PROGRAM TOPIC: A Brave New World: Integrating AI into Mediation,  Jim Melamed will review opportunities, risks and guidelines for using AI in mediation.  AI provides new and powerful opportunities for participant empowerment and optimized problem-solving. There are, however, also risks of bias, giving AI too much authority, and inadvertently sharing personal identifying information.  In Melamed's view, "AI is now the air we breathe," and mediators are wise to fully consider the constructive use of AI and to also be wary of predictable risks.  
 
PRESENTER: Jim Melamed co-founded Mediate.com in 1996 along with John Helie and served as CEO of Mediate.com through June 2020 (25 years).  Mediate.com received the American Bar Association's 2010 Institutional Problem Solver Award. Jim is currently General Counsel for Mediate.com and ODR.com, which the American Arbitration Association purchased in 2024. 

Earlier, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators (AFM) from 1987 to 1993. Jim was also the founding President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985-86). Jim's undergraduate degree is in psychology from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon.

Jim has received the following awards: The Oregon Mediation Association's 2003 Award for Excellence and 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award; The Oregon State Bar's 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence; The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award; and The 2012 Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) "Getting To Yes" Award and 2018 APFM first Outstanding Mediator Award.


PLACE:  Zoom Online Workshop.  Materials will be emailed to attendees in advance of the meeting.  Continuing education certificates will be emailed following the meeting.

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CLE:   This program may provide up to one (1) continuing education credit hour based upon a sixty (60) minute hour.