Public Courses and Workshops

We specialize in the integration of preventive law, quality and risk management and the facilitation of improvements in large organizations' contracting processes. We help our clients plan transactions and related documents so as to create and maintain successful business relationships which bring predictable results and reduce risks, claims and litigation.

In addition to our in-house training and coaching assignments we also design and conduct public courses and workshops.

 
IIR Middle East
Contracts 2008 - Proactive Contracting for the 21st Century
April 27 – May 1, 2008 Dubai, UAE
   

Helena Haapio:

April 27, 2008: Pre-Conference Workshop A:

"The Proactive Approach: Managing Contract Risks And Opportunities"

 

April 28, 2008: General Session:

"Proactive Contracting For Better Business – The Way Forward"

 
Finsight Ltd
Collaboration and Contracting for Better Business
March 26, 2008 Helsinki, Finland
 
Warranty Chain Management Conference 2008
March 4–6, 2008 San Diego, CA, USA
   

Helena Haapio, March 6, 2008:

From (Chain) Reaction To Proactive Action: Contractual Care For Successful Supply Chains

 
 
If P & C Insurance Company Ltd.
Contractual Risk Management Workshop
February 26–27, 2008 Lysaker, Norway
 
 

IACCM Finland, Project Management Association Finland SIG-9 and ProActive ThinkTank

Designing, Selling, Sourcing and Managing Services

Contracts: the Missing Link?

  November 14, 2007 Espoo, Finland
 
 

Helena Haapio: ProActive Contracting for Better Business – the Way Forward

 
International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)

IACCM EMEA Conference 2007 - Collaborate to Innovate

  November 7 - 9, 2007 London, UK
 

Helena Haapio, November 8, 2007:

Prevention Beats Cure

 

Project Management Institute (PMI)

PMI Global Congress 2007 North America
  October 6–9, 2007   Atlanta, GA, USA
 
 

Helena Haapio, October 8, 2007:

An Ounce of Prevention… Contracting for Project Success and Problem Prevention

 

IACCM Finland, Project Management Association Finland SIG-9,

Turku University of Applied Sciences and ProActive ThinkTank

ProActive Project Leadership and the Law:

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”

  October 4, 2007 Turku, Finland
 
 

Helena Haapio: The ProActive Approach: the Past, the Present and the Future

 

Commercial Contracting for Strategic Advantage – Potentials and Prospects

  June 13–16, 2007 Turku, Finland
 
 

Helena Haapio June 14, 2007: Innovative Contracting

 

Project Management Institute (PMI)

PMI Global Congress 2007 EMEA
  May 14–16, 2007   Budapest, Hungary
 
 

Helena Haapio, May 14, 2007:

An Ounce of Prevention… Contracting for Project Success and Problem Prevention

 

CMA Contiki

Contiki Forum 2007 – "Explore Commitment Management"
  May 9–11, 2007 Oslo, Norway
 
  Helena Haapio, May 10, 2007: Keynote
 

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

NCMA World Congress 2007

Achieving Outstanding Results Through Effective Life-Cycle Contract Management

  April 23–25, 2007 Dallas, TX, USA
 
 

Helena Haapio, April 23, 2007: An Ounce of Prevention...

 
NCMA St. Louis Gateway Chapter

International Contracting

  April 17, 2007 Saint Louis, MO, USA
     
 

Helena Haapio:

International Contracts: Managing Cross-Border Contract Risks

 
International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)

IACCM Americas Conference 2007

The 5th Annual Forum on Commitment Management:

Shaping Change And Driving Value Through Lean Contracting

  April 11–13, 2007 New Orleans, LA, USA
 
 

Helena Haapio, April 13, 2007: Watch Your Cross-border Contract Language: Be Lean, Not Mean!

