The Academy of Professional Family Mediators' 2013 annual conference will be October 3-6, in Denver, CO.

The conference offers:

• The Most Comprehensive Family Mediation Conference
• Top Presenters in the Field (dozens of sessions)
• Engaging Lunch Discussion Groups
• Three Great Plenaries
• 9 Fantastic Pre-Conference Institutes

For more information, See APFM's website at http://www.professionalfamilymediators.org/

I will be presenting "Brains on Relationship: The interpersonal neurobiology of the attachment and social engagement systems and their impact on mediation." My presentation materials are available at my Brains on Relationship web page. If you are planning to go, I hope you will let me know.  

One of the issues APFM is very interested in pursing is mediator certification, and I hope to present a summary of the dialogue on this issue at the October 18, 2013, ADR section Executive Committee meeting. If you are interested in this issue, please feel free to contact me directly, or attend the ExComm meeting at the WSBA offices or by phone: 1-866-577-9294, code#5016527

Cheers,
Mark Baumann
206-851-9337