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2008 EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

Get Hired and Get Paid: Finding a Job in ADR with Emily Menn, Esq.

 

Date: December 16, 2008 - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Eastern) - NEW

Place: Teleseminar

 

This workshop provides practical strategies to find, prepare and secure a job in the ADR field. You will also be provided with tools, resources and tips to take your ADR career to the next level.

NYSDRA’s teleseminars offer convenient training opportunities by phone.  These hour-long programs help you explore a cutting edge topics to help you expand you skills and grow your practice or organization without the cost and time of travel.  Following registration, you will receive conference call-in numbers and training materials by email.  All registrants will receive access to an audio recording of the training.

 

 

To learn more and to register:
 http://www.nysdra.org/calendar/calendar.aspx?action=details&eventid=114

 

 

 

International ADR India

Date: December 9-11, 2008

Place: Intercontinental Hotel, Mumbai, India

 

The conference has been produced based on extensive research with Indian Counsel and international legal firms and tackles some of the key challenges and hurdles still restricting the development of ADR and arbitration within the Indian market. 

We are bringing together around 150-200 senior executives from India and overseas, drawn from large Indian and international corporates, domestic and international legal firms, and Indian advocates and judges, to discuss ADR in India and identify solutions for increasing its role in the Indian market.

Endorsing Organizations: Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), Singapore International Arbitration Centre, American Arbitration Association - ICDR, APRAG, Society of Indian Law Firms, Bar Association of India, International Chamber of Commerce

For more information, contact Ewa Bakun at +44 1923 49 1070 or ewa.bakun@infor-media.org

 

Do More with Less: Building Organizational Capacity to Build Success with Dr. Tiamesha “Ty” Walker

 

Date: December 10, 2008 - 11:00 am - 12:00 noon (Eastern)

Place: Teleseminar

 

Current tough economic conditions and political pressure are causing organizations and businesses to be creative in meeting their bottom line. This workshop will provide strategies to help maintain and even grow to meet your goals.

NYSDRA’s teleseminars offer convenient training opportunities by phone.  These hour-long programs help you explore a cutting edge topics to help you expand you skills and grow your practice or organization without the cost and time of travel.  Following registration, you will receive conference call-in numbers and training materials by email.  All registrants will receive access to an audio recording of the training.

 

 

To learn more and to register:
 http://www.nysdra.org/calendar/calendar.aspx?action=details&eventid=116

 

 

 

Impasse is a Fallacy: Skills That Help Stuck Parties Move Forward with Lee Jay Berman

 

Date: December 4, 2008 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm (Eastern) NEW!

Place: Teleseminar

 

In this workshop you will learn how to see your role in mediation differently and accept responsibility for being the architect, the choreographer of the mediation.  You will also discover how to think more thoroughly about your preparation and how you conduct the mediation to avoid impasse at every stage of the process.

 

NYSDRA’s teleseminars offer convenient training opportunities by phone.  These hour-long programs help you explore a cutting edge topics to help you expand you skills and grow your practice or organization without the cost and time of travel.  Following registration, you will receive conference call-in numbers and training materials by email.  All registrants will receive access to an audio recording of the training.

 

 

To learn more and to register:
 http://www.nysdra.org/calendar/calendar.aspx?action=details&eventid=115

 

 

 

Commercial Contracts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Date: November 27-28, 2008

Place: Taj President Mumbai, India

 

Every legal professional knows that there is no blueprint that can protect contracts and projects from disputes. Corporate litigation cases are reported virtually everyday in the news. Frequently, they relate to disputes arising from interpretation of documents, breach of contracts and infringements of rights. This conference will help your organization reduce exposure and avoid litigation by being fully conversant with the knowledge, skills and strategies in ensuring that your contracts are well negotiated, properly drafted and managed.

Key issues to be addressed include:

  • Essentials of contract law, examining details such as when you need a contract, what types of contracts exist and the effect of statutory law on your contractual arrangements.

