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We offer a range of services including the Australian Dispute Resolution Directory, a database of organisations including mediators, conciliators, facilitators, arbitrators, educators, trainers and a wide range of service providers. If your organisation is not yet registered, we encourage you to do so on the Website Directory page.

We are currently expanding this site to become the Asia-Pacific Mediation E-Centre. Please contact Dale Bagshaw if you wish to be a part of this exciting new development.

News

Some forthcoming and recent conferences and events. See our Past Events page for earlier events.

5th Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, India, 20–27 November 2010

The Fifth Asia Pacific Mediation Forum (APMF) conference will be held in India at the Brahma Kumaris Conference Centre, at Gurgaon (near Delhi). Firdosh Kassam is the Conference Convener and will be assisted by a Conference Committee in India and the APMF Executive and Steering committees. The Brahma Kumaris, Indian Law Ministry and the Judiciary will support the conference and participate in the program. Please put these dates in your diary and start planning to present a paper and/or workshop. Information about costs and the call for papers will be on the APMF website in early 2009.

The Second Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum: 'Conflict Prevention in the Multimedia Age', Bonn, Germany, 3–5 June 2009

The second Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will highlight the rapid development of technology in the world of media and debate the ensuing questions related to modified usage. In light of these changes, the conference will examine the future of content delivery, especially for topics pertaining to peace and security. The forum will bring together media users and producers, peace building and conflict prevention specialists, representatives from the fields of media technology and security, public relations, the military, the arms industry as well as members of government and political parties to network and discuss the challenges and solutions for the future. More information.

Shared parental responsibility in Australian family law and the impact on children
This multidisciplinary seminar hosted by the Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation, Hawke Research Institute, UniSA was held in Adelaide on 13–15 April 2008.

The seminar examined in depth the consequences for children of some of the recent changes to the Australian Family Law Act. Presenters focused on the most current theories, research, practice wisdom and parental experiences in relation to the emphasis given to shared parenting and associated decision making after separation and divorce. The main focus was on the outcomes of the changes for Australian children, including those children who have been, or are at risk of being, exposed to high-level parental conflict, violence and child abuse.

More information and registration details

Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum, 2008
The 4th Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, 16-18 June 2008. It was hosted jointly by the APMF and the International Islamic University of Malaysia. The conference website is www.apmf2008.com - and here is the Call for Papers. The main website of the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum is right here on the Ausdispute site.

Mediation: Transforming the Landscape
9th National Mediation Conference
10–12 September 2008, Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel, Perth, WA
This conference is widely acknowledged as the leading Australian gathering of mediation practitioners, researchers and trainers. Delegates from industry, the community sector and government will join eminent Australian and international mediation professionals to continue the development of mediation and related processes in Australia and beyond. The conference theme of 'transforming the landscape' will include transformation of mediation practice, with diversity, of related professional practices, to promote peaceful resolution of conflict, and of the justice system. Submit abstracts by 29 February 2008.
Call to present (PDF 445 kb)

World Mediation Forum
The sixth conference of the WMF was held from 16 to 18 October 2007 in Israel, at a resort on the banks of the Dead Sea. Here is a flier for the 2007 WMF conference (PDF document, 1 page).

Bond Dispute Resolution Newsletter
The newsletter can be read online.

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize 2006
The APMF Peace Prize was awarded at the Third APMF Conference in Fiji in June 2006. The winner was Joan Metge, a widely respected social anthropologist from New Zealand.

Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference, Fiji, 26-30 June 2006
Conference details and program are online at the conference website, along with some of the papers from the conference.

Mediator accreditation
With the support of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department, the National Mediation Conference appointed a committee to investigate development of a proposal for a national system of Mediator Accreditation in Australia. A proposal was put forward for approval at the conference in Hobart in May 2006. Further details of the proposal.

Transforming Relationships- multimedia training tools for restorative justice facilitators, from Connor Development Services in Canada. More information (PDF 83 kb).

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum

The APMF website has general information about that organisation, as well as papers from its 2001 Adelaide and 2003 Singapore conferences. The conference for 2006 was held in Fiji, and many papers and presentations are available online.

The Mediation News newsletter: back issues online.

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