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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR):  Technology as the “Fourth Party”
Papers and Proceedings of the 2003 United Nations Forum  on ODR

Palais des Nations 
Geneva
June 30 - July 1, 2003

Edited by Ethan Katsh and Daewon Choi
Co-edited by Alan Gaitenby and Colin Rule

Preface: Daewon Choi - Online Dispute Resolution: Issues and Future Directions

Introduction: Ethan Katsh and Alan Gaitenby - "Technology as the "Fourth Party"

I. The Emergence of ODR

a. Melissa Conley Tyler - Seventy-six and Counting: An Analysis of ODR Sites
b. Julia Hornle - Online Dispute Resolution: More than the Emperor's New Clothes
c. Steve Abernethy - The SquareTrade Experience in Online and Offline Disputes
d. Graham Ross - Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing ODR

II. Building Trust and Confidence Through ODR

e. Vincent Tillman - Eurochambres Process and Experience
f. Thomas Schultz  - An Essay on the Role of Government for ODR: Theoretical Considerations about the Future of ODR
g. Benjamin Davis - Disciplining ODR Prototypes: True Trust through True Independence
h. Jeremy Barnett - The Virtual Courtroom and Online Dispute Resolution
i.  Richard Hill - E-Government and ODR

III. Technology and ODR

j.  Arno Lodder and Ernest Thiessen- Artificial Intelligence and ODR
k.  Ernest Thiessen and Ken Fraser - Mobile ODR and SmartSettle

IV. Country Issues and Experiences

l.  Mohamed Wahab (Egypt) - The Digital Divide, E-commerce and ODR: Constructing the Egyptian Information Society
m. Claro Parlade (Phillipines) - Challenges to ODR Implementation in a Developing Country
n.  Xue Hong (China) - Online Dispute Resolution in China: Present Practices & Future Developments
o.  Rinaldo Sali (Italy) - The Risolvionline Experience: An ODR Approach For Consumers And Companies
p.  Melissa Conley Tyler (Australia) - ODR: The Australian Experience
q.  Arash Khalatbari (Iran) -Developing Countries and ODR: Some Observations on the Digital Divide, Haves and Have-Nots, and Building Infrastructure
r.  Prathamesh Popat (India) - ODR in India

  V.  List of contributors