PROGRAMME

JUSTICE WITHOUT BARRIERS: TECHNOLOGY
FOR GREATER ACCESS TO JUSTICE
21-22 May 2015
Pullman Brisbane King George Square
Brisbane, Queensland
THURSDAY 21 MAY – DAY 1
0900 – 1000
1000 – 1015
1015 – 1100
1100 – 1130
1130 – 1215
1215 – 1300
1300 – 1400
1400 – 1500
1500 – 1530
Registration
Roosevelt Room
Welcome to Country
Welcome
The Hon Justice Michelle May, Family Court of Australia and AIJA President
Keynote Session
Professor Richard Susskind OBE, UK (by video link)
Facilitator: TBC
Morning Tea
E-filing and the application of an electronic court file (ECF) and the potential for
the role of the ECF for case management
The Hon Justice Nye Perram, Federal Court of Australia
Mr Craig Reilly, Chief Information Officer, Federal Court of Australia
Convenor: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA
Drivers for Technology and Access to Justice in Courts and Tribunals
Mr Peter Harper, Deputy Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Dr Warren Mundy, Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Professor Tania Sourdin, Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI)
Convenor: The Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of Western Australia
Lunch
Roosevelt Room
Kennedy Room
Online Learning for Judicial Officers: Security
An overview of the National Judicial TBC
College’s Online Decision Making
Convenor: Ms Kay Ransome, Principal
Program
Member, Migration Review Tribunal
Ms Jenny Green, Academic Director,
National Judicial College of Australia and
Her Honour Judge Fleur Kingham,
District Court of Queensland
Convenor: Ms Belinda Cassidy,
Principal Claims Assessor, Motor
Accidents Authority of NSW
Afternoon Tea
1530 – 1730
1900 – 2230
QEII Courts of Law Complex, 415 George Street, Brisbane
Opening up new horizons for video-conferencing in court: a practical
demonstration
The key features of this session which will involve video-conferencing at multiple sites
are the ‘stitching together’ of the images into a logical virtual court scene, the use of a
‘second channel’ to provide evidence and the demonstration of the advantage of high
speed video and directional sound. The session will involve role play, a panel
discussion involving the actors in the performance and a panel of experts. It will also
involve participating audiences in selected cities.
Convenor: Professor David Tait, University of Western Sydney
DINNER
Professor Max Lu, Provost and Senior Vice-President, The University of Queensland
Dress: Business Attire
FRIDAY 22 MAY – DAY 2
0800 – 0900
0900 – 1000
1000 – 1040
1040 – 1110
1110 – 1150
1150 – 1230
1230 – 1330
Registration
Roosevelt Room
Change management and how the integration of technology into courts requires
active management of cultural and procedural change
Her Honour Chief Judge Jan-Marie Doogue, District Court of New Zealand
Ms Penny Armytage, National Sector Leader, Justice & Security, KPMG
Ms Julie-Anne Burgess, Chief Executive, Court Administration Authority, SA
Convenor: Ms Jane Reynolds, Manager, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court of
Australia
Roosevelt Room
Kennedy Room
Interpreting in the Age of Technology
The use of iPads and tablets
Professor Sandra Hale, University of
Ms Tammy Manderson, Senior Tribunal
New South Wales
Coordinator and Ms Janice Ryan, IT
Consultant, Medical Assessment Tribunal
Convenor: Professor Greg Reinhardt,
Executive Director, AIJA
Convenor: Ms Belinda Cassidy,
Principal Claims Assessor, Motor
Accidents Authority of NSW
Morning Tea
Technology in the Great Southern
Integration of Technology Within Court
Litigation
and Tribunal Buildings
Mr David Hoy, Manager, In Court
Mr Paul Katsieris, Principal, Katsieris
Technology, Court Services Victoria
Origami, Victoria
The Hon Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Mr Cameron Lyon, Director, Lyons,
Court of Victoria
Victoria
Ms Diane Jones, Executive Director,
Convenor: Professor Greg Reinhardt,
PTW Architects, NSW
Executive Director, AIJA
Convenor: Professor David Tait,
University of Western Sydney
Roosevelt Room
The benefits for self-represented litigants of electronic information and services
and the possible access advantages and risk factors for these litigants
Mr Richard Zorza, founder and coordinator of the Self-Represented Litigation
Network (USA) (by video link) and Ms Bonnie Hough, Managing Attorney, California
Administrative Office of the Courts
Principal Environment Judge Laurie Newhook, New Zealand Environment Court
Convenor: Ms Julie Grainger, Member, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Lunch
1330 – 1410
1410 – 1510
1510 – 1540
1540 – 1620
1620 – 1700
1700
Roosevelt Room
Kennedy Room
Working effectively with juries and the On-line dispute resolution
use of electronic communications
Ms Sian Leathem, Principal Registrar,
NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Ms Catherine D’Elia, Director of Court
(NCAT)
Services, New South Wales and
Mr David Ware, Judicial Registrar – Court Professor Nicolas Vermeys, Manager
Administration, Supreme Court of Victoria Cyberjustice lab, Canada
Mr Paul Dore, Juries Commissioner,
Convenor: Ms Julie Grainger, Member,
Court Services Victoria
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Convenor: TBC
Roosevelt Room
Sharing technology – panel discussion
This session will involve technology officers from various jurisdictions who will explore
topics such as:
• Case management system upgrades
• IP video conferencing
• Online services
• Efiling
• Electonic court file
• Digital audio transcript
• Cloud services
Convenor: TBC
Afternoon Tea
The Future of Courts and Tribunals
Ms Justine Howard, The University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA
Convenor: His Honour Judge Michael Jarrett, Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Moving to digital records – how do we future proof access to this data?
Ms Anne Lyons, Assistant Director-General, Government Information Assurance &
Policy, The National Archives of Australia, ACT
Convenor: TBC
Closing Address/Wrap-up - Professor Greg Reinhardt
2 March 2015
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