MiKK Spring Webinars
MiKK Spring Webinars 2025
3 Individual Workshops (Online-Zoom)
MiKK Mediators Sharing Expertise
Run by trainers who are themselves MiKK-trained mediators, the Spring Webinar Series offers MiKK mediators from all over the world an international platform. Following the great success of last year’s Spring Webinars, MiKK mediators have the opportunity again to share their knowledge and expertise in the area of cross-border family mediation and related topics. For MiKK Members the Webinars are Free of Charge!
Tap into the international family mediation
knowledge pool!
About this Training
The International MiKK Mediators Network brings together MiKK mediators, experts and trainers of many different cultures, linguistic backgrounds and nationalities. Covering 45 + countries on six continents and offering mediation in 40+ languages, the International MiKK Mediators Network represents a vast pool of knowledge and expertise, particularly in the field of cross-border family mediation and other related mediation topics. The Spring Webinars are targeted at MiKK Mediators wishing to hone their practical mediation skills, gain knowledge and exchange ideas and expertise with fellow mediators – as well as to meet with fellow mediators and old friends in the virtual space.
The MiKK Spring Webinars are also open to non-MiKK mediators, dispute resolution practitioners, lawyers, judges and guardians ad litem with an interest in intercultural, cross-border mediation who wish to deepen their knowledge and/or acquire new skills in this field.
Costs:
– For MiKK members the webinars are free of charge. Places are limited. Each of the three webinars counts as 3 credit points towards ongoing training requirements for MiKK mediators.
– For Non-MiKK members a modest € 25 per workshop registration fee applies. If you have registered for 3 Workshops, a discounted fee of € 5 per workshop applies.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at training@mikk-ev.org.
We look forward to seeing you at our MiKK Spring Webinars!
Past Webinars
Online Seminars 2025
LegalTech Expert, Mediator, MiKK-Mediator, Specialist in Online Dispute Resolution and use of AI in ODR
1. Workshop: Tuesday, 08th April 2025, Time: 15:00 – 18:00 CET/Berlin
Topic: The Future of Mediation: How AI Is Reshaping Conflict Resolution
Speaker: Pascal Gemperli
Workshop Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming many professional fields – and mediation is no exception. It can streamline processes, inspire creative solutions, and support decision-making in complex situations. At the same time, it raises important questions: Where are the limits? What about ethics, bias, and accountability?
This workshop invites participants to reimagine mediation in the digital age. Together, we will explore the possibilities of using AI in mediation – hands-on, critically, and with a future-oriented mindset.
What’s it all about?
From case preparation to structuring conversations and follow-up tasks – AI can support mediators at many stages of the process. But: can technology replace human connection? That’s why …
Atypical Lawyer & Mediator, MiKK-Mediator 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧 | Promoting Peace in International Families – Divorce & Separation | International & Franco-German – Trainer
2. Workshop: Thursday, 10th April 2025, Time: 13:00 – 16:00 CET/Berlin
Topic: Visualisation: A Powerful Tool for Successful International Mediations
Speaker: Alice Canet
Workshop Description
„Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results“ according to Albert Einstein (or Rita Mae Brown). When words have been used again and again in a conflict, using other, creative, maybe even disruptive methods can work like a charm.
So visualisation represents a powerful tool to successfully mediate international, cross-border family conflicts – whether in presence, online or hybrid.
Mediation is foremost about understanding. Both in fact, understanding oneself and understanding the other person…
Managing Director of SYNTAGMA Psychology, Mediation, Coaching & Training, Mediator, MiKK-Mediator
3. Workshop: Tuesday, 29th April 2025, Time: 17:00 – 20:00 CET/Berlin
Topic: Mindfulness and Compassion in Cross Border Mediation
Speaker: Drs. Birgitte Beelen
Workshop Description
Quite some of you will have heard about mindfulness and of ‘being present in the moment’. Several ways of being mindful exist, such as receptive or reactive mindfulness and I would like to elaborate on these approaches and explore them interactively with you in this webinar. How to integrate ‘being present’ in the mediation process, especially of major importance in the high conflict cases that we might encounter in Cross Border Mediation.
Another, deepening and important, aspect of mindfulness is treating the self and others with compassion; being kind to yourself and others exhibiting an attitude of real presence and real listening.
