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Yowza!From Stephanie on the Online Facilitation list comes news of Cyberweek - the Future of the Practice of Law; The First Virtual Bar Association Meeting - October 23 - 28, 2005. This looks to be an amazing and diverse offering, with synchronous, asynchronous and blended online/offline events. Bravo! Take a look. Here are some of the components. It looks terrific!

Synchronous Events

Online Dispute Resolution at eBay.com -Colin Rule, Director of Online Dispute Resolution presents a real time demo using collaborative tools (e.g. Webex and Skype)

Brainstorming ODR tools in government dispute resolution -Dan Rainey - Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, The National Mediation Board presents a real time demo of prototype University of Massachusetts - National Mediation Board ODR tool.

Conflict Transformation and Mobile Technology - Sanjana Hattotuwa - Head, Research Unit, Info Share and Editor of the Peace Library will conduct a real time demonstration on the use of mobile technology in conflict transformation contexts among other ODR related subjects.

Can Democratic Dialog Work in Virtual Spaces? An Exploration Using Unchat Professor Bill Warters of Wayne State University presents a real time UNCHAT (virtual collaboration and meeting platform) session. To be held at 2:00 - 3.00 pm U.S. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday October 25th.

Asyncrhonous Events

International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) Professor Ben Davis, University of Toledo College of Law and co-founder of ICODR presents asynchronous ICODR content (i.e. access to old cases / competition rooms) and invitation to participate in ICODR 2006 and ODR Symposium.

SmartSettle Test Drive, Ernie Thiessen, Founder of SmartSettle.com is inviting Cyberweek attendees to take SmartSettle for a test drive by competing against an unknown opponent in the International eNegotiation Tournament.

GroupMindExpress.com walk-through, Jon Kennedy, Founder of GroupMindExpress.com presents an asynchronous walk-through / demonstration.

Discussions

Will Web-enabled Document Automation Disrupt the Legal Profession? An On-Line and Off-Line Discussion

Featuring Richard Granat and Marc Lauritsen, Co-chairs of the eLawyering Task Force of the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section and Daryl Mountain, a practitioner and consultant, who is also a member of the Task Force. The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on this topic at their Quarterly Meeting at the Loew's Hotel in Philadelphia, Saturday. October 22, 11 am to 1 pm. This on-line discussion is designed to complement and supplement that real-time, in-person discussion in Philadelphia. This on-line discussion will last for 30 days, from October 17. 2005 and end on November 17, 2005.

Ethics and Trust in a Networked Society

Featuring Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law, Boston University and author of a new book, Trust and Honesty. America's Business Culture at a Crossroad (2005).

InternetBar.org Africa Committee Forum

Moderated by Ayo Kusamotu, Kusamotu & Kusamotu, Lagos State, Nigeria, and with moderators for the following topics: Tira Greene - E Commerce/Payments; Judith O'Neill - Internet telephony; Kunbi Braithwaite - Cybercrime; Femi Falana - E Voting; and Ayo Kusamotu - Creative Commons.-Ayo Kusamotu.

The State of the World, the Law and Lawyer in the 21st Century

Featuring Ramon Mullerat, a lawyer in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Former President of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union. Moderated by Joseph P. J. Vrabel, Esq. and featuring an expert panel of lawyers.

Online Best Practices Committee

Presentation by Hilary Rowen, Esq., chair of ABA TTIPS e-commerce committee with online interactive Best Practices table being developed by the Schidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology of the University of Washington Law School.

International applications of ODR and/or Use of Mobile technology in conflict transformation Featuring Sanjana Hattotuwa, Head, Research Unit, Info Share (http://www.info-share.org/) and Editor of the Peace Library.

Watch www.internetbar.org for more details about the upcoming Cyberweek, but mark the dates on your calendar now. The programs will be available 24 hours a day during Cyberweek, so you can participate wherever you are. There is no fee to participate, so join us to help shape the future of law in a networked society. To register, go to www.odr.info/cyberweek."

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