Our world is facing a growing deficit of trust that is fuelling adversarial mindsets and transactional relationships all around us. This is evident within and between families, friends, neighbourhoods, workplaces, businesses, communities, and countries.
In this environment, minor disagreements lead to major conflicts that fuel resentment, giving rise to more anger, and lead to estrangements, court cases, and even war.
The point to remember, is that while conflict may be inevitable, allowing it to disrupt our lives is optional!
Mediation is a great way to manage conflict. It offers a constructive path forward, transforming confusion into clarity, acrimony into accommodation, and divisions into bridges, for understanding and constructive collaboration.
Mediation is a great way to UnConflict Our World.
CONVERSATIONS ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH PRIVATE MEDIATION
Mediation Mantras and Sage Mediation invite you to the opening chapter of our UnConflict Our World journey. Prologue is a gathering of like-minded individuals and organisations to explore how private mediation can become a force of good and help strengthen relationships in our world today. Together, we will examine the opportunities and challenges for private mediation in India, and brainstorm pathways for building a stronger, more collaborative mediation ecosystem.
The day-long event will spotlight conversations with subject matter specialists, shed light on issues with industry leaders, and explore solutions for family offices and workplaces, using private mediation.
UNCONFLICT OUR WORLD - PROLOGUE
AGENDA 18th MAY 2026
09:00 - 09:30Registration
Enjoy a welcome cup of tea or coffee, as you sign-in09:30 - 09:45Welcome Address
by Radhika Shapoorjee - Co-Founder, Mediation Mantras09:45 - 10:00 amUnConflict Lamp Lighting Ceremony
Starting the day, with an invocation to the most powerful element in our lives. Arun Verma, Founder of Creativegarh will lead this ceremony.10:00 am - 10:30 amSpotlight 1: Justice and Peace, through a Mediation Mindset
Reflections by Justice Kurian Joseph (retd) on creating a more just and humane society10:30 am - 11:00 amSpotlight 2: Leadership, Mediation, and Leading from the Back
Ravi Kant, former Managing Director & Vice Chairman of Tata Motors, will share his views on what helps achieve the seemingly impossible11:00 am - 11:15 amShort Break
Sip into some tea or coffee, while your mind absorbs all that you heard since the morning11:15 am - 11:45 amSpotlight 3: Access to Justice through Private Mediation
Senior legal professional, Amarjit Singh Chandhiok will explore how private mediation can widen access to meaningful justice11:45 am - 12:15 pmSpotlight 4: What Lawyers Want from Private Mediation
Senior Advocate Jayna Kothari will put a spotlight on private mediation through a lawyers lens - how can mediators and lawyers add value to clients and create a process of constructive dispute resolution12:15 pm - 12:45 pmSpotlight 5: The Past, Present, and Future, of Private Mediation
Sriram Panchu, one of the pioneers of mediation in India will reflect on the journey so far and contemplate on what lies ahead for us12:45 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
A quite but yummy buffet lunch with lingering food for thought on the day so far1:30 pm - 1:45 pmUnConflict AfterLunch
Mediating yourself to UnConflict post-lunch buZzz. Another session by Arun Verma and Creativegarh Retreats1:45 pm - 2:45 pmHigh Beam 1: UnConflict @ Workplaces
Our first High Beam group discussion will focus on understanding and resolving workplace conflict through mediated conversations.2:45 pm - 3:45 pmHigh Beam 2: UnConflict @ Family Businesses
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmSpotlight 5: Institutionalising Standards for Private Mediation
Veteran international mediator Aloysius Goh will explore with us, what will it take for private professional mediators to meet the growing conflict resolution needs of our complex world4:15 pm - 4:45 pmUnveiling A New Way to UnConflict
A special announcement by Sage Mediation and Mediation Mantras4:45 pm - 5:15 pmOpen House
Free flowing discussions with questions and answers for and by those present at the unconference5:15 pm - 5:30 pmSummary and Closing
A vote of thanks, by Mehernosh Shapoorjee - Co-Founder of Mediation Mantras.
SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS
Justice Kurian Joseph (RETD)
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Ravi Kant
Author, Leading from the Back Former MD and Vice Chairman, Tata Motors
Amarjit Singh Chandhiok
Senior Mediator President Maadhyam
Jayna Kothari
Executive Director Centre for Law & Policy Research
Aloysius Goh
CEO, Sage Mediation and Sage Mediation Institute
Arun Verma
Founder Creativegarh Retreats
HIGH BEAM GROUP DISCUSSIONS
At Prologue, we will have two, high beam 60-minute group discussions that will help shed light on the road ahead in specific areas of business and society today. Our panellists will reflect on their experience with mediation and the value gained, expand on common issues, and offer perspectives, insights, and relevant anecdotes that will help us UnConflict Our World.
UNCONFLICT @ WORKPLACES
Dr Ambika Rajvanshi
CEO, CanSupport
Sanjay Sharma
Managing, Aye Finance
Deeptie Sethi
CEO, Public Relations Consultants Association of India
Jonathan Rodrigues
Mediator & Founder, The Pact
Radhika Shapoorjee
Co-Founder, Mediation Mantras
UNCONFLICT @ FAMILY BUSINESSES
Bhairavi Jani
Author, Highway to Swades Director, SCA Group
AJ Jawad
Senior Mediator, and Registrar IIAMC
Lloyd Mathias
Angel Investor, and Independent Board Member
Mehernosh Shapoorjee
Co-Founder, Mediation Mantras
