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Download the seminar programme and the registration form.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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19:00
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WELCOME COCKTAIL
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street
11743 Athens
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Friday, March 11, 2011
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08:30-09:00
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street
11743 Athens
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09:00-09:30
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Welcome and Opening of the Seminar
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece
Pascal MAURER, UIA President, Keppeler & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland
Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V& P Law Firm, Athens, Greece
Harry KASTANIDIS, Minister of Justice, Athens, Greece*
Dimitrios PAXINOS, President of the Hellenic Bar Association, Athens, Greece*
Thierry GARBY, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation, Avocat honoraire, Mediator and Arbitrator, Paris, France
* invited
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MEDIATING WITHIN THE COMPANY
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09:30 - 10:30
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Labour Disputes
Giorgio GRASSO, Studio Legale Gelex, Rome, Italy
Linda FORESE, Dresser INC Group, Florence, Italy
Gregory HUNT, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, UK
John NERANTZIS, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece
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10:30 – 10:45
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COFFEE BREAK
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10:45 – 11:30
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Change Management & Mediating Change
Fighting challenges – Mastering the transition – What makes change possible and viable?
Corporate Mediation, Change Management, Mediating Changes… How can people, faced with enormous challenges in private and professional setting, carry on and carry responsibility without collapsing under the burden?
Transforming the most difficult circumstances in a constructive and productive way. The guideline is focusing on solutions instead of on problems.
Jane GUNN, Corporate Peacemakers, Reading, UK
Aleksandra WEBER, Medical Doctor / Mediator, Mediation Weber, Munich, Germany
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MEDIATION SKILLS
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11:30 – 12:30
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Proactive Mediation
How can companies benefit from the use of mediation in early stages of conflict (Proactive mediation)? What impact can the use of proactive mediation have on the relationships and atmosphere at work, on work motivation and efficiency?
How companies implement the use of proactive mediation and make it an integral part of their functioning?
Marko IRSIC, Zavod Rakmo, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V & P Law Firm, Athens, Greece
Haris MEIDANIS, Meidanis Pagoulatos & Associates, Athens, Greece
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12:30 – 14:00
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LUNCH
Hotel Royal Olympic
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14:00 – 14:45
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From Mystery to Mastery
To what extent do the personal qualities of the mediator impact upon the mediation process and can we create a curriculum that helps mediators to focus on personal development along with the traditional teaching of skills and theory?
Jane GUNN, Corporate Peacemakers, Reading, UK
Helena DE BACKER, President of the UIA Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium
Spyros ANTONELOS, Spyros Antonelos and Partners Law Office, Athens, Greece
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14:45 – 15:30
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Mediation and Coaching
We will explain during this session what are the other roles that a mediator can play inside organisations: conflict coach, business coach, conflict management consultant, etc. We will review the skills and conditions that are needed to extend our practice to those activities and what could be a typical plan to implement this extension.
François BOGACZ, Convirgente, Lisbon, Portugal
Constantinos KATSIGIANNIS, Katsigiannis Associates 1886 Law Office, Athens, Greece
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15:30 - 15:45
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COFFEE BREAK
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15:45 – 16:30
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Styles and Techniques in Mediation and Negotiation
Laura Elena POP, Pop Laura Elena Law Office, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dimitra TRIANTAFYLLOU, Triantafyllou Law Office, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eftyhia KOURAKLI, Kourakli Eftyhia Law Firm, Thessaloniki, Greece
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16:30 – 17:30
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Mediation and Insolvency
This session will first discuss the features of commercial disputes in a crisis background and the mediators’ strategies in tackling this kind of disputes. It will then explore some special types of mediation to deal with insolvency: the ad hoc mandate, the Mediator of Credit and the Mediator of Industry in France and Foreclosure Mediation programmes in the United States.
Thierry GARBY, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Avocat honoraire, Mediator and Arbitrator, Paris, France
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece
Stefano PAVLETIC, Studio Pavletic, Milan, Italy
Nicole BALADIS, Karagounis & Partners Law Offices, Athens, Greece
Jean-Pierre SALAÜN, Médiateur du crédit et médiateur de l’industrie, Paris, France
Mark APPEL, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), EMEA
F. Peter PHILLIPS, Business Conflict Management LLC, Montclair, New Jersey,USA
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17:30
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END OF DAY ONE
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20:00
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Dinner and dancing at Elaia
Erehtheos 16 & Erotokritou Street, Plaka, Athens
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
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09:00 - 09:30
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street
11743 Athens
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DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIATION
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09:30 - 10:30
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International Commercial Mediation Experience: The Cultural Context
Intercultural mediation is a vast topic. This session will investigate practical strategies to handle those differences and particularly between China and the West.
Colin J. WALL, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Global Mediation Services Ltd, Hong Kong, China
Chengjie WANG, CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Centre, Beijing, China
Hui CHENG, CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Centre, Beijing, China
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10:30 – 10:45
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COFFEE BREAK
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10:45 – 11:15
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How to Create a Market for Mediation?
Making known the advantages of mediation as ADR method.
Overcome reluctancy and objections to mediation.
Marketing plan, marketing factors, market segmentation and specialization, the role of standards and ethics in promoting mediation, new growth options for mediation services.
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece
Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V& P Law Firm, Athens, Greece
Evi AVLOGIARI, Evi Avlogiari & Partners Law Office, Thessaloniki, Greece
Gregory HUNT, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, UK
Jeffry S. ABRAMS, Attorney – Mediator, Houston, TX, USA
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11:15 – 11:45
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The European Mediation Directive: a Brief Overview of the Status Quo
John BOSNAK, NMI, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece
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11:45 -12:30
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News from the Centers – Future Business of the Forum
Thierry GARBY, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Avocat honoraire, Mediator and Arbitrator, Paris, France
Colin J. WALL, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Global Mediation Services Ltd, Hong Kong, China
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12:30 – 14:00
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LUNCH
Hotel Royal Olympic
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14:00 – 15:30
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Health Care Group
Jane GUNN, Corporate Peacemakers, Reading, UK
Aleksandra WEBER, Medical Doctor / Mediator, Mediation Weber, Munich, Germany
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END OF THE FORUM
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20:00
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Optional Dinner at Kuzina Restaurant
Adrianou 9 Thissio – Athens
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