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7th International Forum on ODR - Victoria, British Columbia, 2008
The 7th Forum consisted of two days of plenary sessions and breakout sessions. The Forum assembled the world's leading practitioners, academics, students, and civil society to discuss the resolution of disputes using online technologies. These disputes may range from b2c (Business to consumer) to the prevention of human rights violations in conflict regions, to reconciliation of opposing groups in armed conflict, to disputes over intellectual property on the internet. It also included the leading technology developers who design conflict resolution platforms for use legal, commercial, or insurance related disputes (i.e. PayPal).
On Monday, April 28, 2008 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst an historic event took place, the unveiling of a mural from Belfast, Northern Ireland/the north of Ireland. Recently completed, this mural was painted by two artists whose communities were previously at war: Danny Devenny, former Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner, and Mark Ervine, son of David Ervine, former Progressive Unionist Party leader and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) member. For more details please click HERE.
The Sixth International ODR Forum on Online Dispute Resolution was held December 3-5, 2007. The Hong Kong forum followed successful gatherings in Liverpool, Cairo, and Geneva in the past several years.
ODR Cyberweek, our annual all online free ODR conference, was held October 15 through 19, 2007. We had over 300 participants from all over the world who sampled a variety of real-time and asynchronous content. Please check out the Cyberweek site as much content is still up and available. Can't find what you're looking for? Please just email us here at the Center (katsh@legal.umass.edu or gaitenby@disputes.net).
NCTDR continues its collaboration w/ the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing and the Center for Public Policy in the Societal Dimensions of NanoTechnology NSF project.
This meeting builds on prior meetings in Geneva (2001 and 2002) under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Council for Europe (UNECE), in Melbourne (2004) under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and in Cairo in 2006 in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
NCTDR is pleased to announce a new law school competition and to extend an invitation to enter a team. Full details and enrolment are at www.DontSue.net where you can also see screenshots of the platform to be used in the competition. The competition includes the 2008 International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR 2008) in which 270 teams from law schools around the world have competed since its commencement. A distinguished Organising Committee has been formed.
Cyberweek 2006 is over. The Center partnered with the Internet Bar Organization to bring you a thought provoking collection of content and experiences. We had roughly 400 participants from all over the world - and we are particularly pleased to have held our first spanish language event for our new friends in Latin America. Much of the Cyberweek content is still up and available - feel free to visit anytime. Please contact the Center with questions.
The Center received a second National Science Foundation grant in support of developing ODR systems for government conflict management. In addition, we are partnering with, and have recieved similar support from, the National Mediation Board for this project. NCTDR is co-recipient with the Computer Science Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, 1 - 4 December 2008, Cairo, Egypt
The Second International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance will take place in Cairo, Egypt during 1 - 4
December 2008, co-organized by United Nations University (UNU), United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and German
University in Cairo (GUC). The conference will continue pursuing the
goal of building a global community of practice for Electronic
Governance.
5th International Workshop on Online Dispute Resolution - Florence, Italy 12/13/08
As in the previous four editions of the Workshop, the 5th International ODR Workshop aims at offering a forum for the exchange of ideas and projects between people with different backgrounds, such as providers of ODR-services, researchers in the field of ADR/ODR, law, argumentation, negotiation, and AI & Law, practitioners, justice experts, etc.
The Workshop is in conjunction with JURIX 2008 and will be held at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Nevertheless, since this is an ODR Workshop, online, real-time presentations from speakers overseas should be allowed (i.e. through the Skype software) provided that they can fit the schedule of the Workshop.
Authors are invited to submit both papers up to a maximum of 5000 words, and position papers of approximately 500 words.
Deadline for submission: September 15th, 2008
Notification of acceptance: October 1st, 2008
Final papers due: October 15th, 2008
Papers should be submitted in pdf format through the Easychair Conference Management System.
For information please contact Marta Poblet.
Recent Events
The Center's 11th ODR Cyberweek was held October 13 - 17, 2008. Cyberweek presented a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations from all over the world to come together online for a week of ODR simulations, demonstrations, presentations, discussions, experiments, and resource sharing.
The Forum consisted of two days of plenary sessions and breakout sessions. The Forum assembled the world's leading practitioners, academics, students, and civil society to discuss the resolution of disputes using online technologies. These disputes may range from b2c (Business to consumer) to the prevention of human rights violations in conflict regions, to reconciliation of opposing groups in armed conflict, to disputes over intellectual property on the internet. It also included the leading technology developers who design conflict resolution platforms for use legal, commercial, or insurance related disputes (i.e. PayPal).
Full details and enrolment available HERE. The competition includes the 2008 International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR 2008) in which 270 teams from law schools around the world have competed since its commencement.
ODR Cyberweek had over 300 participants from all over the world sampling a variety of real-time and asynchronous content. Please check out the Cyberweek site as much content is still up and available. Can't find what you're looking for? Please just email us here at the Center (katsh@legal.umass.edu or gaitenby@disputes.net).
Conference was held 26 October 2007 in Beijing. Conference supported presentations and discussions on substantive and procedural rules of dispute resolution and the development and practice of online dispute settlement. Click HERE for details.
The ODR workshop was hosted by eBay - In conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Law (ICAIL). Please click HERE for conference procedings edited by Arno Lodder, Colin Rule, and John Zeleznikow.
Center Fellow Colin Rule taught a workshop,"Online Dispute Resolution: The State of the Art" at his alma mater, UMass-Boston, on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007.
This meeting built on prior meetings in Geneva (2001 and 2002) under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Council for Europe (UNECE), in Melbourne (2004) under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and in Cairo in 2006. Click HERE to access the proceedings.
JURIST Celebrated 10 Years of Documenting Law to Empower People
October 25 - 28, Philadephia, PA
Cyberweek 2008 - Week of October 13
Questions? Please email us here at the Center.
2008 International Forum on ODR - Victoria, British Columbia, June 18-19, 2008
The Forum in Victoria built on the research, applications and field development discussed at other international ODR meetings and workshops that were held in Geneva (2002 and 2003), Edinburgh (2003), Melbourne (2004), Bologna (2005), Brussels (2005), Cairo (2006), and Palo Alto (2007), Liverpool (2007) and Hong Kong (2007).
1st Intl. Law School Negotiation and Mediation Competition - Incorporating ICODR 2008
ODR Cyberweek 2007, October 15 - 19
Domain Name Dispute Resolution and ODR: Asian Perspective - October 26, 2007, Beijing
Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Online Dispute Resolution (ODRworkshop.info), Palo Alto - 6/8/07
ODR Seminar at UMass-Boston June 13, 2007 w/ Colin Rule of eBay.com
Fifth International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution - Liverpool, England April 19-20, 2007
"Law as a Seamless Web|Site" Conference, 3/29/07 - Univ. of Pittsburgh
The conference featured four all-star panels comprised of leading lawyers, legal scholars, journalists and technologists from across the United States. Never before gathered in one setting, these distinguished panelists offered provocative insights on topics ranging from legal implications of war and war crimes trials, to rights and social justice concerns, to the changing manner in which legal news is reported and presented.
ACR 6th Annual Conference -Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future
Come and participate in ACR’s Sixth Annual Conference, “Celebrating Our Past, Shaping The Future,” in Philadelphia, PA, October 25-28th. The conference will host a variety of workshops, lectures, panels and intimate roundtable discussions on the issues of conflict resolution with some of the most experienced professionals in the field. The conference itself is set up in collaboration with ACR’s overall mission, “to enhance the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.” The conference is open to anyone interested in educating, learning, and participating in conflict resolution skills and techniques.
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