Programme
Two days, sixteen hearings
Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 February 2027. All hearings are held in the host chambers’ hearing rooms on level 12.
08:30
Registration & welcome coffee
Teams collect running sheets and hearing-room allocations.
Level 12 atrium
Social
09:15
Opening address
Ciarb Australia welcomes teams, coaches and the arbitral panel.
Main hearing room
Plenary
10:00
Hearing round one
Four concurrent hearings, ninety minutes each, before three-member tribunals.
Hearing rooms 1–4
Hearing
13:00
Lunch & coach briefing
Coaches meet the scoring panel to discuss feedback standards.
Level 12 atrium
Social
14:15
Hearing round two
Teams swap claimant and respondent positions.
Hearing rooms 1–4
Hearing
17:00
Practitioner panel: advocacy before a tribunal
Arbitrators and counsel on what persuades a tribunal in practice.
Main hearing room
Panel
09:00
Hearing round three
Final preliminary hearings before the semi-final draw.
Hearing rooms 1–4
Hearing
11:30
Semi-finals
Two hearings before expanded five-member tribunals.
Hearing rooms 1–2
Hearing
14:00
Grand final
Open to all attendees. Tribunal delivers oral reasons.
Main hearing room
Final
16:30
Closing reception
Awards and tenth-anniversary drinks.
Level 12 atrium
Social
Running sheets
Hearing allocations are issued to coaches one week before the event.