  • Crucial ingredients required for a good contract, examining exclusion and indemnity clauses, intellectual property rights, termination, breach of contract, variation and modification, risk control

  • Key consideration when drafting international contracts

  • Options for assessing damages and remedies for breach

  • Drafting and negotiating contractual dispute resolution clauses and examining and managing disputes in cross border contracts

 

For more information, contact pengpheng.tan@lexisnexis.com

 

 

 

Everyday Collaborative Problem Solving:  The Basics of Interest-Based Conversations with Susan Woods

 

Date: November 20, 2008 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm (Eastern)

Place: Teleseminar

 

NYSDRA’s teleseminars offer convenient training opportunities by phone.  These hour-long programs help you explore a cutting edge topics to help you expand you skills and grow your practice or organization without the cost and time of travel.  Following registration, you will receive conference call-in numbers and training materials by email.  All registrants will receive access to an audio recording of the training.

 

 

To learn more and to register:
 http://www.nysdra.org/calendar/calendar.aspx?action=details&eventid=109

 

 

Commercial Section Teleseminar

 

Mediation Moments of Terror Redux

Date: November 19, 2008, 12:00 noon (Eastern)

 

Teleconference on Ethics and Malpractice Challenges that Mediators may Face as the ADR Landscape Changes with Mel Rubin.

 

Commercial Section members will receive dial in instructions by email.

For further information, please visit the Commercial Section website.

 

Cooperative Law: A New Technique to Negotiate Cases More Successfully with Professor Lande

 

Date: November 18, 2008 - 3:00 - 4:00 pm (Eastern)

Place: Teleseminar

 

In this workshop, Professor John Lande, Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia’s top ranked dispute resolution program, introduces you to an innovative and sometimes controversial means of resolving cases.

 

NYSDRA’s teleseminars offer convenient training opportunities by phone.  These hour-long programs help you explore a cutting edge topics to help you expand you skills and grow your practice or organization without the cost and time of travel.  Following registration, you will receive conference call-in numbers and training materials by email.  All registrants will receive access to an audio recording of the training.

 

To learn more and to register:
http://www.nysdra.org/calendar/calendar.aspx?action=details&eventid=108

 

 

 

 

Workplace Section Teleconference

 

Creating a Culture of Engagement - Addressing Conflict and Disruptive Behavior in the Health Care Workplace



Date: November 18, 2008, 12:00 pm (Eastern)

Teleconference with Debra Geraldi, RN, MPH, JD

 

Workplace Section members will receive dial in instructions by email.

For further information, please visit the Workplace Section website.

 

 

 

 

Workplace Section Teleconference

 

Conflict Management Coaching:
Considerations from the Perspective of a U.S. Federal Government Agency

Date: November 10, 2008, 5:00 pm (Eastern)

Sam Slosberg, Conflict Management Specialist from the Transportation Security Administration, a Division of the Department of Homeland Security, will share some factors to consider when developing and managing a conflict coaching program, in a federal organization.

 

Workplace Section members will receive dial in instructions by email.

For further information, please contact Cinnie Noble, Conflict Coaching Subcommittee Chair, at cinnie@cinergycoaching.com, 416-686-4247 or 1-866-335-6466 (toll free).

 

 

 

Spirituality Section Teleconference

 

Conflict Transformation: The Enneagram, A Catalyst for Insight and Change

Presented by Louise Phipps Senft

Date: November 10, 2008, 1:00 pm (Eastern)

 Over-viewing the tenets of conflict transformation practice, Louise will then share with participants an innovative way to learn about individual core motivations and what unconsciously drives mediators to respond in the ways that they do in mediation and conflict resolution, and to free themselves from the barriers of their personality types to more fully integrate the gifts of the personality types.

 

Join a conversation that will discuss the ancient spiritual wisdom of the Enneagram and how it connects to the modern-day practice for mediators, psychologists, consultants, coaches, managers, and anyone fostering transformation with their clients and for themselves. No previous knowledge of the Enneagram is required; follow up work is available for those who may wish to attend the ACR Spirituality Section's Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado in February, 2009.

