The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Summit will be held at De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines from December 9-11, 2013. The Conference theme is “Mediation in a Globalizing World: Challenges to Multi-Culturalism, Peace-Building, and Religious Tolerance.”
According to the conference website:
Topics to be explored through presentations, panel discussions, open forums, and group dialogues during the conference include:
Business and Mediation
Mediation and Conflict Resolution/Transformation of Religious, Ethnic, Ideological, and Resource Management
Mediation and Politics
Mediation and the Media
Mediation and Public Policy
Mediation and Peace and Security
Mediation and Human Rights
Mediation and Education
Mediation, Gender and Development
Family Mediation and Family Violence (Violence Against Women and Children).
Mediation and the Courts
Mediation and Armed Conflicts
Global Trends in MediationProspective delegates of the Summit are invited to submit an abstract no more 500 words, and a short biography of no more than 500 words, on any of the above topics through apmf2013Summit@gmail.com. The deadline for submission is the close of business, May 30, 2013 (Philippine time, GMT+8:00). Accepted abstracts will be announced on June 9, 2013.
Full details can be found online at http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/apmf/
The Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network 