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 The Forum of Mediation Centres was created in 2001 by the Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission of the UIA. It brings together the most important commercial mediation and ADR centres from around the world and offers an occasion to exchange views on the development of ADR and best practices. It is also an occasion for centres to collaborate on specific programmes.
The meeting in Athens will be the 15th since the creation of the Forum.
As mediation is now thriving in a number of countries either under the influence of the European Directive or because it is finally recognised as the best instrument to settle international
business disputes, we have decided at this next Forum to discuss the issues which are at the very heart of mediation development such as the Directive, cultural differences, mediation skills, etc.
On the other hand, mediation should be flexible enough to be able to face the problems, which companies encounter on a day to day basis and mediation is being increasingly used to prevent
or resolve internal disputes within companies and help face the difficulties created by the global financial crisis.
Once again the Forum will be at the forefront of the latest thinking in mediation and ADR.
This is an event you cannot afford to miss!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
19:00
WELCOME COCKTAIL
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street
11743 Athens
08:30 - 09:00
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street, 11743 Athens
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome and Opening of the Seminar
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece Pascal MAURER, UIA President, Keppeler & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland
Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V& P Law Firm, Athens, Greece
Harry KASTANIDIS, Minister of Justice, Athens, Greece Dimitrios PAXINOS, President of the Hellenic Bar Association, Athens, Greece
Thierry GARBY, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation, Avocat honoraire, Mediator and Arbitrator, Paris, France
MEDIATING WITHIN THE COMPANY
09:30 - 10:30
Labour Disputes
Giorgio GRASSO, Studio Legale Gelex, Rome, Italy
Linda FORESE, Dresser INC Group, Florence, Italy
Gregory HUNT, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
(CEDR), London, UK
10:30 – 10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 – 11:30
Change Management & Mediating Change
Fighting challenges – Mastering the transition – What makes change possible and viable?
Corporate Mediation, Change Management, Mediating
Changes… How can people, faced with enormous challenges in private and professional setting, carry on and carry responsibility without collapsing under the burden?
Transforming the most difficult circumstances in a constructive and productive way. The guideline is focusing on solutions instead of on problems.
Jane GUNN, Corporate Peacemakers, Reading, UK Aleksandra WEBER, Medical Doctor / Mediator, Mediation Weber, Munich, Germany
MEDIATION SKILLS
11:30 – 12:30
Proactive Mediation
How can companies benefit from the use of mediation in early stages of conflict (Proactive mediation)? What impact can the use of proactive mediation have on the relationships and atmosphere at work, on work motivation and efficiency?
How companies implement the use of proactive mediation and make it an integral part of their functioning?
Marko IRSIC, Zavod Rakmo, Ljubljana, Slovenia Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V & P Law Firm, Athens, Greece
Haris MEIDANIS, Meidanis Pagoulatos & Associates, Athens, Greece
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH
Hotel Royal Olympic
14:00 – 14:45
From Mystery to Mastery
To what extent do the personal qualities of the mediator impact upon the mediation process and can we create a curriculum that helps mediators to focus on personal development along with the traditional teaching of skills and theory?
Jane GUNN, Corporate Peacemakers, Reading, UK Helena DE BACKER, President of the UIA Mediation and Conflict Prevention Commission, DS De Backer & Bastin, Brussels, Belgium Spyros ANTONELOS, Spyros Antonelos and Partners Law Office, Athens, Greece
14:45 – 15:30
Mediation and Coaching
We will explain during this session what are the other roles that a mediator can play inside organisations: conflict coach, business coach, conflict management consultant, etc. We will review the skills and conditions that are needed to extend our practice to those activities and what could be a typical plan to implement this extension.
François BOGACZ, Convirgente, Lisbon, Portugal Constantinos KATSIGIANNIS, Katsigiannis Associates 1886 Law Office, Athens, Greece
Friday, March 11, 2011
09:00 - 09:30
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Hotel Royal Olympic
28-34 Ath. Diakou Street
11743 Athens
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIATION
09:30 - 10:30
International Commercial Mediation Experience: The Cultural Context
Intercultural mediation is a vast topic. This session will investigate practical strategies to handle those differences and particularly between China and the West.
Colin J. WALL, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Global Mediation Services Ltd, Hong Kong, China Chengjie WANG, CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Centre, Beijing, China Hui CHENG, CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Centre, Beijing, China
10:30 – 10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 – 11:15
How to Create a Market for Mediation?
Making known the advantages of mediation as ADR method.
Overcome reluctancy and objections to mediation.
Marketing plan, marketing factors, market segmentation and specialization, the role of standards and ethics in promoting mediation, new growth options for mediation services.
Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU, President of the Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, V& P Law Firm, Athens, Greece Evi AVLOGIARI, Evi Avlogiari & Partners Law Office, Thessaloniki, Greece Gregory HUNT, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, UK Jeffry S. ABRAMS, Attorney – Mediator, Houston, TX, USA
Saturday, March 12, 2011
15:30 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 – 16:30
Styles and Techniques in Mediation and Negotiation
Laura Elena POP, Pop Laura Elena Law Office, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dimitra TRIANTAFYLLOU, Triantafyllou Law Office, Thessaloniki, Greece Eftyhia KOURAKLI, Kourakli Eftyhia Law Firm, Thessaloniki, Greece
16:30 – 17:30
Mediation and Insolvency
This session will first discuss the features of commercial disputes in a crisis background and the mediators’ strategies in tackling this kind of disputes. It will then explore some special types of mediation created in France to prevent bankruptcy: the ad hoc mandate, the Mediator of Credit and the Mediator of Industry.
Thierry GARBY, Co-President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, Avocat honoraire, Mediator and Arbitrator, Paris, France Catherine COTSAKI, President of the Hellenic Union of Mediators, Cotsaki and Nerantzis Law Office, Athens, Greece Stefano PAVLETIC, Studio Pavletic, Milan, Italy Nicole BALADIS, Karagounis & Partners Law Offices, Athens, Greece Jean-Pierre SALAÜN, Médiateur du crédit et médiateur de l’industrie, Paris, France
17:30
END OF DAY ONE
20:00
Dinner and Dancing at Elaia Erehtheos 16 & Erotokritou Street, Plaka, Athens
Avocat honoraire
Arbitrator and Mediator
22bis, avenue de Suffren
75015 Paris - France
T + 33 1 45 66 05 95
E t.garby@live.fr
Colin J. WALL
Global Mediation Services
Suite 1206, Workingview Commercial Building
21 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay
Hong Kong - China
T + 852 2575 5667
F + 852 2574 5236
E cmahk@attglobal.net
Catherine COTSAKI
Cotsaki & Nerantzis Law Office
12, Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 2nd Floor
11635 Athens – Greece
T + 30 21 07 52 25 18
F + 30 21 07 56 75 20
E cotsakilaw@internet.gr
Ioanna ANASTASSOPOULOU
V & P Law Firm
15 Filikis Eterias Square
10673 Athens – Greece
T + 30 210 720 6900
F + 30 210 723 1462
E ia@vplaw.gr
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