Roma Tre – UNIDROIT Centre Annual Conference
Every year, the Roma Tre – UNIDROIT Centre elects a front-burner topic in the field of transnational commercial law and international arbitration, to be thoroughly analysed and discussed at a high-level conference.
The Governance of Risk in a Risk Society
Perspectives from Private, Public and International Law
13 NOVEMBER 2025 | BANK OF ITALY, ‘CARLO AZEGLIO CIAMPI’ CONVENTION CENTRE, VIA NAZIONALE 190, ROME
The Roma Tre – UNIDROIT Centre for Transnational Commercial Law and International Arbitration is delighted to announce its second Annual Conference. Every year, the Centre elects a front-burner topic to be thoroughly analysed and discussed at a high-level conference. The first edition focussed on climate change through the lenses of dispute settlement. The second edition will focus on the role that the law (and in particular regulation, contracts, and international adjudicatory dispute resolution) plays in the governance of risk, through risk mitigation and allocation.
In an era of heightened global instability—marked by geopolitical conflicts, pandemics, economic sanctions and trade tariffs—the governance of risk has become a critical factor in the functioning of markets and transnational economic relations. The allocation and management of risk through legal frameworks, whether in contract law, tort law, corporate governance, financial regulation, or international trade law, play a fundamental role in ensuring the stability of transnational business relationships.
The purpose of this conference is twofold: (i) to highlight major challenges and key features of a risk society, and (ii) to shed light on the respective roles of private, public (regulatory) and international law in addressing systemic risks, as well as global and uniform tools for risk regulation in the contemporary world.