In January 2021, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (“ITA”), the Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law (“IEL”), and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (“ICC”) held a virtual conference to discuss the latest advances in the energy sector and emerging trends in energy arbitration, focusing in particular on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the energy industry and energy disputes. The first panel discussion, titled Energy Disputes: An Update from the Arbitrators, presented recent observations on energy disputes from the perspectives of the arbitrators who decided them.