Mediation as a profession cannot just happen, it requires our collective active participation in making it happen. Many of us have been trained, but we have not developed business to keep us busy. The problem is that mediators and problems requiring resolution have not readily found each other.
When we started the journey of mediation, the dream of a mediation-led conflict resolution framework seemed an easy win – create a large pool of mediators and the parties would come, bring their conflicts for us to resolve and reward us generously. It has not happened. Physically attending this conference gives us opportunities to band together to:
- Discuss on how to build widespread community and commercial recognition of what mediation is and how it works. Imagine! Our people are not aware!
- Work together to identify the broadest possible sources of potential demand and build effective referral networks
- Plan how to persuade politicians and bureaucrats that mediation is a ‘value-adding’ pursuit, featuring durability and relationship repair rather than a ‘cheap and quick fix.
- Create robust, centrally managed and readily accessible mentoring
- Strategize on how to use social media to build brand recognition, not just for individuals but for the greater good of all mediators.
The theme of the 2022 conference is “Mediation in the future“. It is not too late but we do need to change a lot of our thinking around supply and demand. Work will not magically come to mediators.
There are opportunities all around us to lend our skills to those needing support in dealing with the many faces of conflict and there is no shortage of conflict!
Attending this conference will be a game changer for those who care to promote this profession in this region. Don’t miss this grand professional networking opportunity. The future is here!!
Session: Court Annexed Mediation; The Rwandan Experience, Kenyan Milestones
Profile: Hon. Caroline Kendagor, O.G.W, is a Magistrate with the Kenya Judiciary. She currently serves as Acting Registrar of Mediation, in the Court Annexed Mediation Secretariat, (more…)
Session: Court Annexed Mediation: The Rwandan Experience, Kenyan Milestones
Profile: Justice Mutabazi is a High Court Judge of Rwanda since 2017, currently serving as an inspector of Courts and as a Judicial Spokesperson for the Courts. (more…)
Session: Evaluation in Mediation/Mediation Advocacy
Profile: Prof. Golann is a dispute resolution and negotiation professor. He has been a mediator and teacher of dispute resolution for more than twenty-five years. A Professor of Law at Suffolk University in Boston, he has led training for federal and state courts and agencies and ADR organizations (more…)
Session: Handling High Emotions in Mediation
Profile: Orit Asnin is an independent mediator.
Session: Keynote Address
Profile: Keriako Tobiko served as the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry from 2018 to 2022 where he spearheaded great transformation in the Ministry and its Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGA’s) (more…)
Session: Chief Guest
Profile: Hon Lady Justice Jacqueline Kamau is currently the Presiding Judge at the Kisumu Law Courts, having joined the Kenya Judiciary in the year 2012. She is a former President of the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) (more…)
Session: Singapore convention on mediation – Challenges in implementation of cross boarder mediation
Profile: Agada Elachi is a Founding Partner, Greenfield Chambers. Agada is an ADR expert with a bias for mediation and arbitration. (more…)
Session: IMI Mediation Advocacy
Profile: Ivana Ninčić Österle is the Executive Director of the International Mediation Institute. She is a lawyer, mediator and public policy consultant for judicial reform, specializing in mediation and judicial efficiency. (more…)
Session: Mediation as a transformative practice
Profile:Dr Sokfa John is the Programme Director for mediation practice at the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA), University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is co-lead for Southern Africa on the African Rotary Community Mediation (ARCoM) initiative, (more…)
Session: Court Annexed Mediation; The Rwandan Experience, Kenyan Milestones
Profile: Hon. Caroline Kendagor, O.G.W, is a Magistrate with the Kenya Judiciary. She currently serves as Acting Registrar of Mediation, in the Court Annexed Mediation Secretariat, (more…)
Session: Court Annexed Mediation: The Rwandan Experience, Kenyan Milestones
Profile: Justice Mutabazi is a High Court Judge of Rwanda since 2017, currently serving as an inspector of Courts and as a Judicial Spokesperson for the Courts. (more…)
Session: Evaluation in Mediation/Mediation Advocacy
Profile: Prof. Golann is a dispute resolution and negotiation professor. He has been a mediator and teacher of dispute resolution for more than twenty-five years. A Professor of Law at Suffolk University in Boston, he has led training for federal and state courts and agencies and ADR organizations (more…)
Session: Handling High Emotions in Mediation
Profile: Orit Asnin is an independent mediator.
Session: Keynote Address
Profile: Keriako Tobiko served as the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry from 2018 to 2022 where he spearheaded great transformation in the Ministry and its Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGA’s) (more…)
Session: Chief Guest
Profile: Hon Lady Justice Jacqueline Kamau is currently the Presiding Judge at the Kisumu Law Courts, having joined the Kenya Judiciary in the year 2012. She is a former President of the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) (more…)
Session: Singapore convention on mediation – Challenges in implementation of cross boarder mediation
Profile: Agada Elachi is a Founding Partner, Greenfield Chambers. Agada is an ADR expert with a bias for mediation and arbitration. (more…)
Session: IMI Mediation Advocacy
Profile: Ivana Ninčić Österle is the Executive Director of the International Mediation Institute. She is a lawyer, mediator and public policy consultant for judicial reform, specializing in mediation and judicial efficiency. (more…)
Session: Mediation as a transformative practice
Profile:Dr Sokfa John is the Programme Director for mediation practice at the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA), University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is co-lead for Southern Africa on the African Rotary Community Mediation (ARCoM) initiative, (more…)
The Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators is pleased to announce that the 2nd regional, mediation conference will take place on Friday, 9th December 2022.
Theme: Our Theme this year is "Mediation in the Future"
Venue: This is a blended conference taking place both physically and virtually.
Physical attendance will be at the Nairobi Safari Club, Lilian Towers, University Way, Nairobi, Kenya.
The attendance link will be sent out to all the registered virtual participants as we near the conference date.
Join us as we explore the East African mediation landscape and the opportunities in conflict resolution outside the courtroom!