Announcements

Friday, October 28, 2005

eBay and NetNeutrals Podcast - eBay's Independent Feedback Review process is the subject of a discussion between Colin Rule, head of ODR at eBay, and Angelique DeMars-Fehr of NetNeutrals.com / DeMars Associates. NetNeutrals.com is an online dispute resolution program operated by DeMars & Associates, Ltd. Designed for eBay as a feedback review process, NetNeutrals offers its clients an innovative way to resolve customer and B2B disagreements. Please also visit the Independent Feedback Review page on eBay.
Podcast! ODR and Digital Governance - Featuring Jane Fountain, Director, National Center for Digital Government and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Beth Simone Noveck, Associate Professor of Law, Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, Director, Democracy Design Workshop; Moderated by Colin Rule, head of ODR for eBay.com.
UK Government's Mediation Awareness Week - a live mock mediation this week at www.TheMediationRoom.com. If you login as guest for both username and password you can see the case. The story is unfolding every day this week.
Upcoming Third International ODR Workshop - Plan now to attend the workshop held in conjunction with the 18^th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information System (Jurix) Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium), December 10, 2005
Cairo ODR Conference, March 20 - 23, 2006 - The conference aims to address all ODR related topics and contemporary issues in the utilization of technology in dispute resolution both from a practical and theoretical perspective. For further information please contact Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab (mohamed_wahab@hotmail.com)

Thursday, October 27, 2005

TODAY! Conflict Transformation and Mobile Technology Breeze real time conference "ODR sans PC said the mobile to the radio" with Sanjana Hattotuwa, Content and Strategic Engagement Consultant of Info-Share. To be held Thursday 10/27, 23.00 GMT (Time conversion? Click HERE) - The URL is http://breeze41024769.breezecentral.com/sanjana/ log in as "guest". Please indicate your interest to gaitenby@disputes.net as soon as possible. See Program or ODR pages for more details.
Podcast! ODR and Digital Governance - Featuring Jane Fountain, Director, National Center for Digital Government and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Beth Simone Noveck, Associate Professor of Law, Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, Director, Democracy Design Workshop; Moderated by Colin Rule, head of ODR for eBay.com.
UK Government's Mediation Awareness Week - a live mock mediation this week at www.TheMediationRoom.com. If you login as guest for both username and password you can see the case. The story is unfolding every day this week.
International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) Professor Ben Davis, University of Toledo College of Law and ICODR co-founder presents unprecedented access to the competition eRooms, cases, and competitors from 2005 competitions. See Program or ODR pages for participation details.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

TODAY! Join us for a REAL TIME Demo of ODR Brainstorming tools in government dispute resolution -Dan Rainey, Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, National Mediation Board presents Webex supported demo of prototype University of Massachusetts - National Mediation Board ODR tool - Four opportunities to participate in the demo: 14.00 - 14.30 GMT 10/26/05; 14.30 - 15.00 GMT 10/26/05; 02.00 - 02.30 GMT 10/27/05; 02.30 - 03.00 GMT 10/27/05 (Time conversion? Click HERE). See Program or ODR pages for participation details - make sure to refresh your browser as these pages may have been updated since you last visited.
Check out Shockwave Demonstration of GroupMindExpress, offering tools to virtual and other collaborative activities: holding meetings over the Net, gathering data and displaying results, brainstorming issues & prioritization, developing a set of criteria (that are perhaps conflicting) and applying these to a list of issues and view these results graphically and solicit interpretations of these in a discussion.
New Discussion Forum! - Collaborative and cooperative law moderated by John Debruyn, an introduction of what is happening in the Collaborative Law movement not only to civilize the divorce process but to introduce the collaborative law concept to other areas of practice. Initial discussion topics include commitment to non-adversarial resolution, shared elements of the collaborative and cooperative process, going international and online with collaboration and cooperation.
Plan to attend upcoming REAL TIME Demo - Conflict Transformation and Mobile Technology - Real time Breeze conference "ODR sans PC said the mobile to the radio" with Sanjana Hattotuwa, Content and Strategic Engagement Consultant of Info-Share. To be held Thursday 10/27, 23.00 GMT (Time conversion? Click HERE) - Space is limited to 25 so if you want to participate please indicate your interest to gaitenby@disputes.net as soon as possible. See Program or ODR pages for more details.
International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) Professor Ben Davis, University of Toledo College of Law and ICODR co-founder presents unprecedented access to the competition eRooms, cases, and competitors from 2005 competitions. See Program or ODR pages for participation details.
Pioneers of ODR Podcast, Colin Rule, head of ODR at eBay interviews John Helie, ODR pioneer and most recent recipient of the Association for Conflict Resolution's Mary Parker Follet Award for his work with technological innovation in the field.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Can Democratic Dialog Work in Virtual Spaces? Real Time Demonstration and Discussion TODAY Using Unchat virtual collaboration and meeting platform. Tuesday 10/25 18.00 - 19.00 GMT. To participate in the session register at the survey found at http://snipurl.com/i7ve by 12:30 GMT on 10/25.
Brainstorming ODR tools in government dispute resolution -Dan Rainey, Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, National Mediation Board presents a real time Webex supported demo of prototype University of Massachusetts - National Mediation Board ODR tool - To be held at four different time slots: 10/26/05 @ 14.00 - 14.30 GMT; 10/26/05 @ 14.30 - 15.00 GMT; 10/27/05 @ 02.00 - 02.30 GMT; 10/27/05 @ 02.30 - 03.00 GMT (Time conversion? Click HERE). See Program or ODR pages for participation details.
GroupMindExpress.com Shockwave Demonstration - GroupmindExpress collaborative platform offers tools to virtual and other collaborative activities: holding meetings over the Net, gathering data and displaying results, brainstorming issues & prioritization, developing a set of criteria (that are perhaps conflicting) and applying these to a list of issues and view these results graphically and solicit interpretations of these in a discussion.
InternetBar Discussion -Ethics and Trust in a Networked Society
Featuring Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law, Boston University and author of a new book, Trust and Honesty. America's Business Culture at a Crossroad (2005)
The State of the World, the Law and Lawyer in the 21st Century, an InternetBar Discussion featuring Ramon Mullerat, a lawyer in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Former President of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union. Moderated by Joseph P. J. Vrabel, Esq. and featuring an expert panel of lawyers.

