Emerging Topics in Conflict Resolution 2024


Course Date: November 26, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 37min
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:15)
 
Mary Kingston — CLEBC, Vancouver
Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen
Darsey Meredith — CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, Tsawwassen
 
Technology Update: AI, Hybridization, and More (9:15 – 10:05)
 
Lori Frank, RRM — Lori Frank Mediation and Consulting, Victoria
Brandon Hastings — Cassady Law LLP, New Westminster
 
BREAK (10:05 – 10:20)
 
Panel: Generational Difference in Mediation (10:20 – 11:10)
 
Moderator: Darsey Meredith — CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, Tsawwassen
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Burnaby
C.D. Saint — Respectful Workplace Office, Yukon Public Service Commission, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse
 
Panel: Emerging and Growing Areas of Conflict Resolution Practice (11:10 – 12:00)
 
Kimberly J. Jakeman, KC — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Jadine (Jay) Lannon — Forte Workplace Law, Surrey
Leah McIntyre — Liberatus Consulting, Vancouver
Shelina Neallani — Southern Butler Price LLP, Vancouver
 
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Panel: Making the Most of Pre-mediation Meetings
 
Kyra L. Hudson — Lawyer, Mediator, Workplace Investigator, North Vancouver
 
LUNCH (12:00 – 1:00)
 
Keynote Presentation: Relationships and Reality TV Success (1:00 – 2:00)
 
Moderator: Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen
Adam Klein — Winner, Survivor 33: Millennials v. Gen X and Competitor, Survivor 40: Winners at War
 
CoRe Challenge Retrospective (2:00 – 2:10)
 
Daniel W. Burnett, KC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Sarah Swan — Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey
 
BREAK (2:10 – 2:25)
 
The Importance of Relationship (2:25 – 3:10)
 
Robin Phillips — JFK Law LLP, Victoria
Zachary Romano — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
 
Panel: Leaning Into Expert Adjudication (3:10 – 4:00)
 
Gerald Genge — Genge Construction Adjudications, Newmarket, Ontario
Mark Meredith — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Roger A. Moss — Mediator, California
 
Wrap-Up (4:00 – 4:05)
 
Sharon Sutherland, RRM — Mediate BC, Tsawwassen
Darsey Meredith — CoRe Conflict Resolution Society, Tsawwassen