The Keystone Conference

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Consolidating Our Collective Wisdom
Best Counsel and Advice to the Next Generation

Agenda

Sunday, October 8

5:30p           Informal Reception hosted by The Keystone Center

7:30             Finish

Monday, October 9

8:00a            Registration and Breakfast

9:00             Welcome and Start-Up - Peter Adler and Jim Melamed

·                     Impetus for the meeting

·                     Goals, Objectives, and Modus Operendi for the Meeting

·                     Self Introductions

·                     Film clip on Challenging Status Quo Thinking

·                     Introduction of Working Paper

·                     Introduction of the Facilitators – Michael Hughes and Jody Erikson

10:30            Break

10:45            Setting the Stage – Themes and Questions

·                     Summary of Interviews: What We Heard and Saw – Robert Benjamin and Jim Melamed

·                     Getting the Questions Right - Facilitators

o        What is similar and different in the work we do across styles, approaches, contexts, countries and cultures?

o        Are we a field?

o        What is the level of acceptance and resistance to our work?

o        Our relevance: what do we hope and fear for our successors?

12:00p          Lunch

1:00                Point-Counterpoint: 
                        Are We REALLY a Field?

·                     “Yes, We Are a Field: Here is Why and Here is What That Means”  Juliana Birkhoff

·                     “No, We are Not a Field: Here is Why and Here is What That Means”  Peter Adler

·                     Comments and Observations 
Carrie Menkel-Meadow 

o        Media - Richard Reuben

o        Law – Homer LaRue

o        Governance – Kirk Emerson

o        Society and Culture – Ann Gosline

10:30            Break

10:45            Back-Casting:
                        What Do These Trends Mean for Our  Successors?

·                     Open Discussion – Facilitators

12:15p          Lunch and Open Time (box lunch provided)

3:00             Affinity Group Meetings

• Courts
• Public Policy
• Family
• Workplace & Organizational
• Business & Construction

6:00             Dinner

·                     After Dinner Entertainment – Co-Hosted by Margaret Shaw and Jay Folberg

7:30             The Next 25 Years– Highest Hopes, Worst Fears, Potential Goals and Strategies, Possible Admonitions and Precautions, and THE Key Messages We Want to Send Down the Line.

·                     Open Discussion – Facilitators

9:00             Finish

Wednesday, October 11

7:30a            Continental Breakfast

8:30             Crafting the Paper: Recommendations to the Future

·                     Small Writing Groups

·                     Reports

10:30            Break

10:45            Next Steps for Finalizing and Disseminating the Paper

11:30               Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

11:45p             Finish (box lunch provided)

This conference will be videotaped by Mediate.com.  Your participation includes your permission to videotape and develop resulting video product.

This conference will include a "wireless" dimension using Mediate.com's MeetingSpace technology.  Participants are encouraged to bring laptops with wireless capacity.  Computers will also be available for general use on site.