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173 ARBITRATION LAW requesting a schedule covering areas agreed or disagreed upon by the witnesses, and a chronology of agreed-upon facts on the evidence given, concurrently, to ease the tribunal’s workload throughout the proceedings. Whereas, the Specific Directions focus on procedural framework, depending upon by whom the conferences are to be led; (i) the tribu- nal, (ii) the witnesses, and (iii) the counsel 15 . Since each option offers a higher degree of control to the leader of the conference over the evidence, the CIArb Guidelines provides valuable directions to take into consideration prior to deciding on the method to be chosen. Conclusion By going beyond traditional cross-examination, witness con- ferencing often provides more effective and efficient means through which to provide evidence to the tribunals. The CIArb Guidelines answers the need of practitioners in international arbitration, through the non-exhaustive guidelines, procedural frameworks, and directions it provides in this commonly used mean of taking evidence. 15 The CIArb Guidelines, p. 20-24 and 52-65.