The second remote video conference centered on mediation skills and other relevant topics between the BAC and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, at Pepperdine University School of Law, will be hold on the morning of 18 Sept. 2008.

　　The BAC will hold an Arbitration Salon on 24 July 2008. BAC arbitrator Feng Zhixiang will give a speech of “A Basic Introduction of Standard Tendering Documents for Construction Projects”. All arbitrators and social personnel are welcome to attend, please pay attention to our website for details.

　　 “The International Commercial Arbitration Beijing Forum” co-hosted by the BAC and other famous international arbitration institutes will be held on 27 Oct. 2008, in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the New York Convention. Please pay attention to our website for details.

　　 The Asian ADR conference co-hosted by HKIAC, HKCCA and IPBA will be held in Hong Kong on 12 Sept. 2008, with a topic of “Arbitration and Mediation——A Global Platform for Dispute Resolution”. Industry personnel who may be interested in this can either visit our website or the HKIAC website,（http://www.hkiac.org/HKIAC/pdf/Events/080912_ADRinAsiaConfFlyer.pdf ）for details or email adr@hkiac.org.

　　 The second remote video conference centered on mediation skills and other relevant topics between the BAC and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, at Pepperdine University School of Law, will be held on the morning of 18 Sept. 2008.

　　 The 2nd Mediation Training Course, co-hosted by the BAC and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law will be held during December 5-7 and 12-14, 2008. The course will be taught by senior lecturers from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, ranked as the top Dispute Resolution program in the US for several years in a row. The last training session was a great success.(For details, see our website, or the Straus website)

(Kong Yuan)