Schneider's Presidency will begin in January 2010 and will last two years. Following Schneider's election, Markus Wirth (Homburger), who chaired the annual ASA General Assembly, announced that Daniel Wehrli (Gloor & Sieger) had been confirmed and Elliott Geisinger (Schellenberg Wittmer) had been elected Vice Presidents.

The afternoon continued with a conference on case law from the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on international arbitration. The first session was moderated by Professor Pierre Tercier, who gave the floor to the Federal Supreme Court Judge Gilbert Kolly. Judge Kolly presented some recent case law decisions of the Court. Professor Felix Dasser then provided some statistics regarding decisions rendered by the Court from 1989 to 2005. He stated that only 7% of all challenges have been upheld - confirming the widely held belief that the Federal Supreme Court exercises extreme restraint in its judicial overview over Swiss arbitration tribunals. Professor Christoph Müller provided a comparative analysis of recent case law, with the focus on the question of "arbitration friendliness". Professor Müller concluded that the recent decisions of the Court helped to reinforce the position of Switzerland as an arbitration-friendly place - as it is and has been known for so many years.