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Thursday, October 30, 2025
All times Eastern Daylight Time
8:15 am Gather; breakfast and coffee
8:45 am Welcome and announcements
9:00 am Not Dead Yet! Bringing HeART Back to Conflict Resolution
What if the future of law wasn’t about winning in court, but about finding the win-win around the table? Zinta Harris, Australian mediator and dual-accredited specialist in business law and succession law, reveals how she redesigned the way inheritance conflict is resolved by replacing adversarial tactics with courageous conversations and compassion. Be inspired to challenge tradition, rediscover the ‘heART’ of law, and learn how you too can lead a quiet revolution of conflict resolution in your corner of legal practice.
9:45 am Break
10:00 am Robert Arthur, IACP President, offers shared strategic visions for collaborative conflict resolution
11:00 am Break
11:10 am International peacemaker and educator, Dr. Anita Dorczak, GCLC Board member, presents “Exploring Creativity in Collaborative Negotiation"
Did you know that creativity is not just reserved for artistic expression? In this presentation, Dr. Anita will delve into a deeper meaning of creativity: guiding you through the stages of the creative process, revealing interesting insights from recent neuroscience and psychology research, and presenting studies on the role of creativity in conflict resolution.
Expect a dynamic session filled with exercises, quizzes, videos, music, and vibrant examples of creativity from a variety of disciplines to appreciate the nexus between collaborative process and the creative process. Upon conclusion of this program, you will appreciate the enemies of creativity, learn how to promote creativity in resolving conflict, and you will acquire techniques to develop your own creative potential.”
12:10 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Keynote Address: Alexandra Carter, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School, bestselling author of "Ask for More: Ten Questions to Negotiate Anything"
2:00 pm Break
2:10 pm Case study/role play featuring collaborative trainers Marc Sheridan, Chris Farish, Julia McAninch, and Cheryl Panther: “Resolving Family Business Disputes - Learning to Move Past Impasse”
4:10 pm Break
4:15 pm Marketing Civil Collaborative Practices: Best Ideas Revealed! Panel discussion including GCLC Board members, invited conflict resolution experts, and other special guests who share ideas for effective promotion of conflict resolution practices.
5:15 pm Parking lot and announcements
5:30pm Adjourn
6:00 pm Welcoming reception at offices of AAA
Friday, October 31, 2025
All times Eastern Daylight Time
8:15 am Gather: breakfast and coffee
9:00 am "Practical Safety Considerations in Conflict Resolution" lead by Professor Kristen Blankley of the University of Nebraska School of Law
10:00 am Break
10:10 am Henry Yampolsky, best-selling author of "Dis-Solving Conflict from Within: An Inner Path for Conflict Transformation" and a leading expert in conflict resolution and trauma-informed practices, presents: "High Emotions, Trauma, and Mindfulness in Collaborative Practice and Mediation”
11:10 am Break
11:20 am Tired of Disputes? Make the Shift From Dispute Resolution to Dispute Prevention
There is an entire industry around dispute resolution. But what if you could help your clients prevent disputes before they begin? This session will share the collaborative work the University of Tennessee and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Inc. (CPR) are doing to help organizations understand the why, what and how of dispute prevention.
This session will offer insights from UT’s Kate Vitasek and CPR’s Ellen Waldman, authors of the book Preventing the Dispute Before it Begins: Proven Mechanisms for Fostering Better Business Relationships. Attendees will learn:
- The differences between dispute prevention and dispute resolution
- Why you should be thinking about dispute prevention
- An introduction to the dispute management continuum
- Case studies showcasing successful dispute prevention mechanisms
- A framework for helping you adopt dispute prevention mechanisms
- How university professors can share the concepts (for free!) with their students
12:10 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Panel of international experts convened by GCLC Board member Ana Luiza Panyagua Etchalus, Brazilian author of "Disaster: What Now?"offers "How Collaborative Approaches can be Effective in Expanding the Concept of Collaboration and in Paving the Way for the Use of Collaborative Law." The panel features insights from Anita Dorczak (Canada); Nadia Mesa Del Castillo (Spain); Judge Sergio Arturo Valls Esponda (Mexico); and Valentino Buoro (Nigeria)
3:20 pm Wrap up and evaluations, adjourn
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