Professor S.I. (Stacie) Strong led a discussion on "Beyond International Commercial Arbitration? Empirical Studies and the Proposed UNCITRAL Convention on International Commercial Mediation," focusing on the results from a recent large-scale international study into the use and perception of international commercial mediation and the way in which the results from that study are helping to inform UNCITRAL's efforts regarding a new convention in this area of law. Will Taft led a discussion on the debate surrounding inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreements, including a summary of the expected TPP and TTIP ISDS provisions and the policy arguments raised for and against the inclusion of ISDS in the agreements by politicians, law professors, bar associations and others.