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Program

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International Conference on

“Negotiation: Dispute Resolution and

Conflict Management in a Changing World”

April 10-12, 2014

Kennesaw State University

KSU Center

3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw, GA 30144

Program

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday April 8 and Wednesday April 9, 2014

All Day Arrival at various hotels

Thursday April 10, 2014

8:00-12:00 noon Arrival at various hotels

Tour of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Optional)

1:00-5:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshops

Workshop # 1: Negotiation in an M&A Context KC 460

Panelists:

Mr. James Decker, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Capital Partners

Mr. Phillip Thompson, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Dr. Michael Salvador, Director, Executive Education Programs, Kennesaw State University

Mr. Larry Stevens, School of Accountancy, Kennesaw State University

Moderators:

Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy, Kennesaw State University

Dr. Heather Pincock, Assistant Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

Brief Description: Effective negotiation is crucial to the success of corporate mergers and acquisitions. The

purpose of this pre-conference workshop is to explore and highlight negotiation best practices at all stages of

the M&A life cycle including pre-M&A activity, during M&A dealmaking discussions, and in the post-M&A

integration phase.

Workshop #2: Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) Inventory® KC 464

Presenter: Dr. Mitchell R. Hammer, Hammer Consulting, LLC™

Brief Description: A workshop on the practical “four-quadrant intercultural conflict style model” developed by

Dr. Mitchell R. Hammer provides a rich framework for increasing competence in cross-cultural conflict

resolution. Participants will be able to understand cultural differences that “make a difference” in conflict

resolution through the lens of the four-quadrant intercultural conflict style model; and determine one's own

intercultural conflict style.

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5:00-7:00 PM Registration KC Fountain Area

Reception KC 400

Friday April 11, 2014

8:30-9:00 AM Registration KC Fountain Area

9:00-10:30 AM Opening and Keynote Address KC 400

General remarks—Dr. Akanmu Adebayo, Director of Center for Conflict Management

Welcome—Dr. Robin Dorff, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)

Welcome—Dr. Lance Askildson, Chief international Office & Executive Director of

Institute for Global Initiatives (IGI)

Introduction of Keynote Speaker—Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Director of ADR Services and

Training, Center for Conflict Management

Keynote Address—Dr. Mitch R. Hammer, Hammer Consulting, LLC, “Crisis

Conversations: A Commitment to „Ground Truth‟”

Comments, Questions & Answers

10:30-11:45 AM Concurrent Sessions A1-A3

Session A1 Relationally-Based Negotiation Practice KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Timothy Hedeen, Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

Presenter: Cherise Hairston, Dayton Mediation Center, “Relationally-Based Negotiation Practice: A

Transformative Approach to Negotiation”

Session A2 Negotiation: Theory and Practice KC 460

Chair/Discussant: Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Director of ADR Services and Training, Kennesaw State University

Presenters Sridhar Ramamoorti and Kurt Schulzke, School of Accountancy, Kennesaw State

University, “On the Psychology Behind Negotiation: A Fresh Perspective

Paul A. Story, Department of Psychology, Kennesaw State University, “Setting the stage

for negotiation: Unconscious Influences on Negotiation Strategies”

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Session A3 Choosing to Negotiate in Good Faith KC 462

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Maia Carter Hallward, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State

University

Presenters: Amanda Guidero and Maia Carter Hallward, International Conflict Management,

Kennesaw State University, “Choosing to Negotiate: The 2013 Israel-Palestinian Peace

Talk”

Sara Ross, University of Ottawa, “Your Day in Wiki Court: ADR, Fairness, and Justice

in Wikipedia‟s Global Community”

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch Break

1:00-2:15 Concurrent Sessions B1-B3

Session B1 Using Photovoice as a Conflict Engagement Strategy KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Akanmu Adebayo, Director of the Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State

University

Presenter: Birthe C. Reimers, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University,

“Using Photovoice as a Conflict Engagement Strategy in Diverse Communities”

Session B2 Indigenous Approaches to Negotiation KC 462

Chair/Discussant: Tom Pynn, Coordinator, Peace Studies Program, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Victor Friday Samuel Igbogbo, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Nigeria, “The

Resolution of Chieftaincy Disputes by Esan Customary Law: EWU as a Case Study”

Serwaa Brewoo and Mustapha Abdallah, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping

Training Centre, “Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peace Negotiations in West

Africa”

Session B3 Working Toward a Peaceful Process in the Developing World KC 464

Chair/Discussant: Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Director of ADR Services and Training, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: David Andersen-Rodgers, California State University-Sacramento, “Unarmed Civil

Society Groups and Negotiated Peace Settlements”

Fonkem Achankeng, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, “Exploring the 1961 Foumban

Talks: Ramifications for Political Developments in the Cameroons”

2:15-2:30 Break

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2:30-3:45 Concurrent Sessions C1-C3

