‘Fireside Chat with AcIn’
Join us in this Fireside Chat with Ekta Bahl on 'The Mediation Bill, 2021: Issues & Challenges". The bill covers several areas including institutional mediation, creating a regulatory body, defining a service and training provider, role, qualifications, and training of mediators, online mediation, community mediation, the possibility of cross-border mediation, nature of pre-litigation mediation, and enforcement of mediated settlement agreements.
This conversation aims to demystify all of these for all of our participants.

Date: November 30, 2022
Time: 8.30 - 9.45 PM IST
To understand the point of views parties hold and their interests, mediator needs to know 'what, when and how to ask' certain questions.
Join us for a fireside Chat with Kenneth Cloke and Michael D. Lang on July 9, 2022 to learn the art of asking questions. The chat will be moderated by Upasana Singh, Founder and CEO, Accords International and Akanksha Marwah, Co-Founder and COO, Accords International.

Date: July 9, 2022
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 PM IST
(9:00 - 10:00 AM PDT and 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST)
A Lawyer’s role in the mediation process is both of an advocate and advisor to the client. Even if the client is embroiled in litigation, he or she can still benefit from the process of mediation. Lawyers can assist their clients with this process in a number of ways.
Join us in this fireside Chat with dispute resolution expert, A. J. Jawad on 'Mediation Advocacy: Partnering with the Mediator' to know how lawyers can assist their clients in arriving at a settlement. The chat will be moderated by Upasana Singh, Founder and CEO, Accords International, Akanksha Marwah, Co-Founder and COO, Accords International, and Megha Chaturvedi, Associate Partner, H.K. Law Offices.

Date: August 8, 2022
Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM IST
Join us for a fireside Chat with Kathleen Ruane Leedy, Bi-Coastal Mediator, USA on June 30, 2022 to learn how a mediator can unlock the deadlock between parties at dispute in a mediation. The chat will be moderated by Upasana Singh, Founder and CEO, Accords International and Akanksha Marwah, Co-Founder and COO, Accords International.

Date : June 30th 2022
Time : 5:30- 6:30 PM IST (8:00-9:00 AM EST)
Restorative justice is a philosophy that can help rebuild the communities which care and support. Join Akanksha Marwah and Upasana Singh, Co-Founders of Accords International while they get into conversation with Tim Chapman, Chair, European Forum for Restorative Justice, in AcIn's Fireside Chat on Building Restorative Justice Culture.

Date: May 24Time
IST 6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m
(GMT 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
Resolving conflicts is easy but doing it meaningfully is an art. AcIn envisions providing long-term sustainable conflict resolution approaches. Hence, we are embarking upon a journey to make conflict resolution a life skill with the commencement of ‘Fireside Chat with AcIn’.
AcIn organizes the Chat every month with mediators/ RJ facilitators/ Academicians/ Lawyers and other experts in the field of conflict resolution to sensitize its audience about innovative techniques of conflict resolution . It will explore how conflict resolution can be reformed to make its applicability effortless.

Fireside Chat with AcIn with Douglas Noll on Restorative Mediation.
Date- April 26, 2002
Time- 07:30-08:30 pm IST II 07:00- 08:00 am PDT II
02:00-03:00 pm GMT