Events
1. Mediation Saving Your Small Business
Monash Law School’s Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) has partnered with Monash Business School to host a panel discussion with leading experts: Professor Anne Lytle, (Monash Business School), Ms Anne Sutherland-Kelly, (ACJI/Monash Law School) and special guests from the Office of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner, Ms Anna McRae-Anderson and Mr Mark Schramm. The event will be chaired by ACJI’s Dr Paula Gerber, Co-Director.
Disputes for small businesses can be costly, stressful and time consuming. Mediation can be the ‘life saver’ because:
- It enables parties to focus on what is important to them
- It can retain and even enhance business relationships
- The parties are the decision makers and retain control of the outcome
- The process is faster, less costly, and more flexible compared to litigation
This dynamic panel will discuss how using Mediation can achieve these outcomes for your small business.
No small business can afford to miss this priceless opportunity.
Date: Tuesday 15 November 2016
Time: 5.30pm Arrival & Refreshments, 6.00 – 7.00pm Panel Discussion
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
RSVP: HERE Registration is essential. Places are limited.
Join us at this free public event to learn more about how mediation can save your small business. Further information HERE.
2. Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority’s ‘2016 Louis Waller Lecture’
Join us at this year’s Louis Waller lecture where His Honour Chief Judge John Pascoe will discuss
The Child’s right to know and family law orders
This annual lecture commemorates the significant contribution Emeritus Professor Louis Waller has made to the field of assisted reproductive treatment. It is an occasion to discuss and reflect on contentious issues in the field today.
Knowledge of one’s family and genetic heritage is essential to any concept of identity, and to know one’s parents is a fundamental human right. This year’s lecturer, his Honour Chief Judge Pascoe AC CVO, will discuss the right of the child to know his or her parentage, how this right is threatened by advances in technology, and is limited by the slow pace of the law to adequately respond.
Date: Wednesday 9 November
Time: 5.45pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne (on the corner of La Trobe Street)
Price: Student $10 / Non Student $30
Registration here. Further information here.
3. Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National Conference
The AIIA National Conference is the premier event on Australian foreign policy bringing together Australia’s leading international affairs experts to address the theme Navigating the New International Disorder.
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG and Senator Richard Di Natale will speaker at the conference along with a host of distinguished figures from politics, government, academia and business.
The conference will be preceded by masterclasses for young professionals and tertiary students on Sunday 20 November. These masterclasses will enable motivated young people to engage one-on-one with AIIA Fellows who are leading figures in Australian international affairs, in sessions ranging from Diplomacy and Intelligence, Development and Human Rights, Defence and Security and Media.
To apply for the 2016 masterclasses, please send your application to masterclass@internationalaffairs.org.au no later than Sunday 16 October.
Date: Monday 21st November 2016
Time: 9:00am start
Venue: The National Ball Room, Hotel Realm, Canberra
Price: Student members $99 / Student non-members $150
Registration and more information here.