Welcome
The AIFLAM board is very pleased to announce that registrations to its First Light Conference at Crystalbrook in Byron Bay from 6 to 8 November 2025 are now open.
To date, confirmed speakers at the conference include the following:
| Her Honour Judge Humphreys | Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia |
| Her Honour Judge Suthers | Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia |
| His Honour Justice Campton | Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia |
| SJR Rice | Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia |
| SJR Thiele | Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia |
| The Hon Colin Forrest SC | The Hon Colin Forrest SC |
| The Hon Steven Strickland KC | Campbell Chambers |
| Dr Darren Moroney | UWA Mediation Clinic |
| Prof Jill Howieson | UWA Mediation Clinic |
| Christian Beck | LEAP Family Law |
| Bianca Roche-Bolger | The Mediation Collective |
| Chanel Hughes | Chanel Hughes Mediation & Consultation |
| Debra Parker | Parker Coles Curtis |
| Clare Rowe | Rowe and Associates |
| Gloria Hawke | Hawke Mediation |
| Lisanne Iriks | Life Mediation & The Co-parenting Institute |
| Margaret Ross | Campbell Chambers |
| Rebecca Horsley | Level 14 Inns of Court |
| Shelby Timmins | Divorce Done Differently |
The presentations will include:
- Family Law Arbitration - Can We Kick Start It?
- New and Developing Models of Mediation
- Developments in Collaborative Family Law Practice
- Parenting Co-ordination, Family Law's New World Order
- Child Inclusive Mediation - IT's Ruffling its Feathers, but can it Fly?
- Famiy Dispute Resolution and the FCFCOA
- Family Dispute Resolution and AI
We look forward to seeing you at Crystalbrook Byron Bay in November, the place where "Family Dispute Resolution in Australia begins".
Registration includes entry to all sessions and access to papers following the conference. It also includes:
· Welcome drinks on Thursday
· Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on Friday
· The conference dinner (including drinks) on Friday night
· Morning tea on Saturday
Our full conference program can be found here.
A program summary can be found here.
Full pricing details and registration available here.
CPD points and allocations can be found here.
Organising Committee
| Maurice Edwards | AIFLAM Board Member (NSW) and AIFLAM Conference Committee Chair |
| The Hon Colin Forrest SC | AIFLAM Board Member (QLD) |
| Debra Parker | AIFLAM Board Member (ACT) |
| Emma Swart | AIFLAM Board Member (VIC) |
| Judyanne Thrower | AIFLAM Executive Officer |