Example? You’ve experienced something and want to share it…
Online Seminars 2024
Konstanze Welz
1. Workshop: Friday, 19th April 2024, Time: 12.00 – 15.00 CET
Topic: Trauma-informed Mediation
Trainer: Konstanze Welz (Germany/India)
Workshop Description
As Cross Border Family Mediators, we are very likely to work with traumatized parties. Both the parents and the children have usually just experienced a very difficult separation situation in which everything familiar has broken away and instead uncertainty has come to dominate their lives. In modern trauma research, such an experience is described as “traumatic” because it “overwhelms the nervous system of an individual to cope with an experience” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD).
Neurobiological research over the last 30 years has shown …
Veerle Lisabeth
2. Workshop: Monday, 22th April 2024, Time: 14.00 – 17.00 CET
Topic: No Conflict without Grief – Or: How to Put the Real Needs on the Agenda
Trainer: Veerle Lisbeth (Belgium)
Workshop Description
This webinar will introduce the so called “Grief-Conflict Model”, which represents a specific way of looking at and dealing with conflicts. Grief as well as Conflict are experiences which can both impact our lives profoundly. A great deal is known and has been written about grief and conflict as seperate and very different experiences. Until recently, the inner correlation between these two experiences has never been explored. It has in fact been overlooked …
Dr. Jorge Guerra González
3. Workshop: Wednesday, 24th April 2024, Time: 10.00 – 13.00 CET
Topic: Navigating High-Stakes Waters: Mediating International Parental Child Abduction Cases to Prevent Harm
Trainer: Dr. Jorge Guerra González (Spain, Germany)
Workshop Description
In the complex landscape of international child abduction cases, mediation emerges as a crucial tool for preventing harm and restoring balance in the best interest of the child. But how exactly can mediation make a difference?
This interactive workshop explores the intricate and complex topic of mediating cases involving intentional parental bond severance, commonly known as …
Lisa Parkinson
4. Bonus Workshop 4: Friday, 26th April 2024, Time: 12.00 – 15.00 CET
Topic: What About Me? The Child’s Right to be Heard
Trainer: Lisa Parkinson (England, UK)
Workshop Description
The Brussels II Regulation of March 2005 upholds the UN Convention 1989 on the child’s right to be heard on decisions concerning the child, but this recognition does not ensure that the voice of the child will be heard either in court or out of court proceedings, such as mediation. Court-appointed social workers and psychologists do not always have regard to the child’s views and concerns, while parents tend to think that involving their child in mediation would make the child anxious and more aware of problems.
For MiKK members the webinars are free of charge. Places are limited. Each of the four webinars counts as 3 credit points towards ongoing training requirements for MiKK mediators.
For Non-MiKK members a modest € 20 per workshop registration fee applies. If you have registered for at least 3 Workshops, a discounted fee of € 5 per workshop applies.
Online Seminars 2023
MiKK Webinar for family Judges
on the Brussels IIb (Recast) Regulation
“1 year on… the Brussels IIb (Recast) Regulation
– Experiences, Best Practices and Problems”
Speakers:
Martina Erb-Klünemann, Family Judge for Hague Child Abduction, District Court of Hamm, Hague Liaison Judge (IHNJ), and European Judicial Network Judge, (EJN) Germany
Dr. Joanna Guttzeit, Family Judge for Hague Child Abduction, District Court of Berlin, Hague Liaison Judge (IHNJ) and European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), Germany
Date: Thursday, 16th November 2023
Time: 1.00 pm – 3.40 pm /CET/
This webinar is free of charge!
