Dr. Ernest Thiessen
Founder of the “Smartsettle: The World’s First Multiparty
eNegotiation System to End Wars”
Dr Thiessen is President of iCan Systems Inc., the developer of the Smartsettle eNegotiation
system. Dr Thiessen has led iCan’s research and development efforts since 1993 to implement the
ICANS patent, creating the world’s first secure multiparty collaborative negotiation support system
on the Internet.
Dr Thiessen also directs the International eNegotiation Exhibition and was a lecturer in 2010 for
UNESCO-IHE’s Negotiation and Mediation for Water Conflict Management course. Dr Thiessen has
been a guest speaker at many of the Annual International Forums on Online Dispute Resolution
since they began in 2002 and is on the editorial board of the first international journal dedicated to
ODR – The International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution.
Prior to founding iCan Systems Inc., Dr Thiessen worked for 17 years as a consulting engineer and
researcher in Canada and in Nepal.
