The Third International Mediation Conference October 29-31, 2009  PROGRAMME


October 29, 2009
Plenary Session*


Venue: President-Hotel, the Red Hall
in B. Yakimanka Street, h. 24

09.00 – 10.00 Participants registration, coffee-welcome
10.00 – 10.10 Conference opening
Welcoming speech by Conference coorganizers:
Ms. Tsisana A. Shamlikashvili, President of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law
Mr. Pavel V. Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the Legislation Committee of the State Duma of Russian Federation
10.10 – 11.50 Speeches by:
Mr. Arkadiy V. Dvorkovich, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Mr. Anton A. Ivanov, Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation
Mr. Veniamin F. Yakovlev, Adviser of the President of the Russian Federation, Co-chair of the Russian Association of Lawyers
Mr. Yuri S. Lyubimov, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Sir Henry Brooke, Chairman of the Civil Mediation Council, UK
Speech topic: "Civil mediation in England today"
Mr. Alexander N. Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Mr. Vladimir M. Platonov, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma
11.50 – 12.00 Press briefing
Coffee-break
12.00 – 14.30 Speeches by:
Mr. Vladimir B. Isakov, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Mr. Jay Welsh, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel of JAMS, USA
Speech topic: "The Intersection of Mediation and Arbitration In International Disputes"
Mr. Viktor V. Blazheev, Rector of the Moscow State Law Academy
Ms. Lela Love, Director at the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Immediate Past-Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution, USA
Speech topic: "The Rise of The Lawyer-as-Problem-Solver: The Growth, Success and Challenges of Mediation in the United States"
Mr. Alexander K. Golichenkov, Dean of the Law Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University
Ms. Freya Entringer, Judge at the Regional High Court and Mediator, Germany
Speech topic: "Development of Judicial Mediation in Germany"
Mr. Oleg M. Sviridenko, Chairman of the Moscow Arbitration Court
Mr. Tony Allen, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK
Speech topic: "Mediating with Insurers: Risk and Settlement"
Speech by the representative of the Conference General Sponsor
14.30 – 15.30 Lunch
15.30 – 17.00 Speeches by:
Mr. Evgeny V. Semenyako, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers
Ms. Machteld Pel, mediating judge, head of the project on court-connected mediation and a teacher of the National School for Judges, Netherlands
Speech topic: "Use of Court-Connected Mediation and the Best Way to Choose For Mediation"
Ms. Ursula Caser, community mediator for the Ministry of Justice’s Public Mediation System ("Julgados de Paz"), facilitator and trainer, Portugal
Speech topic: "Community Mediation In Portugal - The Ministry of Justice's Public Mediation Service"
17.00 – 17.15 Coffee-break
17.15 – 18.30 Speeches by:
Ms. Irina V. Reshetnikova, Chairman of the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region
Mr. Daan de Snoo, Director of the Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI)
Speech topic: "Safeguarding the Quality of Mediation and Mediators"
Mrs. Lisa Parkinson, family mediator and trainer, UK
Speech topic: "Family Mediation In England - How Is It Used? Does It Work?"
Mr. Jeremy Lack, Attorney-at-law, barrister, mediator CSMC, CEDR, counsel, Switzerland
Speech topic: "Hybrid Vigour and the Growing Use of Combined ADR Processes for Cross-Border Disputes"
Ms. Tsisana A. Shamlikashvili, President of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law
Closing speech and summing up
Plenary Session Closure
19.00 – 21.30 Gala Dinner

October 30, 2009
Parallel workshops*


09.30 – 10.00 Participants registration
10.00 – 13.00 Workshops by:
Mr. Tony Allen “Using Mediation Effectively in Insured Claims”
Ms. Lela Love "Teaching Mediation and Training Mediators"
Ms. Machteld Pel “The Choice For Mediation: the Art For Professionals of Referring the Right Parties and the Right Cases to Mediation”
Mr. Michael Tsur “Negotiation Management within the Chaotic Reality of the Legal, Business, and Commercial World”
Mr. Jay Welsh “The Business of Mediation”
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 17.00 Workshops by:
Ms. Heather Allen “Intracorporate Mediation - Resolving Disputes in the Workplace”
Ms. Ursula Caser "Multiparty Mediation"
Mrs. Lisa Parkinson “Different Models of Family Mediation”
Mr. Paul Randolph “Demonstrating the Benefits of a Psychological Approach to Mediation and Conflict Resolution”
Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law “Mediation Opportunities in the Contemporary Russian Society”

October 31, 2009
Round table discussion
“Mediation in Russia and world-wide in the context of mutual integration and globalization. Mediation as a worldview of the XXI century man”*


Venue: The Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law
in Bolshoy Tishinsky pereulok, h. 26, building 13-14/1, office 1

10.00 – 13.00 Discussion leader - Ms. Tsisana A. Shamlikashvili, President of the Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law

Participants of the Round table discussion:
Ms. Heather Allen, Head of CEDR Training Faculty, mediator and facilitator, UK
Mr. Tony Allen, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK
Sir Henry Brooke, Chairman of the Civil Mediation Council, UK
Ms. Ursula Caser, community mediator for the Ministry of Justice’s Public Mediation System ("Julgados de Paz"), facilitator and trainer, Portugal
Ms. Freya Entringer, Judge at the Regional High Court and Mediator, Germany
Ms. Lela Love, Director at the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Immediate Past-Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution, USA
Mrs. Lisa Parkinson, family mediator and trainer, UK
Mr. Paul Randolph, accredited mediator (CEDR; SPCP), trainer and lecturer, UK
Mr. Daan de Snoo, Director of the Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI)
Mr. Michael Tsur, founder and former Chairman of the Israeli Association of Mediators
Mr. Jay Welsh, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel of JAMS, USA

*Off-Conference event*
November 1, 2009
Training “Commercial mediation”


Venue: The Scientific and Methodological Center for Mediation and Law
in Bolshoy Tishinsky pereulok, h. 26, building 13-14/1, office 1

10.00 – 17.00 Participants registration - 9.30 – 10.00 Leader:
Mr. Paul Randolph, accredited mediator (CEDR; SPCP), trainer and lecturer, UK



* Please note that there might be changes in the Conference programme.
 

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