PUTTING UZBEKISTAN
ON GLOBAL
ARBITRATION MAP
16-19 JUNE 2026 - TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN
Uzbek Arbitration Week
Languages: English, Uzbek and Russian
(contact info@tiac.uz for event language details)
Venue for offline events: see each event for venue information
Sponsorship packages: please email info@tiac.uz for further information
UzAW starts in:
Members of the Organising Committee
Diana Bayzakova
Director of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)
Nafisa Aslonova
Deputy Director of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)
Malika Pulatova
Member of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)
Ariana Fatullaeva
Member of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)
THE KEY PANELS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF TIIF
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16 JUNE 2026
15:30 - 17:00 - BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ECOSYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN
Venue: CAeX (Room Bukhara)
Registration: LINK
How is Uzbekistan building credible dispute resolution infrastructure? TIAC's institutional design, the innovative Dispute Avoidance Protocol (DAP) and English law frameworks examined by leading international practitioners. Co-organised with BrULA.
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18 JUNE 2026
16:00 - 17:30 - PUTTING UZBEKISTAN ON THE GLOBAL ARBITRATION MAP
Venue: CAeX (Room Bukhara)
Registration: LINK
ISDS frameworks, bilateral investment treaties and the evolving landscape of international arbitration. ICSID, UNCITRAL, BIT reform and New York Convention enforcement. The Dispute Avoidance Protocol (DAP) as a paradigm shift from resolution to prevention.
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SATELLITE EVENTS
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DAY ONE
16 June 2026
Venue: TBC
Registration: LINK
9:00 - 13:00 - IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AS A STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNER: MANAGING RISK, GROWTH AND CROSS-BORDER CHALLENGES
9:00 - 9:30 - Registration
9:30 - 10:30 - When Negotiations Reach a Deadlock: The In-House Counsel’s Toolkit Before and Instead of Litigation (Mediation, negotiation protocols, and the role of in-house counsel in building an effective dispute resolution framework without escalating disputes to arbitration)
10:30 - 10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 - Measuring the Contribution of the Legal Function: Metrics, KPIs and Reporting; Budgeting for the Legal Department: Justifying Costs and Securing Resources; Negotiating with the Business from Within: How In-House Counsel Can Say ‘No’ While Remaining a Strategic Partner”
11:45 - 12:00 - Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00 - Contracts as a Strategic Tool: How In-House Counsel Protects the Company at the Transaction Stage (Choice of applicable law and jurisdiction, force majeure clauses, sanctions-related risks, and practical approaches to contract structuring with due regard to real commercial risks)
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DAY TWO
17 June 2026
Venue: TBC
ENGLISH LAW DAY
CO-ORGANISED WITH THE BRITISH-UZBEK LAW ASSOCIATION (BrULA), BRITISH EMBASSY
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DAY THREE
18 June 2026
Venue: MGIMO Tashkent (Mirzo-Ulugbek st, 47)
Registration: LINK
8:00 - 13:00 - SHAPING THE NEW LEGAL LANDSCAPE OF CENTRAL ASIA: ARBITRATION, INVESTMENT, AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT
8:30 - 8:50 - Welcome Breakfast
8:50 - 9:50 - Business Discussion: The Current State of the Legal Market in Uzbekistan and the Emergence of New Law Firms, followed by the presentation of the “Legal Career Development” course
9:50 - 10:00 - Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:20 - Hybridisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
11:20 - 11:40 - Coffee Break
11:40 - 13:00 - The Legal Architecture of Investments, followed by the presentation of the research on Uzbekistan as a Place for Doing Business, prepared by Chervets.Partners x Birge with the support of the Foreign Investors Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Media Partners of UzAW in 2026
TOSHKENT XALQARO ARBITRAJ MARKAZI
Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 100047, Amir Temur Street 4, Block 6
REG.:
TIN.: 207290595
E-MAIL: info@tiac.uz
PHONE NUMBERS:
+998 99 486 85 12