Both the President and Vice President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) were involved in the presentation to Korea's leading corporate in-house counsel, corporate executives and law firms specialising in international arbitration. They were speaking at the "Navigating Choices in International Arbitration: Options for Korea in the Asia-Pacific Region" forum which provided an opportunity for presenters to set out why Australia and ACICA are viable options for companies in Korea who use international arbitration as a means of resolving disputes.

The presentation was supported by Australian lawyers, arbitrators and the state and federal governments. The last 12 months has seen a focus on developing Australia generally, and Sydney specifically, as a venue for international arbitration in the local Asia and Pacific region.

Support for Sydney as an arbitral venue comes from both the State Attorney-General and the Federal Attorney-General. In 2010, the federal government and New South Wales modernised and harmonised their arbitral legislation, international and domestic, on the basis of the UNCITRAL Model Law (see Article, Australia: round up 2010/2011). The Federal Attorney-General has been quoted as acknowledging a role for governments to respect and foster arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism. Both the state and federal government also support the Australian International Disputes Centre (AIDC), a dispute resolution venue opened in Sydney in 2010.