World Conflict Resolution Day 2009, October 15, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal

"Mediation and Arbitration: the New Citizen Empowering Tools in the European Union"

This year our Honoured Guest and Keynote speaker is Professor Lawrence Susskind of Program On Negotiation at Harvard and MIT (To be Confirmed).

Confirmed Speakers and Partners:

Michèle GUILLAUME-HOFNUNG (Professeure des Facultés de Droit; Vice-Présidente du Comité des Droits de l'Homme et des Questions Ethiques; CNF/UNESCO; Experte en éthique de l'UNESCO; Présidente de l'Institut de Médiation Guillaume-Hofnung (IMGH); Présidente de l'UNION PROFESSIONNELLE INDÉPENDANTE DES MÉDIATEURS)

Karen ERWIN (President The Mediators' Institute of Ireland; Erwin Mediation Services)

Patricia MALBOSC (Presidente LA CONSULTE DES MEDIATEURS D'ENTREPRISE; Mediation-Net)

Ana Criado INCHAUSPÉ (Presidenta Asociación Madrileña de Mediadores)

The event will be divulged worldwide with a call for papers, workshop proposals and posters. Please send your proposals to: mediarcom@netcabo.pt

Brief note on MIT Professor Lawrence Susskind, of the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard and well-known worldwide expert on conflict resolution and principled negotiation.

Professor Susskind is one of the USA's most experienced public and environmental dispute mediators and a leading figure in the dispute resolution field. Professor Susskind is founder and for thirteen years President of the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), a not-for-profit organization that provides mediation and dispute system design services to public and private clients worldwide. Professor Susskind joined the faculty of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning in 1971. From 1982-1985, Professor Susskind served as the first Executive Director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School -- an inter-university consortium for the improvement of theory and practice in the field of dispute resolution.

Professor Susskind has been the recipient of many awards:

Global Environmental Award (2007) was presented by the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) for outstanding, sustained and unique contribution to the field of environmental conflict.

ACSP Distinguished Educator Award (2005) is presented in acknowledgment of service and contribution to the field of planning.

Best Book in the Dispute Resolution field (2000) awarded by the Centre for Public Research for The Consensus Building Handbook (Sage Publications, 1999).
Best Book in the Dispute Resolution field (1997) awarded by the Center for Public Research for Dealing with an Angry Public (The Free Press, 1996).
Goodwin Award, 1973, for Teaching Excellence as a Graduate Instructor at MIT. For a full biographical note please visit http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

The Conference is organized by MEDIARCOM European Mediation Association with ACR Association for Conflict Resolution and the kind support of the MIT Alumni Club of Portugal, the Luso-American Development Foundation and MIT Portugal.

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