🕐 Programme Overview

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Reception & Registration

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Official Welcome by National Committee Chairs

• Yves Herinckx – Chair, ICC Belgium committee on Arbitration & ADR

• tbc

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Insights in case statistics & Keynote Address

• Alexander Fessas, Secretary General, ICC Court

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Panel Discussion – Inside the ICC Court
Perspectives from Court Members and Vice-Presidents
Moderated by Françoise Lefèvre

Panelists:

• Rolf Trittmann – Vice-President, ICC Court (DE)

• Dirk De Meulemeester – Court Member (BE)

• Marieke van Hooijdonk – Vice-President, ICC Court (NL)

• Carole Malinvaud, Court member (FR) tbc

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Coffee Break & Networking

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Keynote – Arbitration in International Trade
“Arbitration in a Changing World”
Speaker: Representative from DG Trade (tbc)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Panel Discussion – In-House Counsel Perspectives
“The Future of International Arbitration in a Multipolar World”

Moderated by Sofie Verlinden, Chief Legal Officer, DEME Group (BE)
Panelists:

• Glenn Baumgarten – Senior Counsel, Deutsche Telekom & Chair of the ICC Germany Arbitration Commission (DE)

• Cyril Dumoulin – Senior Legal Counsel, Global Litigation Europe & MENA, SHELL (NL)

• Julie Fléchet – Head litigation Counsel, SERVIER (FR) tbc

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Audience Q&A

6:15 PM – 6:30 PM
Closing Remarks

• National Committee Chairs

🌐 Evening Programme

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Networking Cocktail

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Walking Dinner

9:30 PM – 1:30 AM
Open Bar & Dancing
Celebrate and unwind with colleagues and friends from across the ICC arbitration community.

When? 
Thursday 11 December 2025
afternoon from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm
evening from 6:00 pm until 1:00 am

Where?
The Merode
Place Poelaert – Poelaertplein 6
1000 Brussels

Fee?
EUR 150,-VAT (21 %) for members of ICC Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands
EUR 300,00 excl. VAT (21 %) for non-members

Cancellation policy?
Upon registering for the seminar, you will receive an invoice after the event has concluded. Please note that if you cancel your participation later than Friday 5 December 2025 at 6:00 pm , you will be charged the full amount of the fee. Cancellations made prior to this deadline will not incur any charges. Thank you for your understanding and adherence to this policy.