2006 Papers
 The Papers of various speakers are available by following the links from their names in the program below. The committee apologise where the paper is not available.  Every effort was made to secure a paper from all speakers.

 

 

 
 

Tuesday 2 May

1700 - 1900

Registration Opens

1730 - 1900

Registration Drinks

   
 

Wednesday 3 May

0800

Registration

0900

Official Opening
The Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency, the Honourable William Cox, AC RFD ED

0945

Plenary Session
National Accreditation: The standard and the implications
Laurence Boulle

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Sullivan's Room Ballroom North

 

1A
Family

1B
Process
1C
Government
1D
Accreditation

1100 - 1145

Independence in Ensuring Childs Best Interest
Susan Holmes
Conflict Coaching - Peacemaking One Person at a Time
Julie Walker
The Application of Mediation Principles to Public Sector Disciplinary Processes
Nicoletta Ciffolilli
 
Islands or Archipelagos? An International Comparative View on Approaches to Accreditation
Prof Nadja Alexander
 

 

Family

Practice Government / Workplace Research

1145 - 1230

Post Separation Parenting Program - A Longitudinal Outcome Study
Meg Henham, Dr Susie Sweeper
The Role and Function of an In-House Conflict Resolution Manager
Noa Mayer
Power In Uniform – Affects Of Power Imbalance On The Mediation Process
CMDR James Unkles, Robert Turner

Power Point

The Resources on which Mediators Rely: Initial findings of a Study involving Victorian Mediators
Patricia Marshall

1230

Lunch

1400

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Ballroom North Sullivan's Room

 

2A
Family

2B
Process
2C
Big Wide World / Government
2D
Research

1400 - 1430

Does removing privileged mean abandoning resolution opportunities in child disputes in Family Court?
Diane Gibson
Mediation – Like Margarine in the Cooler Section of the Supermarket
Jennifer Scott
Mediators – A Party's Eye View. The Good, The Bad and the Utterly Impossible
Parry Agius, Keith Thomas, Sandy Jarvis
The Culturally Reflexive Mediator: Putting Theory into Practice
A/Prof Dale Bagshaw

1430 - 1500

Is a legal aid conference a valid dispute resolution process?
Donna Cooper
Transformative Mediation and the Tao
Paul Perversi

1500

Afternoon Tea

1530

Split Plenary

 

New Frontiers in Healthcare Mediation
Dr Marie Bismark
Senior Solicitor, Buddle Findlay, New Zealand
View Abstract

Raising the Standard: A Consideration of the Appropriate Standards Required and that should be Aspired to by Mediators Seeking Accreditation
Prof Tania Sourdin
This presentation was cancelled due to illness of Professor Sourdin
1620 Session Change

1630

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Ballroom North Sullivan's Room

 

3A
Family

3B
Practice
3C
Workplace
3D
Research

1630 - 1715

Court ordered property conciliation : no one seems to have all the answers
Mieke Brandon, Tom Stodulka

Doc 2 & Doc 3

How best to negotiate in a mediation
David Opperman
Bullying and harassment – the use of mediation
Mike Jensen, Clare Coburn
Best Practice Evaluation of Mediation services provided to Aboriginal People and Communities
Bill Pritchard
   
1800 Government House Reception
Coaches depart from the Hotel Grand Chancellor at 1745 and return at 1915
   
 

Thursday 4 May

0800

Registration

0900

Plenary Session
Principles and Practice Issues in disputes involving Indigenous People
Dr Gaye Sculthorpe

1000

Morning Tea

1030

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Ballroom North Sullivan's Room

 

4A
Narrative

4B
Practice
4C
Workplace / Government
4D
Community

1030 - 1115

Unveiling the Operations of Power in Mediation
Debbie Dunn, Sue Davidson
Party, Mediator and Lawyer-driven Problems in Mediation
Micheline Dewdney
Workplace mediation: The Nipping in the Bud Program - A Partnership between The Department of Education and
Training WA and the OSA Group
Rose Zaffino, Wendy Doyle
Community Justice through Community Mediation: the role of Community Justice Centres
Anne Ardagh, Guy Cumes

 

Research

Practice Workplace Big Wide World

1115 - 1200

Predicting Mediator Responses from Measurable Variables: Gender, Training and Accreditation Status - A Pilot Study to Test What is Actually Happening in the Room?
Adam Patrech, Prof Eilis Magner
'Bringing Peace Into The Room': The Mindful And Peaceful Mediator
Dr Bee Chen Goh, Dr Tom Fisher
 
