Across the Pacific Family Matters

April 20, 2023

April 20, 2023

Across the Pacific: Family Matters 家庭事务 hal keluarga குடும்ப விஷயங்கள் take whanau

Our Sponsors will be joining us at Conference 2023 – ‘Across the Pacific Family Matters’. We are so grateful for their support. See you all in Hobart!

Conference App

Welcome

Workshops

Plenaries

Presentations

Welcome and Conference Open

1 September 2023

The Honourable Steven Strickland

Her Excellency The Honourable Barbara Baker AC Governor of Tasmania

Pre Conference Workshops

31 August 2023

Identity Issues Impacting Children and Young People
Professor Marilyn Freeman, University of Westminster London
Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago New Zealand

Quality Therapy Amid Slings And Arrows: Standing Up For Child-Centered Intervention
Dr Lyn Greenberg, Couple and Family Psychology, California

And continuing our Family Report Writer training series with two workshops

Supercharged Testimony – How to give authoritative and useful expert evidence
Dr Phil Stahl, Parenting After Divorce, San Diego
Dr Phil Watts, Mindstate Psychology Perth

Practical Issues for Family Report Writers
Dr Kaylene Evers, Psychologist Melbourne

Making Recommendations in Family Reports Dr Simon Kennedy, Clinical & Forensic Psychologist Psychology Camberwell Melbourne

Plenaries 1 Sept

1 September 2023

Diversity and Unconscious Bias
Dr Guillermo Merelo, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The University of Auckland.

The Fort. What does a mother do when she doesn’t want her son to become his father?
Proudly Sponsored by Nicholes Family Law
Ms Sally Nicholes Nicholes Family Law,
Ms Shaynna Blaze Co-Founder, Director, Chairperson, Voice of Change,
Deputy Chief Justice Robert McClelland, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia,
Dr Robert A. Simon, Ph.D., Forensic Psychology Consulting,
Ms Jade Blakkarly; CEO, WIRE

Plenaries 2 Sept

2 September 2023

Family Law Reform Again? Can we get it right this time?
The Honourable Steven Strickland KC,
Professor Richard Chisholm,
Mr Geoff Sinclair Barry Nilsson Lawyers and others
Proudly Sponsored by Barry Nilsson Lawyers

Children, adolescents and gender dysphoria: Challenges in an adversarial system
Moderator
Ms Belle Lane, barrister
Panel
Mr John Blythe, clinical psychologist
Dr Alison Clayton, psychiatrist

Presentations 1 Sept

Presentations 1 September 2023

Very Early detection, Risk Assessment & Management of Parental Alienation
Dr Charlie Azzopardi, Systemic Psychotherapist, Couple & Family Therapist, Malta

Questions of the Court Expert
Dr Phil Watts, Mindstate Psychology Perth
Ms Rachel Oakeley, barrister Perth

How psychological science can inform thinking about what participants, lawyers and judges need to know to make the best decisions for children
Dr Sarah Calvert, Clinical Psychologist, Auckland

Unconscious Bias
Dr Guillermo Merelo, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The University of Auckland

Legal Ethics
Adjunct Professor Zoe Lawton, The University of Auckland
Mr Kieran Pender

The longitudinal study of separated parents and stepfamilies
Dr Amylie Paquin, Switzerland

Client centric legal services – where clients are heard and feel heard
Ms Anthea D’Emden, Tasmania Legal Aid
Ms Kristen Wylie, Tasmania Legal Aid

The family implications of property disputes
Ms Suzie Delbridge, Delbridge Forensic Accounting, Newcastle
Ms Olivia Grobtuch, Kennedy Partners, Melbourne
Dr Rachel Carson, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne

Parenting Plan Evaluations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dr Alison O'Neill, Sydney Collective Psychology, Sydney
Dr Phil Stahl, Parenting After Divorce, San Diego

Presentations 2 Sept

Presentations 2 September 2023

Court Orders! What now! Parenting Orders research
Dr Rae Kaspiew Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne

Our Family in Two Homes (‘OFITHS’)
Ms Nadine Udorovic, from Nicholes Family Lawyers
Ms Catherine Gale, Resolve Conflict Family Lawyers
Ms Alyson Gale, Resolve Conflict Family Lawyers
Proudly Sponsored by Resolve Conflict

Reportable Therapy for families In conflict: What’s working? What Needs Improvement? Where Do We Go From Here?
Justice Ciara Tyson, Family Court of Western Australia
Dr Lyn R Greenberg, Couple and Family Psychologist, California

Behind the scenes of Supervised Contact Service and how we make the visit safe and fun for parents and children
Ms Olia Pelayo, Children in Focus Sydney

Our Family Wizard
Mr Timothy McMichael
Proudly sponsored by Our Family Wizard

Emerging Technologies in Family Law
Ms Fiona Kirkman, Family Property
Proudly Sponsored by our Gold Sponsor Family Property

Parenting Coordination and its continuing evolution in the Australian Family Law landscape
Ms Amanda Graham, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law at Monash University
Ms Lilia Szarski, Relationships Australia

Exploring and Enhancing the Quality of Single Expert Reports in Australia
Dr Alison O'Neill, Sydney Collective Psychology
Dr Chris Lennings, LSC Psychology Sydney

The intersection of child protection and family law
Professor Lawrence Moloney,
Professor Daryl Higgins,
Judicial Registrar Anne Marie Rice and
Executive Director Court Children Service Janet Carmichael