by admin | May 29, 2020 | Collaborations, Events, Talks
On Thursday, 28 May 2020, the Society of Mediation Professionals had the privilege of hosting the CEO of SMC (Mr Ban Jiun Ean) and the Executive Director of SIMC (Mr Chuan Wee Meng) to a Zoom discussion attended by close to 30 of our members. In a wide-ranging...
by admin | May 1, 2020 | Events, Talks
On Thursday 30th April 2020, members of the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore) had the pleasure of interacting with two leaders in the field of mediation, Ms Mary Walker and Mr Gary Birnberg, FCIArb, via a Zoom video conference. The speakers spoke about a...
by admin | Dec 16, 2019 | Events, Social Meet Ups
“When I drink tea, I am conscious of peace” – Chinese poet Lu Tong The many parallels between having tea and mediation are, on reflection, very obvious. A few obvious analogies immediately come to mind. Tea drinkers would attest to the many soothing attributes...
by admin | Oct 26, 2019 | Events, Talks
On 24 October 2019, members of the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore) were privileged to learn about the Bhutanese model of conflict resolution from Assistant Professor Stephan Sonnenberg, who teaches at the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law. The...
by admin | Aug 9, 2019 | Collaborations, Events, Thought Leadership
In August 2019, history was made when Singapore hosted the ceremony for the signing of the Singapore Convention on Mediation. Following such signing, on 8 August 2019, the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore), in cooperation with JAMS and the International...
by admin | Mar 21, 2017 | Events
The SMP Evening talk and Dinner was a delight. District Judge and mediator David Lim kept our members and guests engrossed with his enlivening sharing on unconventional interventions in mediation. It was also a time for our professional mediators to enjoy the good...