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Advanced Commercial
Mediation Institute II
Wednesday
October 24 - Thursday October 25, 2007
The
Commercial Section
of
The Association for Conflict Resolution
In
collaboration with
The
Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative
and
The American Arbitration Association
Present
Innovation
in Commercial Mediation
The
Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute (ACMI) is an
educational forum designed to further develop advanced
skills of professionals experienced in mediating commercial
and business disputes. The program features an interactive
environment facilitated by leading practitioners and
educators in the dispute resolution and related fields.
This
two-day program is limited to 70 participants experienced
in mediating commercial and business disputes so as
to facilitate extensive interaction among participants
and faculty.
Certificates of attendance will be issued to participants
attending the full two-day program.
| Program
Schedule |
Wednesday,
October 24, 2007 (Day 1)
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| 7:30
a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Registration
& Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Opening
Comments
Richard DeWitt, Coral Gables, FL
Commercial Mediator, Resolve Disputes
Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
Jerome
Allan Landau, Scottsdale, AZ
Commercial Mediator
Co-Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
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| 9:00
a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Managing
Large Complex Commercial Mediations
Richard DeWitt, Coral Gables, FL
Commercial Mediator, Resolve Disputes
Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
Sherman Fogel, Phoenix, AZ
Commercial Mediator
Jerome Allan Landau, Scottsdale, AZ
Commercial Mediator
Co-Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
Michael Rubin, Phoenix, AZ
Commercial Litigator / Mediator
Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A.
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| 10:30
a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Break
|
| 11:00
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
International
Mediation and International Standards for Mediator
Competency
Steven Anderson, San Diego, CA
Vice President, The International Centre for Dispute
Resolution
Neil
Carmichael, New York, NY
Vice President, US and International Mediation Services,
American Arbitration Association
|
| 12:30
p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Presentation
"Mediating the BIG DIG"
Kurt
Dettman, Hingham, MA
Commercial Mediator
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| 1:30
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Facilitated
Small Group Discussions
Managing Large Complex Case Mediations
|
| 3:00
p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Break
|
| 3:30
p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
The
Business of Mediation
Robert Creo, Pittsburgh, PA
Commercial Mediator and Author "Alternative
Dispute Resolution"
Neil
Carmichael, New York, NY
Vice President, US and International Mediation Services,
American Arbitration Association
Richard
DeWitt, Coral Gables, FL
Commercial Mediator, Resolve Disputes
Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
|
| 5:00
p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
ACMI
/ ACR Commercial Section Reception
|
| 6:30
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
ACR
Western Welcome Reception at Heritage Square |
Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Day 2)
|
| 9:00
a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
ACR
Conference Plenary
Keynote Address
"The Art of No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes"
William Ury, Cambridge, MA
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| 10:30
a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Break
|
| 11:00
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Personal
Mastery and High Performance in Mediation
Erica Ariel Fox, Cambridge, MA
Founder and Director, The Harvard Negotiation Insight
Initiative
Scott
Peppet, Boulder, CO
University of Colorado Law School
|
| 12:30
p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Presentation
"Mediating Dangerously"
Kenneth
Cloke, Santa Monica, CA
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| 1:30
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Facilitated
Small Group Discussions
|
| 3:00
p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Break
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| 3:30
p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
The
Ethical Paths for Mediators and Attorneys: Walking
Together or Separately?
Melvin Rubin, Coral Gables, FL
Commercial Mediator
President, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
Neil
Currie, New York, NY
Assistant Vice President, American Arbitration Association
Case Management Department
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| 5:15
p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Closing
Comments
Richard DeWitt, Coral Gables, FL
Commercial Mediator, Resolve Disputes
Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
Jerome
Allan Landau, Scottsdale, AZ
Commercial Mediator
Co-Chair ACR Commercial Section, Co-Chair ACMI II
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| 5:30
p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
ACR
Exhibitors Reception and Silent Auction |
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