Monday, October 24, 2005

Online Dispute Resolution at eBay.com - TODAY! Real time Breeze demonstration, 02:00 GMT 10/25 (7.00 pm U.S. Pacific coast time on Monday 10/24) - Space is limited, so if you want to participate please indicate your interest to gaitenby@disputes.net as soon as possible.
Can Democratic Dialog Work in Virtual Spaces? An Exploration Using Unchat virtual collaboration and meeting platform. Tuesday 10/25 18.00 - 19.00 GMT. To participate in the session register at the survey found at http://snipurl.com/i7ve by 12:30 GMT on 10/25.
Will Web-enabled Document Automation Disrupt the Legal Profession? An On-Line and Off-Line Discussion
Featuring Richard Granat and Marc Lauritsen, Co-chairs of the eLawyering Task Force of the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section and Daryl Mountain, a practitioner and consultant, who is also a member of the Task Force.
Online Best Practices Committee Discussion
Moderated by Hilary Rowen, Esq., chair of ABA TTIPS e-commerce committee and Jeff Aresty, President of the InternetBar Organization, with online interactive Best Practices table being developed by the Schidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology of the University of Washington Law School.
SmartSettle Test Drive - Cyberweek attendees invited to take SmartSettle for a test drive by competing against an unknown opponent in the International eNegotiation Tournament. Cyberweek attendees registering before Oct. 28 with the sponsor code CYBERWEEK will be admitted to the competition free of charge. The top performers will be recognized at the competition Top Standings page. Click HERE to start now.
GroupMindExpress.com demonstration, presents an asynchronous walk-through / demonstration of this collaborative platform.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Cyberweek Has Begun! If you haven't yet, please take a moment to Register (it's free and online).
The Center and the Internetbar organization welcome the distinguished representatives of the African Legal Community to our conference. This includes the involvement of 8 Bar organizations in Africa, the Attorney General of Lagos state, Nigeria and several major African media organizations. Join them in the Discussion Forum TODAY!
Plan NOW to attend: Online Dispute Resolution at eBay.com - To be held Monday 10/24 at 02:00 GMT - Space is limited to 25 so if you want to participate please indicate your interest to gaitenby@disputes.net as soon as possible
Can Democratic Dialog Work in Virtual Spaces? An Exploration Using Unchat virtual collaboration and meeting platform. To be held Tuesday 10/25 18.00 - 19.00 GMT. To participate in the session, participants would need to register at the survey found at http://snipurl.com/i7ve by 12:30 GMT on 10/25.
SmartSettle Test Drive - Cyberweek attendees invited to take SmartSettle for a test drive by competing against an unknown opponent in the International eNegotiation Tournament. Cyberweek attendees registering before Oct. 28 with the sponsor code CYBERWEEK will be admitted to the competition free of charge. The top performers will be recognized at the competition Top Standings page. Click HERE to start now.

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