2003 conference, Singapore
Developing a Mediation Culture
The 2nd Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum took place in Singapore, 19–22 November 2003. The conference was hosted by the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers and the Community Mediation Unit, Ministry of Law.
The theme of the forum was 'Developing a Mediation Culture'. The theme was timely, as modern mediation had been introduced to Asia only recently. The forum featured some 25 papers from the four plenary sessions and eight workshops. It provided an invaluable sharing of experiences and the opportunity to network and discuss the latest developments in mediation.
Steering committee for the
2003 conference
Conference papers
Most of the conference papers are available here (as well as on the published CD) in PDF.
1. The Fourth Generation of
Online ADR (PDF 102 kb)
Melissa Conley Tyler, Di Bretherton and Daryl Tishler, International
Conflict Resolution Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia
2. Challenging Discourses
of Violence and Promoting Discourses of Peace: A Role for Mediators in
Our Conflicted World (PDF 60 kb)
Dale Bagshaw, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South
Australia, Australia
3. Commercial Mediation in the Asian Context: The
Singapore Perspective
Teh Hwee Hwee, Singapore Mediation Centre, Singapore
4. Children as Social
Actors in the Mediation of Decisions that Directly Affect in Family Law
(PDF 50 kb)
Alan Campbell, School of Social Work and Social Policy University of
South Australia, Australia
5. Community Mediation in
Singapore (PDF 46 kb)
Gloria Lim, Community Mediation Centre, Singapore
6. Islam and the West:
Roots of Conflict and Future Way (PDF 125 kb)
A. R. M. Imtiyaz, Department of History, Nanjing University, China
7. Towards A Common
Practice: Investigating Australian Indigenous Dispute Management Needs
in Land Issues (PDF 32 kb)
Toni Bauman and Rhian Williams, Australian Institute of Aboriginal &
Torres Straits Islander Studies, Australia
8. Rural Centers for
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Peace Making for Resolving Conflicts
in the Pacific Rim: The Cases of Arizona and Indonesia (PDF 94 kb)
Eric Thor, Arizona State University, USA Hartrisari H Hardjomidjojo,
IPB, Bogor, Indonesia
9. Community Disputes Management: The Role of the
Police and Our Collaborative Approach in Partnership with Community
Mediation Centres
Roland Lim, Police Force, Singapore
10. Towards a New
Definition of Mediation (PDF 57 kb)
Rhian Williams, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
11. Against All Odds: The
Mediation of Native Title Agreements in Australia (PDF 290 kb)
Graeme Neate, Craig Jones and Geoff Clark, National Title Tribunal,
Australia
12. Mediation Styles
and Approaches in Asian Culture (PDF 66 kb)
Lim Lan Yuan, National University of Singapore
13. The Culture Vacuum in
Online Dispute Resolution (PDF 116 kb)
Sharanya Rao, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
14. IDRO: Mediation &
Resolution of Insurance Disputes (PDF 19 kb)
Ng Wee Jin, Insurance Disputes Resolution Organisation, Singapore
15. New Ways of Doing
Business: Moving from a Culture of Dispute to a Culture of Negotiation
(PDF 44 kb)
Parry Agius, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Native Title Unit,
Adelaide, Australia
16. SISV Mediation Centre's Experience in Resolving
Construction and Real Estate Disputes
Chin Cheong, Building Appraisal Pte Ltd, Singapore
17. Best Practices for
Teaching Mediation Panel Discussion (PDF 112 kb)
Michael Belsky, Southern Oregon University Dale Bagshaw, University of
South Australia Lim Lan Yuan, National University of Singapore
18. Taking Commercial
Mediation to New Heights: Mediating Franchise Disputes (PDF 65 kb)
David Newton and Nathalie Birt, The Accord Group, Australia
19. CASE's Experience in Consumer Mediation
Seah Seng Choon, Consumers Association of Singapore, Singapore
20. A Positive
Recommendation to Improve R.O.C's Labour: Management Disputes Dealing
Procedure (PDF 102 kb)
Deng Shuai-Liang, Taiwan
21. Global Society and Economics: Intercultural and
Online Mediation as the Adequate Means of Resolving Conflicts
Rolf Herzog, EMB GmbH, Germany
22. Establishing An
Enterprise Crisis Management Model (ECMM) (PDF 159 kb)
John Chuan-Cheng Wu, I-Shou University, Taiwan Tzai-Zang Lee, National
Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan Tung-Yih Tsai, Chang-Jung Christian
University, Taiwan
23. Forgiving in
Mediation: What Role? (PDF 151 kb)
J Wescoat Sandlin, Mediation & Conflict Management Services, Australia
24. Joint SISV-CMC
Mediation Scheme: Experiment in Co-Mediation (PDF 45 kb)
Lim Lan Yuan, Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, Mediation
Centre, Gloria Lim, Community Mediation Centre, Singapore
CD of conference papers
Copies of the CD of conference papers can be purchased from:
Secretariat Singapore Institute of Surveyors and
Valuers 20 Maxwell Road #10-09B Maxwell House Singapore 069113
Tel: 65-6222-3030 Fax: 65-6225-2453
Email: Judy@sisv.org.sg or
Jean@sisv.org.sg
This site is managed by
Dale Bagshaw and sponsored by the
Centre for
Peace, Conflict and Mediation,
Hawke Research Institute, at the
University of South Australia.
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Dale Bagshaw.