Thursday, April 19, 2007
8:15 - 9 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Opening of the Forum and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Graham Ross, The MediationRoom.com
9:15 a.m. Keynote speech
Sir Brian Neill, Kt, PC,QC, former Lord Justice of Appeal and past President of the Civil Mediation Council
9:45 Welcoming Remarks
Ethan Katsh, Director, National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution (US)
Daewon Choi, Chief, Information and Communications Technology Policy, UNESCAP
Paul Mullins, Mersey Partnership, Liverpool
10:00 a.m. Opportunities for ODR
Chair: Ayo Kusamotu (Nigeria)
Colin Rule (USA) - ODR in the Financial Sector
Jeff Aresty (USA) - InternetBar.org
Orna Rabinovich (Israel) - The Electronic Court Project
11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. ODR for Courts and Agencies
Chair: Mohamed Wahab (Egypt)
Michael Lind (UK) - ADR Group Report on Recent European ODR pilot
Tim Howard - ODR in mass litigation and high volume insurance disputes
Pablo Cortez (Ireland) - Developing a European Procedure for Small Claims in the E-Commerce Era
Sue Prince (UK) - On-Line Dispute Resolution and the implications for small claims
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. ODR applications and demonstrations
Chair: John Melville Williams, QC
- Graham Ross (UK)- TheMediationRoom.com - ADR/ODR hybrid uses
- Charles Brofman (Cybersettle) and Mark Appel (The International Centre for Dispute Resolution/American Arbitration Association)
- Ernest Thiessen (Canada)- Smartsettle
- Jim Melamed (USA) - Mediate.com's MeetingSpace: Augmenting Mediator Face to Face Communications
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Gert-Jan Kollenhof
(Netherlends) – Juripax
3:45 - 4 - Break
4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
a. ODR and Virtual Worlds
Chair: Daniel Rainey (USA)
Ethan Katsh (USA) - University of Massachusetts
Sanjana Hattotuwa (Sri Lanka) - Info-Share.org
Colin Rule (USA) - eBay
b. Panel in Spanish
Alberto Elisavetsky (Argentina) - ODR and Latin America
Maria Viso (Venezuela) - Is Arbitration Prepared to Deal with the Information Society?
Edgardo Munoz (Mexico) - Internet Conflict of Laws: A Space of Opportunities for ODR
Guilleromo Avilles-Mendoza - Webcam presentation from US.
5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns for the Day
7 P.M.- Reception and Drinks
8:00 p.m. Dinner
Location: Mersey Maritime Museum, Albert Dock
Entertainment by Gerry Marsden (leader of the famous 60's band, Gerry and the Pacemakers) We are grateful to Mersey ICT for sponsoring the entertainment and to Cybersettle for its sponsorship of the dinner.
DAY TWO
Friday, April 20, 2007
9:00 a.m. Opening Statement for the Day/Coffee, etc.
9:30 a.m. Keynote Speech
Michael Lind - ADR Group - Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Professor Richard Susskind, IT Advisor to the
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
10:00 a.m. ODR and the Creation of a Global Justice System
Chair: Ethan Katsh
Chistopher To (Hong Kong) - Development of Online Dispute Resolution in Asia
Joseph Savirimuthu (UK) - ODR as a Tool for Enforcing Copyright Norms in Cyberspace
Adenike Olagbami (Nigeria) - ODR, The Challenge and Promise for Africa
Mohamed Wahab (Egypt)
11 - 11:15 - Break
11:15 - 11:45 - Discussion with Christopher To, host of 6th International ODR Forum in Hong Kong in December 2007, and Frank Fowlie, host of 7th International ODR Forum in Vancouver/victoria in June 2008.
11:45 a.m. Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Chair: Frank Fowlie
Sanjana Hattutowa (Sri Lanka) - Violent Conflict and Peace: New Directions for ODR?
Leah Wing (USA) - Some Lessons from the north of Ireland/Northern Ireland
Tumaini Anthony Minja (Tanzania) - Founder, Professionals Peace Activism Initiative (ProPeace),
1 p.m. Lunch
Software demonstrations and applications
Graham Ross - TheMediationRoom.com
Jim Melamed - Mediate.com's MeetingSpace: Augmenting Mediator Face to Face Communications
Ernest Thiessen - Smartsettle
Charles Brofman - Cybersettle
Sanjana Hattutowa – Cell Phones as ODR tools and Groove?
Daniel Rainey – Low Cost/No Cost Technology
May-Britt (Netherlends) – Juripax
2:30 p.m. The Practice of Mediation
Chair - Orna Rabinovich (Israel)
Matt Billings (UK) - Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and third-party
dispute-resolution
Valeria Carofiglio (Italy) - Structuring Argumentative Information Exchange in ODR Environments
David Larson (USA)
Julia Hornle (UK) - Online Arbitration of Consumer Disputes
Melissa Conley Tyler - via Webcam from Melbourne
3:30 p.m. Summary Session
4:00 p.m. Adjourn Forum
Please fill out the registration form for the Forum if you plan to attend. In accordance with UN policy, there are no registration fees.
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