Welcome to the Nordics United in Arbitration
A joint event hosted by the five Nordic arbitration institutes and Gorrissen Federspiel.
Date: 07 October 2026
Time: 15.30–18.30
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Experience the power of the Nordics united – in connection with IBA Copenhagen
Join us for a world-class keynote speaker, a lively discussion on arbitration in the Nordics, and networking with colleagues and friends from around the world.
Keynote by Friis Arne Petersen: Five Reasons for Concern and Five Reasons for Hope – and the Nordic Advantage
Friis Arne Petersen is a former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danish Ambassador to, among others, the United States, China, and Germany.
Program
15.30–16.00 Networking the Nordic way
16.00–16.15 Welcome by Henriette Gernaa, Partner at Gorrissen Federspiel
16.15–16.45 Keynote by Friis Arne Petersen: Five Reasons for Concern and Five Reasons for Hope – and the Nordic Advantage
16.45–17.15 Why Stability, Transparency and Pragmatism Still Matters – brief reflections from each of the Nordic arbitration institutes
17.15–18.30 Cocktails
Location: Gorrissen Federspiel, Axel Towers, Axeltorv 2, 1609 Copenhagen
Register to the event