Date of event: April 19, 2018.

The conference was dedicated to the 120^th anniversary of the arbitration activity in the BCCI system and the 65^th anniversary of the establishment of the Arbitration Court at BCCI.

The event was opened by the Chairman of the Board of the BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov, who noted in his welcoming speech that during all these years the arbitration has gone through the ups and downs of the entire country, the entire economy, but has withstood the storms of time and the Arbitration Court team has been keeping the traditions for so many years. He added that the AC at the BCCI continues to be a leader in arbitration proceedings, it is fully digitalized and all chambers of commerce in Southeast Europe can send their arbitration secretariats to learn here, including because of digitalization.

"The Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a leading role in affirming the alternative way of resolving legal disputes and creating traditions in this direction," said the then Minister of Justice, Mrs. Tsetska Tsacheva. She emphasized the efforts made by the management of the Arbitration Court for the formation of qualified personnel for its future activities, by annually conducting trainings for graduating law students on arbitration issues for more than 12 years, and for 4 years organizing competitions on international commercial arbitration for students.

Among the guests at the event were the president of the Vienna Arbitration Center, the presidents of the Arbitration Courts at the Chambers of Commerce of Serbia, Ukraine and Estonia and the vice-president of the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.