Conferences and events

10th LEADR ADR Conference
A conference with a difference

Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 September 2009
The Sebel
65 Queens Road, Albert Park
Melbourne

The conference will have a dual focus – exploration of core issues affecting the ADR profession and skills development.  Participants will be challenged and informed by stimulus material from overseas and local presenters and will also have the opportunity through active engagement to share and develop their own insights and understanding.

Call for papers and workshop sessions.
You are invited to submit an abstract by 25 May 2009. For more info and submission form >>

If you are not a LEADR member and would like to receive updates about the conference, click here >>

Other Australasian events

Legal skills series CANCELLED
The following seminars have been cancelled:
Melbourne & Brisbane
22 July, Negotiation & ADR >>
29 July, Commercial negotiations >>
5 Aug, Brisbane, Mastering negotiation >>
19 Aug, Melbourne, Mastering negotiation>>

ICF Australasian 2009 conference: Creating future stories together
31 Aug-2 Sept 2009
Adelaide
For more info >>

AIATSIS: Perspectives on urban life: connections and reconnections >>
29 Sept-1 Oct 2009
Manning Clark Centre
ANU
Canberra
Call for papers >>

VARJ: Restorative practices in schools - the way forward
Tues 20 Oct 2009
William Angliss Conference Centre
Cnr Latrobe & King Streets
MELBOURNE
Call for papers >>

The Australasian Facilitators Network annual conference
25-27 Nov 2009
Nelson, New Zealand
For more info >>

Non-adversarial justice: implications for the legal system
4-7 May 2010
Melbourne
Call for papers>>

10th National Mediation Conference
The journey so far: reflecting on the past, analysing the present and
authoring the future
7-9 September 2010
Adelaide
For more info >>

International events

Resolution - International Conference 2009
The globalisation of family law: sharing international experience
1-3 Jul 2009
City Grange Hotel
London, UK
More info >>

2nd International Summer Academy: The Art of Conflict Transformation
12-17 July 2009
Berne, Switzerland
More info >>

World Congress on family law and children's rights
23-26 Aug 2009
World Trade and Convention Center
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
More info >>

World Forum of Mediation Centres
2-3 October 2009
Florence, Italy
For more info >>

International World March for Peace and Nonviolence
2 Oct 2009 - 2 Jan 2010
Starting in New Zealand, ending in the Andes, Argentina.
For more info >>

Association for Conflict Resolution 9th Annual Conference
Convening "Whole of Community": Integrating Approaches and
Practices to Address Conflicts in a Chaotic World
7-10 Oct 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
For more info >>

IIRP's 12th World Conference
Restoring community in a disconnect world, part 2
21-23 Oct 2009
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Call for presenters >>

WIPO Conference: 10 Years UDRP - What's Next?
12 October 2009
Geneva. Switzerland
For more info >>

Fifth Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference (APMF)
21-27 Nov 2010
Brahma Kumaris Conference Centre
Gurgaon (near New Delhi), India
More info>>

VII International Conference, World Mediation Forum (WMF)
Mediation, Justice and Governance: An Opportunity for Peace
27-29 Nov 2009
Margarita, Venezuela
More info >>

Podcasts from ADRA Family Dispute Resolution Conference 2009

ADRA's Family Dispute Resolution Conference held 2 May in Sydney explored the changes in the family disupte area and the implications for mediators. The following are podcasts from the Conference.

Janice McLeay, Chair ADRA
Welcome to FDR Conference (3 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Hon Federal Magistrate Judith Walker
De facto property legislation – changes and implications (53 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Alexandra Wearne, Solicitor Advocate NSW Legal Aid Commission
The impact of family violence on family law matters and the need to ensure child safety (36 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Margaret Condonis - Assessment for FDR
Assessment and screening for FDR (43 mins).
Podcast: click here >>

Paul Boers - Same sex reform legislation and implications (50 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Professor Hilary Astor - Section 60I certificates -- conundrums and confusion (42 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Paul Lewis - Practice issues interactive session (44 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Andrea Cotter-Moroz - Summation and future planning (12 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Podcasts from the 9th National Mediation Conference 2008

Transforming the Landscape, Hyatt Regency Perth, 9-12 September 2008

Below are podcasts of the keynote presentations and concurrent papers given at the National Mediation Conference 2008 (not always in their entirety - NC). These podcasts have been recorded with the permission of the NMC and the speakers.