Session C1 Getting to “Yes, And”: Negotiating Strategies KC 460

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Kurt Schulzke, School of Accountancy, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Charity Scott, Georgia State University, and Tim Hedeen, Kennesaw State University,

“Getting to “Yes, And”: Negotiating Conflict Using the Best Practices of Applied

Improvisation”

Session C2 Religion, Labor Relations, and Conflict KC 462

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Farooq Kperogi, Department of Communication, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Felix Omo Okokhere, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, “Labour Relations,

Negotiations and Industrial Strikes in Nigeria: Conceptualizing the Challenges”

Paul Ilo, London Metropolitan University, “Faith-Based Organizations and Conflict

Resolution in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Since

Its Establishment”

Muthoni Richards, Kennesaw State University, “Religion in Peacemaking and

Peacebuilding: A Comparative Study of Christianity and Islam”

Session C3 Amnesty to Militants: Process and Results KC 464

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Ikechukwu Ukeje, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education,

Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Silk Ugwu Ogbu, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria, “Amnesty and the Negotiated

Settlement of the Insurgency in the Niger Delta”

Philip E. Agbebaku, John E. Anegbode, and Sylvester Alonge, Ambrose Alli University,

Nigeria, “The Role of Negotiation in Conflict Resolution: The Case of Amnesty

Programme in Nigeria”

Henrietta Uche Obanya, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria, “Granting of Amnesty

as a Conflict Resolution Strategy in Nigeria: An Appraisal”

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-5:15 Concurrent Sessions D1-D4

Session D1 Negotiation and Nigeria‟s Security Challenges KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Akanmu Adebayo, Director of Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State

University

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Presenters: Philip R. Agbebaku, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, “Tackling Nigeria‟s Security

Challenges! Negotiations or What with Boko Haram?”

V.O. Aghayere and Walter Idada, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, “Conflict

Management in Nigeria: Niger Delta and Boko Haram Insurgency and Militancy”

Willie Aziegbe Eselebor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, “The Search for Alternatives in

Asymmetric Warfare in Nigeria”

Session D2 Nigeria: Minority Question and State Failure KC 460

Chair/Discussant: Nwakaego Nkumeh, Esq, Office of Legal Affairs, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Tunde Agara, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, “Negotiating the Federal

Accommodation: Minorities and the Issue of the National Question in Nigeria”

Aniekan Ekpe, University of Uyo, Nigeria, “Conflict and Conflict Resolution between

Countries in the Global Arena: A Political Economy Analysis of the 1981 Nigeria-

Cameroon Border Crisis”

Rasheed I. Akinyemi, University of Lagos, Nigeria, “State Failure and the Inability to

Negotiate Peace in Fragile Democracies: The Nigerian Experience”

Felix Chinwe Asogwa, Enugu State University, Nigeria, “Constitutional Conference as

an Instrument of National Negotiation and Reconciliation in Nigeria: A Critical

Evaluation”

Session D3 Protests and National Dialog Approaches to Negotiation KC 462

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Nurudeen Akinyemi, Director of Center for African and African Diaspora Studies,

Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Samy S. Gerges, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University,

“National Dialogue for Dealing with Past Grievances in Arab Spring Countries”

EmebetGetachew Abate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, “National Dialogue in Ethiopia: From

Barrier to Bridge”

Mohamed Amroun, Moloud Maameri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, “The

Negotiations Process in the Western Sahara Conflict: From a Legal Solution to the

Political Approach... Is This Possible?”

Session D4 The Changing World of Negotiation KC 464

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Brandon Lundy, Interim Associate Director of International Conflict Management

Presenters: Victor Martinez Reyes, Lakeland, FL, “The False Promise of Principled Negotiations”

Hideaki Irie, Kyushu University, Japan, and Visiting Scholar, Kennesaw State

University, “Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in Japan”

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Katie Sizemore, American University, Washington, D.C., “Negotiating Criminal

Violence: El Salvador‟s 2012 Gang Truce”

5:15-5:30 Break

5:30-7:00 Film Show KC 464

“Coexist” and Conversation with Producer, Adam Mazo

Charrettes KC 182. KC 460

7:00-9:00 Dinner and Plenary Session KC 400

Buffet dinner

General remarks—Dr. Akanmu Adebayo, Director of Center for Conflict Management (CCM)

Greetings—Dr. Robin Dorff, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)

Greetings—Dr. Lance Askildson, Chief International Office & Executive Director of Institute for

Global Initiatives (IGI)

Greetings—Her Excellency, Hon. Jean Kamau, Ambassador of Kenya to the United States,

Wshington, D.C.

