08:15 – 15:15 |
Registration Open | Landing 1
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08:15 – 08:45 |
Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) Annual General Meeting |
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Plenary Session |
Room |
Grand Ballroom |
08:45 – 08:55 |
Day Two Opening Address
- Deputy Chair, Council of Australasian Tribunals
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Chair |
Shahyar Roushan, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
08:55 – 09:40 |
AI beyond the hype: The good, the bad, and the practical
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is fundamentally transforming how society functions. You will learn how AI is being practically applied across different sectors, unlocking new capabilities and raising new questions. You will gain an informed perspective on AI’s current capabilities and limitations, its profound impacts on work and society, and how organizations can responsibly steer emerging technologies. Get insights from two experts who connect cutting-edge research with real-world ways of working, and walk away with a broad understanding of how AI will affect the Tribunal context and more broadly, the legal profession.
- Dr Sandra Peter, Director, Sydney Executive Plus and Associate Professor, the University of Sydney
- Dr Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation and Director, Sydney Executive Plus, the University of Sydney Business School
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09:40 – 10:25 |
A values-oriented guide to the use of AI in tribunals
This presentation presentation focuses on the practical aspects of AI in Tribunals. It draws on the findings of the findings of research conducted by UNSW researchers in partnership with the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration. It focuses on key challenges and opportunities associated with the deployment of AI in courts and tribunals, drawing on case studies including automated decision-support, the use of AI in automated e-filing, triaging, and the use of generative AI including in translation. It discusses these within the frame of core values including open justice, impartiality, procedural fairness, access to justice and efficiency, setting out questions that should be asked when considering or deploying AI tools.
- Professor Lyria Bennett Moses, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales Sydney
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10:25 – 10:55 |
Morning Tea | Landing 1 |
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Concurrent Sessions
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Room |
Grand Ballroom |
River Room |
Chair |
Justice Ted Woodward, President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
Bernard McCabe, Deputy President, Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
10:55 – 11:55 |
Liar Liar Pants on Fire: Making Credit Findings Masterclass
Tips for make sure you adopt an appropriate approach to making credit findings, and making sure you go far enough in your reasons.
- John Adams, Former Family Court Judge, Poet, Writer and Deputy Chair of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, New Zealand
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Compensation Masterclass Session
This practical session will focus on psychological disorder in compensation cases. Professor Varghese regularly appears in compensation cases, and SM O’Donovan oversees the compensation list at the AAT.
- Professor Frank Varghese, Psychiatrist
- Damien O’Donovan, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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11:55 – 12:00 |
Quick break/Leg stretch |
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Concurrent Sessions
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Room |
Grand Ballroom |
River Room |
Chair |
Justice Lea Armstrong, President, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
Jarrod Bryan, Principal Registrar, Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Collateral Challenges Masterclass: How to spot a collateral challenge in the wild and how to wrangle it.
- Justice Judy Hughes, President, South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
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Vexatious and/or Querulent litigants
This session will provide tips for how to deal with challenges that commonly arise with a vexatious or querulent litigant.
- Dr Grant Lester, Member, Victoria Mental Health Tribunal
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13:00 – 13:50 |
Lunch | Landing 1 |
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Plenary Session |
Room |
Grand Ballroom |
Chair |
Meena Sripathy, Chair, Interpreter Advisory Group, Administrative Appeal Tribunal |
13:50 – 15:00 |
Working with Interpreters
- Professor Sandra Hale, Professor of Interpreting and Translation, University of New South Wales
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15:00 – 15:15 |
Closing Remarks, Chair, Council of Australasian Tribunals |