Future

The CAC Future Committee, aimed at the younger arbitration community (present and future generations), is integrated in the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Its mission is to boost, broaden and develop the Portuguese-speaking and international arbitration community, preparing it for the challenges of the future. Its values are: leadership, collaboration, quality, transparency, innovation, growth, diversity, sustainability and training.

The Committee aims to i) promote the CAC and the generation that will mark the Future of Arbitration; ii) strengthen and broaden the Future connection between the new generation of arbitration professionals, through meetings, events, partnerships, collaborations, with quality and innovation; iii) promote the growth and affirmation of the Portuguese-speaking and international arbitration community, fostering close and consistent relations of exchange and integration; iv) training in specific arbitration matters, modelled around its mission and values.

The CAC Committee has a broad target audience, which includes litigation and arbitration lawyers, corporate lawyers, in-house counsels, companies from the most varied business sectors, providers of software services and useful tools to support arbitration, expert witnesses, secretaries and judges. With regard to its geographical scope, the CAC Committee will seek to reach, in addition to Portugal, the entire Portuguese-speaking community - Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Macau, Brazil -, as well as the international community of the future.