2026 Maryland Mediators Convention

Check-in & Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

Afternoon Refreshm...

Certificates & Evaluations 4:45pm - 5:15pm

Welcome and Plenary 9:15am - 10:30am

Online ADR - Accessible for All 10:45am - 12:15pm

Catered Lunch 12:15pm - 1:15pm

When Access is Denied: Equipping the Public, including Mediators, to Resolve Disability Access D... 1:25pm - 2:55pm

Custody Mediation and AI: Is This the Future to Helping Co-parents Communicate? 3:15pm - 4:45pm

CINA/TPR Mediation: What is This? Is it For Me? 10:45am - 12:15pm

Transform Your Intake Conversations 1:25pm - 2:55pm

Collaboration Hygiene: How Mediators Seek Support, Process Emotions, and Build Community 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Let's Be Safe Out There 10:45am - 12:15pm

Court Ordered Civil Non-domestic Mediation: Sharing 25 Years of Experience 1:25pm - 2:55pm

On Mediating in the Circuit Courts 3:15pm - 4:45pm

When Words Aren't Enough: Language, Culture, and the Bilingual Mediators Role 10:45am - 12:15pm

Zoom, AI, and Social Media. Oh My! 1:25pm - 2:55pm

Balancing Complexity in Domestic Relations Mediation: Neutrality, Financial Realities, and the H... 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Guerilla Marketing for ADR Professionals 10:45am - 12:15pm

My Kung Fu is Better than Your Kung Fu and Other Myths in the ADR Community 1:25pm - 2:55pm

Before the Full Story: Implicit Bias, Neurodiversity Bias, and the Practice of Impartiality in M... 3:15pm - 4:45pm

ADR Section Post-Convention Reception 5:00pm - 7:00pm