Past events
2009
Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia Annual Conference 'Resolution and Resilience: ADR in the Global Recession', Melbourne, Australia, 29–31 May 2009
The conference focused on dispute resolution in the current economic downturn and how ADR professionals can best meet the needs of disputants in these challenging times. Guest speakers included the Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney General of Australia; the Hon Rob Hulls MP, Deputy Premier of Victoria and State Attorney General; the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG retired Justice of the High Court of Australia; the Hon Sir Laurence Street KCMG QC; Michael Gill, CEO of Fairfax Business Media and Publisher of the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly; Richard Ackland, award winning broadcaster, journalist and publisher of Justinian and the Gazette of Law and Journalism; Dato Noorashikin Banti Tan Sri Abdul Rahim, Director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw, President of the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum and Vice President of the World Mediation Forum. Brochure and registration.
Second Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum: 'Conflict Prevention in the Multimedia Age', Bonn, Germany, 3–5 June 2009
The second Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum highlighted the rapid development of technology in the world of media and debated the ensuing questions related to modified usage. In light of these changes, the conference examined the future of content delivery, especially for topics pertaining to peace and security. More information.
1st Asian Mediation Association Conference: 'Mediation Diversity – Asia and Beyond', Singapore, 4–5 June 2009
Hosted by the Singapore Mediation Centre. Speakers from around Asia, the Pacific, US and UK shared their experience and expertise in dispute resolution. The keynote speaker was Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Finland. Conference flyer
2008
Network for Dialogue and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
Networking conference: Beyond Blame: Dialogue and Reconciliation – Japan, Korea, China and the Asia-Pacific, 27–28 November 2008, Hawke Centre, University of South Australia, City West Campus. Presented by Flinders University (School of International and Political Studies; American Studies Dept.); University of South Australia (School of International Studies, Japanese Program); University of Adelaide (Centre for Asian Studies)
Mediation: Transforming the Landscape
9th National Mediation Conference, 10–12 September
2008, Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel, Perth, WA. Delegates from
industry, the community sector and government joined eminent Australian
and international mediation professionals to continue the development of
mediation and related processes in Australia and beyond. The conference
theme included 'transforming the landscape' of mediation practice, with
diversity, of related professional practices, to promote peaceful
resolution of conflict, and of the justice system.
Conference website
Activating Human Rights and Peace
An international and interdisciplinary conference held
at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1–4 July.
Conference
website
Fourth Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16–18 June
Shared parental responsibility in Australian family law and the impact on children
A multidisciplinary seminar hosted by the Centre for
Peace, Conflict and Mediation, Hawke Research Institute, UniSA,
Adelaide, 13–15 April 2008. The seminar examined in depth the consequences for
children of some of the recent changes to the Australian Family Law Act.
Presenters focused on the most current theories, research, practice
wisdom and parental experiences in relation to the emphasis given to
shared parenting and associated decision making after separation and
divorce. The main focus was on the outcomes of the changes for
Australian children, including those children who have been, or are at
risk of being, exposed to high-level parental conflict, violence and
child abuse.
More information
Seminar papers
2007
Sixth conference of the World Mediation Forum 'The
Multicultural Spectrum of Mediation', Dead Sea, Israel, 16–18 October
2007
One
delegate's reflections on the conference
2006
Asia-Pacific Conference on Contemporary Trends in
Mediation and Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17–18 July.
Brochure (PDF 1.16
MB)
Third Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum, Suva, Fiji, 26–30 June
National Mediation Conference, Hobart, Australia, 2–5
May. 'No mediator is an island: celebrating differences – learning from
each other.
Program and papers
2005
World Mediation Forum conference, Crans-Montana,
Switzerland, 9–11 September.
Proceedings
Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia, 30th
Anniversary Annual Conference 'Celebrating ADR', Canberra, Australia,
27–29 May.
Program (PDF 860 kb)
NADRAC's second national ADR research forum (round
table), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 25–26
February 2005
2004
Third annual forum on online dispute resolution, Melbourne, 5–6 July 2004
7th National Mediation Conference 'True Talking,
Forward Walking', Darwin, Australia, 30 June–2 July
Brochure (PDF 399 kb)
Adelaide International Workplace Conflict Conference,
Adelaide, Australia, 21–23 April
2003
Second Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, Singapore, 19–22 November
First National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council National Conference 'ADR: A Better Way to do Business', Sydney, 4–5 September
Fourth International Conference of the World Mediation
Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9–11 May
Conference papers
2002
Nordic Forum for Mediation Conference, Copenhagen, 18–20 January 18-20
International Workplace Bullying Conference, Adelaide, Australia, February
Association for Conflict Resolution Conference, 'The Many Faces of Family Mediation', Georgia, USA, 28 Feb–2 March
10th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 10–15 May
Conflict Resolution Network Canada and Family
Mediation Canada joint National Conflict Resolution Conference
'Connections 2002 Building a
Culture of Peace', Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 12–14
June
International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) conference about inter-disciplinary approaches to studying negotiation, conflict, and dispute resolution, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9–12 June
Cultures of Violence 3rd Global Conference 'Diversity
within Unity', Prague, Czech Republic, 12–16 August
Conference
website
2001
First Asia-Pacific
Mediation Forum conference, Adelaide, Australia, 29 November–1
December
2000
5th National Mediation Conference, 'Mediation: Past
and Promise', Brisbane, Australia, 17–19 May
Abstracts (includes links to
full text of some papers)
Brochure (PDF 220 kb)
8th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution, Sharing Tools for Personal/Global Harmony, St Petersburg, Russia, 11–21 May
Third Conference of the World Mediation Forum 'Expansion of the culture and practice of mediation in all corners of the world', Sardinia, Italy, 27 September–1 October
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