Please contact training@mikk-ev.org for further information
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MiKK Spring Webinars 2023
* Workshop 1 *
Monday, 24th April 2023, Time: 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m
“The Art of Non-Violent Communication: A Webinar for Cross-border Family Mediators”
Trainers: Mirella Kreder (Czech Republic) & Gerd Nilsson Eldrimner (Sweden)
* Workshop 2 *
Tuesday, 25th April 2023, Time: 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
“The Promise of Transformative Mediation in Cross-border Family Cases: the Advantages & Challenges”
Trainers: Dr Suzanne Karsai & Flóra Bacsó (Hungary)
* Workshop 3 *
Wednesday, 26th April 2023, Time: 1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
“A Three Step Guide on How to Handle Domestic Violence in Family Mediation Recommendations by the Association for Family Mediators of Ukraine”
Trainers: Svitlana Stadnyk (Ukraine) & Jen Rumble (United Kingdom)
Online Seminars 2022
As part of the iCare project, MiKK will host three webinars on topics surrounding International Child Abduction:
6 May 2022: iCare Webinar 1:
“The Hague Child Abduction Convention and the Return Mechanism under the Brussels IIa- and Brussels IIb-Regulations.”
Judge Martina Erb-Klünemann, Family Judge, International Hague Liaison Judge (IHNJ), European Judicial Network Judge (EJN), Germany
This workshop was part of the EU iCare project.
More information and detailed programme can be found here.
9 May 2022: iCare Webinar 2:
“The Voice of the Child Practice in International Child Abduction Cases. The Legal Framework & Best Practices of Hearing the Child.”
Judge Dr. Joanna Guttzeit, Family Judge, International Hague Liaison Judge (IHNJ), European Judicial Network Judge (EJN), Germany
Simona Aradei, Family Mediator, Guardian Ad Litem, Romania/Germany
Judge Anca Voiculescu, Family Judge, International Hague Liaison Judge (IHNJ), Romania
Dr. Lesley Allport, Family Mediator, Child Expert & Trainer, England
This workshop was part of the EU iCare project.
More information and detailed programme can be found here.
10 May 2022: iCare Webinar 3:
“Making the Case for Specialized Cross-border Family Mediation in Child Abduction Cases: the Framework, Best Practices & Practical Experiences.”
Shai Ordan, Attorney at Law, Mediator, Israel/Germany
Ischtar Khalaf-Newsome, Head of Advisory Services & Co-CEO MiKK, Family Lawyer (England & Wales), Mediator, Germany
Dr. Jamie Walker, Educator, Mediator, Trainer BM®, USA/Germany
Christoph C. Paul, Lawyer and Notary (ret.), Mediator, Germany
Sabine Brieger, Judge and Family Judge (ret.)
This workshop is part of the EU iCare project.
More information and detailed programme can be found here.
Online Seminars 2021
11 – 12
More information available here: Amicable – Final Conference (online)
13 – 14
More information available here: Amicable – National Seminar Italy (online)
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More information available here: Amicable – National Seminar Poland (online)
– Amicable – National Seminar in Spain (online)
More information available here: Amicable – National Seminar Spain (online)
Online Seminars 2020
8 November 2020: Ongoing Training – Workshop 3:
Intercultural Mediation – The Tension Between Individualist and Collectivist Value Orientations.
Söhret Gök, Cross-Border Mediator, Trainer, Lawyer
More information available here: Ongoing Training 2020 (ONLINE)
7 November 2020: Ongoing Training – Workshop 2:
Understanding Parental Alienation: Learning to cope, helping to heal
Karen Woodall, Trans-Generational psychotherapist, lead therapist Family Separation Clinic
Nick Woodall, family separation and reunification practitioner, parental alienation specialist
More information available here: Ongoing Training 2020 (ONLINE)
6 November 2020: Ongoing Training – Workshop 1:
Online Mediation in International Family Disputes
Dr. Eva Schwittek, Mediator, Notary and Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte
Christian von Baumbach, Mediator and Communications Consultant, Intercultural Consultant
More information available here: Ongoing Training 2020 (ONLINE)
28 April 2020: MiKK Online Training (free of charge)
An Introduction to Online Mediation
Dr. Eva Schwittek, Mediator, Notary and Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte
Christian von Baumbach, Mediator and Communications Consultant, Intercultural Consultant
16 April 2020: MiKK Online Training (free of charge)
An Introduction to Online Mediation
Dr. Eva Schwittek, Mediator, Notary and Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte
Christian von Baumbach, Mediator and Communications Consultant, Intercultural Consultant
9 April 2020: MiKK Online Training (free of charge)
An Introduction to Online Mediation
Dr. Eva Schwittek, Mediator, Notary and Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte
Christian von Baumbach, Mediator and Communications Consultant, Intercultural Consultant