Virtual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)
March 1-2, 2021 10am-1pm & 4pm-7pm (US) EST
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Day 1: AI and ODR (March 1, 2021)
Part 1
10:00am – 10:10am Forum Welcome + Recorded Sessions Introduction
Ethan Katsh, Director, NCTDR
10:10am – 10:30am Celebration of new edition of ODR: Theory and Practice
Dan Rainey, Principal, Holistic Solutions Inc.
10:30 – 11:30am Keynote: Artificial Intelligence
Abhijeet Chavan, A2J Technology Consultant,
Former Senior Executive Advisor, Tyler Technologies
11:30am – 11: 45am Break
11:45am – 1:00pm AI Bias and ODR Panel
Leah Wing, Co-director, NCTDR; Senior Lecturer II, Legal Studies Program,
- of Massachusetts Amherst
Ben Davis, Professor of Law (retired), U. of Toledo College of Law
Julie Sobowale, Director of Communications at the Law Society of
Saskatchewan
Part 2
4:00pm – 5:25pm Algorithmic ODR: Ensuring Fairness and Accountability
Linda Seely, Director, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
Chris Draper, Managing Director, Trokt
Larry Bridgesmith, Co-founder, Program on Law & Innovation, Vanderbilt Law School
5:25pm – 5:40pm Break
5:40pm – 7:00pm AI and ODR
Andy Lee, Professor, President of eBridgeChina Research Institute
Professor of Sichuan university, China
Nicolas Vermeys, Assoc. Dean of Programs, Faculty of Law, Assoc.
Director, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Université de Montréal
Graham Ross, Smartsettle Resolutions; Lead Tutor @ ODRtraining.com
Day 2: Dispute System Design (DSD) and ODR (March 2, 2021)
Part 1
10am-10:05am Welcome
Leah Wing, Co-director, National Center for Technology and Dispute
Resolution; Senior Lecturer II, Legal Studies Program, U. of MA Amherst
10:05am-10:15am Dispute System Design Overview
Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director, Martin Daniel Gould
Center for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law School
10:15am-11:00am Keynote – India: Resolving a Billion Disputes with ODR
Desh Gaurav Sekhri, NITI Aayog; Chittu Nagarajan, CREKodr.com
11:00am-11:45am ODR and Access for Persons with Disabilities
David Larson, Mitchell-Hamline Law School
11:45am-12pm Break
12pm-12:45pm Designing ODR Systems
Clare Fowler, Mediate.com; Herb Waye, ICANN
12:45pm-1pm ODRExpo.Tech + The Dublin ODR Forum
Brian Hutchinson, Univ. College Dublin; Alberto Elisavetsky, ODRLatAm
Part 2
4pm-4:45pm Usability Evaluations for Online Dispute Resolution: Embedding
Human-Centered Design in the Adoption of ODR
Stacy Butler, Univ. of Arizona Innovation for Justice Program
Sarah Mauet, Univ. of Arizona Innovation for Justice Program
Paul Embley, National Center for State Courts
4:45pm-5:30pm ODR Innovation & Institutions in the U.S.
Janet Martinez, Stanford Law School
Amy J. Schmitz, University of Missouri School of Law
5:30pm-5:45pm Break
5:45pm-6:45pm ODR and Peacetech
Sheldon Himelfarb, Peace Tech Lab; Colin Rule, Mediate.com
6:45pm-7pm Conference closing, Synthesis
Ethan Katsh, Director, NCTDR
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Pre-recorded Presentations
The Presence of Artificial Intelligence Applied to ODR in Latin America, María Victoria Marun, Director, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Bar & Solicitors 3rd Legal Circumscription Mendoza, Argentina
Online Sport Dispute Resolution, Dr. Frank Fowlie, Commissioner, Athletics Canada
Trust, Empathy and Social Intuition in Online Dispute Resolution, Noam Ebner, Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (NCR) Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Creighton University
Systems Design and its application in Latin America in the field of ODR, Alberto Elisavetsky, Systems Designer of ODR Applications in Latin America
New ODR Needs New Technology, Zbynek Loebl, Open ODR and PRK Partners
ODR for E-Commerce: International Legal Standards and Developments, Esther Vilalta, PhD, Chair in Civil Law, Law and Political Science Dept., Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
The EU ODR Platform – 5 Years On, Pablo Cortés, Professor of Civil Justice, University of Leicester, UK
Lessons Learned from the Unfortunately Asymmetrical Evolution of ODR in Canada, Karim Benyekhlef, Professor and Director of the Cyberjustice Lab, University of Montreal
ODR System Design Reimagined for High Stakes Legal Disputes, Michael Wolf, Director, Collaboration and ADR Office, Federal Labor Relations Authority
