The AAA Construction Conference is in person this year, after COVID-19 caused the American Arbitration Association® to postpone its 2020 Conference, and make the 2021 Conference virtual. Plan to attend this year’s AAA Virtual Construction Conference on June 9 in New York City, with a focus on the growing complexities of construction projects, preventing disputes often inevitable in these projects, and creating dispute resolution strategies to mitigate risk and keep projects on track. The Conference kicks off with a breakfast session featuring general counsel from leading construction firms discussing arbitration from a client’s perspective, including the documentation of claims, how and why certain arbitrators are selected, forum and choice of law provisions and other important topics.

The Conference will offer five additional informative sessions. Among them is the one scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, when Adrian Bastianelli of NASBP Attorney Advisory Council firm Peckar & Abramson will be a panelist, along with other attorneys, for “Arbitrators Impartiality: The Canons Are Only the Starting Point for Ethical Requirements.” The ten Canon’s in the AAA’s Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes provide for generally accepted standards of ethical conduct for the guidance of arbitrators and parties in construction disputes. The panel will discuss specific ethical requirements and how to avoid potential landmines beyond the application of the Canons and the state and federal rules of professional conduct.

The other sessions are titled:
“Key Issues in Presenting Disruption and Delay Cases”
“Discovering Best Practices for Construction Arbitration”
“Don’t Get Lazy with Your Downstream Contracts—Consolidation and Joinder in Construction Disputes”
“International Construction Arbitration—Challenges, Cultural Differences, and Conflict Management Options”

See the full AAA Construction Conference schedule.

Register for the 2022 AAA Construction Conference. The registration fee is $395.00 if it’s completed before May 9, 2022. After that date, the registration fee is $450.00. The Conference’s recommended lodging is the Hilton Garden Inn New York/Tribeca. To reserve a room at the Hilton Garden Inn, click here or call 888.728.3027.

NASBP is one of 9 organizations that are participating in the Conference as cooperating organizations, which include in addition to NASBP: AIA Contract Documents, American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law, American College of Construction Lawyers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Financial Management Association, Construction Management Association of America, Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee, and National Society of Professional Engineers.