EVENTS DURING THE ORAL HEARINGS
Official Name: MAA Welcome Party
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Sofiensäle, Marxergasse 17, 1030 Wien
Entry fees: 8 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-welcome-party-vienna-2026-tickets-1982003311258
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Annual MAA International Commercial Law & Arbitration Conference
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 27 March 2026
Time: 9:00-16:00
Location: Schoenherr, Schottenring 19, 1010 Vienna
Entry fees:
Premium Students/MAA Members 15 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Standard MAA Members / Non-MAA Members 25 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/annual-maa-international-commercial-law-arbitration-conference-vienna-tickets-1981613616671?aff=oddtdtcreator
OPEN TO: All
Official name: Arbitrator Moot Camp
Host: CIArb, Pitkowitz & Partners, SIAC, VIAC
Date: 27 March 2026
Time: 14:00-16:00
Location: The House of Industry, Schwarzenbergplatz 4, Vienna
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.at/e/arbitrator-moot-camp-2026-tickets-1984540313500?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: Reception + Presentation Austrian Yearbook of International Arbitration
Host: Pitkowitz & Partners
Date: 27 March 2026
Time: 16:00-18:30
Location: Pitkowitz & Partners, Schwarzenbergplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Registration: events@pitkowitz.com
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: Opening Ceremony & Reception
Host: Willem C. Vis Moot Association
Date: 27 March 2026
Time: Doors open – 18:00, Start programme – 18:30 (Doors close once capacity is reached)
Location: Wiener Konzerthaus, Lothringerstrasse 20, 1030 Wien
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA Moot Bar
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 27 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Auz Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official name: Run for Resolutions
Host: VIAC, CBAr, Flavia Mange Advogados, and CIArb
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 09:00 a.m – 10:00 a.m
Location: Ernst Happel Stadion Parking – Stadium Parking (short walk from U2 Stadion station, see flyer for maps view)
Flyer: download here
Registration: no registration necessary, simply turn up and bring friends!
SUSPENDED FOR NOW
OPEN TO: All
Event Name: ICC YAAF & YAAP: Young Approaches to Arbitration
Host: ICC YAAF & YAAP
Location: Sky Lounge, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
Date: 28.03.2026
Time: 10:00-14:00
Registration link: https://events2go.iccwbo.org/event/icc-yaafyaap-young-approaches-to-arbitration-1#tab-3429
Official name: AA40 & Arbitration Tracker at the Vis Moot: Arbitration – Build Your Next Generation.
Host: AA40 & Arbitration Tracker
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 11:00 – 14:00
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Flyer / Save the Date: download here
Registration: Arbitration build your next generation
OPEN TO: Open to all, with a special focus on coaches and arbitrators
Official Name: Honouring Louise Barrington: Liber Amicorum Presentation & Reception
Host: Jus Mundi
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 15:00
Location: Booth at Dachgeschoss, Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Young ICCA Goes Vis Moot: Strategy, Risk, and Reality of Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration
Host: ICCA
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 16:30-19:00
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Registration: fully booked
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: White & Case Vis Reception
Host: White & Case
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 17:00-19:00
Location: Lamée Rooftop, Lichtensteg 2 & Rotenturmstraße 15, 1010 Vienna
Registration: fully booked
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: MAA Moot Bar
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Auz Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official name: Swiss Arbitration goes Vis Moot: Practitioners’ Seminar on “Energy Transition and Arbitration”
Host: Swiss Arbitration Association
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 10:30 – 12:30
Location: Sky Lounge, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: https://forms.gle/ZHCMfZE9hyhpGZ1s9
OPEN TO: Arbitrators and Coaches
Official Name: 21st Annual ICDR Young & International Coffee House Debate
Host: AAA-ICDR
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 12:30-14:30
Location: Wiener Börsesäle, Wipplingerstrasse 34, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://www.aaaeducation.org/student/page/3162183-21st-annual-icdr-y-i-coffee-house-debate-mar-29th-2026
OPEN TO: All
Official name: ArbitralWomen & YAWP: Fireside chat with Vis Moot Director Patrizia Netal
Host: ArbitralWomen & YAWP
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 12:30 – 14:00
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: https://arbitralwomen.org/events/all-events/fireside-chat-from-the-vis-to-the-market/individual-registration
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official name: Bergsten Lecture “The law(s) applicable to the arbitration agreement: balancing separability, party autonomy and legal certainty.”
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 15:00-17:00
Location: “Kleiner Festsaal”, University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://www.arbitration-austria.at/index.php?option=com_icagenda&view=event&id=270:14th-bergsten-lecture&Itemid=646
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: Considering an LLM or Other Degree
Host: Richard Montauk
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 15:00 and again at 17:00
Location: in Hörsaal U13 (HS13) in the Juridicum (Schottenbastei 10-16)
Registration: no registration required
OPEN TO: students
Official Name: Fireside Chat with Mr Murali Pillai SC, Senior Minister of State for Law and Transport, Singapore
Host: SIAC
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 16:30-18:00
Location: Park Hyatt Vienna, Boardroom 4, Am Hof 2, 1010 Vienna
Registration: here
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: SIAC Cocktail Reception
Host: SIAC
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 18:30-22:00
Location: Park Hyatt Vienna, Am Hof 2, 1010 Vienna
Registration: here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: MAA Nations Party
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 29 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Aux Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Dress-Code: Represent your country!
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: DIS goes Vis: The Settlement Breakfast
Host: DIS
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 08:30-10:30
Location: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Gauermanngasse 2, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://DIS-goes-Vis-2026.rsvpify.com
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Litigation funding in CEE Arbitration
Host: ArbCEE | Nivalion | Paragon
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 08:30-10:30
Location: Court Thirteen, Am Hof 13/1/DG, 1010 Vienna
Registration: office@paragon-advocacy.com
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Event name: World Atlas of Arbitration: When Worlds Collide – the Intersection of Arbitration and Insolvency Proceedings
Host: Freshfields
Date: 30.3.2026
Time: 9.00 – 10.30
Location: Peregringasse 4, 1090 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration link: World Atlas of Arbitration: When Worlds Collide – the Intersection of Arbitration and Insolvency Proceedings
OPEN TO: Arbitrators
Official Name: Breakfast Briefing: Third-Party Funding and Disclosure in Arbitration
Host: Pitkowitz & Partners
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 09:30-11:00
Location: Pitkowitz & Partners, Schwarzenbergplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: https://www.pitkowitz.com/breakfast-briefing-third-party-funding-and-disclosure-in-arbitration/
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: AIJA Panel & Brunch at the Vis Moot: So, You Want to Be a Real Arbitrator?
Host: AIJA
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 10:00-12:00
Location: BINDER GRÖSSWANG, Sterngasse 13, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://www.aija.org/event-detail/910
OPEN TO: Coaches and Arbitrators
Official name: AT Court Thirteen – open house with guided tours through Vienna’s newest hearing venue
Host: AT Court Thirteen
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 11:00 – 18:00
Location: Am Hof 13/1/DG, 1010 Vienna
Registration: no registration required
OPEN TO: All
Official name: IFCAI: Breaking the Mold: Arbitrator Appointments in Multi-Party & Asymmetrical Arbitrations – Institutional Approaches?
Host: IFCAI
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 11:30 – 14:00
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: https://forms.gle/wCg1ycoUULN1qXTm9
OPEN TO: Arbitrators and Coaches
Official Name: YIAG meets Vis: “Debating Damages and Exemptions under the CISG”
Host: LCIA YIAG
Date: 30 March 2026 pm
Time: 14:30 – 16:00
Location: Old Chapel (Alte Kapelle), University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: https://www.lcia.org/events/2026-yiag-meets-vis-380.aspx
OPEN TO: All
Official name: World Atlas of Arbitration: Too Late or Just in Time? New Evidence at the Gates of Cut-Off and Award Finality
Host: World Atlas of Arbitration and KNOETZL
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://forms.gle/xS6YXwkKDcnYdfrz9
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Arbitrators and Coaches
Official Name: Choosing and Getting Into the Top LLM Programs
Host: Richard Montauk
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 15:00 and again at 17:00
Location: in Hörsaal U13 (HS13) in the Juridicum (Schottenbastei 10-16)
Registration: no registration required
OPEN TO: students
Official Name: MAA UN Tour
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 15:30
Location: United Nations, Wagramer Strasse 5, 1220 Vienna
Entry fees: 16 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-un-tour-2026-30-and-31-march-2026-tickets-1981969103943
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Inclusive Arbitration: Representation, Fairness and Dismantling Biases
Host: Moot Alumni Association and Fieldfisher
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 16:00
Location: Fieldfisher, Rotenturmstraße 5-9, Top 512-513, 1010 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration: amanda.roach@fieldfisher.com
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Annual Event of the “Capítulo de Alemania y Austria” of the CEIA in Vienna
Host: Wolf Theiss
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 16:00-18:00
Location: Wolff Theiss, Schubertring 6, 1010 Vienna
Registration: administracion@clubarbitraje.com
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: Live from Vienna: A Gateway to the East, and also a Bridge to the West
Host: AtlAS (Atlanta International Arbitration Society) and VIAC (Vienna International Arbitral Centre)
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 17:30-19:00
Panel:
Nikolaus Pitkowitz (Pitkowitz & Partners);
Glenn Hendrix (Independent Arbitrator);
Christof Siefarth (BODENHEIMER); and
Anna Förstel-Cherng (VIAC; Moderator).
