Previous Conferences

 -2001 University of the South Pacific
 -2002 Murdoch University
 -2003 Griffith University
 -2004 Charles Darwin University
 -2005 The University of Waikato
 -2006 Victoria University
 -2007 University of Western Australia
 
-2008 James Cook University, Cairns
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
2005 ALTA Conference

 

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE


Tuesday 5 July

Venue: WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Art

3.00pm – 8.00pm Registration Desk open

5.00pm – 5.30pm Powhiri

5.30pm – 6.30pm Official Opening
The Right Honourable Margaret Wilson MP, Speaker of The New Zealand Parliament

6.30pm onwards Opening Cocktails


Wednesday 6 July

Morning Venue: WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts

8.30am – 4.00pm Registration Desk open

9.00am – 11.00am PLENARY SESSION ONE: "One Law for All?"

Speakers:
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand; "Equality, Diversity and Law".
The Hon. John von Doussa QC, President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Australia.
The Hon. Justice Eddie Durie,
Law Commission of New Zealand.

11.00am – 11.30am MORNING TEA

11.30am – 1.00pm INTEREST GROUPS: Round One

11.30am – 1.00pm Meeting of Law Research Network

1.00pm – 2.15pm LUNCH

1.00pm – 2.15pm ALTA Executive Lunchtime Meeting

Afternoon Venue: Waikato Management School

2.30pm – 4.00pm INTEREST GROUPS: Round Two

4.00pm – 4.30pm AFTERNOON TEA

4.30pm – 5.30pm ALTA AGM

6.30pm – 7.30pm Transfers to dinner venue

7.30pm – 10.30pm Publishers Dinner Rydges Le Grand, City Centre


Thursday 7 July

8.30am – 4.00pm Registration Desk open

9.00am – 11.00am PLENARY SESSION TWO: "Law and Terror"

Speakers:
Rt. Hon. Sir Kenneth Keith, New Zealand Supreme Court
Associate Professor Jennifer Hocking , Monash University, Australia
Professor Alexander Gillespie,
University of Waikato.

11.00am – 11.30am MORNING TEA

11.30am – 1.00pm INTEREST GROUPS: Round Three

1.00pm – 2.15pm LUNCH

Afternoon Venue: Waikato Management School

2.30pm – 4.00pm INTEREST GROUPS: Round Four

4.00pm - 4.30pm AFTERNOON TEA

6.30pm - 7.00pm Transfers from City Hotels to dinner venue

7.00pm – 11.00pm Conference Dinner The Narrows Landing


Friday 8 July

Morning Venue: WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts

8.30am – 11.00am Registration Desk open

9.00am – 10.30am PLENARY SESSION THREE: "Corporate Governance after Enron"

Speakers:
Professor Douglas Branson, University of Pittsburgh
Cathy Quinn, Securities Commission of New Zealand
Professor John Farrar, Waikato Law School
Professor Michael Adams,
University of Technology, Sydney.

10.30am – 11.00am MORNING TEA

11.00am – 12.30pm PLENARY SESSION FOUR: "Educating Tomorrow's Lawyer"

Speakers:
Professor Avrom Sherr, University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Professor John Wade, Bond University
Professor Laurence Boulle, Bond University

12.30pm – 1.30pm LUNCH