Events

The Program on Negotiation connects the discussion of conflict resolution to current, real-world situations through a wide variety of conferences, workshops, award presentations, films, lectures, and other events. With these activities PON increases public awareness of negotiation and conflict resolution processes, and highlights the research and achievements of scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and international contexts.

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Resettling the Settlers: Laying the Foundation

PON Staff   •  09/22/2004   •  Filed in Events

Professor Robert Mnookin, chair of the Program on Negotiation, director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, and Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will discuss his work in Israel laying the groundwork for a long-term dialogue process with respect to the future of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

He … Read Resettling the Settlers: Laying the Foundation

Conference in Honor of Howard Raiffa

PON Staff   •  05/24/2004   •  Filed in Events, Webcasts

Conference In Honor Of Howard Raiffa
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The Program on Negotiation is pleased to announce a conference and reception on Monday, May 24th in honor of Professor Howard Raiffa’s lifetime of work and in celebration of his 80th birthday. This event is open to the public.

Howard Raiffa is the Frank P. Ramsey Professor (Emeritus) … Read Conference in Honor of Howard Raiffa

The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative

PON Staff   •  05/19/2004   •  Filed in Events

Presenter:
Brian S. Mandell

In his presentation, The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative, Brian Mandell will examine the effectiveness of Track II initiatives. In December 2003, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed the Geneva Accord, a peace initiative that was negotiated in secret for more than two years despite … Learn More About This Program

The Role of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Resolving Critical Labor Disputes

PON Staff   •  05/13/2004   •  Filed in Events

Panelists

Richard Barnes – Executive Director, William J. Usery Center for the Workplace, Georgia State University

Peter J. Hurtgen – Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Chuck O’Connor – Vice President General Counsel, Maersk Inc.

Joel Schaffer – Commissioner, FMCS

Richard Trumka – Secretary/Treasurer, AFL-CIO

Moderator

Kathleen McGinn – Harvard Business School

Some labor disputes are so critical to the daily life of … Learn More About This Program

The End of the Trial

PON Staff   •  05/11/2004   •  Filed in Events

with Professor Frank Sander, Harvard Law School
Jim McGuire, Brown, Rudnick, Freed, and Gesmer

Free and open to the public. Lunch available.
Please call (617) 742-0615 to RSVP.

For more information, please contact ADR committee co-chairs Gordon Walker at (617) 348-4300, Stephen Linsky at (617) 969-9610, or Mindy Milberg at (508) 655-6800. … Read The End of the Trial

Young Christians Under the Nazis

PON Staff   •  04/30/2004   •  Filed in Events

The Program on Negotiation Student Interest Group (SIG) on Religion and Conflict Resolution presents a discussion with:

Helmut Koester, John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Divinity School

Hear Prof. Koester discuss his childhood experiences in Germany under Nazism, his time in the German army, and the significance of … Read Young Christians Under the Nazis

Lessons from the PON Seminar “Negotiating Labor Agreements”

PON Staff   •  04/21/2004   •  Filed in Events

Presenter:
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
Robert McKersie

This presentation will review lessons learned from the PON Seminar on Negotiating Labor Agreements. The seminar is attended by union and management representatives from industries and sectors such as airlines, aerospace, autos, education, entertainment, government, healthcare and others where the bargaining process is central to strategic success. The approach in the seminar involves … Learn More About This Program

The Last Just Man

PON Staff   •  04/20/2004   •  Filed in Events, PON Film Series

Film and Discussion with Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) Romeo Dallaire
Former Force Commander, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

In 1994, 800,000 Rwandans were killed in just 100 days. Canadian General Romeo Dallaire, in Rwanda to put into place a peacekeeping force to ensure calm in a country in which a peace treaty between warring tribes had just been … Read The Last Just Man

Mediating High-Stakes Disputes: Theory Meets Practice

PON Staff   •  04/10/2004   •  Filed in Events

Please join the Fletcher School and the Program on Negotiation for a public talk and discussion with
Peter J. Hurtgen
the 15th Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

With an introduction by Fletcher Academic Dean Lisa Lynch and responses by Professors Jeswald Salacuse and Adil Najam

Wednesday, April 14, 2004
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fletcher School of Law … Learn More About This Program

PON Film Series: An Unreliable Witness

PON Staff   •  03/18/2004   •  Filed in Events, PON Film Series

The Program on Negotiation Film Series Presents…

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Film and Discussion with

Michael McHugh
Director

Don Mullan
Author, Eyewitness Bloody Sunday

Thursday, March 18
6:45pm
Langdell North
Harvard Law School
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Free Admission and Refreshments

An Unreliable Witness is a documentary that follows British journalist David Tereshchuk as he travels to Derry, Northern Ireland, to give testimony before the Saville Inquiry investigating the events … Read PON Film Series: An Unreliable Witness

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