Allen Waxman, the new President and CEO of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) made a presentation on the role and activities of CPR going forward. Marek Krasula, Counsel at SICANA, made a presentation re updates on developments in ICC arbitration in the US and Luis Martinez, Vice President of the ICDR/AAA, made a presentation re update on developments at the ICDR. We announced Soterios Loizou as the winner of the Ninth Annual Smit-Lowenfeld Prize.