Concurrent Session I
Friday November 3, 9:30am-12:00pm

“The Role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Documenting War Atrocities for Post-Conflict Decomcratisation in Sierra Leone”

Proscovia Svard, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden

“A Blind Spot in Security Council Practice”

Cora True-Frost, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts

“HIV/AIDS Grass-root NGO’s in China”

Hitomi Sato, Waseda University, Japan

“Comparative Analysis of Regionalisms in Post Conflict Sub-Regions of Western Balkans and Central Asia and the Role of External Powers”

Adewale Osofisan, University of York, UK

"The Mellon-MIT Inter-University Program on Non-Governmental Organizations and Forced Migration"

Olajide Olagunju, Brandeis University, Massachusetts

Organizational Conflict
Panel Chair: Bruce Patton, Harvard Negotiation Project & Vantage Partners

“Labor Conflict Resolution – Do We Need Labor Courts?”

Yaron Catane, Hebrew University, Israel

“Is and Outcome Fair Because It was Calculated?”

Jim Gallagher, UMass Boston, Massachusetts

“A Dynamic Approach to Exploring Power in Interpersonal Conflict at Work”

Rae Yunzi Tan, Columbia University, New York

“Conflict and Dispute Resolution in a Cohousing Community”

Helen Barrington, UMass Boston, Massachusetts

Approaches to ADR Practice
Panel Chair: Robert Bordone, Harvard Law School

“Mediation and Mental Illness: Difficult Decisions in Practice”

Nicholas Diehl, University of North Carolina

“Creative Conflict: Theatre and the Art of Conflict”

Daniel Horsey, Antioch University, Ohio

“Choosing Words: Communication Strategy in Legal Negotiations”

Paul Taylor, University of Manitoba, Canada

International and Political Conflict
Panel Chair: Leila Farsakh, UMass Boston, Political Science

“The Impact of Political Structures on 3rd Party Intervention”

Alexandru Balas, University of Illinois, Illinois

“Non-Violence during “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine, 2004”

Oleksiy Burchevskyy, UMass Boston, Massachusetts

“The Right to Life and State Violence in Northern Ireland”

Christopher Connolly, Cornell Law School, New York

“Will ‘A Forward Strategy of Freedom’ Protect the U.S. from International and/or Transactional Conflicts?”

Timothy Burke, UMass Boston, Massachusetts