Guest Speaker – Colm Brannigan:
Colm Brannigan is a Mediator, Arbitrator and ADR Trainer based in Guelph, Ontario. He holds an LL.M.(ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University from eons ago. Colm is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the U.K. and a Chartered Med-Arbitrator through the ADR Institute of Canada. He has been a full-time ADR practitioner for over 25 years.
Colm is an acknowledged expert in the development of online dispute resolution (ODR) and med-arb processes and provides training in both ODR and med-arb. He is a co-author of ODR Yesterday Today Tomorrow (2022) which was the first book on ODR in Canada.
Building on his expertise in technology and ADR, Colm has developed some expertise in the use
of AI in ADR and incorporates AI into his practice and training.
He has been a speaker at the “AI and Mediation Conference”, a worldwide initiative presented
by Mediate.Com in the US. An article based on a transcript of this presentation; “Mediating
with Robots” is at 2023 Vol. 4 Journal of the Canadian Collaborative for Engagement & Conflict
Management at 2023 CanLIIDocs 2347.
Colm also presented on AI at the 2023 ADRIC Annual Conference in Halifax. Colm has taught ADR in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University and at Humber College. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School and has also presented on a wide range of ADR topics in continuing education programs and conferences provincially, nationally, and internationally.
Colm can be contacted by e-mail at colm@mediate.ca or through his website www.mediate.ca.
