New Frontiers of ADR: From Commercial and Investment Matters to Regulatory Violations
6 Nov - 7 Nov 2018
McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre
Session information
The growing success and the new challenges of international mediation: comparing North and South America
Wednesday 7 November (0930 - 1115)
McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre
Committee(s)
Mediation Committee
(Lead)
Dispute Resolution Section
Legal Practice Division
Description
This panel will focus on mediation as a rising alternative to arbitration, with reference to the regional example of Asia. Speakers will discuss the forthcoming UNCITRAL Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Conciliated Settlement Agreements along with the potential for new ethical requirements for mediators and mediation centres. The comparative practice of international mediation, in the United States and Canada, but also in Brazil and Mexico, will be also a major theme of debate for this panel.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Fabien Gélinas | McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Speakers
| Henri Alvarez KC | Vancouver Arbitration Chambers, Mission, British Columbia, Canada |
| Julie Bedard | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York, New York, USA; Co-Chair, Arbitration Committee |
| India Johnson | American Arbitration Association, New York, New York, USA |
| Luiza Helena Cardoso Komel | Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Corinne Montineri | UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria |
| Fernando Navarro Sanchez | JAMS, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Martin Valasek | Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |