8th Annual ADC-ICC Asia Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition
APCMC 2024
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ADC-ICC Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition 2024
On behalf of the Australian Disputes Centre and the International Chamber of Commerce, we extend a warm invitation to your University to compete in the 8th Annual ADC-ICC Asia Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition (APCMC) being held online from 24–26 August 2024.
The APCMC attracts student teams from leading Universities across Australia, Asia, the South Pacific, India, the Americas, and Africa. We hope that you can join us as a student competitor or as a volunteer mediator or judge.
Designed for Tomorrow’s Business Leaders and Legal Minds
The APCMC offers a challenging and inspiring opportunity that is open to all Law, Business and Social Science students. Through this Asia-Pacific competition, the ADC and ICC seek to empower tomorrow’s business leaders and legal minds, equipping them with skills to better meet the dispute resolution needs of international commerce, in an expanding and increasingly complex marketplace.
The competition facilitates students’ learning and their application of negotiation skills in a commercial mediation setting. Student negotiators seek to resolve moot problems involving international commercial law. They are mediated in the competition by professional mediators, and are adjudicated by a senior panel of ADR practitioners. The APCMC draws significant endorsement and support from leading ADR practitioners, jurists and academics from across the globe, and we thank them for their support.
A Place Reserved for Paris 2025
The Asia-Pacific competition is closely associated with the ICC Mediation Competition, Paris. By competing in the APCMC, Universities have the chance of winning a reserved place to compete in the 20th Annual ICC Mediation Competition in 2025. This is the world’s largest moot exclusively devoted to international commercial mediation.
With your involvement in APCMC 2024, we are keen to create more brilliant learning opportunities for the next group of student teams.
The key aims of the APCMC include:
- Creating a unique opportunity for students to showcase their negotiation skills in a commercial mediation environment.
- Developing skills in collaborative commercial problem solving, analytical judgment and persuasion.
- Connecting aspiring students to strong professional networks.
Fairness, transparency, friendliness and fun are the hallmarks of this competition. The students’ learning and professional development is a cornerstone of the competition, while creating an engaging environment for networking with peers and professionals.
APCMC-Online
The competition has been a tremendous success online, and in 2024 we are recreating this exciting experience for learning and networking. The competition is being hosted by the Australian Disputes Centre, using Zoom Professional.
Saving on time and travel costs, the online format also opens up a world of connectivity options; creating more compelling reasons for students to be part of APCMC 2024. This includes reprising our highly popular impromptu speech competition, running student webinars on skills and wellness, and offering a range of networking events for students and professionals.
APCMC has an easy online registration process. The one standard registration fee of AUD$1,100 (incl. GST) covers a full team of 4 students, plus 2 coaches. Universities are welcome to register more than one team.
See what has been happening in previous Competitions:
Watch videos showcasing previous years’ APCMC Grand Final moots
Rules and Procedures
The APCMC follows the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, which allow for students to exhibit their negotiation and mediation skills in a realistic mock commercial dispute. The competition problems are developed by professional mediators, and based on real international commercial disputes.
Teams of 2-4 students compete against each other in a series of competition rounds. Competing teams represent two sides of an international commercial dispute, with members assuming the roles of the Client and Counsel. A qualified professional mediates the dispute, and distinguished judges assess how well the teams have advanced their interests.
Full details of Competition procedures and judging criteria are available in the Competition Rules.
Competition Problems
The mediation problems have been written specifically for this Mediation Competition by a team of leading legal and mediation professionals. The problems are available for purchase in booklet form from the website. See the compendium of Commercial Mediation Role-plays Cases from the ADC-ICC Asia Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition (APCMC) 2017 -2020 for purchase HERE.
Expressions of Interest
Please fill in the form below to express your interest in APCMC 2024 and to receive updates:
Applications
University Teams: University teams of 2-4 students are invited to apply. Learn More and Register.
Professional Mediators: Professional mediators are invited to apply to volunteer as competition judges or mediators. Learn More and Register.
Key Dates
| 14 Feb 2024 | Registrations open |
| 4 June 2024 | Registrations close |
| 14 June 2024 | Cut-off date for Registration Cancellation |
| 24–25 Aug 2024 | Preliminary Rounds: Online |
| 26 Aug 2024 | Final Round: Online |
Principal Partner 2024
Good Business Foundation
Partnership Opportunities
Partnering with the ADC-ICC Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition offers tremendous branding opportunities. Speak with us about this unique and rewarding profile opportunity. Contact us APCMC@disputescentre.com.au
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