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ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference – April 2020 in New Orleans

Sharing a message from one of ACR Hawaii Members, Chuck Crumpton. (Thank you Chuck for reaching out!) To all Hawaii ADR supporters,   Next year’s ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s annual spring conference, in New Orleans April 22-25, 2020, promises to be one of the best ever, a premier collection of diverse programs, an exceptional networking opportunity, and timed perfectly to enjoy the incredible New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 23-26 and April 30-May 3, 2020.  The link to create and submit program proposals for the conference, and to the conference, is at:   https://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/events_cle/annual/conf_rfp/.  We hope that you and your colleagues will submit program proposals and join us at the conference.  In addition to the DR Section’s conference, a group of us involved in commercial and public policy ADR, including the peerless Peter Adler, is putting together a special set of panel programs on innovative strategies in complex commercial and in complex public policy conflict resolution with and at Tulane Law School Sunday, April 26, 2020, after the DR Section’s conference.  If you may be interested in being part of those programs, please let me know and I’ll send you more information on them.  We hope to get together top ADR, corporate, government, consumer and other professionals to share stories, experiences and insights on innovative commercial and public policy conflict resolution that will not only enlighten but also inspire the law school and ADR communities, and to enable live-streaming and recording of these programs for educational uses and expanded outreach.  Initial responses from some top ADR people in various sectors have been enthusiastically receptive, subject of course to their schedules, and we hope to offer a diverse combination of experiences and perspectives.  Depending on interest, this could be a good opportunity for Hawaii ADR professionals to contribute to what…

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United States Ombudsman Association 2019 Annual Conference

THE OMBUDSMAN: MAKING THINGS PONO Honolulu, Hawaii

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Interested in presenting at NMCS in January?

One of our members, Barbara Melamed, Ph.D.,  who published this year on Xenophobia, would be happy to hear from any of our ACR Hawaii members interested in presenting at the upcoming National Multicultural Conference and Summit – “Truth To Power: Impact Through Community Voice and Action” – in January 2019 in Denver Colorado . More information is available at https://www.multiculturalsummit.org. Earlybird deadline is December 1, 2018. If you are interested, please contact Barbara at barbara@drmelamed.net.