Schedule At A Glance
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Them**
8:30
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Registration / Breakfast / Networking
9:00 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. - Debra Rocha, Chairperson for the Orange County Mediation
Conference Committee Welcomes Attendees
9:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Mari Frank, Advisory Board Chairperson Introduces Advisory Board
9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. - Welcome By
Captain Dave Nighswonger, OC Sheriff's Department
9:20 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. - Welcome by Dr. Erlinda Martinez, President of Santa Ana College
9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Mari Frank
Introduces Keynote Speaker
9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. - Doug Noll, Keynote Presentation, "The Next Generation of Mediation: How You
Can Make a Difference in the World as a Peacemaker."
10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Mediation Week Proclamation By OC Board of Supervisors
(Supervisor TBA), Debra Rocha - Conference Logistics
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. - Transition Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. Workshop Session I
Debra Dupree / Bryan Buljat - "Recognizing the High Conflict Personality: Tips & Strategies" MCLE
– General
Elizabeth Moreno / Gemma George / John Garman - "Ethical Duties and Eliminating Bias in Mediation" MCLE
– Bias
James
Armendaris / Capt. Linda Solorza - "Police / Community Conflict Management: A Different Perspective"
Hon. James Gray / Shannon Lamb / Todd Friedland - "Making Mediation Work - Tips From All Sides of the Table"
MCLE - General
Ronald Supancic / Kathryn Dager - "Breaking Through Impasse" MCLE - General
11:55
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Transition Break
12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. - Lunch Begins, Welcome and Introduction of Senator Mimi Walters By Mari Frank
12:05 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. - Senator
Mimi Walters Welcomes Attendees and Expresses Support for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
12:10 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Mari Frank Introduces the Honorable
John Flynn, III and Kirk Nakamura of Superior Court of California, Orange County
12:15 p.m. - 12:35 p.m. - Hon. Kirk Nakamura (MCLE - General)
12:35 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. - Hon. John
Flynn, III - "Mediation: The Win Win Win Option" (MCLE - General)
12:55 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch Continues, Networking Exercise
1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. - Transition
Break
1:40
p.m. - 2:55 p.m. - Workshop Session II
Fred Ashley / Lloyd Felver / Laura Scott - "Ethical Considerations for Use of Social Media by Neutrals"
MCLE - Ethics
Jan Frankel Schau - "Enforcing Mediated Settlement Agreements in the Age of Facebook" MCLE – General
Paula Garb - "Meeting of Mediators in Violent Environments"
Maria Simpson - "Preserving Identity: A Key Element of Insuring Dignity in Mediation" MCLE – General
Jennifer Artim / Roxane Martinez - "Is Neutrality Possible in Mediation? How to Deal with Biases from All Sides of the
Table" MCLE - General
2:55
p.m. - 3:05 p.m. - Transition Break
3:05 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. - Workshop Session III
Mari Frank - "Ethics and Privacy: Protecting Clients and the Mediation Process MCLE – Ethics
Debra Rocha - "Bringing Peace Into the Room: Rapport Comes First" MCLE – General
Kathy Shimizu - "Getting Past Perceptions: Learning to Listen With Empathy"
Priya Iyengar - "Mastering the Mediation Language"
Kym Adams / Steve Weinberg - "Mediating the Insured Claim" MCLE - General
4:05
p.m. - 4:10 p.m. - Transition Break
4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Wrap-Up - All Attendees / Opportunity Drawings / Door Prizes