Location: Austria Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ), Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Vienna, Room 4 in the Octagon
Registration: Invite only, if you are interested please contact klaudia.sood@viac.eu
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: Cardozo Networking Event
Host: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 18:30-20:30
Location: First American Bar, Schulerstraße 16, 1010 Vienna
Registration: https://go.yu.edu/vienna-2026
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Organ Concert with Sigrid Wolfbauer-Gartner
Host: Mr. Aschauer
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 19:00
Location: Helvetic Protestant Church, Dorotheergasse 16, 1010 Vienna
Registration: organ@aschauer.online
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA Walking Tour
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna
Entry fees: 8 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-walking-tour-vienna-at-night-tickets-1981970537230
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA Viennese Dinner
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Leupold GmbH, Schottengasse 7, 1010 Vienna
Entry fees: 30 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-traditional-viennese-dinner-2026-tickets-1981925121390
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA Moot Bar
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 30 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Auz Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Arbitration and the Rule of Law
Host: VIAC, TDM, ITA, and CIArb
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Location: VIAC, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63, 1045 Vienna
Registration: here
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: YSIAC at Vis Moot – The Best of Both Worlds: Navigating SIAC for European Parties
Host: YSIAC
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: 10:30-12:00
Location: Pitkowitz & Partners, Schwarzenbergplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Registration: here
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA UN Tour
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: 11:30
Location: United Nations, Wagramer Strasse 5, 1220 Vienna
Entry fees: 16 EUR + Eventbrite fees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-un-tour-2026-30-and-31-march-2026-tickets-1981969103943
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Annoucements of the Round of 64
Host: Willem C. Vis Moot Association
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: Doors open – 17:30, Start programme – 18:00
Location: ACV (Austria Center Vienna), Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Annual Freshfields Vis Moot Reception
Host: Freshfields
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: 18:00-21:00
Location: Peregringasse 4, 1090 Vienna
Registration: https://freshfields.eventogy.com/c/freshfields-vis-moot-reception-2026/registration
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: MAA Moot Bar
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 31 March 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Auz Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: From Bilateral Trade to Binding Awards: India–Europe Arbitration Dynamics
Host: Indo-German Lawyers’ Association (DIJV) / Indian Arbitration Practitioners
Date: 01 April 2026
Time: 10:00–12:00
Location: DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Schottenring 2–6, 1010 Vienna
Registration: India-Europe Arbitration Dynamics – From Bilateral Trade to Binding Awards Tickets, Mittwoch, Apr. 1, 2026 von 10 am an 12 pm | Eventbrite
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Oral Advocacy Beyond the Vis – Lessons and Takeaways
Host: YSIAC
Date: 01 April 2026
Time: 14:00-16:00
Location: Baker McKenzie, Schottenring 25, 1010 Vienna
Registration: here
Flyer: download here
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: KNOETZL rooftop reception
Host: KNOETZL
Date: 1 April 2026
Time: 18:00-21:30
Location: KNOETZL, Herrengasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Flyer: download here
Registration link: here
OPEN TO: Coaches & Arbitrators
Official Name: MAA Farewell Party
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Location: Babenberger Passage, Burgring, 1010 Vienna
Time: 21:00 onwards
Registration: Entry fees: 8 EUR + Eventbrite fees https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maa-farewell-party-vienna-2026-tickets-1982003404537
OPEN TO: ALL
Official Name: Vis Moot Final
Host: Willem C. Vis Moot Association
Date: 02 April 2026
Time: 13:00
Location: Vienna Congress & Convention Center, Messeplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: Vis Moot Awards Banquet
Host: Willem C. Vis Moot Association
Date: 02 April 2026
Time: 15:00
Location: Vienna Congress & Convention Center, Messeplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
OPEN TO: All
Official Name: MAA Moot Bar
Host: Moot Alumni Association
Date: 2 April 2026
Time: 21:00
Location: Auz Gazelles, Rahlgasse 5, 1060 Vienna
Registration link: No registration needed
OPEN TO: All