Prof. Silvia Barona Vilar, Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Valencia, has been appointed President of the Court of Arbitration and Mediation of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Valencia.

Silvia Barona was President of the same in a previous period, since 2007, although she resigned in the period between 2010-2014. meanwhile, she assumed the functions of Vice-rector of Communication and Institutional Relations of the Universitat de València.

Full-time lecturer Barona has focused her research work mainly on promoting mediation and arbitration within the framework of conflict resolution. Professor Silvia Barona has published 17 books and coauthored 600 collective works. She has addressed some of these works related to mediation and arbritation. She manages a team called Grupo MedArb of the Universitat de València. This team has a network of researchers and national and international experts in ADR (extrajurisdictional conflict resolution). It has also trained renowned jurists who have finished their doctoral thesis under its supervision. She has gained a prominent position in the international level because of her academic, professional and research career related to mediation and arbitration. As a result of their work, she has received some awards and participated in international conferences as well as she is the instructor for judges, lawyers, prosecutors, economists, property administrators and the rest of the ADR professionals.

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