Agenda

 3:00 p.m.              Welcome and Introductions

                               Martin Hevia, Executive Dean, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)

                               Bruce Meyerson, Past Chair, American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution

3:15       Mediation in Argentina and the United States

                Argentina

                María Alejandra Cortiñas, Presidente Club de Abogados Mediadores

               Maria Emilia Mathe, Dirección Nacional de Mediación, Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación

                U.S.

                Art Hinshaw, Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Program, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

                Harold Coleman, Jr., Senior Vice President, American Arbitration Association and Executive Director, mediation.org

4:15       Arbitration in Argentina and the U.S.

                Argentina

                Roque Caivano, Legal Manager of the Buenos Aires Grain Stock Exchange

                Mario Turzi, Professor of Mediation and Arbitration, UTDT

                U.S.

               Luis Martinez, Vice President, American Arbitration Association and International Centre for Dispute Resolution

              Joan Stearns Johnsen, Legal Skills Professor, University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law

5:15       Break

5:30       Teaching of Arbitration and Mediation in Argentina and the U.S.

                U.S.

               James J. Alfini, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, South Texas College of Law Houston

               Ava Abramowitz, Professional Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School

                Argentina

                Roque Caivano, Legal Manager of the Buenos Aires Grain Stock Exchange

                Verónica Sandler, Professor of Arbitration, Universidad de Buenos Aires

6:30      Program Ends: Informal Discussion among attendees