Visiting Professor Toshihiko Omoto received the “Al Mathews Award” in the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) 16^th Annual Meeting and Conference, held at New York, USA, from 29th to 30^th September 2012.

Al Mathew is known for the founder of Dispute Resolution Board, and was the first President of DRBF. DRBF presents the Al Matthews Award each year to those who have given exemplary service in advancing the use of the Dispute Resolution Board concepts and DRBF.