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The facilitators and panelists attending this workshop are leaders in the fields of dispute resolution and deliberative democracy. Bios for the presenters and a summary of the workshop proceedings are available below. Notes from individual sessions are listed in the table. In addition, clips from a video recording of the entire workshop have been included. A full-length video of all the sessions, entitled "Deliberative Democracy Meets Dispute Resolution," is available through the Clearinghouse of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (www.pon.harvard.edu).

Presenter Bios (PDF)
Synopsis of the Dispute Resolution/Deliberative Democracy Seminar (PDF)

Course notes.
SES #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
Day 1: Introductions
1	Welcome Dinner
Day 2: Workshops
2	Scenario 1: Municipal Decision Making Facilitator: Judith Innes Panelists: Joshua Cohen, Archon Fung, David Laws, Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Jane Mansbridge, Nancy Roberts, Jay Rothman	(PDF)
3	Scenario 2: Metropolitan Policy Making Facilitator: David Booher Panelists: John Dryzek, Mike Elliott, Frank Fischer, Bill Isaacs, Susan Sherry	(PDF)
4	Scenario 3: National-level Consensus Building Facilitator: John Forester Panelists: Peter Adler, David Fairman, Jim Fishkin, Susan Collin Marks, Susan Podziba	(PDF)
5	Scenario 4: Implementation of Informally Negotiated Agreements or Settlements Facilitator: Carrie Menkel-Meadow Panelists: Maarten Hajer, David Kahane, Richard Reuben, Marianella Sclavi, Daniel Yankelovich	(PDF)
6	Closing Remarks - Larry Susskind	(PDF)
7	Celebratory Dinner

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Session 1: Opening Questions

Session 2: The Public Will and Representative Democracy

Session 3: Power and Rights

Session 4: Biases in Mediation

Session 5: Applying Deliberative Democracy to Practice

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