Greetings—His Excellency, Hon. Geoffrey Tenneilabe, Consul-General of Nigeria in Atlanta,

represented by Mr. Joseph Gargadi, Consul, Political, Information, Culture & Education

Recognitions—Dr. Akanmu Adebayo

Results of Mock Mediation—Dr. Heather Pincock, Associate Professor of Conflict Management,

KSU

Introduction of Keynote Speaker—Dr. Timothy Hedeen, Professor of Conflict Management,

KSU

Keynote Address—His Excellency, Hon. Chudi Okafor, Ambassador of Nigeria to the Kingdom

of Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), and also Permanent Observer at the United Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Bangkok

Topic: “Security Challenges in Africa and Nigeria‟s Contributions to Conflict Management and

Resolution in a Changing Continent: A Perspective”

Comments, Questions & Answers

Saturday, April 12

9:00-9:30 AM Coffee/Welcome/Registration

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9:30-10:45 Concurrent Sessions E1-E3

Session E1 Women in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: From Victims to Agents of Change KC 460

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Debarati Sen, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Natalia Meneses, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University, “UN

Security Council Resolution 1325”

Catherine Odera, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University,

“Creative ways of Engaging Women in Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Construction”

Etsegenet “Mimi” G. Endale, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State

University, “Women in Armed Conflict: Victims and Agents”

Session E2 Teaching Negotiation in the Age of Identity Conflict KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Tom Pynn, Coordinator, Peace Studies Program, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa, University of California, Berkeley, Ami C. Carpenter,

University of San Diego, and Ivan Sascha Sheehan, University of Baltimore, “Not Your

Mom‟s Negotiation Class: Teaching Negotiation in the Age of Identity Conflict, Culture

Wars and Terrorism”

Session E3 A Century after Amalgamation: The Nigerian National Dialog KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Melvin (Wim) Laven, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Olisa Godson Muojama, University of Ibadan, and Ikechukwu Ikerionwu, University of

Massachusetts, South Campus, “Beyond Win-Win and Win-Lose Strategies: Reflections

on Deceptive and Extreme Negotiation in Nigeria”

Philip Afaha, University of Abuja, Nigeria, “The Nigerian National Dialogue: History,

Issues and Challenges”

John E. Anegbode, Sylvester Alonge, and Cletus Onakalu, Ambrose Alli University,

Nigeria, “Good Governance as an Instrument of Conflict Prevention: A Lesson for Africa

Leaders”

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:15 Concurrent Sessions F1-F4

Session F1 Preparing for Effective Negotiation: Insights from Mediators KC 182

Chair/Discussant: Dr. Timothy Hedeen, Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

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Presenters: JoAnne Donner and Timothy Hedeen, Conflict Management Programs, Kennesaw State

University, “Preparing for Effective Negotiation: Insights from Mediators”

Session F2 Nigeria: Civil War, Armed Conflicts and Negotiation KC 460

Chair/Discussant: Ms. Natalia Meneses, International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Otoabasi Akpan, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria “The Aburi Negotiations and The

Nigerian Civil War: The Promise and The Failure”

Layi Egunjobi and Odiaka Ndubuisi, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan,

Nigeria, “The Negotiation Issues in Nigeria‟s Post Independence Conflicts”

Session F3 Plea Bargaining Criminal Disputes KC462

Chair/Discussant: Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Director of ADR Services and Training, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Sunday A Akpovuyono and Ijeli Ndudi Lilian, Department of Political Science, Delta

State University, Abraka, Nigeria, “Plea Bargaining and Administration of Justice: The

Nigerian Experience”

Olubukola Olugasa, Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies, Iperu

campus, Nigeria, “Psycho/Socio-Economic Rationale of Plea Bargaining in Criminal

Disputes”

Session F4 Nigeria and Boko Haram: Any Chance for Negotiation? KC 464

Chair/Discussant: Tom Pynn, Coordinator, Peace Studies Program, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Habu Mohammed, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, “The Nigerian State and the

Dilemma of Peace Negotiation with the Jawa‟Tul Ahlil Sunnah Lidda‟Awati Wal-Jihad

(Boko Haram)”

Bonaventure Chizea, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, “Boko Haram Insurgency and

the Counter-Insurgency Policy of the Nigerian State: A Critical Assessment”

12:15-2:00 Lunch and Closing KC 400

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NEGOTIATION CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Akanmu Adebayo

Rosezetta Bobo

Christina Edwards

Sherrill Hayes

Timothy Hedeen

Bryan Hutcheson

Ellen Lahtinen

Melvin (Wim) Laven

Brandon D. Lundy

Natalia Meneses

Catherine Odera

Heather Pincock

Thomas Pynn

Amanda Woomer

CO-SPONSORS

Center for Conflict Management (CCM)

College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)

Interdisciplinary Studies Department (ISD), Peace Studies Program (PSP)

Master of Science program in Conflict Management (MSCM)

PhD Program in International Conflict Management (INCM)