 

IIR Middle East

4th Annual Contract Management Conference

  March 25–29, 2007 Dubai, UAE
 
 

Helena Haapio:

March 25, 2007: General Session "Identifying Invisible Terms In International Contracts"

March 26, 2007: Panel Discussion "Getting An International Perspective On Dispute Resolution And Avoidance"

March 27, 2007: Workshop: "Identifying and Dealing with Risks in International Contracting"

 
If P & C Insurance Company Ltd.
Contractual Risk Management Workshop
February 6–7, 2007 Lysaker, Norway
 

CMA Contiki

Breakfast Seminar: Contract Certainty for Better Business

  January 30, 2007 Helsinki, Finland
  February 1, 2007   Oslo, Norway
 
International Project Management Association (IPMA)

20th IPMA World Congress on Project Management

Development by Projects - A Key to the Innovation Age

October 1517, 2006 Shanghai, China
   
 

Helena Haapio October 16, 2006:

Contracting for Project Success and Problem Prevention

 
International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)

IACCM Americas Conference 2006

Commitment Management: Relationships that Drive Corporate Performance

  April 26 - 29, 2006 San Diego, CA, USA
 
IACCM Academic Symposium
  April 29, 2006 San Diego, CA, USA
 

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

NCMA World Congress 2006

“Achieving High Performance in Global Business”

  April 10 - 12, 2006 Atlanta, GA, USA
 
 

Helena Haapio April 11, 2006:

General Session Panel:

Commercial/International Contracting: Achieving High Performance in a World of Outsourcing

Helena Haapio April 12, 2006:

Session 1308
Risky Terms in International Dealings

 
If P & C Insurance Company Ltd.
Contractual Risk Management Workshop I
March 15 - 16, 2006 Helsinki, Finland
 
National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
5th Annual Commercial Contract Management Conference
  October 17 - 18, 2005 Atlanta, GA, USA
 

Helena Haapio October 17, 2005:

General Session:

Invisible Terms and Conditions in International Contracts - And What to Do About Them

General Session Panel:

Risk and Opportunity Management: Maximizing Your Potential

 

Nordic School of Proactive Law Conference 2005

Fusing Best Business Practices with Legal Information Management and Technology

  June 12 - 14, 2005    Stockholm, Sweden
 

Helena Haapio June 14, 2005:

Proactive Law in Practice: Safe Sales through Proactive Contracting, Online and Offline

 

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

NCMA World Congress 2005
“Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”

  April 25 - 27, 2005 Phoenix, AZ , USA
 

Helena Haapio April 27, 2005:

Session 308

Invisible Terms in International Contracts - And What to Do About Them
 
International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)

IACCM EMEA Conference 2004

Commercial Management as a Source for Strategic Advantage

  November 15 - 16, 2004 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 

Helena Haapio November 16, 2004:

Proactive International Contracting

 

NORDNET 2004 - International Project Management Conference

Succesful project management - art, science and culture

Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2004 Helsinki, Finland
 

Helena Haapio:

Contracts and Lawyers – Friends of the Project:

Proactive Contracting for Project Success

 
National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

NCMA World Congress 2004

Maximizing Value to Stakeholders... Contract Management within the Business Cycle

April 26 - 28, 2004 Orlando, FL, USA        
Helena Haapio April 26, 2004:

Session 1201

Tacit Knowledge – or Tacit Ignorance? Proactive Contracting for Predictable Results

Session 1202

Securing Contracting Success: Invisible Terms in International Contracts and What to Do about Them   

 

California Western School of Law (CWSL)

Center for Creative Problem Solving

Preventing and Solving Legal Problems Creatively

2nd International Conference on Creative Problem Solving

March 4 - 6, 2004 San Diego, CA, USA    

Helena Haapio:

Securing Contracting Success:Lawyers Helping Clients to Help Themselves

March 5, 2004
 

Project Management Association Finland and

International Association of Contract and Commercial Managers (IACCM)

Launch Meeting of the Contract Management Special Interest Group/ IACCM Finland

January 27, 2004 Espoo, Finland  

Helena Haapio:

Using the Contract to Control Risk and to Make Things Happen

 

International Association of Contract and Commercial Managers (IACCM)

IACCM European Conference

Contract and Negotiating Leadership

October 13 - 14, 2003 London, United Kingdom

Helena Haapio:

Proactive International Contracting – Theory & Practice

 

Future Law, Lawyering and Language:
Helping People and Business Succeed

May 12 -13, 2003 Helsinki, Finland      
Helena Haapio:

