Mediation as means of cutting high litigation costs will be among the topics at an upcoming international conference on alternate dispute resolution, an executive said.

That is one of the items speakers will discuss at the upcoming CPR Institute's Third European Congress on May 10-11 in Paris, said Peter Phillips, senior vice president for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.

Nearly 100 representatives from corporations and law firms are signed up for the meeting that will include panels on Early Case Assessment systems, dissatisfaction with International Arbitration practices and pre-dispute pledge tools, CPR said.

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