The First Edition of WAU was launched in 2021. With 15 virtual sessions and networking events, 80 speakers, 852 attendees, and 2,535 registrations over the course of a five-day period, WAU 2021 updated the global community on key and novel topics of investment and international commercial arbitration, and public international law in a decentralized forum. At WAU2021, practitioners, States, private parties, arbitrators, international organizations, academics and students had the possibility to engage with each other and nourish the conversation on investment and international commercial arbitration, while being members of a forum that integrates the world through connectivity and precise updates.