Training/speaking

John uses his experience to give formal training and informal talks to professional groups or employers of people engaged in contracts and dispute avoidance and resolution. The following are some of the recent speaking engagements and training John has been asked to give.

Training and Education

  • Co-Moderator in FIDIC Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Forum held at International Conferences twice a year
    Give training to professional groups and companies on various forms of contract, claims, contracts and dispute avoidance and resolution generally
  • Trainer on Dispute Board Federation’s Dispute Board and FIDIC Intensive Training Programme 2010 to 2013
  • Trainer on DRBF Advanced Workshops in Istanbul and in UK 2010 and 2011, in Sao Paolo and UK in 2011, in Singapore 2014, in Genoa in May 2015, in Sofia in November 2016 and in Berlin in March 2019
  • CICES Regional Review Examiner 2010-2022

Recent speaking engagements

  • ICC-FIDIC Conference on International Contracts and Dispute Resolution, Paris, October 2025
  • FIDIC international Users Conference and Dispute Avoidance & Adjudication Forum, London, November-December 2022 and 2024
  • FIDIC International Global Infrastructure Conference, Geneva, September 2022 and 2024; Cape Town, September 2025
  • DRBF Central and Eastern European Conference, Sofia, March 2024
  • DRBF Webinar April 2024
  • DRBF Regional Conferences: Stockholm, October 2019; Tbilisi, March 2020; Vienna, March 2023; Sofia, March 2024
  • DRBF Romania and UK Conference, Bucharest, March 2019 and Tbilisi, March 2020
  • RICS/DRBF Conference in Edinburgh, March 2019
  • Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Annual Symposium, London, December 2016, 2017, and 2020 to 2024
  • DRBF International Conference, virtual, October 2020
  • DRBF Bulgaria Workshop, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, November 2017
  • ESCL Conference, King’s College, London, October 2015
  • ICC/FIDIC Conference, Johannesburg, June 2014
  • DRBF International Conference, Singapore, May 2014
  • Mauritius Engineers, February 2014
  • Conference on Advanced Contract and Risk Management for the Utility and Power Generation Industry, London, for BIS Group, January 2014
  • Evening talks on ADR for CIArb Branch, Taunton/Bristol, 2013 and 2022
  • Led seminar on Dispute Boards for CIArb Branch, Bristol, September 2013
  • FIDIC Conference, Barcelona, September 2013
  • ICC/FIDIC Conference, Paris, June 2013
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