In the domestic context, mediation remains very much an underutilised (and misunderstood) tool in the resolution of disputes in the sporting world. Join us in a special event organised in conjunction with the SMP AGM where we speak to three experts in the sports arena on how mediation and ADR practices can be increasingly deployed to resolve sporting-related disputes and the bigger role mediation can play in the domestic landscape.

The Society of Mediation Professionals Singapore
invites you to a moderated panel session with Mr Oon Jin Teik, Mr Mark Mangan & Mr Poh Seng Song on mediation in the sporting world.

Join us to hear the views of a distinguished panel of experts to survey the landscape of ADR (with a focus on mediation) for sporting disputes in Singapore. What are the promises and challenges for more widespread resort to ADR in the sporting arena? What are the international practices that Singapore can draw from? What success stories can we take inspiration from? The SMP AGM will take place after the webinar.

A few days prior to the event, we will send you a separate email with your Zoom login details, so please watch out for this.

Finally please note that this event might be recorded. By attending the event, you consent to photographs and/or videos being taken which may be used by SMP for its website and related platforms (including newsletters, emails or social media sites). Please also note that although it is our full intention to host the speakers listed above, we cannot be responsible if one of more of the speakers are unable to attend the event because of unforeseen circumstances. We at SMP may, at our option, elect to proceed nonetheless with a smaller panel or with one or more alternative speakers should these unlikely circumstances occur.

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About Mr Oon Jin Teik

As a former Olympian (1984 Los Angeles) and Asian Games medalist for swimming, Jin Teik resided in USA, China, and Singapore as part of his illustrious 30-year professional career spanning both private and public sectors in various industries. He is a trusted, people-centric senior executive who specializes in business turnaround, mega project ideation-cum-startup, place making in mixed use developments, and complex stakeholder management.

Jin Teik is presently CEO & Executive Director, American Ethane Capital Pte Ltd and Chairman & Non-Executive Director, Approved Technology Solutions (UK). He also serves as Senior Advisor to several startups in the Fitness Health Wellness eSports industry and is Chairman (Administration Committee) of the Republic Polytechnic Board.

Considered the most experienced, all-round sports administrator in Singapore, Jin Teik has held high level roles in Sports Business
(Board member, CEO, COO of Singapore Sports Hub; Strategic Advisor to Founder of Global Sports Commerce; Advisor of ASICS Asia Pte Ltd), in Sports Management (CEO of Singapore Sports Council; Secretary General of Singapore Swimming Association; Vice President of Olympians Singapore; Sports Advisor of Singapore Totalisator Board), and Sports Education
(Board, Chair/High Performance of Singapore Sports School).

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About Mr Mark Mangan 

Mark is one of the leading arbitration lawyers based in Asia who has appeared in numerous ground-breaking arbitrations around the world. He is recognised as a leading arbitration lawyer by all of the major legal directories and has been billed as "the rising star in Singapore" arbitration. 

Mark is one of the few arbitration specialists in Asia with an active sports-law practice. He has advised and represented some of the world’s leading sporting organisations.

These include the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Cricket Committee (ICC), the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the Korean Olympic Committee, the Korean Swimming Federation, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and Ms. Mariyam Mohamed of the Football Association of the Maldives

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About Mr Poh Seng Song

Seng Song is a pilot with Singapore Airlines who is concurrently an Olympian and national athlete who represented Singapore in the Olympics, South-East Asia Games, and various other international track and field events for over a decade.

Amongst the many honours he has received as a sportsman are silver and bronze medals in the South-East Asia Games in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He also was part of the team that broke the national record in the 4 x 100m relay event in 2007.

A strong believer in giving back to the sports community, Seng Song currently serves on the Management Committee of Singapore Athletics, and was also an integral part of the leadership of the organisation in previous years.

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About the Moderator

Ms Eunice Chua is part of the SMP Executive Committee and has more than 13 years' experience in mediating, managing and adjudicating disputes. She is the CEO of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre. Before that, she was an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Management University School of Law. She remains a Research Fellow of the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy at the School.

Eunice previously served as a Justices' Law Clerk and an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore. While at the Supreme Court, she concurrently held appointments as a Magistrate of the State Courts and Assistant Director of the Singapore Mediation Centre. She was also the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore International Mediation Centre and played a key role in its initial set up.