 

Spirituality Section members will receive dial in instructions by email.
 

 

 

FutureForum 2008: Race, Gender, and Age Take Center Stage

Date: November 6-9, 2008

Place: The Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia

The National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) and The FutureWork Institute (FWI) are co-hosting this bi-annual National Diversity Conference.  NMCI and FWI conferences bring together professionals from across the country and around the world to explore diversity and multiculturalism in both personal and professional contexts.

The conference includes:

  • a series of Workshops and Learning Labs for professional development on diversity and training

  • special events for networking and relationship-building in the field

  • demonstration of the latest Web 1.0 and 2.0 technology for e-learning

  • opportunities for in-depth exploration and dialogue on the critical issues of multiculturalism in our society

Who Should Attend: Chief Diversity Officers and Diversity Directors, Managers and Administrators, Human Resource Personnel, Trainers and Consultants, Educators, Healthcare and Social Service professionals, Organizational Development professionals, and others concerned with diversity and inclusion who work in the corporate, government, education and non-profit sectors.

 

For more information, contact Amy Kasi, Program Manager, National MultiCultural Institute, 3000 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 438, Washington, DC 20008

202-483-0700, ext. 232

AKasi@nmci.org

 

 

 

7th Biennial Graduate Student Conference

Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas

Date: October 31 – November 1, 2008

Place: University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center, Boston, Massachusetts

This conference is an opportunity for graduate students who are studying conflict in diverse contexts and disciplines to come together and share their research and ideas.  In addition to showcasing graduate student papers, the conference will feature keynote addresses by noted scholars and practitioners, skill building workshops, and opportunities to network with practitioners, scholars and fellow students. 

The conference is held in the state-of-the-art Campus Center of the University of Massachusetts Boston, allowing participants easy access to the City of Boston with its wealth of educational and cultural resources. Previous conferences have each attracted over 150 participants from universities across the US, Canada, and worldwide.

 

For more information, email ann.rugnetta@umb.edu.

 

 

 

Spirituality Section Teleconference

A Conversation with Zena Zumeta

"The Importance of Spirituality in Mediation"

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 1:00 pm (Eastern)

 
Zena will share the inspiration that motivated her to participate in the founding of the Spirituality Section and talk about the importance of Spirituality in her practice and trainings.

 

Spirituality Section members will receive dial in instructions by email.

 

 

New York State Dispute Resolution Association’s 2008 Annual Conference
 Electing Success: Dispute Resolution in a New Era

Date: October 23-24, 2008

Place: Holiday Inn on Wolf Road, Albany, New York

2008 Lawrence Cooke Peace Innovator Award Recipient
Maria R. Volpe, Ph.D.

Professor
 John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY

9 Workshops to choose from with a focus on...

Developing Capacity: Expand and improve your business or organization
Ethics: From confidentiality to conflicts of interest - navigate challenges smoothly
Skill Building: Uncover new techniques and means for resolving conflict
Practice Specialties: Explore the types of conflict where ADR is growing

New for 2008! NYSDRA Pilot Certification Track: If you've thought about joining NYSDRA's professional development process but haven't had the opportunity, this workshop track will jump start your application.

This event is in collaboration with the Unified Court System Office of ADR and Court Improvement Programs

For more information, contact Alison Ritchie at (518) 687-2240 x 206 or alison@nysdra.org

 

 

Pilot Courses in Conflict Management

U.S. Institute of Peace

Date: 16 courses held between October 2008 and March 2009. Specific dates and times vary.

Place: Various sites in Washington, DC

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is proud to unveil its new conflict management education and training program. A program is needed in which professionals from government, the military, NGOs, and IOs, as well as pre-professionals in the academic world, can come together and receive training on core conflict management skills, as well as best practices in conflict prevention, peacemaking, and state-building. To address this need, USIP is expanding its education and training programs to prepare practitioners to work effectively in conflict zones. Drawing on USIP's 20 years of leadership in the field of conflict management, these courses will complement existing academic programs in international security and conflict management. Participants from backgrounds as diverse as education, the military, international organizations, the non-profit sector, and international development agencies will have a unique opportunity to enjoy a common learning experience. USIP's conflict management program will respond to both individual career needs and the ever-increasing demand for conflict management professionals.  These courses at present are free of charge, but you must apply.

 

For more information, contact Andrew Levin at alevin@usip.org.

 

 

 

ACR Eighth Annual Conference

"Aspirations, Possibilities, and Realities: Expanding Principles, Practice, and Research in a Changing World"

Date: September 24-27, 2008

Place: Austin, Texas

 

 

2008 Bi-Annual ACR Family Section Conference

"Building Bridges, Moving Mountains"

Date: July 24 - 27, 2008

Place: The Canyons Resort, Park City, Utah

The Family Section is now accepting proposals for workshops. Please click here for more information.

 

The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution's 2008 Annual Conference

"Managing Conflict and Removing Barriers to Collaborative Decision Making"

Date: June 19 - 20, 2008

Place: Martin's Crosswinds, Greenbelt, Maryland

The conference, which has grown into one of the most diverse professional dispute resolution forums in the United States, provides public and private sector professionals with the latest information on alternative dispute resolution skills, concepts, and strategies.  It features a diversified faculty of business, government and academic experts and affords attendees the opportunity to participate in smaller sessions.

For registration information, call 301-313-0800 or visit www.natlctr4adr.org.

 

 

2008 Workplace Section Conference

"Mid Year Meeting and Conference"

Date: June 6 - 7, 2008

Place: San Diego, California

Click here for more information.

 

International Conference on Chaos, Complexity & Conflict

Date: June 5-7, 2008

Place: Omaha, Nebraska

For more information, visit http://law.creighton.edu/wernerInstitute/complexityconference/

 

 

EPP Conference

Date: May 19, 2008

Place: Tucson, Arizona

For more information, visit http://www.mediate.com/acrepp/

 

 

ADRNC Program

Evening with Mediators Ike Lasater & John Helie

Date: May 8, 2008

Place: Stanford, California

For registration, please email STACY WATERS at adr@adrnc.net.

 

 

The Forrest S. Mosten Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies Lecture
 "Conflict and Peacemaking:  From Kindergarten to the Middle East"

Date: May 7, 2008

Place: Riverside, California

For more information, visit http://chass.ucr.edu/conference/Mosten/index.html

 

 

ADRNC Seminar

EXPLORING THE ENNEAGRAM: SEEING INTO THE HEART OF CONFLICT

Date: May 3, 2008

Place: Stanford, California

For more information, visit http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=104563 .

 

Peacemaking in Times of Conflict: Mending Personal and Community Conflict

Date: April 25, 2008

Place: Delray Beach, Florida

For more information, visit www.drderi.com

 

 

ACR-GA Chapter Event

Issues in Juvenile Mediation

Date: April 22, 2008

Place: Atlanta, Georgia

Juvenile Justice Center
169 Pryor Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30312
Room 2145
For more information, visit http://www.mediate.com/ACRgeorgia/pg11.cfm.

 

 

Ethics & Mediation Practice Reviewing the Wilson v. Wilson Case

Date: March 29, 2008

Place: Cobb Mediation, Marietta, Georgia

Discussion of Current Ethics developments using the Wilson v. Wilson decision as a case study

For more information, visit www.acrga.net.

 

 

2008 Education Section Conference

 

"Sustaining Conflict Resolution Education: Building Bridges to the Future"

Date: March 9 - 11, 2008

Place: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Please click here for more information.

 

 

Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California

Constructive Conflict Engagement: Harvesting the Wisdom of Ages

Date: March 8, 2008

Place: Oakland, California

Full information can be found at http://www.adrnc.net

For more information, visit: http://www.leadrnz.co.nz 

 

 

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