Venue: Virtual. Join the DC Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee for its 2021 kick-off event, with a keynote address of The Year at ICSID by Meg Kinnear, ICSID Secretary-General. After the keynote address, there will be four rounds of breakout sessions, with the following subjects and speakers: The Year in Annulment (Paul-Jean Le Cannu, ICSID); The Year in Arbitrator Challenges (Gonzalo Flores, ICSID); The Year in Bifurcation and 41(5) (Baiju Vasani, Ivanyan & Partners); The Year in Damages (Marinn Carlson, Sidley Austin); The Year in Party Representation (Danielle Morris, Wilmer Hale); The Year in Security for Costs (Martina Polasek, ICSID); The Year in Umbrella Clauses (James Hosking, Chaffetz Lindsey); The Year in Virtual Hearings (Alex B. Kaplan, ICSID). Please note that to participate in the breakout sessions, participants will need to download the Zoom desktop app. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://join.dcbar.org/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=dcbar&webcode=EventInfo&Reg_evt_key=c73257a5-709b-478f-a3d7-e68280f137bc&RegPath=EventRegFees&FreeEvent=&Event=REMOTE%20PROGRAM:%20International%20Centre%20for%20Settlement%20of%20Investment%20Disputes%20Year-in-Review&FundraisingEvent=&evt_guest_limit=9999.