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Preface --Opening Speech at the SIA30 Anniversary Conference --Introduction: The Evolution and Future of International Arbitration --Paradigmatic Changes - Uniformity, Diversity, Due Process and Good Administration of Justice: The Next Thirty Years --Document Production, Witness Statements, and Cross-Examination: The Enduring Tensions in International Arbitration --Evolution of Case Law in International Arbitration --A Weather Map for International Arbitration: Mainly Sunny, Some Cloud, Possible Thunderstorms --The Concept of Seat in the New York Convention and the Autonomy of Arbitral Award --The Use of Investor-State Arbitration as a De Facto Enforcement Mechanism for Arbitral Awards --Parties in International Arbitration: Consent v. Commercial Reality --The Swiss Perspective on Parties in Arbitration: "Traditional Approach With a Twist regarding Abuse of Rights" or "Consent Theory Plus"--Third Party Non-Signatories in English Arbitration Law --Comments on Parties in International Arbitration: Consent v. Commercial Reality by Professor Stavros Brekoulakis --A French View On The Application of The Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories --Parallel Proceedings Involving Objections to Arbitral Jurisdictions: A Closer Look at the Presumed Intention of the Parties --Preclusion and the New York Convention: Article V(1)(e) and Converse-Article V(1)(e) --Anti-Suit Injunctions and Other Means of Indirect Enforcement of an Arbitration Agreement --National Court Review of Arbitration Awards: Where Do We Go From Here? --Geography of International Arbitration - Where Does the Power Lie? --Expansion of Arbitral Subject Matter: New Topics and New Areas of Law --Emergence of New Arbitral Centres in Asia and Africa: Competition, Cooperation and Contribution to the Rule of Law --The Geography of International Arbitration - Places of Arbitration: the Old Ones and the New Ones --Soft Law and Power --A New Approach to Regulating Counsel Conduct in International Arbitration --Conflict