Timetable

Wednesday 20 October 2010
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception
Thursday 21 October 2010
08:45 - 09:15 Opening Ceremony Welcome to Country Conference Welcome - Judge Robertson DCJ Official Conference Opening - The Honourable Cameron Dick MP, Queensland Attorney-General
09:15 - 10:30 Keynote Address The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Chief Justice of Queensland Commentator: The Honourable Justice Patrick A Keane, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:30 Developments in the science of the mind and its implications for the criminal law Dr Ian Curtis, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Queensland Professor Maxwell Bennet AO, Director Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Commentator: The Honourable Justice Anthe I Philippides, Judge, Supreme Court of Queensland
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Internet Crime - should we turn off the Internet? Detective Superintendent Brian Hay, Fraud and Corporate Crime Group Graham Ingram, General Manager, AusCERT
15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea
16:00 - 17:15 Public Confidence and Sentencing: Recent developments in research Professor Geraldine McKenzie, Bond University Professor Kate Warner, University of Tasmania
Friday 22 October 2010
09:00 - 10:30 Interdiction or Decriminalisation - What works with drug crime? Dr Joao Goulao, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction (EMCDDA) Wayne Hall, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:30 The Gangland Murder Trials Justice King, Victorian Supreme Court Commentator: Chris Nyst, Solicitor Queensland
13:00 Long Lunch: Ricky's Registration required
Saturday 23 October 2010
09:00 - 10:30 International Criminal Court update Professor Roger S. Clark, Emeritus Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law Commentator: Kenneth Fleming QC
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:30 The language of the modern penal statute - what does it mean? Julian Burnside AO QC, Barrister Commentator: Justice Daubney, Supreme Court of Queensland (TBC)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Therapeutic justice initiatives in Australia and NZ - and the overseas experience Dr Michael King, Monash University Commentator: Sir David Carruthers, former Chief Judge District Court of New Zealand and current President of the New Zealand Parole Board
15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea
16:00 - 17:15 Legal Discourse - Does it mean anything? Professor Roland Sussex, University of Queensland Participants: Judge Gaynor, Victorian Country Court; and Walter Sofranoff QC, Queensland Solicitor General (TBC)
19:00 - 23:30 Conference Gala Dinner Dinner Speaker: Justice Martin, Supreme Court of Queensland
Sunday 24 October 2010
09:30 - 11:30 Criminal Justice and the Indigenous People of Australia: Legal issues arising out of the Arukun and Palm Island cases Peter Davis SC, Barrister Andrew Boe, Barrister
11:30 - 12:00 Close of Conference

Last updated: Friday, 23 April 2010