ODR.com’s CEO Colin Rule presented at a Peer-to-Peer dialogue session hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) focused on the development of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) in Latvia. The event was designed for a key set of Latvian stakeholders and was designed to cover the major ODR developments from around the world. 

Latvian civil society representatives in attendance included:

· ESF Project Department, Court Administration

· International Cooperation and Analytics Division, Court Administration

· Development and Legal Affairs, Court Administration

· Information Systems Development Division of the Information Systems and Technology Department, Court Administration

· Judicial Policy Department, Ministry of Justice

· International and Procedural Law Unit at Civil Law Department, Ministry of Justice

· Riga Regional Court

· Zemgale District Court

· Vidzeme Suburb Court of the City of Riga

· Legal Department of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

· Legal Aid Provision Division of the Legal Aid Administration

· Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia (FICIL)

The session was capably hosted by Prof. Felix Steffek, from the University of Cambridge, who wrote the briefing paper that was distributed before the event. Presenters during the dialogue included:

· Mr. Christof Berlin, Conciliation Body for Public Transport in Berlin

· Mr. Valentin Callipel & Ms. Ilona Bois-Drivet, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Université de Montréal

· Ms. Pauline Stabenow & Ms. Julia Kreidel, European Consumer Centre. Germany

· Mr. Graham Ross, SmartSettle.com

· Mr. Colin Rule, ODR.com

· Mr. Yves Delacollette, Belgian Mediator and Arbitrator