On 2 May 2019, East Asia Branch in Hong Kong had the honour of hearing from Thomas D. Halket, President of CIArb on his theme for his year in office - "Meeting Today’s Challenges to Prepare for the Future", at The Hong Kong Club.

On 8 April 2019, CIArb East Asia Branch had its first Young Members Group conference in Hong Kong.

The Chartered Institute has launched its Guidelines for Witness Conferencing in International Arbitration at a regional conference in Singapore on 23 April 2019.

CIArb Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2019 was held on 23 April 2019 in Singapore. The conference was entitled “The Future of International Dispute Resolution: Innovation and Insights from the Asia-Pacific Region”.

Between 31st March - 7th April 2019 CIArb was present at the Sixteenth Willem C. Vis East International Arbitration Moot (the Vis East Moot).

On 13 and 14 February 2019, 80 participants were trained on the CIArb Introduction to Arbitration (ITA) course in Yangon, Myanmar.