Family Court Report Writers Conference 2024

2 and 4 May 2024 For Specialist Report Writers and those interested in this area of work only. Discussions and presentations are CONFIDENTIAL to the group. If you are an interested report writer, please contact us as below one of the presenters for more information.

3 May 2024 This is an open day to all professionals including other people in the wider Family Court team.

Presenters

Professor Michael Saini

Professor at University of Toronto. Professor Saini is a well-known researcher in post-parental separation child care and state-intervention with children and young people. He is also president-elect of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Professor Saini will do two presentations plus a question and answer session. Professor Saini has also offered to make himself available outside of the Conference, he will be here about a week, for discussions, other meetings – whatever will enhance the work of Family Court professionals. See more about Professor Saini here

Professor Bruce Smyth

Professor Bruce Smyth, Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Smythe is a well-known researcher in family and social policy with recent research explorations of parental hatred, use of technology and apps in parenting and child sexual abuse. Read more about Professor Smyth here

Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley, Safety and Technology Expert Our Family Wizard is an expert in the of the uses and abuses of technology. He is an expert in how technology generated information (texts, emails, video clips) can be manipulated, and the harm that technology can do when family violence is an issue (stalking for example).