Conference Program

Mediation: Past, Present, and Future

6 CLE/CEU credits available for registered participants and guests - accredited in CA, reciprocity available.
Click here for our CLE/CEU Application

Conference Facilitated by Colin Rule and Clare Fowler

Post-Conference Survey 
(registrants and guests please complete)

Pre-Conference Resources:

Video: Mediate.com: The First 25 Years
Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Top 101 Videos
Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age
PDF: Getting the Most from Mediate.com
 

Married Mediator Videos:

- Ken Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
- Kim Kovach and Eric Dalton
- Donna Silverberg and Charles Wiggins
- Marilyn McKnight and Steve Erickson 
- Brad and Jane Honoroff

Day 1

Day 1 Video
Day 1 Chat
Conference Survey Results
PDF: Welcome to Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference
Summary from Day 1

Day 2

Day 2 Video
Day 2 Chat
Summary from Day 2

Day 3:

Day 3 Video
Summary from Day 3 
PDF: Selling Mediation and The National Mediation Policy Act

Day 1 - Wednesday, September 30, 2020

10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) - 2 Hours

What Have We Achieved? How Did We Get Where We Are?

Welcome (Celebration) by Jim Melamed (15 minutes)

Video: Mediate.com: The First 25 Years
PDF: Welcome to Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference

Panel Participants:

20 min: What Has the Mediation Movement Achieved?

• Peter Adler
• Crystal Thorpe
• Marvin Johnson
• Howard Gadlin

20 min: How Has the Mediation Movement Impacted Language and Culture Around Conflict?

• Ann Gosline
• Sam Imperati
• David Hoffman
• Michael Lang

20min: What Did We Get Wrong and What Did We Get Right? (Strategic choices in the mediation field)

• Michelle LeBaron
• Nina Meierding
• Charles Wiggins
• Robert Benjamin
   

Written Summary of Day 1

Conference Day 1 Chat

Day 1 Video

Day 2 - Thursday, October 1, 2020

10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) - 2 Hours

Mediation 2020 - The Current State of the Field - Obstacles and Opportunities

Panelists:

• Ken Cloke
• Jay Folberg
• Marilyn McKnight
• Kendra Ogunshina 
• Angelia Tolbert 
• John Ford
• D.G. Mawn
• Carrie Menkel-Meadow
• Chip Rose
• D.A. Graham
• Tim Hicks
• Don Saposnek
• Tara Ollapally
   

Written Summary of Day 2

Day 2 Chat

Day 2 Video
 

Day 3 - Friday, October 2, 2020

Written Summary of Day 3 
 

10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) - 1.5 Hours

Envisioning Mediation for a New Generation - Where Should We Go?
Technology and New Generational Expectations

Panel Participants:

• John Helie
• Ethan Katsh
• Chris LaHatte
• Chittu Nagarajan
• Dan Rainey
• Amy Schmitz
• Morenike Obi-Farinde
• Tania Sourdin
• Leah Wing
• Sukhsimranjit Singh
• Bruce Edwards

11:30 a.m. Pacific (2:30 pm Eastern) - 1.5 Hours

Moving Forward - How Do We Get There?
 

Panel Participants:

• Jim Melamed - PDF: Selling Mediation in a Digital World
• Michael Aurit - Reaching out to other practices
• Sam Imperati - Certification
• Donna Silverberg - Mentoring
• John Sturrock - Increasing Acceptance of ODR
• Prabha Sankaranarayan - Increasing Diversity
• Manon Schonewille - Reaching out to local and national facilitators

Post-Conference

Post Conference Video and Report - "Takeaways from the Mediation 20/20 Conference"
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