Joseph Neuhaus, chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, gave the welcome speech at the 6th annual ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Arbitration, held in Houston, Texas, on January 24 and 25. The conference was presented by the ITA and the Institute for Energy Law, both part of the Center for American and International Law, in collaboration with the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and covered issues in arbitration relevant to the energy sector and their implications for cross-border commerce and international investment.