Scientific studies as well as practice show that professionals can make errors of assessment that impact the quality of the decisions they make. The scientific literature explains this poor performance by the tendency of professionals and specialists to overestimate the quality of the information they hold and to underestimate the quality of the information held by the other party. This cognitive bias is known as "overconfidence bias". Under the title "The impact of cognitive biases in the assessment of offers made by the opposing party", Gérard Kuyper will highlight the mediator's contribution to countering this overconfidence bias and improving the quality of agreements negotiated by professionals, including lawyers.
Bruno Gomart will share his 18 years of experience in Risk & Contract Management in the field of international industrial projects and will discuss the theme "How the implementation of preventive risk management is an effective safeguard against cognitive bias ».