Presentations:

1. •UPCOMING - “Protocols for Expeditious, Cost Effective Commercial Arbitration”, adopted by the College of Commercial Arbitrators, Presenting at McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA Friday May 20, 2011 2:30-3:15pm.
   

2. •Recent Updates in Mediation Legislation with Eric van Ginkel and Paul Dubow, SCMA Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, November 6, 2010.
   

3. •Mediation: Prepare, Present and Produce the Best Results for Your Clients, The 83rd Annual Meeting of The State Bar of California, September 23-6, (Panel #40) Friday, September 24, 2010 - 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
   

4. •Maximize Your Success with Court-Connected ADR, Annual ABA Conference San Francisco, August 5-10 2010, Intercontinental, San Francisco, Russian Hill, 4th Floor,
   Friday August 6, 2010 - 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
   

5. •The Scheduling Conference, the IBA Rules, and e-Disclosure in International Commercial Arbitration, Norton Rose, Hong Kong, November 2009
   

6. •Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in International Commercial Arbitration: The Scheduling Conference and the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence, Decision 2009 - Debates on Current international Arbitration Issues, International Section, State Bar of California, and ICDR, Santa Clara, California, October 2009.
   

7. •Spiritualiteit in Mediation, Congres 2009, “Reflectie op Mediation”, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, April 2009.
   

8. •Recent Developments in US Arbitration, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, November 2008.
   

9. •Mediation in Europe: an Update, SCMA Conference, Malibu, California, November 2007; California State Bar Section Education Institute, January 2008.
   

10. •Afdwingbaarheid van de Mediationclausule in Californië en Nederland, Symposium on Mediation University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, November 2007.
    

11. •Negotiating and Drafting ADR Clauses, State Bar of California Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, September 2007
    

12. •Dispute Settlement under US-EU Open Skies: Room for Improvement?, Conference on Arbitration in Maritime and Aviation Disputes, presented by the IBA’s Maritime and Transport and Aviation Law Committees and the Arbitration Committee, Hamburg, Germany, April 2007;
    

13. •Ethics and ADR: What Happened to Zealous Representation?, 2007 Symposium of the Section Education Institute of the State Bar of California, Berkeley, California, January 2007;
    

14. •Het Belang van Adequaat Conflictmanagement, Landelijke Workshopdag Conflicthantering: “Ruzie in de Tent, wat nu?”, Netherlands Department of Justice, Netherlands Attorney General’s Office, and the Council for Jurisprudence, The Hague, The Netherlands, October 2006;
    

15. •Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for IP-Related Disputes, International Bar Association (IBA) Conference, co-chair of a Joint Session of the Intellectual Property, Arbitration and Mediation Committees of the IBA and the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI), Chicago, Illinois, September 2006;
    

16. •International Arbitration as a Vehicle for Resolving Multi-National IP Disputes, USC Gould School of Law 2006 Intellectual Property Institute, Beverly Hills, California, May 2006;
    

17. •Resolution of Disputes Regarding the Return of Looted Art, 2006 LL.M. Seminar, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, May 2006;
    

18. •The Code of Ethics of the AAA/ABA and the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration; Other international practices, Decision 2006 - Debates on Key Issues in International Arbitration, International Section, State Bar of California, and ICDR, Newport Beach, California, March 2006;
    

19. •Domestic Versus International Mediation and Arbitration in California, 2006 Symposium, Section Education Institute, State Bar of California, Santa Monica, California, February 2006;
    

20. •Mediation in de Verenigde Staten, Afscheidssymposium voor Professor Alex Brenninkmeijer, Faculty of Law, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, October 2005;
    

21. •Update on U.S. Case Law Concerning the New York Convention, IBA Conference, Arbitration and Mediation Committees, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2005;
    

22. •Mediation and the Law: the United States, IBA Conference, Arbitration and Mediation Committees, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2005;
    

23. •Substantive Protection Available under BITs and MITs, ABA Conference, Section on Dispute Resolution, Los Angeles, California, April 2005.