Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution

The Center is pleased to provide information and links to four ODR workshops at upcoming conferences and meetings. Please feel free to contact the Center ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

1. A special session on ODR and the Legal and Regulatory Environment will be held at the Regional High-Level Conference for Africa - Tunis, 19-21 June 2003 - Electronic Commerce Strategies for Development organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

2. On June 28, 2003 an ODR workshop will be held at the annual conference of the International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law in Edinburgh, Scotland. Please contact Professor Ethan Katsh in order to present work or participate.

3. A Second Forum on Online Dispute Resolution will be held by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on June 30-July 1, 2003 in Geneva. Information about the program and registration can be downloaded from http://www.umass.edu/legal/unece2003.doc and http://www.umass.edu/legal/unece2003_reg.doc

4. A workshop on ODR will be part of the 5th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, which will be held from October 1-3, 2003 in Pittsburgh. The deadline for submission of papers is June 1st.