On March 23, 2023, a conference "Arbitration in the service of business" was held in the building of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organized by the BCCI together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city of Bialystok.

The event was organized under the project "Amicable settlement of international disputes, increasing the competences of adults - SME management and exchange of experiences of partner's institutions" and was held with great interest in a combined format.

Greetings to all participants in the conference were addressed by: Tsvetan Simeonov - Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vitold Kirchevsky - Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city of Bialystok, Ivaylo Dermendzhiev - Chairman of the Supreme Bar Council and Evgeny Staykov - Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Cassation court. The representative of the Supreme Court emphasized that the institution works successfully with the Arbitration Court at the BCCI, complying with the legislative provisions. He informed that for the last two years, only one claim for annulment of a decision of the AC at the BCCI was accepted partially.

Within the framework of the event, topics related to arbitral competence, independence and the servicing nature of the arbitration clause in relation to the substantive contract, the implementation of foreign arbitral awards, as well as the practice of the Supreme Court of Cassation in connection with the interpretation of the concept of "consumer" were discussed.

The topic "Commercial Arbitration for the benefit of Polish business" was presented by the AC at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. The topic was presented by Agnieszka Durlik - general director of the AC at PCC.

The topics of the conference were presented by prominent Bulgarian specialists in the field of arbitration: Blagovest Punev - Chairman of the AC at the BCCI, Angel Kalaidzhiev - Deputy Chairman of the AC at the BCCI, Vencislava Jelyazkova - member of the Presidium of the AC at the BCCI and Silvia Spasova - member of Presidium of the AC at the BCCI.