Conflict in the Workplace: The role of mediation
Andrew Carnegie, Kerry Genovese
 
Negotiation and Mediation Training for UN Peacekeepers
Linley Cornish
 

 

Practice

Practice Workplace Culture

1200 - 1245

The Mediators Opening Statement - It's Critical
Tim Connellan
No Mediator is an Island: A Mediator Supports Others, But Who Supports the Mediator? (Part 1)
David Newton, Bianca Keys
Workplace Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution
Ian Shakespeare
Dispute Management: An Islamic Perspective
Hyder Gulam
Managing Questionable Negotiation Tactics During Mediations
Avnita Lakhani

1245

Lunch

1400

Concurrent Sessions

  Sullivan's Room Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Ballroom North

 

5A
Process

5B
Practice
5C
Government / Big Wide World
5D
Community

1400 - 1500

Restorative Practices in Schools
Marg Armstrong
No Mediator is an Island: A Mediator Supports Others, But Who Supports the Mediator? (Part 2)
Bianca Keys, David Newton
New Directions in Managing Workplace Conflicts and Disputes by the Military and Police Forces
Helen Marks, Commander Sandra Langlands, Chris Ford
Riding the tiger: resolving complex many-party issues
Phillip Hart, Fiona Hollier
Tasmania Together: A Program around Supporting and Creating a Cohesive and Effective Community amongst Regional and Isolated Communities
Bob Campbell

1500

Afternoon Tea

1530

Split Plenary

 

Online Dispute Resolution
(via Video) No Paper

 

 

Online Dispute Resolution and the eBay Experience

Colin Rule, Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal
View Abstract

Robert E. Emery, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia
1620 Session Change

1630

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Ballroom North Sullivan's Room

 

6A
Online Dispute Resolution

6B
Process
6C
Accreditation
6D
Community/Big Wide World

1630 - 1715

Online Dispute Resolution Melissa Conley Tyler The Road Map - A Workshop on Collaborative and Team Supported Divorce
Dr Christina Sinclair
Training Mediators
Ruth Richter
Mediation within Criminal Justice Systems
Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice in Europe
Thomas Trenczek

View Abstract
The Model of Relational Communication: Explaining Difficulties Encountered through the Use of Technology in
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Matt Billings
Victim-Offender Mediation in France
Deborah MacFarlane
   

1900

Conference Dinner, Moorilla Estate Vineyard

   
 

Friday 5 May

0800

Registration

0900

Plenary Session
Hallmarks of a Narrative Approach to Mediation
John Winslade, Associate Professor, California State University, San Bernardino

View Abstract

1000

Morning Tea

1030

Concurrent Sessions

  Ballroom South Ballroom Centre Sullivan's Room Ballroom North

 

7A
Family

7B
Process
7C
Research
7D
Practice/Culture

1030 - 1115

Using the Children's Voices to Bring About Change
Bill Hewlett, Gisella Pullen-Gordon
IQ & CQ: Dialogue as the bridge between individual intelligence and collective intelligence
Bradley Chenoweth
Looking for Answers to the Mediation Neutrality Dilemma in Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Rachael Field, Kathy Douglas
Waiting for Lily: Process issues in facilitating Indigenous decision-making and managing disputes in an agreement
making process
Toni Bauman 
(large PowerPoint file)

 

Process

Practice Research Big Wide World / Culture

1115 - 1200

NLP: A Useful add-on Skill for Mediators
Prathamesh Popat
Mediating with a Borderline Personality Disorder Client
Sandra Fenton
 
Learning from Research— Suggestions for Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners in the New Family Law System
Becky Batagol, Prof Thea Brown
 
Mediation and Social Engagement: A move from Process to Content for Mediators?
Joanna Kalowski

 

Family

Practice Government Culture / Community

1200 - 1245

Family Mediator Interventions: What do mediators do when the going gets difficult, and does it help?
Dr Andrew Bickerdike
Are Mediators Just Cut Adrift?
Bruce Argyle, Ranee Cornell, Judith Newbold
Mediation and Small Business. The experience of the Victorian Small Business Commission: Lessons learnt and experiences gained
Mark Brennan
A Matter of Engagement: A Social Capital Approach to Negotiation and Mediation with Indigenous Peoples
A/Prof Craig Jones

1245

Lunch

1345 What next for accreditation and how to get there?
Professor Laurence Boulle, Justice Murray Kellam
1500 Conference Close
   

 

Special Post-conference Workshop

1400 - 1700 Re-authoring the relationship story through narrative mediation
John Winslade, Associate Professor, California State University, San Bernardino