Papers and/or powerpoints are available on the National Mediation Conference website >>

Keynote speakers

Hilary Astor - Transforming the landscape of mediation
Hilary Astor, Professor of Dispute Resolution, Faculty of Law, Sydney University, journeyed from mediation's inception in Australia through to her personal vision of the landscape 10 years hence. She began by acknowledging contributions of the indigenous peoples and our own elders of mediation. (27 mins NC). Podcast: click here >>

Michelle LeBaron - Culture change and creativity: mediating ourselves home
Professor Michelle LeBaron, from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, Vancouver, Canada, expored how mediation and mediators have become more culturally fluent, while examining the forces that constrain development of culturally sensitive processes. (33 mins) Podcast: click here >>

Julie Macfarlane - The New lawyer - moving from warrior to conflict resolver
Dr Julie Macfarlane, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada, addressed the implications for mediators of the emerging generation of "new lawyers" and the impact on clients who seek both legal services and the intervention of mediators in problem-solving. (35 mins) Podcast: click here >>

John Wade - Persuasion in negotiation and mediation
John Wade, Professor at the Faculty of Law, Bond University, offered a framework for patterns of behaviour and persuasion observed in high conflict negotiations in civil and family disuptes. (38 mins) Podcast: click here >>

Bill Eddy - Working high conflict clients
Bill Eddy from the National Conflict Resolution Center in California, focused on four key skills for handling people in mediation with high conflict personalities which while respectful and calming of their negative emotions, focus on tasks and setting limits on behaviour. (30 mins NC). Podcast: click here >>

Hypothetical

No borders to justice? The regulation of mediation around the world. (65 mins)
Chaired by Professor Nadja Alexander
Panel: Ian Hangar AM QC, NADRAC; Justice Ambeng Kandakasi, Supreme and Nationao Court, PNG; Professor Michelle Le Baron, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr Julie Macfarlane, University of Windsor, Canada; and Irena Vanenkova, International Mediation Institute. [Participants played a role and expressed views which were not necessarily their own.]

An international panel pit their wits in challenging scenarios. Entertaining.
Podcast: click here >>

Concurrent sessions (alphabetically by presenters' surname)

Susan Armstrong - The potential for culturally responsive family dispute resolution
Podcast: click here >>

Becky Batagol - Reading the landscape of power
Podcast: click here >>

Laurence Boulle - Global frontiers
Podcast: click here >>

Jessica Carter - Telephone mediation - a fresh look at a familiar service (27 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Nicole Cullen - Working with government to deliver ADR services: How to get in, get along and get more... (23 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Dr Brenda Daly & Dr Noelle Higgins - Mediation in conflict resolution – what makes for successful peace negotiations? (24 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Tom Fisher - Bringing mindful awareness to transformative mediation: the role of the mediator (30 mins)
Tom Fisher tells how the “mindfulness” of the mediator can improve the help s/he offers to parties in crisis. Podcast: click here >>

Chris Ford - Conflict management in an operational environment (NC)
Podcast: click here >>

Bianca Keys - Addressing difficulties at the preparatory stage
Podcast: click here >>

Robert Lopich - Collaborative law overview - Towards collaborative problem solving in business (25 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Helen Marks - Counter-culturalism
Podcast: click here >>

Peter Marshall - The mediated organisation
Podcast: click here >>

Dr Julie McFarlane -The use of Islamic dispute resolution processes in North American mosques: an empirical study (41 mins)
Podcast: click here>>

Graeme Neate, Intervention strategies in native title mediation  (30 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Lola Akin Ojelabi, Cultural diversity, conflict resolution and the role of law  (30 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Mary Sankey - Taking the heat out of child disputes in the Family Courts (32 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Seckin Ungur - Impediments to successful mediation
Podcast: click here >>

Irena Vanenkova - A comprehensive update on the International Mediation Institute (20 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Dr Ian Wells - Using mediation to resolve complaints about the Australian intelligence community (27 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

Dr Helena Yuen - Buddhist mediation: a transformative approach to conflict resolution (23 mins)
Podcast: click here >>

To read LEADR's report on the Conference >>

Previous events

Presentations from LEADR's 9th International ADR Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand in September 2007 are available on the LEADR New Zealand website >>

If you'd like to read more about some of the presentations, eight of the talks are highlighted in Update, October 2007 issue >>, and November 2007 issue >>

State and Regional Chapters

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  New South Wales >> New Zealand >>
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