PROVISIONAL PROGRAM pre-conference workshops poster presentations
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pre-conference workshops poster presentations
WORKSHOP 1
Tuesday 9 September 2008
(0900 - 1200)
Working with high conflict clients: skill development
Mr Bill Eddy (National Conflict Resolution Center, California)
Cost: A$154 inc GST and morning tea Minimum 20 participants required This workshop will provide role-play exercises for mediators in handling High Conflict Clients in any type of dispute. First, an overview will be provided of the Cycle of High Conflict Thinking and three key techniques will be explained for handling highly emotional clients in mediation. Then, participants will practice the three key techniques in mock mediations. All participants will have the opportunity to be a mediator and a disputant.
Contents: Understanding the Cycle of High-Conflict Thinking Connecting with Empathy, Attention and Respect (E.A.R.) Respectfully shifting highly emotional clients into realistic, productive tasks Setting limits with high conflict clients and educating about consequences
Who Should Attend: All mediators, whether new or experienced.
WORKSHOP 2
Tuesday 9 September 2008
(1400 - 1700)
Common hurdles and negotiation techniques experienced during mediations and how
to manage these
Prof John Wade (Dispute Resolution Centre, Bond University)
Cost: A$286
inc GST and afternoon tea Minimum 20 participants
required
Common patterns of bargaining and what to expect; Standard doubt creation
concepts and sentences used by mediators and clients; Three ways to begin
negotiations; Six key numbers which need to be prepared before each mediation;
developing five humble hypotheses with clients early; how to do a risk and goal
analysis as a mediator; How to help clients package alternative offers; what are
the common hurdles and mistakes? - eg duelling experts; influential outsiders;
overconfidence; post settlement regrets; drafting bumps; decision traps etc. How
to anticipate and respond to these hurdles?
Who Should Attend: This workshop is part of a longer workshop delivered to law firms, builders, school teachers, FRCs, mediators and business administrators in Australia and elsewhere.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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A poster is an alternative way to present a paper. Poster presentation is designed to allow presenters maximum personal interaction with many attendees at one time. Poster presentations are an excellent way of getting feedback from interested and knowledgeable researchers and also useful for extending personal networks.
Presenters stand next to their visual presentation as delegates look for topics of interest, following which a detailed, one-on-one discussion can be conducted.
Collaborative law: is it really ADR?
Assoc Prof Anne Ardagh (Charles Sturt University)Corporate values – do they have a role in conflict resolution?
Commander James Unkles (Australian Defence Force)Mediation and clinical negligence: can mediation successfully address the objectives of clinical negligence claimants?
Dr Brenda Daly (Dublin City University)Mediation: is it a matter of style or context? Now an ORAL PRESENTATION (Day 2 concurrent 4)
Robert Turner and Commander James Unkles (Australian Defence Force)The changing technology landscape: recent trends in online dispute resolution
Melissa Conley-Tyler (University of Melbourne)Self reflection / reflexivity: critical self analysis or navel gazing?
Robert Turner (Australian Defence Force)Managing disputes before the small claims tribunal with the use of ADR
Trevor Davern (Barrister-at-Law)The potential for culturally responsive family dispute resolution
Dr Susan Armstrong (University of Western Sydney)Mediation and ethics
Marcel Alter (Alternate Dispute Resolution Solutions)Profiling Conflict: are there difficult people or are there just different people?
Sharon Hudson (Talent Tools)Conflict resolution strategies and organizational citizenship behaviour: the moderating role of emotional intelligence
Oluwayinka John Akinyemi