Program
The organising committee for the AIFLAM Conference have now finalised the full program which has been designed to engage and inform delegates throughout the Conference.
Our full conference program brochure is available here.
A program summary can be found below.
| Friday 27 October | ||
| 1:00pm | Registration Opens | |
| 2.30 - 2.45pm | Welcome | Andrew Davies, Chair, AIFLAM
Emma Swart, Chair, AIFLAM Conference Committee |
| 2.45 - 4.15pm | Session 1: The Intake Session | Facilitators: • Philip Looney KC, Barrister, Mediator and Specialist Family Law Arbitrator • Belle Lane, Barrister, Victorian Bar, Mediator and AIFLAM Trainer |
| 4.15 - 5.00pm | Break | |
| 5.00 - 5.30pm | AIFLAM 2023 AGM | |
| 5.30 - 6.30pm | Welcome Drinks | |
| 6.30pm onwards | Reconnect with old friends, and make new ones – choose one of the great options to dine around Byron Bay | |
| Saturday 28 October | ||
| 6.30 - 8.00am | Early morning activities (optional) | |
| 8.30 - 9.00am | Arrival Tea and Coffee | |
| 9.00 - 10.00am | Session 2: The marriage of mediation and psychology: the research | Chair – Bruce Tilley, AIFLAM Deputy Chair, Mediator and
FDRP, Tilley Mediation Dr Darren Moroney, University of WA Mediation Clinic |
| 10.00 - 10.30am | Session 3: What is happening at the Courts? | Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia |
| 10.30 - 11.00am | Morning tea | |
| 11.00 - 11.45am | Session 4: Procedurally Just Evaluative Mediation | Chair – Andrew Davies, AIFLAM Chair
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean Libby Taylor, Faculty of Law, Bond University |
| 11.45am - 12.30pm | Session 5: Panel Session – What can we do differently? | Chair – Belle Lane, Barrister, Victorian Bar, Mediator and
AIFLAM Trainer Panel: • Dr Darren Moroney, University of WA Mediation Clinic • Simone Fraser, Barrister, Mediator and FDRP, French Quarter Chambers, Gold Coast Qld |
| 12.30 - 1.45pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45 - 2.45pm | Session 6 – Child Inclusive Mediation | Chair - Philip Looney KC, Barrister, Mediator and Specialist Family Law Arbitrator Panel: • Jon Graham, Director, Institute for Specialist Dispute Resolution and The International Centre for Children and Family Law • Rachael Hempling, Barrister, Mediator and FDRP, French Quarter Chambers, Gold Coast Qld • Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia |
| 2.45 - 3.30pm | Session 7: Learning from each other
Short bites: • Collaborative law and mediation • FDRP • Parenting coordination | Chair –Jamie Burreket, AIFLAM Board member Susan Abrams, Solicitor – Chief Counsel, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator, ATW Family Law Vanessa Mathews, Mediator and Conciliator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Parenting Coordinator and Director, Vanessa Mathew Family Law Anne-Marie Cade, Lawyer, Mediator, Conflict Resolution Specialist and Parenting Coordinator, Divorce Right |
| 3.30 - 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 4:00 - 5:00pm | Session 8: Ethics panel | Chair – Emma Swart, AIFLAM Board member and
Conference Chair
Panel will include: • Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia • Greg Shoebridge, Barrister and Specialist Family Law Arbitrator, Inns of Court, Brisbane • Belle Lane, Barrister, Victorian Bar, Mediator and AIFLAM Trainer Debra Parker, Arbitrator and Collaborative Divorce Lawyer, Founding Director, Parker Coles Curtis • Susan Abrams, Solicitor – Chief Counsel, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator, ATW Family Law |
| 5.00 - 6.30pm | Break | |
| 6.30 - 7.00pm | Pre-dinner drinks | |
| 7:00 - 10:00pm | Conference Dinner | |
| Sunday 29 October | ||
| 9.00 - 9.30am | Session 9: Arbitration and the Courts | Chair – Andrew Davies, Chair AIFLAM
The Hon. Justice Brasch, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Division 1 |
| 9.30 - 10.45am | Session 10: Arbitration – State of the Nation | Chair – Phillip Looney KC, Barrister, Mediator and
Specialist Family Law Arbitrator Panel: • Rebecca Horsley, Barrister, Mediator, Arbitrator and FDRP, Inns of Court, Brisbane • Greg Shoebridge, Barrister and Specialist Family Law Arbitrator, Inns of Court, Brisbane • Henry Moser, Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator, Stephen Thackray Chambers (via Zoom) • Aleasha Kelly, Assistant Director - Practice Management (Family Law & Civil), Legal Aid Queensland • Christopher Othen, Waratah Chambers |
| 10.45 - 11.15am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.15am - 12.45pm | Session 11: Where next with Arbitration? | Chair - Emma Swart, AIFLAM Board member and Conference Chair Speakers will include: • The Hon. Michelle May AM KC, Mediator and Arbitrator • Philip Looney KC, Barrister, Mediator and Specialist Family Law Arbitrator • Andrew Davies, AIFLAM Chair |
CPD points
Attendees may claim CPD points for legal and mediation practice if they believe that the topics are relevant to their practice. Attendees will need to check the requirements in their own states in relation to claiming CPD points. Subject to those requirements, a unit of CPD may be able to be claimed for each hour of CPD activity. As points allocation and required areas vary in each state and branch of the profession, this table is a guide only. If the entire conference is attended, there are up to 10.5 CPD hours available. WA attendees will be required to sign in to each session on a sign in sheet provided and we will make the required representations on behalf of WA members.
| Date | Session | Topic | Duration | Practice Management | Professional skills / Business Skills | Ethics / Professional Responsibility | Substantive law |
| 27/10/2023 | Session 1 | The Intake Session | 1.5hrs | X | X | ||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 2 | The marriage of mediation and psychology: the research | 1hr | X | |||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 3 | What is happening at the Court? What are you doing? | 0.5hrs | X | X | ||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 4 | Procedurally Just Evaluative Mediation | 0.75hrs | X | X | ||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 5 | Panel session - What can we do differently? | 0.75hrs | X | |||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 6 | Child Inclusive Mediation | 1hr | X | X | ||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 7 | Learning from each other | 0.75hrs | X | |||
| 28/10/2023 | Session 8 | Ethics panel | 1hr | X | |||
| 29/10/2023 | Session 9 | Arbitration and the Courts | 0.5hrs | X | X | ||
| 29/10/2023 | Session 10 | Arbitration - State of the Nation | 1.25hrs | X | X | ||
| 29/10/2023 | Session 11 | Where next with Arbitration? | 1.5hrs | X | X |