On October 27, 2023, a conference on the topic: "Specific principles of commercial arbitration and their manifestation in arbitration proceedings" was held in the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The event was opened by Tsvetan Simeonov, Chairman of the BCCI, who noted that arbitration still has a lot of room for development and its role in the market economy should be expanded so that the BCCI can be part of those who respect the rule of the supremacy of the law in our country.

Greetings were given by Georgi Nikolov, Deputy Minister of Justice, Evgeny Staykov, Deputy Chairman and Head of the Commercial College of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Ivaylo Dermendzhiev, Chairman of the Supreme Bar Council and Vladislav Slavov, Chairman of the Union of Lawyers in Bulgaria.

The event was attended by nearly 100 participants and speakers from Bulgaria and abroad, who were given the opportunity to participate in the conference virtually. 12 reports were presented, the authors of which are from Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Austria and North Macedonia. On the Bulgarian side, participants from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" took part.

The speakers - practicing lawyers, arbitrators, lawyers, representatives of the academic community, consultants and practitioners - examined various aspects of the concepts, limits and manifestations of party autonomy in commercial arbitration.