Sharm El Sheikh 2014 is the fifth in the only international series of conferences organized biennially since 2005 on the renovating relation between state courts and arbitration in a cross-cultural context.

CRCICA Partners in the Sharm El Sheikh Conferences are the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI), and the Arab Union for International Arbitration (AUIA).

In Sharm El Sheikh IV (November 2012), twenty seven countries were represented: Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Kuwait, Yemen, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Turkey, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, U.S.A., Austria and Canada.

Beside the geographical variation, an outstanding variety of professional sectors were in attendance including, for instance, 19 international arbitration centres and arbitration federations from all around the world , 12 courts representing different jurisdictions, 34 law firms, 8 chambers of commerce, 6 faculties of Law, 5 ministries of justice. Added to this, there were representatives of many business sectors especially the gas and petroleum sector and the financial sector. World Bank and UN organizations were also present.