Here is another chance to broaden your mediator horizons with an International view. If you are interested, please RSVP as specified below by May 5th!
Presenters
John Sturrock, Core Solutions Group, Edinburgh, Scotland
John Sturrock is the founder and chief executive of leading mediators in Scotland, Core Solutions Group. John has a mediation practice which extends well beyond Scotland into the rest of the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More than just a mediator, John is highly regarded for his work in extending collaboration into some of the most challenging issues faced in his country and in the world today. He leads Collaborative Scotland, a network of individuals who are seeking to enhance the dialogue around the forthcoming referendum on independence for Scotland from the rest of the UK – see www.collaborativescotland.org. He facilitates the 2020 Group, a network of senior commercial, public sector and government leaders who are responsible for seeking to implement Scotland’s world-leading carbon-emission reduction targets. He acts as
facilitator for a number of leadership initiatives in the field of climate change and policy-making and trains members of the Parliaments in the UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland and elsewhere in scrutiny skills for more effective legislation and policy-making. John has worked in a training capacity with Olympic sports, high level corporations, not for profit organisations and others to build better collaborative and negotiation
capacity. He leads training in mediation which is regarded as leading the field in the UK.
Peter Adler, Accord 3.0, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Peter S. Adler, Ph.D. returned to Hawaii in 2012 after serving as President of The Keystone Center for nearly a decade. Adler’s specialty is multi-party negotiation and problem solving. He has worked extensively on water management and resource planning problems and mediates, writes, trains, and teaches in diverse areas of conflict management. He has worked on cases ranging from the siting of a 25-megawatt geothermal energy production
facility to the resolution of construction and product liability claims involving a multi-million dollar stadium. He has extensive experience in land planning issues, water problems, marine and coastal affairs, and strategic resource management. Prior to his appointment at Keystone, Adler held executive positions with the Hawaii Justice Foundation, the Hawaii
Supreme Court’s Center for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and the Neighborhood Justice Center. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in India, an instructor and Associate Director of the Hawaii Bound School, and President of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. He has been awarded the Roberston-Cunninghame Scholar in Residence Fellowship at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, a Senior Fellowship
at the Western Justice Center, and was a consultant to the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Adler has written extensively in the field of mediation and conflict resolution. He is the co-author of Managing Scientific & Technical Information in Environmental Cases (1999); Building Trust: 20 Things You Can Do to Help Environmental Stakeholder Groups Talk More Effectively About Science, Culture, Professional Knowledge, and Community Wisdom (National Policy Consensus Center, 2002); the author of Beyond Paradise and Oxtail Soup (Ox Bow Press, 1993 and 2000) and numerous other articles and monographs. He most recently authored Eye of the Storm Leadership.
When and Where – Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:00-4:30pm. William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 3, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Parking: University parking structure (access from Dole Street)
Sponsors – Hawai’i State Bar Association ADR Section; Accord 3.0; ACR Hawai’i; Mediation Center of the Pacific
Registration
FREE – Please call Lynn Honda or Charles Crumpton at 808-599-9200 or e-mail to lynn@chjustice.com or crumption@chjustice.com by MAY 5, 2014
