October 13 - 17, 2008
Welcome to our 11th ODR Cyberweek, an all-online conference exploring the application of technology to dispute resolution and beyond!
Exciting things are occurring in the world of ODR! It is gratifying to see the growing interest from individuals and from those who see the value of ODR in a broadening range of offline and online settings. Cyberweek 2008 is an opportunity to exchange ideas and address challenges, and the success of Cyberweek depends on your involvement. If you have not engaged with us before, we hope that Cyberweek will be the beginning of a relationship with you.
Cyberweek is free and you can participate from any place at any time. We are in an era of accelerating change and complexity, two ingredients contributing to a need, perhaps a desperate need, for new approaches to resolving conflict. Cyberweek registrants come from over thirty countries and we invite the participation of all who recognize the role technology can play in preventing and resolving disputes.
Ethan Katsh, Director - National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution
Questions? Comments? Suggestion? Please email us at the CENTER.
Friday Announcements UPDATED
- TheMediationRoom Role Play Opportunity: The Mediation Room.com (http://www.TheMediationRoom.com) has set up a role play for Cyberweek. Visitors can log in as various characters and advance the mediation in a workplace injury claim.
- New Discussion To Debrief the Juripax Role-Playing - Please tell us what you thought of the experience.
- A teleconference seminar program on the topic "Beyond same place, same time" which is for ADR practitioners generally and including those who are just getting their feet wet with online dispute resolution. The one-hour program will be held Friday, October 17, at 4 pm Eastern/1 pm Pacific.
Join seminar presenters Colin Rule, Graham Ross, Robert Ambrogi, Sam Edwards, Gini Nelson, John DeBruyn, and others who are into technology and dispute resolution for a range of views concerning how to adapt an ADR practice to involving resolving disputes online. The seminar presenters have posted a document on the web using Google Docs to share during their discussions - once you are signed up we will send you the URL.
- If you want to participate you MUST SIGN UP (Email the Center w/ Subject Line Friday Cyberweek Seminar) - we have a limited capacity.
- We will send you details via email
- If you miss the seminar we will post the content online later today.
- If you aren't playing in the Smartsettle One competition, it's not too late and it won't take long (est. 1.5 asynchronous hours). The competition deadline has been extended to midnight GMT on Monday. We designed this event for the Law Schools but everyone at Cyberweek is welcome to join. Have you been wondering how >Smartsettle One achieved such a remarkable settlement rate at ODR 2008? Watch two short videos to see how this eNegotiation system:
- delivers the benefits of blind bidding without blind bids,
- is designed with interactive graphics for early intervention, and
- rewards the party that moves most quickly to the Zone of Agreement.
- TheMediationRoom Role Play Opportunity: The Mediation Room.com (http://www.TheMediationRoom.com) has set up a role play for Cyberweek. Visitors can log in as various characters and advance the mediation in a workplace injury claim.
- Special Podcasts for Cyberweek:
- How can Technology and the Rule of Law Improve Lives: Jeff Aresty, President of InternetBar, moderates this conversation focused on how technology and the rule of law can help reduce human suffering. Participants were: Thomas Stadnik of Lexis/Nexis and the Lexis/Nexis Rule of Law Resource Center; James Silkenat of Arent, Fox and Chariman of the American Bar Association World Justice Project; Ethan Katsh of NCTDR; and Colin Rule of eBay.
- About a decade ago, Robert Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Harvard Negotiaion and Mediation Clinical Program, wrote a piece for the Narvard Negotiation Law Review entitled "Electronic Online Dispute Resolution: A Systems Approach - Potential, Problems, and a Proposal." In this podcast, Professor Bordone and Colin Rule, Director of ODR at eBay and PayPal, look back at this seminal article and discuss how Bordon'e predictions compare with how ODR has actually developed. They also discuss what lessons from the field of ADR systems design offer helpful suggestions for ODR practitioners and designers
- Tele/Skype conference - October 17, 20.00 UTC: Beyond Same Place, Same Time: Technology and Dispute Resolution Around the World and Around the Clock - A collaborative online conversation with specific attention to: Innovations in the resolution of conflict online; Adapting technology to dispute resolution; Process design to accommodate the stregnths and weaknesses of distance technology; Blending oinline/offline dispute resolution. Details TBA.
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