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Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference

Asia Pacific Coroners Society ConferenceTruth Telling 202313-15 November 2023 | Wildlife Retreat at Taronga, Sydney

Program

 

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Sunday 12 November Monday 13 November Tuesday 14 November Wednesday 15 November
 

8:30 – 9:00am

Registration Opens

 

9:00-9:35am

WELCOME

 

Welcome to Country

Mr Michael West

 

Welcome by the

NSW State Coroner

Ms Teresa O'Sullivan

 

9:40-9:50am

Mr Michael Daley 

NSW Attorney General

8:30 – 9:00am

Registration Opens

9:00 – 9:30am

Registration Opens

State / Chief Coroners Meeting

 

10am - 4pm

Downing Centre

(invited guests only)

10:00-11:00am

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Mr Thomas Mayo

Mr Kerry O’Brien


9:00-10:00am

POLICE INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN MENTAL DISTRESS

Facilitator:

Commissioner Anina Johnson

 

Panellists:

Ms Felicity Cox

Ms Sage Green

Chief Constable Paul Anderson (UK) (virtual)

Dr Kerri Eagle

 Superintendent Chris Nicholson

9:30-10:30am

THE TRUTH IS IN THE TOX - PREVENTING DRUG DEATHS 

Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame


Dr Lorraine Du-Toit Prinsloo

Mr Santiago Vazquez
Mr Jared Brown

Ms Jen Ross-King

Dr Thanjira Jiranantakan 

 

 

11:00-11.30am

Morning Tea


10:00-10.30am

Morning Tea


10:30-11.00am

Morning Tea


 

11:30-12:30pm

TRUTH TELLING 

Mr Tony McAvoy SC


10:30-11:30am

SCOPE OF INQUESTS

Dr Ian Freckelton AO KC

11:00am-12:30pm

HEAT, SMOKE & NATURAL HAZARDS

Facilitator:

Donna Ward SC

 

Panellists:

Mr Andrew Gissing

Professor Ollie Jay

Professor Fay Johnston


 

12:30-1:30pm

LUNCH


11:30am-12:30pm

PENALTY PRIVELEGE

Ms Kirsten Edwards SC

 

12:30pm

LUNCH

& Explore the zoo


 

1:30-2:30pm

FIRST NATIONS HEALTH & WELLBEING

Professor Kelvin Kong


12:30-1:30pm

LUNCH 

 

12:30pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE FOR NON-MEMBERS

 

 

2:30-3:00pm

Afternoon Tea


1:30-2:15pm

TRUTH AND PANDEMICS

Professor Raina MacIntyre

(virtual)

 

1:30-2:30PM

ASIA PACIFIC CORONER SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


 

3:00-4:30pm

HEALING & CULTURE PANEL Q&A

Ms Nicolle Lowe

Ms Vanessa Edwige

Aunty Glendra Stubbs OAM

Ms Lindsay McCabe


2:15-3:00pm

JUGGLING JURISDICTIONS - THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN CORONIAL AND CRIMINAL LAW

Dr Peggy Dwyer SC

 

 

2:30pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE FOR MEMBERS

 
 

4:30pm

DAY ONE CLOSES


3:00-3:30pm

Afternoon Tea


 
 

5:20pm

Bus departs Taronga for Government House

5:40pm Bus departs Amora

 

3:30-4:15pm

TIKANGA MAORI IN THE CORONERS COURT

NZ Coroners

Ms Tracey Fitzgibbon &

Ms Tania Tetitaha



   

6:00-7:30pm 

WELCOME RECEPTION

Government House

4:15-5:00pm

SPEAKING FOR THE DEAD IN DIFFERENT ACCENTS - 5 CORONIAL SYSTEMS COMPARED

A/Prof Hugh Dillon

 

 
 

7:25pm

Bus departs Government House for Amora 

7:30pm Bus for Taronga

6:20pm 

Bus departs Amora for Sergeants' Mess

6:40pm

Bus departs Taronga for Sergeants' Mess

 
   

7:00pm - 10:00pm

OPTIONAL GALA DINNER 

Sergeants' Mess Chowder Bay

 

 
   

10:05pm

Bus departs Sergeants' Mess for Taronga

10:35 Bus departs for the Amora and Taronga