The collective power of 120+ mediators in one place assured "calm waters" for the duration of the LEADR 9th International ADR Conference.

The delegates experienced Wellington at its finest and were treated to a range of superb presentations from international speakers, Judge Becroft, Principal Youth Court judge, Judge Boshier, Principal Family Court Judge, and practitioners and academics from Australia and New Zealand. Three days of intensive learning, networking and discussion closed with an address from His Excellency, The Governor General of New Zealand, Anand Satyanand

Delegates enthused:

"This was an inspiring event"
"Fantastic"
"Can't remember a conference I have enjoyed more"
"Best ADR Conference of 7 I have attended ...."

Networking opportunities such as "Speed Dating" and "Korero Tahi" were enthusiastically received and left the delegates asking for more.

We thank the many presenters who have contributed their presentations and papers to these pages and all speakers and delegates for making this conference such a success.

Conference Programme PDF

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Conference Speakers Notes:

(please contact the LEADR NZ office for copies these documents)

7 Deadly mistakes in the Workplace - Nina Harding.doc

ADR in the Public Sector - DoL practice leaders.ppt

Branching Out- Kristen Cooper.ppt

Brave New World-Mediation in Cyberspace - Nina Khouri.ppt

Briar Gordon - Statutory Schemes for ADR.ppt

Conflict Specialists and Public Confrontations - Hollier and Hart.pdf

Construction Adjuciation in NZ by Geoff Bayley.doc

Diagnosing Team Leadership Tensions - Hamish Brown.ppt

Eyes Wide Open - Kathleen McEvoy.ppt

Genetic revolution- Dr Marie Bismark.PPT

Geoff Bayley.ppt

Geoff Sharp 40 sites in 40 minutes.pdf

Institutionalization of Mediation in India- V Tyagi.doc

Judge Boshier - Family Court.ppt

Judge Boshier paper on Family Court.doc

Listening in Mediation - Clare Coburn.ppt

Managing Conflict from different Behaviour styles - John Walker.ppt

Marketing and Sales - Bill Rainey.ppt

Mediating medico-legal complaints - Rae Lamb and Tina Mitchell.ppt

Mediation and Genre - Sam Hardy.ppt

Mediation for Cross Border Disputes - Bronwyn Lincoln.ppt

Mediation in the statutory context - Judy Dell and Peter Franks.ppt

Mediator at Work - Tony Newport.ppt

Michael Quigg - Board & CEO.ppt

Reflections on Transformative Mediation.ppt

Respect in a Disrespectful World - Brandon and Stodulka.ppt

Statutory ADR Schemes - Briar Gordon etc.ppt

Thats my.name -Debbie Monahan.ppt

The Trials and Tribulations of a mediation pilot - Nigel Dunlop.ppt

The truth about lying as a negotiation strategy - Avnita Lakhani.ppt

Tools for loosening the problem-story - Phillip Hart.pdf

Conference photos