15th Baltic Arbitration Days & White Nights in Riga and Jurmala

Sunday, 14 June – Monday, 15 June 2026

Friday, 12 June: Pre-conference wine reception

Saturday, 13 June: Fringe Event: BAD Young Arbitrators Forum

Sunday, 14 June: Conference Opening / Key Notes / Festive Dinner

Monday, 15 June: Conference Main Day / River Boat Tour

2026 Focus regions: DACH+ (DE/Austria/CH/Liechtenstein) & Central/Eastern Europe

Keynotes by:

Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Levy Kaufmann Kohler, Geneva

Prof. Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg

Registration now open – The full program will be available in early April!

Expert Panels:

Cross-Border Transactions

Investment Arbitration Update

Construction & Energy

Investigations & Enforcement

Legaltech & IT

Contact us for proposals for expert presentations & expressions of interest for sponsorships!

See the 2025 program here.

Baltic Arbitration Days is an international forum for arbitration practitioners and academics that takes place every June in the Latvian cities of Riga and Jurmala. During the course of the event, which consists of two days of lectures and social functions, participants are able to discuss and engage with a wide range of important international-commercial- and investment-arbitration issues. While the focus is on Central and Eastern Europe, experts from other countries and regions of the world regularly join the proceedings to speak as well.

 
2026 Speakers (the list is being updated): 
  • Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Levy Kaufmann Kohler, Geneva
  • Prof. Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg
  • Joachim Knoll, LALIVE, Geneva
  • Jessica Joly Hébert, Savoie Arbitration, Paris
  • Dmitry A. Pentsov, MLL Legal, Geneva

  • Dr. Christoph Riechmann, Frontier Economics Limited, Berlin

  • Anna Meyendorff, Bates White, Washington DC

  • Prof Steffen Hindelang, Uppsala University

  • Avi Zamir, Tel Aviv

  • Ekaterina Lohwasser, FTI Consulting, Germany

  • Jacob Enoch, FIRON, Tel Aviv

  • Max Oehm, Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt/Main