2026
TBD/ Dispute Resolution Summer School – Porto – I will teach a class on ODR for the summer schjool.
2025
December/ In the December issue of the Just Resolutions Newsletter I’ll have a short piece about the impact of AI on ethics (based loosely on the material from the Mediate Lawsuit session). The article was published on Dec. 1, and is avaialable HERE.
December 1/ Leah, Chris, and I were featured (along with the new book) on an ICODR podcast, hosted by Colin Rule. The podcast is one of a series that ICODR does each month to highlight issues in online dispute resolution. The recording of the session is available HERE.
December 1/ Leah, Chris and I were panelists for the ODR Track 22 access to justice online session organized by a law firm and a university in Prague and the Czech Republic (PRK Partners, and Masaryk University Brno)
November/ Mediate.com will publish a short piece that I wrote entitled “How do we Encourage Ethical AI for Dispute Engagement?” The article is available HERE.
November 26/ Leah Wing, Chris Draper and I did a podcast for ICODR, hosted by Ian Macduff – the subject of the podcast was the Governing AI book. The session can be accessed HERE.
November 11/ I will speak on the impact of AI on mediator ethics at a webinar sponsored by Mediate Lawsuit.com.
November 3-7/ I will participate in three sessions for the 27th edition of ODR CyberWeek: “What is ODR?” – “Governing AI” – “The Impact of AI on Mediator Ethics.”
October 24/ Leah, Scott, Chris, and I will do some book launch events at the UMass Amherst campus.
September/ De Gruyter Brill Publishers. My colleages and I (Leah Wing, Chris Draper, and Scott Cooper) are delighted by the release of our book on governing artificial intellignece.
September 10 & October 22/ I will teach an online course for Northern Virginia Mediation Service – “Artificial Intelligence: Use and Implications for Mediation
September 2/ I was one of the trainers for an IMI certified mediator training course offered in India through ODRLatinoAmerica.
August ff/ I agreed to join the GMU Dance Partnership Council
July 15/ Dispute Resolution Summer School – Porto – I led a discussion focused on Online Dispute Resolution, and joined Chris Draper to discuss our forthcoming book on Governing AI.
July – 2026/ I joined as a member of the Technology Sub-committee of the VA Supreme Court Committee reviewing mediator ethics and standards of practice for court certified mediators in Virginia.
March 10/ The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced the release of ISO Standard 32122 – Transaction Assurance in E-commerce — Guidance for Offering Online Dispute Resolution Services. The NCTDR/ICODR ODR standards for which I was one of the principal authors were adopted and used as the core of the new ISO standard.
March 10-14/ ODR Latino America hosts ExpoTech 2025. My presentation “Can AI Replace Mediators?” is featured.
March 21/ Lawyers and Mediators International Podcast – Podcast on Governing Artificial Intelligence
April 29-30/ International ODR Forum – London – I served on the conference organizing committee, and will speak on AI governance at the conference.
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2024
December 5/ Technology and Mediation. I will do a one hour online presentation on technology and mediation for attendees at a sessiion in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
December 2-6/ CyberWeek 2024. I will participate in the opening session (What’s Going On in ODR?), an update on the progress for a new home for the International Journal of ODR, and the closing session (Where to Next for ODR?).
November 8/ Nebraska Mediation Association. I will do a one hour lecture discussion online for the Nebraska Mediation Association on the topic of the impact of AI on the practice of mediation.
November 5-6| ODR Expo Tech (Argentina). I will do a short video commentary on the application of artificial intelligence to mediation and other forms of dispute resolution.
October 20/ Mediate.com University has now posted my online ethics course.
October 20/ George Mason University, Carter School. Julia and I will give guest lectures to a class of stuents from the graduate school of dispute resolution. I will talk about issues involving technology and peacebuilding/dispute resolution.
October/ Rougtedge publishers (UK). I have been asked to serve as a reviewer for a book proposal addressing design of online dispute resolution systems for commerce and the law.
September 20/ AI: To Use or Not To Use. I held a session with the CAO mediators at the World Bank to discuss new technology, particularly AI, as it might apply to their work as mediators around the world.
August – December/ Southern Methodist University – Directed Study in Online Dispute Resolution.
August 29| Singapore Convention on Mediation Forum. I will speak as part of a panel discussing new trends in mediation internationally. My focus will be on the UDPM, the Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation.
August 28| Kazakhstan Mediation Program. I will speak as part of a delegation from the Northern Virginia Mediation Service (NVMS). I will address The Evolving Landscape in ADR – New Technology.
July 18| Catolica U. Law School. I will be a guest speaker for the “Summer School in Mediation” – on this date I will discuss Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).
July 17| Catolica U. Law School. I will be a guest speaker for the “Summer School in Mediation” – on this date I will discuss the Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation (UDPM).
June 5| Online Dispute Resolution Forum – Prague. “Why De Jure Controls Will Not Work With Artificial Intelligence.”
May 13-17| Catolica U. Law School. “Seminar in Dispute Resolution.”
2023
November 30| Think Tech Hawaii Podcast – Thinking positive about AI and ADR.
November 6-10| CyberWeek 2023.
November 6| National Academy of Arbitrators. “Artificial Intelligence and Labor Management.”
October 18-19| Mediation Institute. “Ethical Considerations: Navigating the Intersection of AI Technology and Human Values”
October 11-12| Online Dispute Resolution Forum – Montreal. “We Missed the Train – Who Gets Left Behind When Technology ‘Improves’ Access to Justice?”
September – December| Online Dispute Resolution training for Australian mediators.
September 4| Florida ACR. “Emerging Technologies and How They Will Affect the ADR Field.”
August 12| Mediation Skills – ODR and AI – Lecture for Texas university class.
July 20| Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation Lecture for ADR Summer Camp, Catolica University in Porto.
July 20| Online Dispute Resolution Lecture for ADR Summer Camp, Catolica University in Porto.
July 7-27| Online Dispute Resolution Class for Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
June 8| Think Tech Hawaii Podcast – Discussion regarding the promise and threat of AI in mediation.
June 4| Celebration Conference – Mediator’s Parliament – Presentation on ODR for an access to justice conference in India.
June| Publication of Vol. 1, 2023, International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution.
April 19| Making Friends with AI: Why Mediators Should Welcome AI Platforms – with Caution, presentation for the Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Mediation Conference.
April| International Arbitration Review article for Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution – “Must, Shoulds, and Cans of ODR Platforms”
March| Publication of Vol. 2, 2022, International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution.
January forward|OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Training (Online)
January forward|AFIM – Association Francophone International de Mediation Training (Online)
January forward|International Journal for Online Dispute Resolution – Editor
January forward|Issues in ODR – Book Series Editor
2022
December forward|OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Training (Online)
December forward|AFIM – Association Francophone International de Mediation Training (Online)
November 3|CyberWeek 2022 Labor Arbitration Panel (Online)
November 1|CyberWeek 2022 ODR Ethics Panel (Online)
October 31|CyberWeek 2022 Keynote (Online)
October 19 forward|ODR Foundations Training in French (Online)
September 7|Washington and Lee ODR presentation (Online)
September 2|Singapore Webinar on Singapore Convention and UDPM (Online)
August 24|Ukraine School Fundraiser – Warsaw (Online)
July 21|International Negotiation and Mediation Summer School: Porto School of Law – Universidade Católica Portuguesa and ICFML (Online)
July| Southern Methodist University – International DR (Dallas)
June 30| ODR Africa – UDPM (Online)
June 1| ICODR/NCTDR Ethics Webinar (Online)
June 1| Unified Law Commission Meeting (Online)
June| Northern Virginia Mediation Service – ODR Basics (Fairfax)
May 3-5| ODR 2022 Forum – UDPM and ODR Standards (Dublin)
April 28| ODR ExpoTech – “The 4 Axes” (Online)
