Agenda item

Global Pound Conference

12 February 2014

 

Global Pound Conference

It is proposed thatthe City hosts a reception on 29th October 2014 at the conclusion of a one day Introductory Conference which will be the launch for the Global Pound Conference in 2015. This is planned to take place in some 15 cities around the world on the same day in 2015 linked by live webinar. The aim will be to identify and promote changes in methodology in relation to the resolution of cross-border disputes.

 

The first Pound Conference took place in 1976 named in honour of Professor Roscoe Pound, an American law professor and champion of legal reform. The conference is regarded as providing the impetus for major changes in the American justice system, and in particular the start of modern Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The International Mediation Institute (based in The Hague) and the International Dispute Resolution Group (based in London) are co-hosting a second Pound Conference on ADR in 2015.

 

The event should provide a high-level networking opportunity for conference delegates and City business representatives specialising in international dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration. The guest list will also include parliamentarians and Members with relevant business interests.

 

We recommend that hospitalitybe granted and that arrangements are made under the auspices of the Policy and Resources Committee; the cost to be met from City’s Cash, within the approved cost parameters.

 

(This will be a Committee event.)

 

 

Minutes:

12 February 2014

 

Global Pound Conference

It is proposed thatthe City hosts a reception on 29th October 2014 at the conclusion of a one day Introductory Conference which will be the launch for the Global Pound Conference in 2015.This is planned to take place in some 15 cities around the world on the same day in 2015 linked by live webinar. The aim will be to identify and promote changes in methodology in relation to the resolution of cross-border disputes.

 

The first Pound Conference took place in 1976 named in honour of Professor Roscoe Pound, an American law professor and champion of legal reform. The conference is regarded as providing the impetus for major changes in the American justice system, and in particular the start of modern Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The International Mediation Institute (based in The Hague) and the International Dispute Resolution Group (based in London) are co-hosting a second Pound Conference on ADR in 2015.

 

The event should provide a high-level networking opportunity for conference delegates and City business representatives specialising in international dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration. The guest list will also include parliamentarians and Members with relevant business interests.

 

We recommend that hospitalitybe granted and that arrangements are made under the auspices of the Policy and Resources Committee; the cost to be met from City’s Cash, within the approved cost parameters.

 

(This will be a Committee event.)

 

Read and agreed to.