Annual Meeting 2022
MARCH 2 - 4
All times are Eastern. All programming is subject to change.
Day 1: Wednesday, march 2
2:45 PM
Meeting link opens
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
3:00 PM
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PRESIDENT & CEO
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION
3:30 PM
keynote Address followed by Q&A
GENERAL COUNSEL - CORPORATE LEGAL AFFAIRS
CORPORATE SECRETARY
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
4:15 PM
CORPORATE Counsel Roundtable:
The ways companies use technology to prevent disputes or facilitate identification of litigation or compliance/regulatory risk
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The Corporate Counsel Roundtable features a group discussion and dialogue on how today’s industry leaders use technology to prevent disputes and mitigate risk. Our speakers join moderator and CPR panelist Janice Sperow in exploring the accelerating data transformation’s role in avoiding litigation, securing compliance, and minimizing risk across a wide range of industries, sectors, and markets. From “big data,” software development, retail sales, to aerospace and defense, learn how these experts navigate the benefits and challenges of today’s technology and tomorrow’s automation.
SPEROW ADR SERVICES
Moderator
5:30 PM
Rising Star Video
5:45 PM
CPR Annual Awards Ceremony
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Join us for a videotaped presentation by Desmond Ang, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, who has researched the impact of the film The Birth of a Nation and studying its contribution to the spread and perpetuation of white supremacist values and anti-Black bigotry.
Then stay for an interactive discussion with Hon. Timothy K. Lewis, co-chair of CPR’s Diversity in ADR Task Force, and Gail Wright Sirmans, neutral on CPR’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators.
7:00 PM
Evening Program & networking
From Imagery to Reality: The Birth of a Nation to #BLM and Implications for DEI Efforts in Dispute Management
presented by Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP)
GENERAL COUNSEL
PALO ALTO NETWORKS
HOST
MEDIATOR
CPR'S PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED NEUTRALS AND DISTINGUISHED FELLOW OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDIATORS
All times are Eastern. All programming is subject to change.
Day 2: Thursday, march 3
10:30 AM
MEETING LINK RE-OPENS
10:45 AM
COFFEE WITH THE CO-CHAIRS
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
GENERAL COUNSEL
PALO ALTO NETWORKS
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The technology sector is increasingly in the crosshairs of foreign regulators. Tech companies are not, however, without tools to mitigate the risk of inappropriate foreign regulatory interference. International arbitration against foreign governments under investment treaties is one such tool. Even the threat of an investment treaty claim can provide meaningful leverage in negotiations with governments. This panel will discuss how technology companies can use investment treaties to mitigate regulatory risk, covering topics including: how can technology companies qualify for investment treaty protection, how do investment treaties protect investors, and how do investors enforce their rights under investment treaties.
11:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Creating Leverage: How Tech Companies Can Use Investment Treaties to Mitigate Regulatory Risk
Moderator
SENIOR MANAGING COUNSEL
VISA INC.
12:00 pm
Panel Discussion
WHY DO I.T. OUTSOURCING PROJECTS FAIL: HOW TO KEEP THEM GOING WITH DISPUTE RESOLUTION BOARDS AND STANDING NEUTRALS
Moderator
CHERRIE FISHER, PMP
CIVIL ENGINEER AND ADR CONSULTANT
MANAGING PARTNER
CIRIO ADVOKATBYRÅ AB
HALSAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
1:15 pm
LUNCH BREAK AND OPTIONAL “TABLE CHATS”
2:15 pm
Panel Discussion
ODR and Technology in Dispute Management – FUTURISTIC approach
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This Panel will examine and discuss the latest trends in utilizing technology for resolving disputes, with a focus on what developments await us in the next 2-10 years. It will include a discussion of current online dispute resolution (ODR) platforms (with screen shots and demos) as well as new features being integrated by ODR providers around the world.
Moderator
JOHN DEAVER DRINKO-BAKER & HOSTETLER ENDOWED CHAIR IN LAW
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW
3:15 pm
BREAK
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion and BREAKOUT TABLE TOP DISCUSSIONS:
CYBERSECURITY RISKS
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This panel of experts in cybersecurity will discuss the nature of cyberbreach risk, how to respond, how to prepare for a breach, legal exposures and potential disputes, technology responses.
This panel discussion will be followed by a 30-minute breakout session for smaller group discussion of an eerily growing typical hypothetical case study. Don’t miss it!
Moderator
5:00 pm
WRAP UP OF DAY’S EVENTS
All times are Eastern. All programming is subject to change.
Day 3: Friday, march 4
10:45 AM
MEETING LINK RE-OPENS
11:00 Am
Coffee with A CPR Board Member
11:15 Am
panel discussion
Advances in Healthcare Technology – Cure or Cause?
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Join experts from the fields of pharma, medical device and healthcare providers for a provocative discussion of what the infusion of technology and AI will mean for healthcare and conflict management.
Moderator
12:30 Pm
panel discussion
Ethics in The Evolving World of Remote, Hybrid, and In-Person ADR
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This panel will examine and discuss ethical challenges facing arbitrators, mediators, and advocates relating to evolving technology-driven ADR processes, including remote, hybrid, and in-person proceedings.
Moderator
CPR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION
1:30 PM
Lunch Break and Optional “Table Chats”
2:30 PM
panel discussion
HOT TOPICS/INITIATIVES IN ADR
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This panel will review significant Arbitration related cases currently pending before the US Supreme Court this year, as well as some interesting initiatives in ADR
Moderator
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE LAW
UNT DALLAS COLLEGE OF LAW
3:30 PM
panel discussion
RISK OF IMPLICIT BIAS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
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This panel will focus on a discussion of the uses of AI in dispute management and the risk of implicit bias if not properly addressed. I.e., AI or PA are only as good as the people setting the standards or algorithms – how sure are you that the programs/technology you use for decision making or information are not based on algorithms set with implicit biases?
(This program will be eligible for 1 DEI credit)
Moderator
4:30 PM
Closing Remarks by the Co-Chairs
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
GENERAL COUNSEL
PALO ALTO NETWORKS
4:45 PM
Virtual socializing
CLE Credits
This program has been approved for a maximum of 9.0 New York CLE Credits, including 1 Credit in Ethics and 1 Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.
This course is non-transitional and for experienced attorneys only.
The CPR Institute has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education in the State of New York. CPR is a non-profit organization. Under financial hardship guidelines, at its discretion, CPR may waive the fee for attorneys who demonstrate that they are not currently employed (not retirees). CPR may also provide a special discounted price to attorneys, full-time judges and administrative law judges practicing in the non-profit and public sectors full time.