April 4| International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution edition deadline
April| Oteemo – ADR Training
January Forward| Arbitration Technology Assistance (Online)
January| ODR Basics – Australia (Online)
January 6| ICODR – Uniform Disclosure Standards (Online)
2021
November 29| European Cyberspace Conference – ODR Track Presentation (Online)
November 29| ODR Track 2021 (Prague) – Disclosure Protocol (Online)
November 5| American Bar Association Panel – ODR (Online)
November 5| National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Globally, Part 2 (Online)
November 4| National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Globally, Part 1 (Online)
November 3| National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Courts and Justice (Online)
November 2|National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Ethics and Culture (Online)
November 1|National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Impact on Practice (Online)
October 21| NVMS – ODR Class
October 13|National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR and Artificial Intelligence (Online)
October 14| Universidade do Minhoe (Portugal) – ODR Worldwide (Online)
October 5| Deadline for submission to The International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution (editor)
October 4|National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – ODR Ethics and Culture Discussion (Online)
September 22| National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution – Book Launch Discussion (Online)
September 21 – October 3| Virginia Mediation Network Conference – ODR Presentation – What Mediation Trainers and Trainees Should Demand of ODR Training (Online)
August 24| ABA International Section – ODR and Self Determination (Online)
June 3| EMU Coaching Class Presentation – Coaching for Negotiation
June| Publication of ODR Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition
May 7| Online Mediation Training Forum – Standards, Ethics & New Technologies for Online Mediation & Online Mediation Training
April 29| ODR Expo Tech – ODR Panel (Online)
April 15| ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference – Working Group on ODR Standards Panel (Online)
April 5| Deadline for submission to The International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution (editor)
March 19| Texas Association of Mediators – ODR Panel (Online)
February 11 – April 29| ODR Practice Certification (ICFML – Online)
January 22| International, Comparative, Foreign & Domestic: A Virtual Gathering of Friends – Presentation (Online)
January 4-8| ODR Class (McGeorge Law School – Sacramento – Online)
January Forward| ABA Working Group III – ODR for Private Practitioners
January Forward| ICODR Governance Committee and Board
January Forward| VA Sup. Court A2J, Self-Represented Litigants Committee
2020
November 28| CyberSpace 2020 Conference – Digital ID (Prague -Online)
November 16-18| IBO Summit – Digital Identity/Digital PenPal (Online)
November-January| ODR Practice Certification (ICFML – Online)
November-January| ODR Practice Certification (Australia – Online)
November 2| CyberWeek 2020 – Code of Disclosure for ODR (Online)
October 21| CIAarb Panel Presentation (Online)
October 19| Virginia A2J Committee Meeting (Online)
October 13-16| Negotiating Online – Trade Representative (NVMS – Online)
October-Nobember| ODR Practice Certification (Instantmediations – Online)
October 2| Mediation 20/20 Conference Presentation (Mediate.com Online)
September| ODR Certification (NVMS – Online)
September 16-19| Virginia Mediation Network Presentation (Online)
September 14-18| ABA Dispute Resolution Expo (Online)
September 3| 2020 Digital Innovation Festival (Melbourne – Online)
September-October| Arbitration/Mediation Co-Host (Online)
July| Round Table Discussions (Scheinman Institute – Online)
June – August| ODR Practice Certification (ICFML – Online)
June| Webinar – Negotiating Online (Scheinman Institute – Online)
May-June| ADR & ODR Certification Training – Kusamotu & Kusamotu Law Firm, Lagos, Nigeria (Online)
May| Webinar – Negotiating Online (Scheinman Institute – Online)
May| ODR Certification (NVMS – Online)
April| World Bank Mediating Online (NVMS – Online)
March| The ABC’s of Using Technology (IBO – Online)
January 2-4| ODR Class (McGeorge Law School – Sacramento)
January – February| ODR Class (Dominican University – Online)
January| Practical Technology Tools (IBO – Online)
January, Forward| ABA ODR Work Group 3 Chair