2025
TBD| Catolica U. Law School LLM. I will teach a course on the Principles of ODR – an online and in-person LLM course as part of a graduate degree program.
July/ Dispute Resolution Summer School – Porto
April 29-30/ International ODR Forum – London
2024
December 2-6/ CyberWeek 2024
November 8/ Artificial Intelligence and Mediation. 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.
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 ff/ Mediate.com University will soon post my online ethics course
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