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Fall 2010 Newsletter

The Fall Newsletter is here! 

What’s inside:

- Letter from David Plumb, International Section Chair 2009-2010

- Letter from Luis E. Oré, International Section Chair 2010-2011

- Q & A with Sister Pauline Silver Acayo, Catholic Relief Services

- Q & A with Ashok Panikkar, Meta-Culture

- Introducing: Walter A. Wright, International Section Chair-Elect, and María Alba Aiello de Almeida, International Section Director-at-Large

View the newsletter here: Fall 2010 Newsletter 

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International Day 2010

Join us for International Day!

  • The premier event for conflict resolution professionals with a global focus
  • This year’s themes:
    • Managing conflicts around international development
    • Better practice in peace building
    • Cross-cultural communication
  • Participate in high-level, interactive discussion with leaders in the field
  • Compelling speakers, including:
    • Ana-Mita Betancourt, Inter-American Development Bank
    • Ashok Panikkar, Meta-Culture (India)
    • Merrick Hoben, Consensus Building Institute
    • Sister Pauline Acayo, Catholic Relief Services in Uganda
    • Kenneth Cloke & Alan Gross, Mediators Beyond Borders
    • Charles E. Tucker, International Human Rights Law Institute
    • Michele S. Riley, Columbia University
    • See speaker bios here

  • See the full agenda below
  • When: September 1, 2010, as part of ACR’s 10th Annual Conference
  • Where: Chicago Marriott Downtown, 540 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA
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International Day Agenda

Welcome and Awards Presentation

  • 9:00am - Welcome, David Plumb & Luis Ore, ACR International Section
  • 9:10am - Presentation of IDC Outstanding Leadership Awards
    • Meta-Culture (Ashok Panikkar, founder and president, receiving)
    • Sister Pauline Acayo, Catholic Relief Services in Uganda

Session 1: Managing conflict around international development

  • 9:30am - Ana-Mita Betancourt, Inter-American Development Bank
    • Banks as Mediators? The role of innovative grievance mechanisms in resolving development disputes
  • 10:10am - Ashok Panikkar, Meta-Culture
    • When business, communities and government collide: Managing conflict in the world’s largest democracy
  • 10:50am - Break
  • 11:20am - Merrick Hoben, Consensus Building Institute
    • Niger Delta case study: Chevron and communities build trust (and peace) through a participatory evaluation and facilitated negotiation
  • 12:00pm - Pulling it all together - discussion: What are we learning about managing development conflicts?
  • 12:15pm - Lunch (1 hour)

Session 2: Better practice in peace building

  • 1:15pm - Sister Pauline Acayo, Catholic Relief Services in Uganda
    • On the front lines of peace building: Reintegrating and rebuilding communities in the wake of violence
  • 2:05pm - Kenneth Cloke & Alan Gross, Mediators Beyond Borders
    • Taking initiative: What role do we want to play in promoting a more peaceful world?
  • 2:45pm - Charles E. Tucker, International Human Rights Law Institute
    • Where is all the money going? Foreign aid for conflict zones and post-conflict countries – the good, the bad and the wasteful
  • 3:25pm - Pulling it all together - discussion: What are we learning about better practice in peace building?
  • 3:40pm - Break

Session 3: Cross-culture communication

  • 4:10pm - Michele S. Riley, Columbia University
    • We know the theory, but how do we apply it? A practical approach for mediators to apply cross-cultural communication principles
  • 4:50pm - Participant discussion: Applying cross-cultural principles to our own practice
  • 5:15pm - Wrap-up
  • 5:30pm - Adjourn