Mark your calendar! March 7, 2012 12:00 noon - 2:30PM Alaska Time
2nd Annual Symposium on Dispute Resolution, Restorative and Therapeutic Practices
Integrating Theory and Practice in Dispute Resolution, Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
IMPORTANT: UAF is the "Bridge" University so have your university technical support/conferencing support contact Kelly Gitter to test the conferencing hook up. Use the contact information below.
2012 Cyber-Symposium Agenda (under construction)
Opening Ceremonies
Alaska Flag Song: Dave Wilcoxson
Welcome: Chancellor Brian Rogers
Pavva Inupiaq Dancers (tentative)
Invocation
Participant Introductions
Conference Format
Participants are invited to submit papers that will provide a springboard for "Five Questions." We will again use an open forum for discussion of the questions with your colleagues from around the world. Please email your papers and/or suggested questions to Brian Jarrett at bnjarrett@alaska.edu.
This year, like last, we will run the Symposium in the style of an online town-hall meeting. Please appoint one facilitator at your institution who will be responsible for taking questions and steering the group at the local site, as we move from site to site. Like last year, we will tackle five major questions organized around the paper submissions and we will move from site to site as we answer those questions. We will leave lots of space for folks to ask individual questions at local sites and allow contributors from any site to tackle them and engage in a lively back-and-forth discussion. Last year, people noted that they really liked the reporting on local projects and found this a very useful way of knowing what is going on in the field in a variety of locations. We therefore encourage folks to talk about practical projects in ADR, RJ, and TJ at their local sites as well as theoretical aspects. This is a great opportunity for information exchange with your international colleagues!