8:30-9:00 Registration and Coffee, 3rd Floor Lobby

9:00-9:30 Opening Plenary, Room 318 (Guest Speaker: Chris Honeyman)

9:30 - 12:15
Panel I, Room 319 Building Trust in Negotiation and Mediation: From Theory to Practice, Panel Members: Dan McAllister and John Settle

Panel II, Room 324 State of the Field: The Nexus of Theory Research and Practice in Three Sectors, Moderated by Juliana Birkhoff. Panel Members: Marsha Blakeway, Frank Dukes, Chris Honeyman, Dennis Sandole

12:15 - 1:15 LUNCH -Available in Room 318

1:15-4:00
Panel Ill, Room 301 Diversity, Moderated by Sandy Cheldelin. Panel Members: Sharon Bailey, Marvin Johnson, Gwen Whiting

Panel IV, Room 303 Ethics: The Devil is in the Detail, Moderated by Regina Olchowski. Panel Members: Frank Blechman, Karen Leichtnam, Sam Jackson, Jeannette Twomey

4:00 - 5:00 Closing Plenary, Next Steps, Room 318

Panel I - Building Trust
*John Settle is an attorney, mediator, and trainer of mediators, with extensive experience in mediating workplace and family disputes * Daniel McAllister is a professor at the Graduate School of Business of Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He has researched and written on the subject of trust and distrust.

Panel II- State of the Field
*Juliana Birkhoff was the Program Director for the Fund for Research on Dispute Resolution, a $3 million research grants program, and was a professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution for three years. Currently she is a consultant at NIDR administering a $200,000 research dissemination grant. * Marsha Blakeway is a MS graduate of ICAR and is a fellow of the National Peace Foundation. Her area of specialty is conflict resolution in education and schools * Frank Dukes is Associate Director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia and has worked on projects involving environment and land use, community development, education, and health * Chris Honeyman, managing partner of CONVENOR Dispute Resolution (New York and Madison, WI), is the principal investigator of "Theory to Practice," a Hewlett Foundation-funded effort to help ADR's practitioner and academic communities interrelate better * Dennis Sandole, a professor at ICAR specializes in generic theory and practice, ethnic conflict, and post-cold war peace and security systems.

Panel III- Diversity
* Sharon Bailey has developed school and community-based violence prevention programming for parents, teachers, and youth. She currently is the director of a new initiative, Diverse Traditions, a program of the National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution * Sandy Cheldelin is a professor at ICAR and specializes in intraorganizational and public-sector conflict, multiparty issues, and psychological dimensions of conflict. * Marvin Johnson provides training and lectures on the subject of diversity and conflict management. He is a board member of SPIDR, chairs the SPIDR Diversity Committee, and is a member of the Maryland ADR Commission. * Gwen Whiting is a Ph.D. candidate at ICAR and is a diversity trainer in the greater Washington, DC area ~

Panel IV - Ethics
*Frank Blechman is a clinical professor at ICAR and coordinator of the MS program. He is the faculty advisor to the field practicum team on intergroup conflict in schools * Karen Leichtnam oversees the civil dispute resolution programs at the DC Superior Court's Multi-Door Division, where she has worked in various capacities since 1988 * Sam Jackson is an attorney and mediator in McLean, VA and serves on the Board of the Virginia Mediation Network * Regina Olchowski is a professional mediator, trainer, and guest lecturer in the field of conflict resolution. Regina also serves on the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Mediation Service * Jeannette Twomey is President of the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Mediation Services, and is a highly experienced mediator and conflict resolution trainer with a background in law and community affairs.

Sponsored by the Society of Professionals
in Dispute Resolution, DC Chapter
& The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution,
George Mason University