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General Aspects of Mediation |
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Business Mediation |
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Criminal Cases – Mediation (ATA / Victim-Offender-Mediation) |
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Destructive conflicts at the Workplace |
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Environmental Mediation |
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Family Mediation |
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Community Mediation – Violence at School: Peer- and School Mediation – Gender Mediation |
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The Mediator’s Stance |
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Intercultural Mediation & International Developments |
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Open Space |
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| Note |
Participation in the entire programme of the European Mediation Conference 2007 provides credits for 25 units pursuant to § 20 Civil Law Mediation Act (ZivMediatG). Simultaneous translation from and into German, English, and French will be provided for all Plenary Sessions and „Key Presentations“. |
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| Pre-Conference Thursday, 27. September 2007 |
| 14:00 – 18:00 |
Pre-Conference at the Lusthaus: „Mediation goes Lusthaus!“ Networking eventshare funny stories, humorous anecdotes, and comical experiences in the life of a mediator! The proposed Mediation Directive and other aspects of EC civil justice policy as regards Mediation. |
Peter Beaton (UK) |
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| Plenary Session Friday, 28. September 2007 |
| 8:00 – 9:30 |
Registration |
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| 9:30 – 9:45 |
Welcome, What is the European Mediation Network Initiative – EMNI, what does EMNI stand for and where is EMNI heading? |
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| 9:45 – 10:00 |
Introduction |
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| 10:00 – 10:20 |
From a “scapegoat culture” to a more peaceful world with mediation – Does mediation work or is it just an illusion? |
Beatrice BLOHORN-BRENNEUR (F) |
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| 10:20 – 10:45 |
Characteristics of successful mediation |
Thomas TRENCZEK (D) |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15 – 11:35 |
The value, the role and the function of mediation in a “World of Litigation” |
Lord Justice Sir Brian NEILL (UK) |
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| 11:35 – 12:00 |
„Mediation goes Europe“ |
Eberhard CARL (D) |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Who Is Who |
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| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Buffet Lunch |
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| Parallel Sessions 1 Friday, 28. September 2007 14:00 – 15:45 |
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The value, the role and the function of Mediation in a “World of Litigation” • Impulse Presentation: Incorporating ADR into traditional civil court processes: Should mediation be mandatory? • What is the mediator’s legitimisation? A mediator’s refl ections on his practices |
Sue PRINCE (UK), Gabrielle PLANČS (F) |
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| B 1 |
Pre-Mediation: How to get parties in a dispute to sit down together; how to get the judge involved and how to get the lawyers on board? |
Cristina LENZ (D) |
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| C 1 |
Everyday aggravation and life crisis: Mediation in Criminal Law |
Martina MÖSSMER (A), Doris SCHMOLLGRUBER (A) |
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| D 1 |
Bullying at the Workplace: Redirecting destructive conflict |
Christoph SEYDL (A) |
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| E 1 |
Have Mediation and Mediative Procedures Proved Satisfactory Management Instruments in Public Administration - or is MEDIATION just “More of the Same”? |
Max ALBRECHT (A) |
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Environmental Mediation in Different Countries |
Philippe BARRET (F) |
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| F 1 |
Responsibility, if the court of justice suggests mediation? (Impulse presentation), Live – Family Mediation demonstration – Germany (45 min.) (followed by a review, interpretation and evaluation session) |
Christoph STRECKER (D) |
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| G 1 |
Mediation in education and everyday school life „Mediation – a Way to Mutual Communication“ |
Marianus MAUTNER (A), Christine HABERLEHNER (A) |
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| H 1 |
Rituals in Mediation |
Jutta LACK-STRECKER (D) |
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| I 1 |
Methodology for successful intercultural mediations |
Linda REIJERKERK (NL) |
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| O 1 |
Open space ...... for everyone interested to participate in the establishment of the “European Mediation Network Initiative“... or for people who are just interested to meet other people. |
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| Parallel Sessions 2 Friday, 28. September 2007 16:15 – 18:00 |
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„Ethics and Values in Mediation – Do we do what we say we do?“, The Identity of the Business Mediator: A Little Bit of “We”, and a lot of “Me” versus “Them” (Cognitions from empirical-linguistic research) |
Lin ADRIAN (DK), Margit OZVALDA (A) |
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| B 2 A |
The use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in a range of contractual, employment, environmental and other contexts relevant to Corporate Social Responsibility. |
Renate DENDORFER (D), Sylvie Nuria NOGUER (F) |
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Where Does the Hungarian Labour Mediation go? I. Legal and Organisational Background and Its ConsequencesII. Empirical Experiences of Labour Mediation.Co3 Conflict Cost Controlling® |
Eszter BALOHGH (H), Krisztina RUSZ MOLNAR (H), Elvira HAUSKA (A) |
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| C 2 |
Non-violent Communication, How do we get over despair? |
Annie Gosselin (F), Zsuzsa LOVAS (H) |
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| D 2 |
Constructive conflict management in the workplace: From Argument to Dialogue |
John CRAWLEY (UK), Katherine GRAHAM (UK) |
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| E 2 |
Environmental mediation in different countries of Europe: Roles, methods and issues |
Philippe BARRET (F) |
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Live – Family Mediation demonstration – France (45 min.) (followed by a review, interpretation and evaluation session) |
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| G 2 |
School & Peer Mediation: How legitimate is the delegation of conflict management in school to Peer Mediators? |
Monika KORBER (A) |
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| H 2 |
The impact of conflict resolution and mediation on the growth and survival of family businesses – development of a measurement scale |
Tina MÜCKE (A) |
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| I 2 |
Intercultural Competences and Development, Resolving conflicts among people from different cultures: ‘Social Identity and Mediation: Accommodating Differences’ |
Doris LEPSCHY (A), Susanne STEINBACH (A), M. Abazie HUMPHREY (Nigeria) |
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| 18:15 |
Information and discussion meeting
- exploring scope and main activities
of the EUROPEAN MEDIATION
NETWORK INITIATIVE |
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| 20:00 |
| Evening Reception at Vienna’s City Hall
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| 20:15 | „The Struggle for Power, Prestige versus the Efforts to Sustain Peace in a World of Fundamental Believes“ | Robert D. BENJAMIN (USA) |  |
| Parallel Sessions 3 Saturday, 29. September 2007 8:30 – 10:00 |
| A 3 |
The Dilemma of the Compromise |
Robert D. BENJAMIN (USA)
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| B 3 |
Trendsetting in [Business] Mediation, Taking the Best from Mediation Regulations -The European Mediation Directive + The Austrian Mediation Act, MEDIATIONSPAKT WIRTSCHAFT |
Bettina KNÖTZL (A), Evelyn ZACH (A), Gattus HÖSL (D) |
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| C 3 |
The Domestication of Violence |
Michael KÖNIGSHOFER (A), Christoph KOSS (A) |
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| D 3 |
Constructive conflict management in the workplace: Taking the Adversity out of Diversity |
John CRAWLEY (UK), Katherine GRAHAM (UK), Stefan PROKSCH (A) |
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| E 3 |
Conflicts of Interests in Infrastructure Projects |
Barbara HAMMERL (A) |
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| F 3 A |
Family Systems and Mediation (Impulse presentation), Live – Family Mediation demonstration – Scandinavia (45 min.) (followed by a review, interpretation and evaluation session) |
Lisa PARKINSON (UK) |
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| F 3 B |
International Child Contact and Residence Mediation |
Christoph C. PAUL (D), Jamie WALKER (D) |
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| G 3 |
Managing controversies among citizens |
Monia PAITA (I) |
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| H 3 |
What are the effects of traumatic separations on family members over generations - and why do we become mediators? |
Sabine ZURMÜHL (D), Harro NAUMANN (D) |
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| I 3 |
Recent Developments in Civil and Commercial Mediation Law in Central Eastern Europe: • Waiting for the Directive: Recent Developments in Civil and Commercial Mediation Law in Central Eastern Europe • American ADR influence in Hungary: The effect of Julius Rézler on young Hungarian professionals working in the field of mediation • Mediation opportunities in the Hungarian Telecom Sector |
Rafal MOREK, Zsolt NADHAZY, Eszter BALOGH, Balázs FÜRJES (all H) |
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| O 3 |
European Mediation Market Place |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 Kaffeepause |
Coffee Break |
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| Parallel Sessions 4 Saturday, 29. September 2007 10:30 – 12:00 |
| A 4 |
Commonality of standards & norms in Europe? Mediation Standards And Quality: Accrediting Mediation Provider Organisations • The English Civil Mediation Council Pilot Scheme • The Scottish Mediation Register • Establishing European Standards for Family Mediation Trainings |
Nadja ALEXANDER (AUS), Judith KELBIE (UK), Jonathan DINGLE (UK), Ewan MALCOLM (SCO), Ingolf SCHULZ (D) |
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| B 4 |
Effectiveness of ADR methods in “international” commercial disputes: Deal Mediation / Project Mediation / “Partnering” / Hybrid Techniques - MedArb or Arb Med |
Paul RANDOLPH (UK), Renate DENDORFER (D) |
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| C 4 |
Reconciliation between retribution and restoration: attitudes of judges and prosecutors towards restorative justice and victim-offender mediation in Hungary |
Borbala FELLEGI (H) |
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| D 4 |
Mediation with public authorities: Confidence in the authorities as a central issue at the mediation-table, Ethics and the presense of the mediator, the ethical dimensions of internal mediation |
Dick ALLEWIJN (NL), Fer KOUSEN (NL) |
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| E 4 |
Sustainable Environmental Mediation |
Ulrike BECHTOLD (A) |
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| F 4 A |
Joint Custody and visitation rights of parents and children after divorce or separation: Stress ratio between commitment - durability - flexibility and the need for adjustments! |
Astrid JEDLICKA-NIKLAS (A), Roland PROKSCH (D) |
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“Power imbalance, lies and manipulation” (Impulse presentation), Live – Family Mediation demonstration – UK (45 min.) followed by a review, interpretation and evaluation from the perspective of dynamical systems and usefulness of metaphors. |
Grethe NORDHELLE (N) |
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| G 4 |
The somewhat different kind of violence: Mobbing among students |
Victoria CAESAR (D) |
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| H 4 |
Mediator Settlement Strategies: • Winning Friends and Influencing People • Creating Pressure To Settle |
Bobette WOLSKI (AUS), Jennifer KRESGE (USA) |
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| I 4 |
Developments in conflict resolution in South Eastern Europe |
Kyra BUCHKO (USA), Zina GUTU (MOL), J. ARSIC (SRB), Bilyana GYAUROVA-WEGERTSEDER (BUL), Gregor van der BURGHT (NL) |
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| O 4 |
European Mediation Market Place |
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Buffet Lunch |
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| Parallel Sessions 5 Saturday, 29. September 2007 13:30 – 15:00 |
| A 5 |
Harassment at the workplace. Women in Mediation, Mediation in the Business Sector: Is it the business of the elites orjust political good-will? |
Patricia MALBOSC (F) |
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| B 5 |
Everything you ever wanted to know about the professional profile of a mediatior! The Skills, Qualifications & Techniques to become a mediator – Competence of a mediator in demand |
Nadja ALEXANDER (AUS) |
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| D 5 |
Research and Conflict Intervention in the Workplace, Impact of the jurisdiction and the mediation process in the sphere of labour and employment disputes in Hungary |
Michael HAYES (EIRE), Maurice HEARNE (EIRE), Delma SWEENEY (EIRE), Anthony TRAYNOR (EIRE), Mária KULISITY (H) |
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| E 5 |
Does Mediation prove itself as a just and interest based Conflict Resolution Tool for the Implementation of Environmental Sensitive Projects or is Mediation in the Public Administration Sector just a trendy way to bypass citizens’ protest? |
Emanuel WASSERMANN (CH), Alfred BREZANSKY (A), Sascha FERZ (A) |
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| F 5 A |
How to deal with property, children and still have Christmas together? (metaphoric analysis), Live – Family Mediation demonstration – Austria (45 min.) (followed by a review, interpretation and evaluation session) |
Thomas H. SMITH (USA / CZ) |
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| F 5 B |
Stakes and partnerships between family mediators and lawyers |
Muriel LAROQUE (F), Marie THČAULT (F) |
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| G 5 |
Mediation in the Hungarian education system, Peer Mediation in Poland |
Éva ÁBRAHÁM (H), András KRÉMER (H), Manuela PLIZGA-JONARSKA (PL) |
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| H 5 |
Exercises from the Art of Aikido useful to mediation practitioners |
Christine MATTL (A), Erwin GRABLER (A) |
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| I 5 |
The use of Mediation as a risk management tool in the public health sector |
Angela TRENTIN (I), Stefano MEZZOPERA (I) |
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| O 5 |
Open space |
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| Parallel Sessions 6 Saturday, 29. September 2007 15:15 – 16:45 |
| A 6 |
Characteristics of a successful mediation: Effectiveness of mediation interventions, Preconditions for success in Community Mediation |
Thomas TRENCZEK (D), Valeria GHERARDINI (I), Georg ALBERS (D) |
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| B 6 |
Tough Challenges - how to expand the use of mediation in Europe |
Bill MARSH (UK) |
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| C 6 |
Prison: Towards the Creation of a Mediation Project |
Paola PERUCCI (I) |
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| D 6 |
Conflict management in the workplace |
Theo BRINEK (A), Stefan PROKSCH (A) |
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| E 6 |
VIE Airport Mediation |
Wolfgang HESINA (A), Gert FÜRST (A) |
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| F 6 A |
Findings, summary and conclusions gained from the Live demonstrations of Family Mediation, 10 Years on from the Council of Europe’s Paper “FAMILY MEDIATION IN EUROPE”: Achievements and Outlook |
Ingolf SCHULZ (D), Peter ADLER (A), Regine JESINA-KOLOSEUS (A), Lisa PARKINSON (UK), Christoph PAUL (D) |
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Mediation with children in distress! |
Susanne
Strobach MSc (A) |
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| G 6 |
Mediation: Various Models and Styles |
Jacques SALZER (F) |
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| H 6 |
Mediation 2.0 – New Influence of Weblogs, Podcasts etc. on mediation |
Marcus C. BRINKMANN (D), Leon POGRZEBACZ (A) |
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| I 6 |
The mandate, the courage and the art of mediating in social, cultural, racial or political „minefields“ |
Peter O’REILLY (Northern Ireland) |
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| O 6 |
Open Space |
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Saturday, 29. September 2007
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| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Presentation of a Regional Networks concept for International Conflict Resolution |
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Meeting of the prepartory group for the 2nd European Mediation Conference, Belfast 2008 - http://www.mediationconference.eu/
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Final Plenary Session
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| 17:55 – 18:00 |
Announcement of the European Mediation Conference 2008, Belfast (EMC II) |
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| 18:00 – 18:30 |
Highlights from the Blocks A – I |
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„Can mediation make a better world – can mediation contribute to a peaceful world / the social dialogue in Europe?“ |
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| End of the European Mediation Conference 2007 (EMC I) |
