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Johannes P. Willheim CDRC 2018 Keynote: The Future of Dispute Professionals

Johannes P. Willheim, internationally trained disputes lawyer, mediator and professional negotiator, opened up this year's Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna with a keynote on the Future of Dispute ... Read More
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Lisa El Imshati

When did you first hear about the CDRC event? The first time I heard about the CDRC was when I participated at the ICC. I had joined as a member ... Read More
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Aled Davies

What is your background, how did you get into the field? I came into mediation via an unconventional route. As a commercial diver and budding entrepreneur I started a diamond ... Read More
Ask An Expert, CDRC 2018 Edition: Jes Lothman

When did you first become interested in mediation? We mediate every day—formally and informally. I have been mediating informally between divorced parents since I was young and I think this ... Read More
A Big Thank You To IMI’s CDRC Media Team

IMI Interns Nicklas Böhm and Ruxandra Gheorghe, with the help of Jasmine Anouna made up this year's media team at the Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna, which took ... Read More
Day 2 Of The CDRC 2018: The Competition Begins!

The preliminary rounds have started! Keen students from around the world competed against each other, simulating legal negotiations with the support of a mediator in each round ... Read More
The Importance Of Being Present

According to mediator, Catherine Davidson, “to be present is to be in the moment, in the zone […].” She was co-conducting a workshop titled 'Mediator Presence' with her colleague Greg Bond at ... Read More
Day 1 Of The CDRC 2018: Let’s Get It Started

Some 200 participants, coaches, and assessing experts are gathered in the main hall of the University of Economics and Business Vienna waiting eagerly for the annual opening ceremony of the ... Read More
Mediation Culture And The Next Generation

A short insight into national education and development in mediation around the world from four former participants of IBA-VIAC CDRC - the Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition Vienna, representing Lebanon, Georgia, ... Read More
The Third Edition Of The IBA – VIAC Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition

Two years ago, the International Bar Association (IBA), the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), and the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) launched the first edition of the Consensual Dispute Resolution ... Read More
Global Citizenship…Global Pound…Mediation And Mediation Competitions

This year I have been privileged to attend three wonderful international commercial mediation competitions, in which students from around the world come together with mediators and other professionals to practice ... Read More
CDRC Vienna – A Year On

One year has already passed since my journey at the IBA-VIAC Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC), held in Vienna. It was a year of exciting opportunities, hard choices and fulfillments, ... Read More