Schedule at a Glance

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
 
Friday, March 27, 2026
7:30 am
REGISTRATION OPENS
Continental Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am
WELCOME
9:15 am
Fundamentally Human Mediation Skills Then, Now, and Always? Lessons Learned and Blazing into the Future
Eric Galton, Kimberlee Kovach
10:45 am
BREAK
11:00 am
MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
Recognizing High-Conflict Personalities in Mediation: Strategies for Staying Neutral, Effective, and Safe
Mardi Winder-Adams
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
Clause Encounters: Mediating Disputes Before They Head to Arbitration
Aric Garza
CONCURRENT SESSION 3
Sulh & Sacred Space: Reimagining Mediation Through an Islamic Lens
Javeria Ahmed
12:15 pm
NETWORKING LUNCHEON - TAM Awards Presentation and Annual Meeting
1:45 pm
BREAK
2:00 pm
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS - PART 1
CONCURRENT SESSION 4
Beyond Impasse: Advanced Strategies for Shaping Perceptions and Creating Value in Mediation
Patricia Alvarez
CONCURRENT SESSION 5
Money Mistakes Mediators Can’t Afford to Miss in Divorce and Beyond
Pam Friedman
CONCURRENT SESSION 6
Special Education Mediation and Facilitated IEP Dispute Resolution
Melinda Shane, Michael Shane
3:15 pm
BREAK
3:30 pm
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS - PART 2
CONCURRENT SESSION 7
New Mediators: Lessons from the Trenches
Craig Henderson, Lydia Miller
CONCURRENT SESSION 8
Trauma-Informed Mediation: From Theory to Application
Vicki Read
CONCURRENT SESSION 9
Mediating Disputes with Intention and Structure
Linda Olden-Smith
4:45 pm
ADJOURN
5:00 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
 
Saturday, March 28, 2026
7:30 am
BREAKFAST BUFFET
8:15 am
WELCOME
8:30 am
SATURDAY OPENING PLENARY PANEL
Who Wants to Be an Ethical Mediator?
Rick Morris, Alice Oliver-Parrott, John Palmer
9:45 am
BREAK
10:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CONCURRENT SESSION 10
Mediator Professionalism - Neutrality, Empathy, and Ethics
Mark Batchelder
CONCURRENT SESSION 11
Navigating Employment and Housing Discrimination Mediations in Today’s Evolving Landscape
Marci Anavitarte-Jordan
CONCURRENT SESSION 12
AI Ethics and Its Implications for Alternative Dispute Resolution
Fatima Naeem
11:15 am
BREAK
11:30 am
SATURDAY CLOSING PLENARY PANEL
TAM Mediator Q&A Forum
Patricia Porter, Gary Clayton, Sharon Corsentino, Diane M. Harvey, Jeff Jury
12:30 pm
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS