ALL SESSIONS ONLINE - STUDENT PRESENTATIONS ALL DAY
8:45 - 9:00 am - President's Welcome
9:00 - 9:10 am - A Word from ECARDN
Block 1: Communication& Polarization- 9:15 am - 10:30 am EST
Reimagining Public Speaking as a Tool for Conflict Transformation Jimmy McCue (9:15 - 9:30 am EST)
We Need to Talk: Crafting a Platform for Dialogue on a Campus Polarized by the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ariel Stein (9:35 - 9:50 am EST)
Impact of Social Media Use on Communication and Community Well-Being Lyssette L. Cardona, MD, MPH, MHA; Raven Bedford Bedford-Clark; & Dr. Alexia Georgakopoulos (Moderator and Panelist) (9:55 - 10:10 am EST)
Facilitated Discussion and Q&A (10:15 - 10:30 am EST)
Break(10:30 am - 10:45 am EST)
Block 2: MediationSystems & Access- 10:45 am - 12:00 pm EST
Barriers to Mediation
Ashlee Stoltzfus (10:45 - 11:00 am EST)
The Effect of Mediation Training on Emotional Intelligence Concepts on Undergraduate Students
Niranjanaa Ramesh, Farrah Zerola, Ryan Lee, Sophia Spraggs, & Skylar Silverman (11:05 - 11:20 am EST)
The Training of Labor Relations Mediators and Arbitrators: A Comparative Between the United States and South Africa
Sean Sung (11:25 - 11:40 am EST)
Facilitated Discussion and Q&A (11:45 - 12:00 pm EST)
9:00 - 10:00 am - Non-Lawyers in Arbitration: Saving the Endangered Species Paul Ngotho
10:10 - 11:10 am - Mediation and Domestic Violence: Important New Developments
Antoinette Delruelle and Michelle Exline Minovi
11:20 am - 12:20 pm - Entrepreneurship Toward Starting Your Conflict Resolution Startup or Growing Your Business
Dr. Eileen Petzold-Bradley, Dr. Alexia Georgakopoulos, and Dr. Lizyvette Ramos
12:30 - 1:45 pm - Does Practice Make Perfect?
Michael Lang, Tatyana Bilyk, Tracey-Leigh Wessels, Nancy Radford, and Laurel (Laurie) Amaya
1:55 - 2:55 pm - Best Practices Ex/Change for Peer Mediation: How Consistent Collaboration Strengthens Programs
Tara Fishler, Lionel Flax, Heidi Connorton, and Gregg Scheiner
3:05 - 4:05 pm - Is It Just Me? Exploring Emotional Demands and Well-being in Mediation Yeju "Chloe" Choi
9:00 - 10:00 am - Poetry & Peace
Megan McFadyen-Mungall, Vivian Ojo, and Isadora Costa Caldas
10:10 - 11:10 am - Web3 Conflicts and the Mediation Opportunity: Real Disputes, Real Lessons Jeonghoon Ha
11:20 am - 12:20 pm - Transforming Mediation Skills to Risk Assessment and Early Intervention of Targeted Violence: Applying the Transformative Framework to Combat Hate, Extremism, and Polarization
Randy Duque, MA, KCR
12:30 - 1:45 pm - Utilizing All of the Available Talent: New Strategies for More Representative Arbitration J. Christopher Heagarty, Professor Homer C. La Rue, and David Allen Larson
1:55 - 2:55 pm - The Neuroscience of Parent Coordination: From Shuttle Diplomacy to Neural Safety and Self-Regulation
Rich Heller
3:05 - 4:05 pm - Anti-Jewish, Anti-Black Hatred: Dissolving These and All Isms through Conflict Transformation
Professor Donald Proby and Jonathan Golden, PhD
IN PERSON PORTION(MORE DETAILS TO COME)
TIME:6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
LOCATION: AAA - Central Park
ADDRESS:150 East 42nd St, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Separate Registration Required (Free for ACR-GNY members; $10 for nonmembers)
9:00 - 10:00 am - Hot Topics and Debates from the ACR-GNY Resolution Roundtable Blog
Jeffrey T. Zaino, Esq., Myrna Barkat, Noah Hanft, Steve Skulnik, and Leslie Berkoff
10:10 - 11:10 am - Teens Eager to Engage in Non-Violent Solutions
Trudy Junkroski, Alexa Escamilla, Amari Derry, and Anya Garcia
11:20 am - 12:20 pm - Psychological Dimensions of Impasse-Breaking in Mediation
David A. Hoffman
12:30 - 1:45 pm - Five Traps for Unwary Mediators
Paul Gupta, Gary Doernhoefer, Jeffrey T. Zaino, Esq., Noah Hanft, and Gretta Walters
1:55 - 2:55 pm - Peace Professionalism - Explored
Gordon Breedyk, Dr. Nathan Funk, Evelyn Voigt
3:05 - 4:05 pm - AI & EI: Nurturing Emotional Intelligence and Forgiveness Around the World
Dr. Ani Kalayjian, Lida Asilyan, Gamze Sen, and Nairy Bzdigian
ACR-GNY'S 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY: