Daniel Rainey

Upcoming Events

On March 19, I will present, with Colin Rule and Jeff Aresty, at the 35th anniversary convention of the Texas Association of Mediators – the event is online and finally happening after being postponed due to the severe storms in Texas last month. Our topic will be “Zoom to AI: The Future of ODR.” On April 29, I will be one of the English language presenters at the ODR conference sponsored by ODRLatinAmeria. The focus of the five-day conference will be broad, covering training, platforms, ethics, and future trends. For information about TAM, click here: TAM – for information about the ODR Expo, click here: Resolucion.

New Blog Post

Ana Maria Maia Goncalves and I have just posted a new mini-essay on the Kluwer Mediation Blog – the post can be found at http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/

Wrapping Up . . . .

The photo is from last night, at the last meeting of one of the two most recent ODR classes – with students from the US, Brazil, and Angola. Tonight Ana and I will wrap up the first Australian edition of the class – after 8 class meetings over 15 weeks. In addition to these online classes, I’m finally getting to the finish line with some other things that will wrap up from now through the beginning of February.

• A law school ODR course for McGeorge School of Law (University of the Pacific);
• Editing the 2nd Edition of ODR Theory and Practice (edited with Ethan Katsh and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, now in the hands of the publisher);
• Editing the latest edition of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution;
• Contributing a chapter on ODR and the courts to a book being published in Brazil (with Larry Bridgesmith).

There are a lot of other irons in the fire, but these are finally coming off my to-do list. I’m smiling.

CyberSpace 2020

Jeff Aresty and I just completed a presentation on Self-Sovereign Identity and ODR for the CyberSpace 2020 conference. The conference as organized by the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, in Brno, the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the European Academy of Law and ICT.

ODR Certification Course

This week Ana Goncalves and I have begun two editions of the ODR Certification Course for which HSI partners with ICFML – one with participants from Africa, Latin America, the USA, and Europe, and one with participants from across Australia. The next edition will begin in February, 2021 – for more information, contact me directly.

CyberWeek 2020

On Friday, November 6, at 5pm Eastern, I will host a web session for CyberWeek 2020 – the subject will be “Creating a Code of Disclosure for EMediation. I’ll post a video earlier in the week to accompany the live session. The CyberWeek 2020 web site is here: CyberWeek2020

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

I just completed a delightful panel discussion with my colleagues, Mireze Philippe, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Colin Rule, and Jaya Sharma – the discussion was part of a series of sessions for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North American branch.

Green Pledge

HSI, the company that is basically the practice home for Julia Morelli and Daniel Rainey is a signatory to the Carbon Emmission Pledge – the “Green Pledge.”  Although the pledge specifically refers to mediation, HSI and I are committed to honoring the pledge in all of the work we do (mediation, facilitation, arbitration, peacebuilding, etc.).  The pledge was presented by the World Mediators Alliance on Climate Change – the website for the Alliance and the pledge sign-up page can be found at GREEN PLEDGE.

20/20

During this week I will be participating in the Mediation 20/20 online conference, hosted by Mediate.com. On Thursday evening I will join my colleagues who contributed to the 7 Keys book for an open “happy hour,” and on Friday I will participate in a roundtable discussion on the topic of where the field should be headed. It sort of reminds me, for those who are old enough and enough into social trivia, of the “Whither Are We Drifting?” essay that Dobie Gillis was assigned in high school.

ABA Tech Expo

HSI and ICFML will participate in the ABA Dispute Resolution Tech Expo, the first online exposition hosted by the ABA. Vendors and service providers in several catagories will offer video introductions to their services or products, along with the opportunity to schedule live demonstrations or consultations. HSI and ICFML will be highlighting the EMediation Certification course we have been offering internationally for the past year.