arbitration Practitioners Forum-YAPF, represented the Centre at the IBA Young Lawyers Seminar, which was held on the sidelines of the Conference.