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Chittu Nagarajan: Chief Mediator and Head of ODRWorld.com and ODRIndia.com
Chittu Nagarajan is the Chief Mediator and Head of ODRWorld.com and ODRIndia.com. Chittu is a Senior Consultant to PayPal an eBay Company.
Chittu has a Legal Practicing Certificate and is a trained Mediator. Chittu's passion is in Online Dispute Resolution, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Cyberlaws, E-commerce, Micro-finance and Intellectual Property. Her first degree is in History whilst her second degree is in Law. She now awaits her M.Phil in Alternative Dispute Resolution to E-commerce disputes.
Chittu was responsible for developing the first Online Dispute Resolution service in India and Malaysia. ODRIndia was the third party dispute resolution provider to eBay India. She is currently working on the following Online Dispute Resolution sites; ODRWorld, ODRIndia, ODRChina, ODRJapan, ODRAustralia and ODRMalaysia.
Chittu is involved in designing conflict prevention and resolution mechanism for the micro-finance industry in India, in addition to analyzing and providing advice on areas of improvement.
Chittu is a Regular Guest Speaker at several Universities in India and Malaysia where she speaks on Intellectual Property, Mediation and Online Dispute Resolution. She also conducts workshops for various companies in India and Malaysia in the areas of Negotiation Skills, Conflict Management and Intellectual Property.
Pablo Cortes: Lecturer, University of Leicester (England)
Pablo Cortés is originally from Galicia ( Spain ) where he obtained his primary degree in civil law at the Universidad de Vigo. He completed a LLM in European and Comparative Law (first class honours) at University of Limerick ( Ireland ). During his Masters he taught Comparative Legal Systems. He proceeded to University College Cork ( Ireland ) in 2005 to write a PhD thesis entitled Developing Online Dispute Resolution for Consumers in the European Union. He was awarded the Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors Scholarship in the first year of his research. In 2006, He was awarded an IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to fund the remaining two years of his PhD studies . At University College Cork, as well as conducting doctoral research he taught EU Law and Contract Law. He has presented papers at a number of international conferences and published articles in various journals, such as the Civil Justice Quarterly, Computers Law & Security Report, New Law Journal, Computers & Law, Revista General de Derecho Europeo, Actualidad Jurídica Aranzadi. In addition he has forthcoming articles in Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal, and Computer & Telecommunications Law Review. Pablo will commence to lecture this September at University of Leicester ( England ).
Ayo Kusamotu
Mr. Kusamotu practices law with the firm of Kusamotu and Kusamotu in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a graduate of the University of Lagos School of Law and chairs the Information Technology and Communications Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch. He chairs the Africa Committee for InternetBar.org, is the Project Lead of Creative Commons Nigeria and is involved in assisting One Laptop Per Child in launch strategies for Nigeria. He was a member of the Presidential Task Force that drafted intellectual property legislation in 2001 and was an adviser to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in negotiations with the European Union on economic partnership agreements.
Sanjana Hattotuwa: Content and Strategic Engagement Consultant - Info-share.org
Sanjana Hattotuwa was born in 1977 and was educated at S. Thomas' College,
Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka, and the University of Delhi, India. Mr. Hattotuwa
has an Honours Degree in English Literature and is a founding member of
Info-Share, prior to which he
worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Alternatives,
Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has written widely on topics related to media,
conflict and technology for peace building and has participated in numerous
workshops and conferences on peacebuilding, conflict transformation, media
and ICT. Since the tsunami, Sanjana and Info-Share have been at the center
of efforts to use technologyto facilitate aid efforts.
Mr. Hattotuwa has also worked as a resource person in Nepal where he worked with local media to develop capacities for peacebuilding in the country. He is on the Editorial Board of the Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution (OJPCR) and a Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, a leading think tank in the UK specialising in developing cutting edge thinking on socio-economic problems.
As a Rotary World Peace Scholar, he received a Masters in International Studies (2005) from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
» Link to Sanjana's Blog: ICT for Peacebuilding
Read Sanjana's papers & presentations
» Untying
the Gordian Knot
» UN
ODR Workshop Presentation
» Daring
to Dream: CSCW for Peacebuilding
» Daring
to Dream: CSCW for Peacebuilding: Powerpoint Presentation
Orna Rabinovich-Einy
Dr. Orna Rabinovich-Einy was awarded a J.S.D. degree from Columbia University in October 2005. Her dissertation was entitled "From Settlement to Justice: Dispute Resolution in the Internet Age. While at Columbia, Dr. Rabinovich-Einy participated in an innovative project led by Prof. Susan Sturm, studying the internal dispute resolution unit at the National Institute of Health, Washington D.C. She is a member of the New York State Bar and is a certified mediator from Safe Horizon Mediation Services, New York. Her publications include "Going Public: Diminishing Privacy in Dispute Resolution," "Balancing the Scales: The Ford-Firestone Case, The Internet, and the Future Dispute Resolution Landscape," and "Technology's Impact: The Quest for a New Paradigm for Accountability in Mediation," all published in major U.S. law journals.
Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Cairo University, Egypt and Legal Advisor
Dr. Mohamed S. E. Abdel Wahab, Licence en Droit (CAI), LL.M (CAI), Ph.D (MAN), MCI Arb. is a Lecturer at Faculty of Law, Cairo University , Egypt and Assistant Director of the Human Rights Centre at Cairo University . He has taught part-time on the LL.M, LL.B, and BA programmes at Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan Universities, England.
Dr. Abdel Wahab was appointed vice-president of the Cairo branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2005. Dr. Abdel Wahab also works as a legal counsellor in the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and a legal advisor at Shalakany Law Office, Egypt.
He works with the United Nations Expert Group on Online Dispute Resolution, and is affiliated with the Computer Crime Research Centre, Ukraine.
Dr. Wahab holds over thirty five prizes for academic achievement, and has published several articles in learned international journals and presented several conference papers on Globalisation, Private International Law, Online Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, E-commerce and IT Law. He is also a member of several professional and legal organisations including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Society of Legal Scholars, Socio-Legal Studies Association, Association of Internet Researchers, the Internet Society, the International Law Association, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and the Egyptian Anti-Cyber Crime Association.
His expertise lies in the field of: Private International Law (Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction), International Commercial Arbitration (especially in hotel management, information technology, and construction disputes), Online Dispute Resolution and IT Law.
Benjamin G. Davis: Associate Professor at the University of Toledo College of Law
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Frank Fowlie: Ombudsman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Frank Fowlie is the inaugural Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Ombudsman. He has been the Ombudsman since November 2004. ICANN is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for managing the domain name system. Frank is the organization’s inaugural ombudsman and has been the ombudsman since November 2004. As the ombudsman, Frank is a member of the International Ombudsman Association, the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman, the International Ombudsman Institute and the United States Ombudsman Association.
Frank is an alumnus of the University of Manitoba, University of Regina, and Royal Roads University where he earned a Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management. He has taken training as a negotiation instructor at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and is an associate faculty member of Royal Roads University.
Frank was previously employed with the United Nations, where he was on Mission Staff in East Timor for two years. He was the deputy administrator for the capital city, and was appointed as the UN’s Olympic Games Officer, taking the world’s newest country to the Sydney Olympics.
Frank’s professional background includes being an Ombudsman Officer with the British Columbia Ombudsman’s Office; Senior Advisor with the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada; Saskatchewan Social Services, and as a Policing Policy Advisor to the BC Attorney General. Frank began his career as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Frank is involved in volunteer activities, such as the Canadian Olympic Committee; Olympic, Commonwealth and Pan American Games; and the Royal Life Saving Society. He is the co-author of, “Prayer Road”, a book about the Olympic Games and East Timor.
Alberto Elisavetsky: Director Dispute Resolution Centre Training and Services. Universidad Tecnologica National-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires Secretaria de Extension Universitaria Argentina.
Certified Public Accountant, Integration Technology Consultant, E Learning Specialist,
CEO of www.eventosvirtuales.com.ar and www.formadordigital.com.ar synchronic events platforms operations and distance learning. Director Dispute Resolution Centre Training and Services. Universidad Tecnologica National-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires Secretaria de Extension Universitaria Argentina. Coordinator Proyecto Centro Virtual de Resolucion de Conflictos Latinoamérica. CVRCLA RED/ODR. Creator of www.resolucionelectronicadedisputas.blogspot.com, first spanish speakers blog related with ODR. Professor Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero Buenos Aires Argentina Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Professor Master in Confclit Resolution Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora Buenos Aires Argentina. Professor Master Latin-American European in mediation Institut Kurt Bosh Swiss. Professor Master Family mediation ICAV Valencia Spain.