Legal Literacy: Helping Clients to Help Themselves

May 12, 2003  
 

California Western School of Law (CWSL)

Center for Creative Problem Solving

The Rule of Law: Creating an Effective Legal Environment for the Global Economy
November 14 - 16, 2002 San Diego, CA, USA

Helena Haapio:

Problem Prevention in International B2B Commerce

November 16, 2002  
 
National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
NCMA World Congress 2002
July 22 - 24, 2002 Long Beach, CA, USA

Fora by Helena Haapio, July 24, 2002:

Session 341

The Fine Art of Contractual Literacy: Why Silence is Not Golden - and How to Help Your Sales People Learn

Session 342

Safe Sales or Legal Landmines: Integrating Quality and Legal Risk Management in Global On-line Sales

Session 383

Tacit Knowledge - or Tacit Ignorance? Integrating Quality and Legal Risk Management Through Proactive Planning and Careful Contracting

Saudi Arabian Quality Council (SAQC) and
the Bahrain Society of Engineers (BSE)
Second Gulf International Quality Conference
Globalization: Attain and Sustain Excellence
April 15 - 17, 2002 Bahrain

Keynote Address by Helena Haapio

Quality Improvement through Proactive Contracting:

Corporate foresight on-line and offline

April 16, 2002  
Moot Alumni Association (MAA) and International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chambre
Becoming E-Legal
Safe Sales - or Legal Landmines: Integrating quality and legal risk management in global on-line sales
March 22, 2002 Vienna, Austria
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
55th Annual Quality Congress
Strengthen Your Competitive Position
May 7 - 9, 2001 Charlotte, NC, USA
Session M105

Quality and E-Commerce (On-line Sales, Automated Contracts,

Legal Issues)

May 7, 2001
American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA)
Annual Meeting 2000 Delivering Strategic Solutions
Safe Sales In Cyberspace  
October 4, 2000 Washington DC, USA
If P & C Insurance Ltd (If Vahinkovakuutusyhtiö Oy)
Contractual Risk Management: Workshops I and II
June 6 - 8, 2000 Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Quality Management Division (QMD)
Bridging the Gap, 12th Annual QMD Conference
Managing Promises and Supplier/Buyer Relations
February 11, 2000 San Francisco, CA, USA
National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
The World Is Waiting - International Contracting in the New Millennium
NCMA International Acquisition Special Topic Committee
August 13, 1999 Washington DC, USA

Securing Quality Contracts for International Sales - an Interactive Look at Order Management, Sales Processes and Documentation for International Contracts

American Society for Quality (ASQ)
53rd Annual Quality Congress
May 24 - 26, 1999 Anaheim, CA, USA
Interactive Session M204

Value-Added Contracting for Predictable Results:

Contracts are too important to be left to lawyers alone!

May 24, 1999
52nd Annual Quality Congress
May 4 - 6, 1998 Philadelphia, PA, USA
Interactive Sessions T104 & T304

Quality Improvement through Pro-Active Contracting:

Contracts are too important to be left to lawyers!

May 5, 1998
International Society for Technology, Law and Insurance (ISTLI)
Technical Failures: Prevention or Litigation?
July 13 - 15, 1998 Vienna, Austria
Plenary Session July 13, 1998
Preventive Law with Quality: Value-Added Lawyering
Special Day Workshop July 15, 1998: Year 2000 Problem, Embedded Systems and Product Liability
(Word 97-file, 584 kb)
Detecting and Preventing Causes of Claims through Integrating Preventive Law with Quality and Risk Management
Helena Haapio: "Value-Added Lawyering: Preventive Law with Quality System Support. Anticipating and Minimizing Risks while Maximizing Results"
Marjaana Henriksson: "Preventive Law and Contracts. Contracts - Great Tools for Managing Legal Risks and Avoiding Litigation"

Industrial Insurance Company Ltd (Teollisuusvakuutus Oy) and

International Society for Technology, Law and Insurance (ISTLI)

Symposium on Machinery Failures and Safety
Trends in Technology, Law and Insurance
September 3, 1997 Helsinki, Finland
Preventive lawyering: How contract reviews can be used to improve awareness, analysis and management of risks
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