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Venue - The Westin Sydney Hotel
1 Martin Place Sydney NSW

Welcome Reception – 26 March 2009 at Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney

Cocktail Party

Time

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Venue

Theatrette, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney

6:00pm

Introduction

6:10pm

Acknowledgement of Country and a traditional Pipi dance by children from the Gawura ** campus of the
St Andrew’s Cathedral School, introduced by Phillip Heath, Head of School.

6:30pm

The Honourable Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General for Australia

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** Gawura is a Campus of St Andrew's Cathedral School located in the heart of Sydney. The Campus, a "school within a school" caters for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from Kindergarten to Year 6. The Campus has a strong focus on literacy and numeracy outcomes within a culturally sensitive environment. The children progress to St Andrew's Secondary School on completion of Year 6.

The children will be performing a traditional Pipi dance, accompanied by Year 10 student, Ivor Rigney-Sebastian on the didgeridoo.  Gawura students represent many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations. This version of the Pipi dance celebrates the Ngarrinjeri Nation from South Australia. The girls are using their feet to hunt at low tide for cockle shelss or pipis in the sand. They celebrate their findings by hitting clap sticks together. Animals and hunters are on the beach with the girls.

 

 FRI 27 MARCH CONFERENCE SAT 28 MARCH
CONFERENCE 		SUN 29 MARCH
CONF / LEISURE
 

8:55 am - 9:10 am
Welcome and conference update Lorraine Lopich, President CP NSW

8:45 am - 8:50 am
Conference update
Lorraine Lopich

8:45 am - 8:50 am
Conference update
Lorraine Lopich

Morning Activities

9:10 am - 9:30 am
Conference opened by Honourable Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Towards a unified theory of dispute resolution David Hoffman

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Collaborating in an uncollaborative globe - Professor Laurence Boulle

Chair: Lorraine Lopich

8:50 am - 9:45 am
Bringing Peace into electronic communications David Hoffman

9:45 am - 10:30 am
Conflict Competence. Jennifer Scott

Chair: Rick Greene, Member of the Board CP NSW

8:50 am - 9:30 am
Future issues in dispute resolution and collaborative practice Professor Tania Sourdin

9:30 am - 10:45 am
Collaborative law and it's future place in ADR in Australia The Honourable Justice Murray Kellam AO

Chair: Paul Lewis, Robyn Sexton & Associates
Morning Tea

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Morning Tea

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Morning Tea

10:45 am - 11:10 am
Morning Tea


11:30 am - 1:00 pm

The Courts and collaborative practice

Introduction:

The Honourable John Hatzistergos MLC Attorney-General for NSW

Panel Chaired by:

The Honourable Peter McClellan Chief Judge at Common Law Supreme Court of NSW

Panel:

  • Honourable Diana Bryant, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
  • The Honourable Terence Sheahan AO of the Land & Environment Court NSW
  • Federal Magistrate Susan Purdon-Sully
  • Professor Laurence Boulle
  • Janice Mcleay, Dispute Resolution Specialist (formerly Commissioner Industrial Relations Commission of NSW)

Chair: Fiona Hollier, CEO LEADR

11:00 am - 11:30 pm
Dialogue and collaborative practice Bradley Chenoweth

Chair: Catherine Gale, Law Council of Australia, Executive Member

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Split session

  1. Reflective practice: Dialogue tools for collaborative professionals. Bradley Chenoweth

    Chair: Catherine Gale, Law Council of Australia, Executive Member
  2. The Top Ten Dos and Don'ts of Launching Your Collaborative Practice. Liz Ferris and Richard Sharp

    Chair: Marguerite Picard, Nicholes Family Lawyers
  3. Integrating Appreciative Inquiry DownUnder. Peggy Thompson PhD

    Chair: Freda Wigan, Partner Hopgood Ganim
  4. Practical issues in developing a family centred, multi-generation focussed law practice - helping create more sustainable families. Michael Perkins

    Chair: Charles Belperio, Partner Belperio Clark
  5. A Conversation with Stu Webb

    Chair: David Foster, Manager, Institute of Family Practice

11:10 am - 1:30 pm
Where to from here? Sarah Lloyd, Joanne Edwards and Liz Ferris

  • Building collaborative practice at the macro, micro and the level in between short presentations from each of the members of the panel followed by open discussion and workshop
  • Building collaborative practice at the macro, micro and the level in between
Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm
Special Guest Speaker Pauline Tesler

Chair: Marilyn Scott, Vice President CP NSW

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm
Building connections Special Guest Speaker Dr Jonathan Toussaint

Chair: Susan Parker, Treasurer, CP NSW

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Lunch

2:00 pm
An International panel to lead an open discussion on international opportunities for collaborative practitioners

Chair: Lorraine Lopich
Afternoon Activities

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Split session

  1. Complex case study and panel discussion Facilitated by Ross Greenwood panel comprising Michael Schneider, Paul Smith & Phil Clinton

    Chair: Robert Lopich, Member of Board CP NSW
  2. Child centred collaborative law: purpose and possibilities by Jennifer McIntosh PhD

    Chair: Anne Hollonds,     CEO Relationships Australia NSW
  3. Neuroscience of collaborative practice Nancy Ross

    Chair: Val Sinclair, Member of Board CP NSW

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Split session

  1. Collaborative Law in the world of Business Sherrie Abney

    Chair: John Pollard, Inaugural President and Member of the Board of CP NSW
  2. The new advocate. Nancy Cameron

    Chair: Susan Warda, Coleman & Greig, Solicitors & Notaries
  3. A Conversation with Stu Webb

    Chair: David Foster, Manager, Institute of Family Practice
  4. Integrated use of questionnaire for effective Coaching DownUnder. Peggy Thompson PhD

    Chair: Julie Dobinson, Dobinson, Davey Clifford Simpson

Finish - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Tea

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Tea

 

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Split session

  1. Workshops on the case study
    - lead by Michael Schneider, Paul Smith, Phil Clinton

    Chair: Robert Lopich
  2. Neuroscience of collaborative practice Nancy Ross cont

    Chair: Val Sinclair

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Split session

  • A conversation with Stu Webb

    Chair: Clive Price, CEO Unifam Counseling & Mediation
  • The collaborative 'fit' in family work..a practice-based exploration of the connections between client,process and professional perspectives.
     - Ruth Smallacombe

    Chair: Sandra Hale, Secretary, CP NSW

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  • The international development of Collaborative Practice & the IACP. Nancy Cameron and Amy Jenson Wolff

    Chair: Fiona Hollier, CEO LEADR

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Split session

  1. Collaborative dialogue on walkabout:-

    Walking a civil path
    OR
    Leading from behind
  2. Acting Collaboratively Jane Bergeron, Head of the Theatre Studies program University of Notre Dame, Sydney

    Chair Ruth Smallacombe
  3. Tips to effectively managing financial issues in collaborative practice. Amy Jenson Wolff

    Chair: David McGrane, Chartered accountant, HLB Mann Judd
  4. Conversation with Stu Webb, Nancy Ross, Peggy Thompson, Pauline Tesler and/or other founders and leaders of Collaborative Law/Practice who may come and join the conversation during the 2 hour period

    Chair: John Pollard, Inaugural President and Member of the Board of CP NSW
  

8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Conference Dinner

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