Daniel Rainey: Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services (ADRS) for the National Mediation Board
As Director, ADRS, he is responsible for a range of projects and program areas, involving cooperation with and support for Mediation, Arbitration, and Representation.
He directs the NMB's core alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program, including: the Board's Facilitated Problem Solving training and facilitation for contract negotiations and joint problem solving; Grievance Mediation training and facilitation; specialized training and facilitation (team building, etc.); and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). The ODR program includes the use of technology for contract negotiations, grievance mediation, arbitration hearings, and arbitration adoption conferences. He is the NMB’s liaison to a team of researchers working under a National Science Foundation research grant designed to develop information about process modeling and the impact of ODR tools in mediation.
Immediately prior to coming to the NMB, he was the owner/president of a consulting firm specializing in conflict management and conflict intervention. From 1978 through 1990, he was a faculty member at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
He is currently one of the instructors, online, responsible for teaching UMass’ undergraduate Online Dispute Resolution course.
He is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and the Virginia Association for Conflict Resolution (VACR), and the Association of Labor Relations Agencies (ALRA). For ACR, he is the co-Chair of the ODR Section, and he is co-Chair of the ALRA Technology Committee.
Colin Rule: Director of Online Dispute Resolution, eBay.com
crule [at] ebay.com
Colin Rule is Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and paypal.com He has worked in the dispute resolution field for more than a decade as a mediator, trainer, and consultant. He is currently Co-Chair of the Online Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, and he serves on the Steering Committee of the Better Business Bureau’s Internet program, BBBOnline.
Colin co-founded Online Resolution, one of the first online dispute resolution (ODR) providers, in 1999 and served as its CEO (2000) and President. In 2002 Colin co-founded the Online Public Disputes Project, which applied ODR to multiparty, public disputes. Previously, Colin was General Manager of Mediate.com, the largest online resource for the dispute resolution field. Colin also worked for several years with the National Institute for Dispute Resolution in Washington, D.C. and the Consensus Building Institute in Cambridge, MA.
Colin has presented and trained throughout Europe and North America for organizations including the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Department of State, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He has also lectured and taught at UMass-Amherst, Stanford, MIT, Southern Methodist University, the University of Ottawa, and Brandeis University.
Colin is the author of Online Dispute Resolution for Business, published by Jossey-Bass in September 2002. He has contributed more than 40 articles to prestigious ADR publications such as Consensus, The Fourth R, ACR News, and Peace Review. He authors the online conflict resolution column in ACResolution Magazine and contributes to odr.info, a news resource chronicling developments in the ODR field. He holds a Master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution and technology, a B.A. in Peace Studies from Haverford College, and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Eritrea from 1995-1997.
Jeffrey M. Aresty: Founder and President of InternetBar.org
Jeffrey M. Aresty is a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts and has been involved in international business law and the role of technology in the transformation of the practice of law for almost three decades. He is currently the chair of the American Bar Association Section of International Law’s Information Services, Technology, and Data Protection Committee and has volunteered in other capacities for the ABA and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Jeff’s involvement in the Center centers on promoting the use of online dispute resolution technology as an alternate to traditional methods. His ongoing law-technology activities concern (1) e-lawyering training, including ODR and (2) initiating global law reform in online communities. Jeff is the president of internetbar.org and the organizer of globalprivacy.org, efforts aimed at connecting lawyers in cyberspace in online communities to work on the harmonization of private international law for any activity occurring in cyberspace. The initial focus of these projects is on the harmonization of privacy laws. Internetbar.org will extend its activities by also addressing other issues that affect human rights such as identity theft and e-commerce.
Associates
Christopher Peterson: Researcher - Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School; Counselor for Communications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Peterson is an alumnus of the Legal Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. As an undergraduate Chris researched the ways in which online spaces and social software affect human behavior and communication, culminating in his honors thesis on the privacy architecture of Facebook. At present, Chris is a researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and is Counselor for Communications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
