3rd Annual CPR + USP Collaborative Event

 An IMC Week event by CPR’s Brazilian Advisory Board

CPR Institute and the CPR Brazilian Advisory Board are proud to once again collaborate with the University of São Paulo to present a dispute resolution program for the legal community in São Paulo as part of CPR's IMC Week* March 2-7, 2026.

Many thanks to CPR Brazilian Advisory Board member Carol Hannud and Professor Carlos Alberto De Salles for this valuable partnership between CPR and USP, and to our speakers, sponsors and supporting organizations!

This year’s theme is "Dispute Prevention and Management of Litigation Disputes in 2026".

Participants will participate in a dynamic World Café styled conference featuring hosts to facilitate conversations centered around the role of various stakeholder groups in preventing and managing disputes. Attendees will be guided by experts in the following categories:

• Judicial
• In-house
• Law firms
• Neutrals (including mediators)
• Legal tech

The program: Rotating through the five stakeholder categories, participants will play a vital role in building collective wisdom to generate a summary of best practices for preventing and managing disputes.  

The results: A policy paper will be generated in real time during the conference by harnessing AI to to process input from participants as they rotate through the stakeholder categories, the results of which will be shared when we reconvene in the auditorium and then later featured in an upcoming publication of the CPR Institute.

The celebration: Immediately following the program, we invite you to join us for a cocktail reception to celebrate our successful collaboration and to give a warm welcome and best wishes to all the competing teams, judges, and volunteers participating in the 2026 CPR International Mediation Competition.

*CPR's IMC Week is held annually and features various programs and events in conjunction with our world renowned International Mediation Competition, which brings student competitors, seasoned mediation professionals, and judges from around the world to meet in São Paulo every year. Click here to learn more about the 2026 CPR IMC.]

Please note: This program will have simultaneous translation in both English and Portuguese as part of the organizers' commitment to guaranteed accessibility to all.

Program information will be provided in both English and Portuguese.

AGENDA 

Welcome by representatives from the following organizations:

• University of São Paulo (USP)
• CPR Institute 
• USP Law School Alumni Association 
  Associação dos Antigos Alunos da Faculdade de Direito da USP 
• XI de Agost Academic Center 
  Centro Acadêmico XI de Agosto 

Program introduction

• Explanation of the World Café dialogue process
• Introduction of the featured experts

Expert-led discussions in the following categories:

• Judicial
• In-house
• Law firms
• Neutrals (including mediators)
• Legal tech

Program summary and presentation of manifesto

Cocktail Reception

Location: 
The program will be held in the Rui Barbosa Nogueira auditorium which is located on the second floor of the historic building.

A reception will take place in the Visconde de São Leopoldo Room, on the first floor of the historic building. 

The rooms in the Law School Building can be located via the following app: https://salas-fd-usp.web.app/salas