AAA Mediation Conference
After the success of its Construction Mediation Conference in Miami earlier this year, the American Arbitration Association is conducting the conference again, this time on the West Coast. The conference is subtitled “What You Can’t NOT Know” and will offer six presentations by industry experts on resolving costly and disruptive construction disputes.
The program, which explores the decision to mediate as well as the mechanics of the process, has added a seminar on strategies to use at the mediation conference table. The program is conducted in cooperation with Schinnerer, the only professional liability insurer among the conference’s 17 support groups.
The program will be conducted on Friday, November 9, at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Marina del Rey, CA. The conference registration fee is $350. For more information on this event, please go to www.adr.org/events.
Schinnerer at AIA Conference
From December 2-4, The American Institute of Architects will host “The Future of Professional Practice,” a program examining “the next generation of integrated delivery, emerging technology, and practice management.” The conference will be held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. Schinnerer is the only insurance sponsor of the conference.
On Monday, December 3, Lorna Parsons and Frank Musica, both of Schinnerer, will participate in a panel on “Exploring Legal and Insurance Issues in Collaborative Design.” There will be sessions throughout each day addressing advancements in design and communications technology, new methods and contracts for integrated project delivery, and increasingly demanding client expectations, among other topics.
The registration fee for AIA members is $475; non-members pay $550. For more information, go to www.aia.org/ev_pm_future07.
Thermal Performance Conference
The international conference: “Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings X,” organized by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will be held from December 2-7, 2007, at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This conference will present concurrent tracks on “principles,” in which research findings and projects are discussed, and “practices,” in which the practical applications of research and case studies are explored.
In addition, special topic workshops will be presented before and after the conference. The conference, co-sponsored by ASHRAE and the Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council, takes place once every three years, allowing time to develop new research and technology applications.
Full conference registration is $595. More information is available at www.ornl.gov/sci/buildings.
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