Ⅰ. TIME
9:00-10:00, 22nd August 2025 (Beijing Time）
Ⅱ. LANGUAGE
English
Ⅲ. HOST
Ⅳ. REGISTRATION
Please scan the QR code below for the registration link before 17:00, 21st August. Invitation Letters for offline participation will be sent by e-mail.
Ⅴ. CONTENTS
- Mediator proposal
- Bracketing
- Apology
- Strategic use of Pre-Mediation Conference
- Strategic Use of Follow-Up Session
Ⅵ. Distinguished Speakers
Laura C. Abrahamson, JAMS full-time mediators and arbitrators; possessing extensive domestic and international arbitration experience in dealing with commercial conflicts (particularly in the energy, engineering, construction and chemicals industries); Once served as the Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Dispute Resolution at AECOM; She led major litigation and domestic and international arbitration efforts at Occidental Petroleum (OXY)；A Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators; President of the California Arbitration (CalArb), on the board of the CIArb North American Branch, and Co-Chair of California International Arbitration Week; A panelist for multiple domestic and international arbitration centers, including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and California’s Public Works Contract Arbitration Program (PWCA).
Elizabeth Allen White, JAMS arbitrator and mediator, handles business, real estate, employment and entertainment cases. She graduated from UCLA and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in 1981. She worked at the Los Angeles Superior Court for 23 years and served as a Justice Pro Tem of the California Court of Appeal, 2d District; She was the Chair of the Judicial Education Seminars Civil Law Subcommittee for four consecutive years and served as an Adjunct Faculty at USC’s Gould School of Law of the State of California and Loyola Law School; Judge White is the Vice President of Districts for the National Association of Women Judges and Chair of NAWJ’s 2019 Conference in Los Angeles, and Chair of District 14 which encompasses both California and Nevada.
Host: Wendy YANG(杨雯婷) , who holds a Master of Laws and serves as Assistant Secretary-General of the CCPIT Mediation Center (Greater Bay Area), she significantly contributed to revising the CCPIT Mediation Center Rules, developing mediator training frameworks, and advancing academic research initiatives. As a case manager, she managed over 50 domestic and international commercial disputes across intellectual property, cross-border trade, and finance.
Moderator: Mylene Chan(陈帼钊), An international arbitrator and mediator, currently serving as a mediator at CCPIT and a Research Fellow at the Arbitration Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law. Previously, she was Visiting Faculty at Peking University School of Transnational Law, a Research Fellow at International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution (New York), and a Founder's Fellow of Mediators Beyond Borders (Washington, DC). With over 20 years of cross-border transaction experience, she has represented Chinese and American interests at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.