Thursday, July 5, 2007

18:30 - 20:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS & WELCOME RECEPTION
JOINTLY HOSTED BY:
CPR: The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution,
The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA)
and JAMS, Inc.
Venue:
Heller Ehrman LLPTimes Square
Tower 7, Times SquareNew York
The UIA Mediation Forum acknowledges Heller Ehrman LLC for its gracious hosting of this Event

Friday, July 6, 2007

09:00 - 9:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Venue:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 West, 44th Street New York, NY

9:30 – 10:00

OPENING SESSION AND INTRODUCTION
F. Peter PHILLIPS, Sr. Vice President, CPR Institute, New York City, NY, USA
Kathy A. BRYAN, President and CEA, CPR Institute, New York City, NY, USA
Dan WEITZ, Chairman, ADR Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York City, NY, USA
Mark APPEL, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Dublin, Ireland
Michael YOUNG, JAMS, New York City, NY, USA
Thierry GARBY, President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Lerins Avocats, Paris, France

10:00 – 11:15

Complex Communication: A Guide to Difficult Conversations
Douglas STONE, co-author of Difficult Conversations; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Partner, Triad Consulting Group
The method of “win-win” negotiation was made popular throughout the world by the spread of the international best-seller, Getting to Yes.  With its focus on problem-solving, the Getting to Yes method teaches readers to “separate the people from the problem.”  And yet, many people ask, “what about when the people are the problem?”  In Difficult Conversations, the Harvard Negotiation Project addresses what to do when communication and relationship issues take centre stage.

11:15 – 11:30   

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 13:00

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Mediate
Daniel SHAPIRO, co-author, Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as you Negotiate with Roger Fisher; Lecturer, Harvard Law School; Associate Director, Harvard Negotiation Project.
In a mediation, emotions can derail an agreement and ruin relationships.  When properly understood, however, emotions can help improve relationships and get the results parties want.  In Beyond Reason, the Harvard Negotiation Project clarifies the complicated world of emotions, highlighting five “core concerns” that motivate all of us.  With this understanding, mediators can learn how to use these core concerns to generate helpful emotions in themselves and in others.

13:00 – 14:30

LUNCH

14:30 – 16:00

The Next Frontier: Spiritual Intelligence and Negotiation
Erica Ariel FOX, author, Beyond Yes: Deeper Wisdom and the Art of Negotiation (forthcoming); Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative; Partner, Mobius Executive Leadership
When most of us mediate, we focus on three areas: what parties are doing, what they are thinking, and what they are feeling.  Over the past quarter-century the mediation field has developed frameworks and tools to help people reach agreements by working in all three of these domains.  The great wisdom traditions teach that the deepest opportunity for facilitating insight and change is by working in a fourth domain: the ground of being.  The Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative and the Beyond Yes Process teach practitioners how to achieve mastery by moving from using three to using all four dimensions.

16:00 – 16:30   

COFFEE BREAK

16:30 – 18:00

Commercial ADR from the Perspective of the Corporate End-User: Representatives from multinational corporations discuss their mediation policies; their experiences within and outside North America; what qualities and services they seek in a mediation organization; and what obstacles and opportunities they perceive in the growth of commercial mediation in Europe and elsewhere.
MODERATOR:
F. Peter PHILLIPS, Sr. Vice President, CPR Institute, New York City, NY, USA
PANELISTS:
Roland SCHROEDER, Senior Counsel, Litigation & Legal Policy, General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Theodore B. VAN ITALLIE, Associate General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Beth TRENT, Legal Director, Schering-Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA

20:00

DINNER
Morton’s: The Steakhouse
551 Fifth Avenue (on 45th Street)
New York, NY

Saturday, July 7, 2007

09:00 - 9:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Venue:
SOFITEL NEW YORK45 West, 44th Street New York, NY

9:30 – 10:45

Breaking Barriers to Mediation: The Role of the CentresMODERATOR:
Jeffry S. ABRAMS, Attorney, Mediator, Houston, Texas, USA
PANELISTS:
Stefano AZZALI, Milan Chamber of Commerce, Milan, Italy
Karl MACKIE, CEDR, London, UK
Mélanie MEILHAC, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France
Michael YOUNG, JAMS, New York City, NY, USA
Mediation has made significant strides over the last 20 years or more.  Mediation centres have been at the forefront of that march.  This session will involve a lively and interactive discussion with representatives from some of the most successful mediation centres from around the globe sharing their experience with building their centres.  They will discuss the progress they have made and the barriers they have encountered.  Along with the experienced audience, the panel will share ideas for building successful mediation centres and for breaking down barriers to mediation that remain.  This program will be useful for both mediation centres and mediators.

10:45 – 11:00   

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:30

Breaking Barriers to Mediation: The Role of the Centres (continued)

12:30 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 16:00

News from the Centres / Future Business of the ForumCentres will inform the Forum about any evolution in their organisation or rules or about special cases they have had.
You are invited to inform Thierry GARBY (t.garby@lerins-avocats.com) prior to the meeting and indicate the period of time (not exceeding 15 minutes) that you may wish to use for your presentation.
Future business of the Forum: please send to Thierry GARBY any suggestion you may have.

18:00

OPTIONAL DINNER & MUSICA Dinner Cruise around Lower Manhattan:
The Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, etc.
World YachtPier 81 West 41st Street and the Hudson River
Boarding: 18:00
Sailing: 19:00
Return: 22:00