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Day 1 – Wednesday, 7 September 2011

8.00

Registration

 

9.00

Welcome to Country

Maroochy Barambah

9.10

Welcome and opening remarks

Margaret Halsmith, Chair, LEADR

Mark Beech, Chair, LEADR NZ

9.20

Official opening: The international storm of ADR

Jeremy Gormly SC, Chair of NADRAC

9.50

Getting the most from 'kon gres 2011

Fiona Hollier, CEO, LEADR

10.00

Rights, power and interests: dispute resolution processes when Government is a party

Tom Howe QC, 2011-13 LEADR Fellow

10.40

Morning Tea

 

11.10

The baby with the bathwater: retooling the interest-based model

Associate Professor Joel Lee, National University of Singapore

12.30

Lunch

 

1.30

Considering ADR and justice

Fast paced table discussion and ideas generation

2.15

Reflections on ADR, judging and non-adversarial justice: parallels and future developments

Dr Michael King, 2011 LEADR Michael Klug Awardee

2.55

Afternoon tea

 

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7-9 September
'kon gres 2011

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3.25

A game of opposites: negotiation is a counter-intuitive discipline

Michael Klug & Ann Taylor

Where has the table gone? Mediating by video conference

Sue Smith

Confidentiality in mediation – just how secret is the entire process?

Campbell Bridge SC

The impact of personality structure on workplace mediation outcomes

Jenny Ellison

Filters in mediation

Prathamesh D Popat

The way of ADR – and the five golden rules of dealing with complaints about lawyers

Nathaniel Muller

 

 

4.05

ADRoIT Principles – an innovative approach

Philip Argy

The duty to negotiate in good faith: principles and applications

Adam Butt

Effective techniques for complex mediations: lessons from climate change negotiations

Phillip Hart

Workplace investment in ADR: at the start rather than down the track of a 'conflict'

Margaret Buchanan

Does a mediator's spirituality impact on effectiveness in mediation practice?

Mark Dickinson

Mediation report writing in a criminal court environment the challenge, pitfalls and rewards

Gene Banducci

4.45

Responding to questions from delegates

Panel: Tom Howe QC, LEADR Fellow, Dr Michael King, 2011 LEADR Michael Klug Awardee and Jeremy Gormly SC, Chair of NADRAC

5:30

End

 

5.45

Informal drinks

 

7:00

Wednesday link-up dinner >>
Poolside Terrace, Novotel

 

 

 

Day 2 – Thursday, 8 September 2011

8:00

Registration

 

8.45

Welcome and developing the conversation

Fiona Hollier, CEO, LEADR

9.10

Mediation ethics: A pluralistic account

Professor Ellen Waldman, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego

10:30

Morning tea

 

11.00

Choice and decision-making in mediation

Carol Powell & Anna Quinn

Mediation horrors and how to handle them

Alan Limbury

Mediation beyond settlement

Jim Cyngler

Cutting through to what really matters using the skills of NVC mediation

Rowena Finnane, Ewa Grajewska & Linda Rysenbry

Peaceful  mediators

Jackie Curran

Creating a child centred agenda in family mediation

Sam Aldridge & April O'Mara

12:30

Lunch

 

1.30

Workplace assessments: Developing theory and practice

Alan Hough, Mark McCarthy & Prue McDonald

RUM Forum (Repeat Users & Mediators Forum)

Geoff Sharp

The drivers of agreements – forces for and against

Graham Fletcher

Collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution – neutral third party?

Kate Grant

The mindful mediator

Charlotte Thaarup-Owen

Reflective practice when working in family dispute resolution where domestic and family violence exists

Susanne Baylis

2.15

Taking a systemic approach to mediating bullying complaints: An evidence based model

Moira Jenkins

The ethical limits of advocacy in mediation

Robert Angyal SC

The elephant in the room – why pre-litigation mediation should be compulsory

Michael Redfern

Pacific development and mediation

Callum Campbell, Craig Jones & Justice Ambeng Kandakasi

The nine fundamental human needs in conflict resolution

Michaela Barlow Banerji

 

Closing the gap – the delivery of family dispute resolution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Matthew Myers

3:00

Afternoon tea

 

3:30

Party self determination and issues of legal capacity in ADR

Prof Robyn Carroll & Margaret Halsmith

Multi-party agreement making in an indigenous context

Graeme Neate

Evaluation mediation – benefits, traps and pitfalls

Steve White

Mediating with members of the GLBTIQ community: Being gay friendly is not enough!

Dr Samantha Hardy

Holistic communication – a new dimension in professional work

Michelle Brenner

Training and sustaining cultural responsiveness in family dispute resolution

Dr Susan Armstrong

 

Reflections

 

5:30

End

 

7:00

Thursday link-up dinner >>
Zen Bar

 

 

 

Day 3 – Friday, 9 September 2011

 

8:00

Registration

   

8.50

Welcome and developing the conversation

 

 

9.00

Embodying conflict resolution

Prof Nadja Alexander, Dr Sam Hardy & Dr Cathryn Lloyd

Authorities, ambiguities and ambivalence in professional supervision

Brenda & Mike Clare

The magic of pre-mediation

Kathy Tetu

Hearing the voice of the person affected- person centred and inclusive approaches to dispute resolution involving people with a disability

Lynne Coulson Barr, Ron Tiffin & Jen Jackson-Hall

Reflection – look back to look forward

Lorraine Smith

An interdisciplinary approach to integrated dispute resolution in misattributed paternity

Emily Kwok & Lorraine Lopich


10:30

Morning tea

 

11.00

Maintaining the vision, shifting the ground, building the new paradigm

Frank Handy

Root cause analysis of complaints – the new tool in the ADR toolkit

Nicole Cullen

Good citizens - poor managers: fear & favour in the not-for-profit sector

Tony Newport

Forgiveness: an offensive word or a necessary step towards conciliation?

Dr Pat Marshall

Compassion and mindfulness in mediation

Caryn Cridland

 

Piloting coordinated family dispute resolution: a multidisciplinary model of FDR for matters involving a history of family violence

Rachel Field

 

11.45

Emotional systems in conflict – what neuroscience has to offer

John Sautelle

Demystifying the management of high conflict behaviours: practical strategies

Dr Sandra Fenton & Luise Raeder

Identifying the six sides – designing effective and culturally sensitive mediations where legal plurality exists

Ippei Okazaki

Current issues in international dispute resolution – the European community

Ross McSwan

Reflective practice: reconstructing neutrality as an element of the relationship of trust between mediator and parties

Susan Douglas

Recognising opportunities for empowerment in family mediation

Anet Kate

12.30

Lunch

 

1.30

Recent reforms including the Civil Dispute Resolution Act

Attorney-General for Australia, The Hon Robert McClelland MP

 

2.00

Face and 关系 (guan xi: relationship)

Associate Professor Joel Lee

 

2.30

Impartiality and outcomes: What if the tie is not to the party, but to the subject matter in dispute?

Professor Ellen Waldman

 

3:00

Closing ceremony

 

 

3:30

End

 

 

Informal drinks

 

 

 

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