Programme

Sunday, July 27, 2025

	Track 1
	OPENING CEREMONY Venue: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Registration Collect your congress badge on arrival
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM	Welcome from the Chair The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM	Performance of “Lullabye” by Shaynna Blaze Shaynna Blaze, Director, Voice of Change Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress
3:55 PM - 4:55 PM	Time for Change – Innovative Approaches to Deal With Family Violence Introduction: The Right Honourable Sir Andrew McFarlane PC, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice The Honourable Chief Justice William Alstergren AO This session will include a short film
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Tackling the rise of Anti-Feminism Among Young Men Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress Panel: - Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights - Daniel Cash, Student and Writer, Australian National University - Julieta Martinez Oyarzun, Activist, Tremendas
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing & Piano Recital - Closing remarks: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress - George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue (1924), by Albert Frantz, world renowned concert pianist
	END OF OPENING CEREMONY If you are attending the welcome reception, please make your own way to King's College.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	Welcome Reception The world-famous King’s College will host the Welcome Reception. Delegates will be treated to an exceptional experience against the backdrop of the iconic King’s College Chapel, which took around 100 years to build.

	Track 1
	OPENING CEREMONY Venue: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Registration Collect your congress badge on arrival
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM	Welcome from the Chair The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM	Performance of “Lullabye” by Shaynna Blaze Shaynna Blaze, Director, Voice of Change Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress
3:55 PM - 4:55 PM	Time for Change – Innovative Approaches to Deal With Family Violence Introduction: The Right Honourable Sir Andrew McFarlane PC, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice The Honourable Chief Justice William Alstergren AO This session will include a short film
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Tackling the rise of Anti-Feminism Among Young Men Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress Panel: - Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights - Daniel Cash, Student and Writer, Australian National University - Julieta Martinez Oyarzun, Activist, Tremendas
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing & Piano Recital - Closing remarks: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress - George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue (1924), by Albert Frantz, world renowned concert pianist
	END OF OPENING CEREMONY If you are attending the welcome reception, please make your own way to King's College.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	Welcome Reception The world-famous King’s College will host the Welcome Reception. Delegates will be treated to an exceptional experience against the backdrop of the iconic King’s College Chapel, which took around 100 years to build.

	Track 1
	OPENING CEREMONY Venue: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Registration Collect your congress badge on arrival
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM	Welcome from the Chair The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM	Performance of “Lullabye” by Shaynna Blaze Shaynna Blaze, Director, Voice of Change Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress
3:55 PM - 4:55 PM	Time for Change – Innovative Approaches to Deal With Family Violence Introduction: The Right Honourable Sir Andrew McFarlane PC, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice The Honourable Chief Justice William Alstergren AO This session will include a short film
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Tackling the rise of Anti-Feminism Among Young Men Introduction: Sally Nicholes, Deputy Chair of the World Congress Panel: - Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights - Daniel Cash, Student and Writer, Australian National University - Julieta Martinez Oyarzun, Activist, Tremendas
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing & Piano Recital - Closing remarks: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress - George Gershwin (1898–1937): Rhapsody in Blue (1924), by Albert Frantz, world renowned concert pianist
	END OF OPENING CEREMONY If you are attending the welcome reception, please make your own way to King's College.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	Welcome Reception The world-famous King’s College will host the Welcome Reception. Delegates will be treated to an exceptional experience against the backdrop of the iconic King’s College Chapel, which took around 100 years to build.

Monday, July 28, 2025

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.1 Children of High Conflict Divorce: A Child's Inner World Panel Session Chair: TBC the session will include a short introduction followed by a 15 minutes screening of “Millie”, ahead of a 40-45 minute discussion concluding with Q&A Panellists: - Darren Mort, Barrister At Law, Australia - Philip Stahl, Independent Practice Psychologist, USA	Session 01.2 Child Marriage – An International Perspective Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - The Hon. Suzanne Christie, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Division 1 - Leisha Lister, International Legal Development Consultant, Australia	Session 01.3 Beyond Myths: The Realities of Japan's International Family Law Landscape - Joint custody, international Relocation, and Hague Abduction Convention Panel Session Moderator: Masami Kittaka Panellists: - Ayako Koga, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan - Ryoko Minagawa, Otani & Partners, Japan - Toshiteru Shibaike, Ko, Japan
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.1 Humanitarian Law - Public Meets the Personal Individual papers Chair: TBC The Donor-Conceived Child’s Right to Respect for their Personal Identity Formation Dr. Rani Pillay, University of Pretoria, South Africa Rhapsody for Grandma Jeannie Albert Frantz, Concert Pianist, Austria	Session 02.2 Balancing Risk and Resolution - How a Court's Approach to Family Violence Informs Systemic Change Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Judge Kylie Beckhouse, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Janet Carmichael, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia	Session 02.3 Residence and Contact Individual papers Chair: TBC It T.I.I.C.'s all the boxes……the innovative family therapy program for complex high conflict family law matters - Dr Tim Entwisle, Consultant Psychiatrist, Australia - Mr Vincent Papaleo, Clinical Pshychologist, Australia - Ms Lisa Bottomley, Child Expert, Australia Children, Technology, and Separation: Navigating Rights, Risks, and Resilience Ms Stephanie Doyle, Doyle's Family Law & Mediation Pty Ltd, Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.1 Financial Repsonsibility for Children Individual papers: Chair: TBC More Money, More Money, More Money – Current Issues in Changes to Assessments/Court Orders, and Enforcement of Child Support/Maintenance between Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada Ms Catherine Devine, Foley's List - Victorian Bar, Australia Ever-Present Absentees: Critical Analysis of Welfare Law Through Children's Rights and Child-Welfare Theoretical Lens Dr Shiran Reichenberg, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Israel Child Support and Multiple Families Dr Maia Roots, Tohoku University Graduate School of Law, Japan	Session 03.2 Child Protection Individual papers Chair: TBC Children’s relationships with caregiving and birth families Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia Professor Judy Cashmore, University of Sydney, Australia Right to Play: A Forgotten Right in a Forgotten World Professor Lilla Garayova, Pan-European University, Slovakia Regulating Elective Home Education: The Limits of Rights Professor Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London, UK	Session 03.3 Reinterpreting the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention in Light of ‘New Social Realities’: How the Hague Conference Should Respond to Domestic Violence and Abuse Panel Session Chair: Philippe Lortie, Hague Conference On Private International Law, The Netherlands Panellists: - Dr Adrienne Barnett, Brunel University, UK - Dr Michelle Fernando, University of South Australia - Professor Merle Weiner, University of Oregon, USA - Associate Professor Miranda Kaye, UTS, Australia - Ms Jessica Raffal, ISS, Australia Commentary: The Hon Justice Suzanne Christie, FCFCOA – Div 1, Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.1 Children in a Digital Environment Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria A child’s ‘right’ to protection in a digital age: in conflict with their best interests? Dr Ruth Brittle, University of Leicester, UK Tick Tock, am I old enough? A comparative analysis of different laws regulating children’s access to social media Ms Eve Dougherty, Lander & Rogers, Australia Pornwars: Threat to the rising generation Professor Phil Watts, Mindstate Psychology, Australia	Session 04.2 Science and Health Individual papers Chair: TBC Science and the Law Dame Julie Maxton, The Royal Society, UK Contraception and Abortion: Is It the Right of a Child? Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, University of Illinois, USA The State, The Family, and The Individual: Reproductive Rights and the Individual's Rights Molshree Sharma, Arnoux Sharma Standeford, Llc, USA	Session 04.3 Children in Conflict Individual papers Chair: TBC Cross-border Recognition of Family Status for Children Escaping Conflict Ms Jana Araji, Max Planck Institute For Social Anthropology, Germany Is cross-border placement a measure of protection for children affected by war? Professor Laura Carpaneto, University of Genoa, Italy The true worth: Australian legal and child protection responses to children orphaned by war, internecine conflict, or by circumstance Dr Trish McCluskey, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, Australia
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.1 Children of High Conflict Divorce: A Child's Inner World Panel Session Chair: TBC the session will include a short introduction followed by a 15 minutes screening of “Millie”, ahead of a 40-45 minute discussion concluding with Q&A Panellists: - Darren Mort, Barrister At Law, Australia - Philip Stahl, Independent Practice Psychologist, USA	Session 01.2 Child Marriage – An International Perspective Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - The Hon. Suzanne Christie, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Division 1 - Leisha Lister, International Legal Development Consultant, Australia
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.1 Humanitarian Law - Public Meets the Personal Individual papers Chair: TBC The Donor-Conceived Child’s Right to Respect for their Personal Identity Formation Dr. Rani Pillay, University of Pretoria, South Africa Rhapsody for Grandma Jeannie Albert Frantz, Concert Pianist, Austria	Session 02.2 Balancing Risk and Resolution - How a Court's Approach to Family Violence Informs Systemic Change Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Judge Kylie Beckhouse, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Janet Carmichael, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.1 Financial Repsonsibility for Children Individual papers: Chair: TBC More Money, More Money, More Money – Current Issues in Changes to Assessments/Court Orders, and Enforcement of Child Support/Maintenance between Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada Ms Catherine Devine, Foley's List - Victorian Bar, Australia Ever-Present Absentees: Critical Analysis of Welfare Law Through Children's Rights and Child-Welfare Theoretical Lens Dr Shiran Reichenberg, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Israel Child Support and Multiple Families Dr Maia Roots, Tohoku University Graduate School of Law, Japan	Session 03.2 Child Protection Individual papers Chair: TBC Children’s relationships with caregiving and birth families Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia Professor Judy Cashmore, University of Sydney, Australia Right to Play: A Forgotten Right in a Forgotten World Professor Lilla Garayova, Pan-European University, Slovakia Regulating Elective Home Education: The Limits of Rights Professor Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.1 Children in a Digital Environment Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria A child’s ‘right’ to protection in a digital age: in conflict with their best interests? Dr Ruth Brittle, University of Leicester, UK Tick Tock, am I old enough? A comparative analysis of different laws regulating children’s access to social media Ms Eve Dougherty, Lander & Rogers, Australia Pornwars: Threat to the rising generation Professor Phil Watts, Mindstate Psychology, Australia	Session 04.2 Science and Health Individual papers Chair: TBC Science and the Law Dame Julie Maxton, The Royal Society, UK Contraception and Abortion: Is It the Right of a Child? Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, University of Illinois, USA The State, The Family, and The Individual: Reproductive Rights and the Individual's Rights Molshree Sharma, Arnoux Sharma Standeford, Llc, USA
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.3 Beyond Myths: The Realities of Japan's International Family Law Landscape - Joint custody, international Relocation, and Hague Abduction Convention Panel Session Moderator: Masami Kittaka Panellists: - Ayako Koga, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan - Ryoko Minagawa, Otani & Partners, Japan - Toshiteru Shibaike, Ko, Japan
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.3 Residence and Contact Individual papers Chair: TBC It T.I.I.C.'s all the boxes……the innovative family therapy program for complex high conflict family law matters - Dr Tim Entwisle, Consultant Psychiatrist, Australia - Mr Vincent Papaleo, Clinical Pshychologist, Australia - Ms Lisa Bottomley, Child Expert, Australia Children, Technology, and Separation: Navigating Rights, Risks, and Resilience Ms Stephanie Doyle, Doyle's Family Law & Mediation Pty Ltd, Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.3 Reinterpreting the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention in Light of ‘New Social Realities’: How the Hague Conference Should Respond to Domestic Violence and Abuse Panel Session Chair: Philippe Lortie, Hague Conference On Private International Law, The Netherlands Panellists: - Dr Adrienne Barnett, Brunel University, UK - Dr Michelle Fernando, University of South Australia - Professor Merle Weiner, University of Oregon, USA - Associate Professor Miranda Kaye, UTS, Australia - Ms Jessica Raffal, ISS, Australia Commentary: The Hon Justice Suzanne Christie, FCFCOA – Div 1, Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.3 Children in Conflict Individual papers Chair: TBC Cross-border Recognition of Family Status for Children Escaping Conflict Ms Jana Araji, Max Planck Institute For Social Anthropology, Germany Is cross-border placement a measure of protection for children affected by war? Professor Laura Carpaneto, University of Genoa, Italy The true worth: Australian legal and child protection responses to children orphaned by war, internecine conflict, or by circumstance Dr Trish McCluskey, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, Australia
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

	Track 1: Room LG19
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.1 Children of High Conflict Divorce: A Child's Inner World Panel Session Chair: TBC the session will include a short introduction followed by a 15 minutes screening of “Millie”, ahead of a 40-45 minute discussion concluding with Q&A Panellists: - Darren Mort, Barrister At Law, Australia - Philip Stahl, Independent Practice Psychologist, USA
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.1 Humanitarian Law - Public Meets the Personal Individual papers Chair: TBC The Donor-Conceived Child’s Right to Respect for their Personal Identity Formation Dr. Rani Pillay, University of Pretoria, South Africa Rhapsody for Grandma Jeannie Albert Frantz, Concert Pianist, Austria
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.1 Financial Repsonsibility for Children Individual papers: Chair: TBC More Money, More Money, More Money – Current Issues in Changes to Assessments/Court Orders, and Enforcement of Child Support/Maintenance between Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada Ms Catherine Devine, Foley's List - Victorian Bar, Australia Ever-Present Absentees: Critical Analysis of Welfare Law Through Children's Rights and Child-Welfare Theoretical Lens Dr Shiran Reichenberg, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Israel Child Support and Multiple Families Dr Maia Roots, Tohoku University Graduate School of Law, Japan
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.1 Children in a Digital Environment Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria A child’s ‘right’ to protection in a digital age: in conflict with their best interests? Dr Ruth Brittle, University of Leicester, UK Tick Tock, am I old enough? A comparative analysis of different laws regulating children’s access to social media Ms Eve Dougherty, Lander & Rogers, Australia Pornwars: Threat to the rising generation Professor Phil Watts, Mindstate Psychology, Australia
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.2 Child Marriage – An International Perspective Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - The Hon. Suzanne Christie, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Division 1 - Leisha Lister, International Legal Development Consultant, Australia
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.2 Balancing Risk and Resolution - How a Court's Approach to Family Violence Informs Systemic Change Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Judge Kylie Beckhouse, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ms Janet Carmichael, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.2 Child Protection Individual papers Chair: TBC Children’s relationships with caregiving and birth families Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia Professor Judy Cashmore, University of Sydney, Australia Right to Play: A Forgotten Right in a Forgotten World Professor Lilla Garayova, Pan-European University, Slovakia Regulating Elective Home Education: The Limits of Rights Professor Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.2 Science and Health Individual papers Chair: TBC Science and the Law Dame Julie Maxton, The Royal Society, UK Contraception and Abortion: Is It the Right of a Child? Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, University of Illinois, USA The State, The Family, and The Individual: Reproductive Rights and the Individual's Rights Molshree Sharma, Arnoux Sharma Standeford, Llc, USA
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY ONE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session: The Power of Prevention in Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider, Australian Federal Police
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 01 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 01.3 Beyond Myths: The Realities of Japan's International Family Law Landscape - Joint custody, international Relocation, and Hague Abduction Convention Panel Session Moderator: Masami Kittaka Panellists: - Ayako Koga, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan - Ryoko Minagawa, Otani & Partners, Japan - Toshiteru Shibaike, Ko, Japan
	Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 02 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 02.3 Residence and Contact Individual papers Chair: TBC It T.I.I.C.'s all the boxes……the innovative family therapy program for complex high conflict family law matters - Dr Tim Entwisle, Consultant Psychiatrist, Australia - Mr Vincent Papaleo, Clinical Pshychologist, Australia - Ms Lisa Bottomley, Child Expert, Australia Children, Technology, and Separation: Navigating Rights, Risks, and Resilience Ms Stephanie Doyle, Doyle's Family Law & Mediation Pty Ltd, Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 1
	Parallel Session 3
Parallel Session 03 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 03.3 Reinterpreting the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention in Light of ‘New Social Realities’: How the Hague Conference Should Respond to Domestic Violence and Abuse Panel Session Chair: Philippe Lortie, Hague Conference On Private International Law, The Netherlands Panellists: - Dr Adrienne Barnett, Brunel University, UK - Dr Michelle Fernando, University of South Australia - Professor Merle Weiner, University of Oregon, USA - Associate Professor Miranda Kaye, UTS, Australia - Ms Jessica Raffal, ISS, Australia Commentary: The Hon Justice Suzanne Christie, FCFCOA – Div 1, Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 1
	Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 04 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 04.3 Children in Conflict Individual papers Chair: TBC Cross-border Recognition of Family Status for Children Escaping Conflict Ms Jana Araji, Max Planck Institute For Social Anthropology, Germany Is cross-border placement a measure of protection for children affected by war? Professor Laura Carpaneto, University of Genoa, Italy The true worth: Australian legal and child protection responses to children orphaned by war, internecine conflict, or by circumstance Dr Trish McCluskey, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, Australia
	END OF CONGRESS DAY ONE
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Restaurant Evening A tradition for the World Congress, Monday’s ‘restaurant night’ is an informal social evening in town! Visit the 'Restaurant Night' page for a list of recommended restaurants and to pre-book tables.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.1 Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Voice is still not enough: embedding children’s meaningful participation in decision-making when parents separate Assistant Professor Jan Ewing, University of Cambridge, UK Children’s Voices in Hague International Abduction: Australian Developments Associate Professor Michelle Fernando, Associate Professor, University of South Australia Children in the justice system: Voiceless even in processes considered ‘family friendly’ Dr Connie Healy, University of Galway, Ireland	Session 05.2 Assisting Child Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Representing Children: Voice, Choice and Change in Family Court Professor Kara Finck, University of Pennsylvania, USA The role of court-appointed experts in facilitating child participation in Australian child protection proceedings Ms Peiling Kong, University of Sydney, Australia Rhetoric, Risk, and the Role of the Independent Children's Lawyer Ms Eliza Tiernan, Victorian Bar, Melbourne, Australia	Session 05.3 Child refugees 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC Children in conflict and crisis - The operation of the jurisdiction rules under the HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention and compatibility with the 1951 Refugee Convention Ms Nietta Keane, HCCH, The Hague, Netherlands International legal standards relating to family reunification for refugee children and other beneficiaries of international protection Ms Denise Baruch-Kotulla, UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Application and interpretation of the HC1980 and HC1996 in Russia Ms Liuda Yablokova, Sky Lawyers Law Office, Russian Federation
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.1 Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: TBC Are adversarial systems perpetuating family conflict and undermining children’s best interests: An exploration of Australia’s family law court system Ms Laura Dodds, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Rethinking the Family Support Legal System to better Protect Children - Results of a Multi-perspective Analysis and a Study Among Professionals in Germany Dr Jorge Guerra González, Lüneburg, Germany	Session 06.2 Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Individual papers Chair: TBC Children and Young People: Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand & Professor Marilyn Freeman, Westminster Law School, UK second talk being confirmed details TBC	Session 06.3 International Adoptions - Protection of Children in the Context of Intercountry Adoption Sponsored Symposium Panel Session Moderator: Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Panellists: - Judge Fiona Mwale, Malawi Judiciary - Ms Lavanya Regunathan Fischer, RFKN Advocates & Consultants, India - Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK - Hariette Chiggai, Vice President of the Kenyan Law Society, Kenya
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.1 “The Fort”, Disrupting Family and Domestic Violence with the Arts 70 minutes screening of ‘The Fort’ follow by a 20 minute panel Chair: Ms Sally Nicholes, Nicholes Family Lawyers, Australia Panellists: - Ms Shaynna Blaze, Co-Founder, Director, Chairperson, Voice of Change, Australia - Dr Robert A. Simon, Forensic Psychology Consulting, USA - Ms Jade Blakkarly, CEO, WIRE (Women’s Information and ReferralExchange), Australia	Session 07.2 Sexual Exploitation Individual papers Chair: TBC Intrafamilial child sexual exploitation material reduction and prevention: a family law response for child protection Associate Professor Dominique Moritz, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia A Global Landscape: Current Threats and Trends in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Michelle DeLaune, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA Fallon McNulty, Executive Director, CyberTipline, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA	Session 07.3 Children Access to Justice Panel Session Moderator: Carolina Marin Pedreño Panellists: - Ms Daniela Horvitz, Aijudefa, Santiago, Chile - Ana Maria Kudisch, Kudisch Abogados Sc, México - Ms Maria Giráldez, Aijudefa, Spain - Ms Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera, DLJM Firma de Abogados, Dominican Republic - Mr Cassio Namur, Tortoro Madureira e Ragazzi Advogados, Brazil
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.1 Shadows of the Web 45 minute screening of “Shadows of the Web” followed by a 45 minute panel session Chair: Commander Helen Schneider - Professor Michael Salter, Childlight (Asia and Pacific), Australia - Raphaela Thynne MBE, Head of Strategy & International - Tackling Child Sexual Abuse, Government Home Office, UK - Emilio Puccio, Secretary General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights	Session 08.2 Unanswered Calls 50 minute screening of “Unanswered Calls” followed by a 40 minute panel session Chair: TBC - Dr Chelsea Tobin, CEO of Safe Steps, Australia - Janise Micthell, CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation - Suzanne Paynter, Group Director of Business Growth at Safe Steps , Australia	Session 08.3 Family Violence Individual papers Chair: TBC Unseen and unending - Long term impacts of financial abuse and coercive control Ms Jade Blakkarly, WIRE, Australia Visibility, victimhood and voice: Recognising children and young people as victim-survivors of family violence ‘in their own right' Dr Georgina Dimopoulos, Southern Cross University, Australia Integrating the nexus humanitarian-development in the elimination of female genital mutilation: an evidence-based synthesis Mrs Aïcha Awa Ba, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.1 Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Voice is still not enough: embedding children’s meaningful participation in decision-making when parents separate Assistant Professor Jan Ewing, University of Cambridge, UK Children’s Voices in Hague International Abduction: Australian Developments Associate Professor Michelle Fernando, Associate Professor, University of South Australia Children in the justice system: Voiceless even in processes considered ‘family friendly’ Dr Connie Healy, University of Galway, Ireland	Session 05.2 Assisting Child Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Representing Children: Voice, Choice and Change in Family Court Professor Kara Finck, University of Pennsylvania, USA The role of court-appointed experts in facilitating child participation in Australian child protection proceedings Ms Peiling Kong, University of Sydney, Australia Rhetoric, Risk, and the Role of the Independent Children's Lawyer Ms Eliza Tiernan, Victorian Bar, Melbourne, Australia
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.1 Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: TBC Are adversarial systems perpetuating family conflict and undermining children’s best interests: An exploration of Australia’s family law court system Ms Laura Dodds, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Rethinking the Family Support Legal System to better Protect Children - Results of a Multi-perspective Analysis and a Study Among Professionals in Germany Dr Jorge Guerra González, Lüneburg, Germany	Session 06.2 Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Individual papers Chair: TBC Children and Young People: Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand & Professor Marilyn Freeman, Westminster Law School, UK second talk being confirmed details TBC
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.1 “The Fort”, Disrupting Family and Domestic Violence with the Arts 70 minutes screening of ‘The Fort’ follow by a 20 minute panel Chair: Ms Sally Nicholes, Nicholes Family Lawyers, Australia Panellists: - Ms Shaynna Blaze, Co-Founder, Director, Chairperson, Voice of Change, Australia - Dr Robert A. Simon, Forensic Psychology Consulting, USA - Ms Jade Blakkarly, CEO, WIRE (Women’s Information and ReferralExchange), Australia	Session 07.2 Sexual Exploitation Individual papers Chair: TBC Intrafamilial child sexual exploitation material reduction and prevention: a family law response for child protection Associate Professor Dominique Moritz, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia A Global Landscape: Current Threats and Trends in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Michelle DeLaune, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA Fallon McNulty, Executive Director, CyberTipline, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.1 Shadows of the Web 45 minute screening of “Shadows of the Web” followed by a 45 minute panel session Chair: Commander Helen Schneider - Professor Michael Salter, Childlight (Asia and Pacific), Australia - Raphaela Thynne MBE, Head of Strategy & International - Tackling Child Sexual Abuse, Government Home Office, UK - Emilio Puccio, Secretary General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights	Session 08.2 Unanswered Calls 50 minute screening of “Unanswered Calls” followed by a 40 minute panel session Chair: TBC - Dr Chelsea Tobin, CEO of Safe Steps, Australia - Janise Micthell, CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation - Suzanne Paynter, Group Director of Business Growth at Safe Steps , Australia
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.3 Child refugees 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC Children in conflict and crisis - The operation of the jurisdiction rules under the HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention and compatibility with the 1951 Refugee Convention Ms Nietta Keane, HCCH, The Hague, Netherlands International legal standards relating to family reunification for refugee children and other beneficiaries of international protection Ms Denise Baruch-Kotulla, UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Application and interpretation of the HC1980 and HC1996 in Russia Ms Liuda Yablokova, Sky Lawyers Law Office, Russian Federation
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.3 International Adoptions - Protection of Children in the Context of Intercountry Adoption Sponsored Symposium Panel Session Moderator: Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Panellists: - Judge Fiona Mwale, Malawi Judiciary - Ms Lavanya Regunathan Fischer, RFKN Advocates & Consultants, India - Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK - Hariette Chiggai, Vice President of the Kenyan Law Society, Kenya
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.3 Children Access to Justice Panel Session Moderator: Carolina Marin Pedreño Panellists: - Ms Daniela Horvitz, Aijudefa, Santiago, Chile - Ana Maria Kudisch, Kudisch Abogados Sc, México - Ms Maria Giráldez, Aijudefa, Spain - Ms Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera, DLJM Firma de Abogados, Dominican Republic - Mr Cassio Namur, Tortoro Madureira e Ragazzi Advogados, Brazil
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.3 Family Violence Individual papers Chair: TBC Unseen and unending - Long term impacts of financial abuse and coercive control Ms Jade Blakkarly, WIRE, Australia Visibility, victimhood and voice: Recognising children and young people as victim-survivors of family violence ‘in their own right' Dr Georgina Dimopoulos, Southern Cross University, Australia Integrating the nexus humanitarian-development in the elimination of female genital mutilation: an evidence-based synthesis Mrs Aïcha Awa Ba, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

	Track 1: Room LG19
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.1 Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Voice is still not enough: embedding children’s meaningful participation in decision-making when parents separate Assistant Professor Jan Ewing, University of Cambridge, UK Children’s Voices in Hague International Abduction: Australian Developments Associate Professor Michelle Fernando, Associate Professor, University of South Australia Children in the justice system: Voiceless even in processes considered ‘family friendly’ Dr Connie Healy, University of Galway, Ireland
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.1 Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: TBC Are adversarial systems perpetuating family conflict and undermining children’s best interests: An exploration of Australia’s family law court system Ms Laura Dodds, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Rethinking the Family Support Legal System to better Protect Children - Results of a Multi-perspective Analysis and a Study Among Professionals in Germany Dr Jorge Guerra González, Lüneburg, Germany
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.1 “The Fort”, Disrupting Family and Domestic Violence with the Arts 70 minutes screening of ‘The Fort’ follow by a 20 minute panel Chair: Ms Sally Nicholes, Nicholes Family Lawyers, Australia Panellists: - Ms Shaynna Blaze, Co-Founder, Director, Chairperson, Voice of Change, Australia - Dr Robert A. Simon, Forensic Psychology Consulting, USA - Ms Jade Blakkarly, CEO, WIRE (Women’s Information and ReferralExchange), Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.1 Shadows of the Web 45 minute screening of “Shadows of the Web” followed by a 45 minute panel session Chair: Commander Helen Schneider - Professor Michael Salter, Childlight (Asia and Pacific), Australia - Raphaela Thynne MBE, Head of Strategy & International - Tackling Child Sexual Abuse, Government Home Office, UK - Emilio Puccio, Secretary General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.2 Assisting Child Participation Individual papers Chair: TBC Representing Children: Voice, Choice and Change in Family Court Professor Kara Finck, University of Pennsylvania, USA The role of court-appointed experts in facilitating child participation in Australian child protection proceedings Ms Peiling Kong, University of Sydney, Australia Rhetoric, Risk, and the Role of the Independent Children's Lawyer Ms Eliza Tiernan, Victorian Bar, Melbourne, Australia
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.2 Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Individual papers Chair: TBC Children and Young People: Identity, Selfhood and Family Law Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand & Professor Marilyn Freeman, Westminster Law School, UK second talk being confirmed details TBC
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.2 Sexual Exploitation Individual papers Chair: TBC Intrafamilial child sexual exploitation material reduction and prevention: a family law response for child protection Associate Professor Dominique Moritz, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia A Global Landscape: Current Threats and Trends in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Michelle DeLaune, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA Fallon McNulty, Executive Director, CyberTipline, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, USA
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.2 Unanswered Calls 50 minute screening of “Unanswered Calls” followed by a 40 minute panel session Chair: TBC - Dr Chelsea Tobin, CEO of Safe Steps, Australia - Janise Micthell, CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation - Suzanne Paynter, Group Director of Business Growth at Safe Steps , Australia
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY TWO at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 2
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Plenary Session: Building a Safe Digital Environment for Children Emilio Puccio, Secretary-General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights The Hon Caterina Chinnici MEP, Co-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup The Hon Veronika Cifrová Ostrihonová MEP, Vice-Chair of the Child Rights Intergroup Ms Sira Rego, Spanish Minister for Children and Youth Baroness Beeban Kidron, UK House of Lords, Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 2
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM	Parallel Session 5
Parallel Session 05 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 05.3 Child refugees 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC Children in conflict and crisis - The operation of the jurisdiction rules under the HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention and compatibility with the 1951 Refugee Convention Ms Nietta Keane, HCCH, The Hague, Netherlands International legal standards relating to family reunification for refugee children and other beneficiaries of international protection Ms Denise Baruch-Kotulla, UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Application and interpretation of the HC1980 and HC1996 in Russia Ms Liuda Yablokova, Sky Lawyers Law Office, Russian Federation
	Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 06 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 06.3 International Adoptions - Protection of Children in the Context of Intercountry Adoption Sponsored Symposium Panel Session Moderator: Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Panellists: - Judge Fiona Mwale, Malawi Judiciary - Ms Lavanya Regunathan Fischer, RFKN Advocates & Consultants, India - Ms Hilka Hollmann, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK - Hariette Chiggai, Vice President of the Kenyan Law Society, Kenya
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 2
	Parallel Session 7
Parallel Session 07 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 07.3 Children Access to Justice Panel Session Moderator: Carolina Marin Pedreño Panellists: - Ms Daniela Horvitz, Aijudefa, Santiago, Chile - Ana Maria Kudisch, Kudisch Abogados Sc, México - Ms Maria Giráldez, Aijudefa, Spain - Ms Dilia Leticia Jorge Mera, DLJM Firma de Abogados, Dominican Republic - Mr Cassio Namur, Tortoro Madureira e Ragazzi Advogados, Brazil
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 2
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM	Parallel Session 8
Parallel Session 08 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 08.3 Family Violence Individual papers Chair: TBC Unseen and unending - Long term impacts of financial abuse and coercive control Ms Jade Blakkarly, WIRE, Australia Visibility, victimhood and voice: Recognising children and young people as victim-survivors of family violence ‘in their own right' Dr Georgina Dimopoulos, Southern Cross University, Australia Integrating the nexus humanitarian-development in the elimination of female genital mutilation: an evidence-based synthesis Mrs Aïcha Awa Ba, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal
	END OF GONGRESS DAY TWO If you are attending the gala dinner, please make your own way to St John's College.
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Gala Dinner Hosted at St John's College. Stepping into the dining hall of a Cambridge College is like stepping into a living piece of history. The traditions, architecture, and ambiance provide a unique and memorable dining experience where you can tread in the steps of Cambridge’s famous Alumni.

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.1 AI in Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Digital Therapeutic Justice - Self-help for families on the road to recovery Mr Darren Chan and Lim Hui Min, Ministry of Law, Singapore AI in family law dispute resolution Professor David Hodson, Infinity Family Law, UK Starting on an uphill climb: the effects of family surveillance algorithms on children Elena Falletti,Carlo Cattaneo University-LIUC, Italy	Session 09.2 Perfecting the family court and what's even better! A blueprint for parental separation and family courts. Panel Session by the Law and Justice Advisory Board of the Two Wishes Foundation Moderator: Philip Marcus, Judge (retired), Israel Panellists: - Judge Marie-France Carlier, Belgium - Judge (retired) Bruce Cohen, Arizona, USA - Judge Daisuke Ikuta, Japan - Judge Jose Barros, Portugal - Judge (retired) Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, Argentina - Judge (retired) Roshan Dalvi, India - Magistrate Gabriela McKellar, South Africa	Session 09.3 Children in Conflict 2 Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria Children's Rights and Needs during War Professor Tali Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Best interest of children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine: Central-European perspective Dr Václav Stehlík, Palacký University, Czech Republic
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.1 The origin of the Hague 1980 Child Abduction Convention and its continuing relevance Individual paper Chair: TBC Philippe Lortie, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Netherlands	Session 10.2 Residence and Contact 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC "Because I wanna sleep at night:" Family Court lawyers talk about conciliation and the drive to advocate for children when working for parents in custody disputes Dr Emily Henderson, Otago University Research Affiliate, New Zealand Support for children during custody and contact proceedings in the Netherlands and Belgium Professor Machteld Vonk, Radboud University, Netherlands & Professor Charlotte Declerck, Hasselt University, Belgium	Session 10.3 Good News for Children Individual papers Chair: TBC Pro bono family law work for children - a happy story - replicating the model worldwide Mr Simon Bruce, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Parent-Child Contact Problems: An Ecological Model Dr Robert Simon, Forensic Psychologist, USA
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.1 How International Kinship Care Creates Equity in Permanency Panel Session Moderator: TBC Panellists: - Damon Martin, International Social Service Australia - Carolyn Housman, Children And Families Across Borders, UK - Dr Maria Wright, Hunters, UK - Hana Davis, Expert by Experience, Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)	Session 11.2 To School or Not to School- That is The Question Panel Session: Chair: TBC Panellists: - Ms Kim Southey, Counsel, Victorian Bar, Australia - Mr David De Alwis, Principal, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia - Ms Elyse Byrne, Director, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia	Session 11.3 Children and War: A Global Perspective Panel Session Moderator: Ms Rachael Kelsey, President, International Academy Family Lawyers Panelists - Ms Forum Shah, Dawson Cornwell Solicitors, UK - Ms Jacqueline Renton KC, 4PB, UK - Mr Stephen Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., USA - Mr Edwin Freedman, Law Offices of Edwin Freedman, Israel
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.1 From One Home to Another: Supporting Children of Divorce During Parental Changeovers Panel Session Moderator: Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand Panellists: - Dr Sarah Calvert, Clinical Psychologist, New Zealand - Professor Michael Saini, University of Toronto, Canada	Session 12.2 Changing Approaches to Paediatric Gender Dysphoria / Incongruence: Different Strategies for Regulation of Medical Treatment and Requirements for Informed Consent Panel Session Chair: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress Moderator: Ms Belle Lane, Victorian Bar, Australia Panellists: - Professor Sallie Baxendale, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK - Professor Lodewijk Smeehuijzen, VU Amsterdam This is a 1h session concluding at 5:00pm.	Session 12.3 Processes Involved in an Abduction Convention Return Application in Australia, UK and New Zealand Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Justice Jill Williams, FCFCOA ( Div 1), Australia - The Hon. Mr Justice MacDonald, High Court of England and Wales, UK - Chief Judge Jackie Moran, New Zealand
	END OF CONGRESS

	Track 1: Room LG19	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.1 AI in Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Digital Therapeutic Justice - Self-help for families on the road to recovery Mr Darren Chan and Lim Hui Min, Ministry of Law, Singapore AI in family law dispute resolution Professor David Hodson, Infinity Family Law, UK Starting on an uphill climb: the effects of family surveillance algorithms on children Elena Falletti,Carlo Cattaneo University-LIUC, Italy	Session 09.2 Perfecting the family court and what's even better! A blueprint for parental separation and family courts. Panel Session by the Law and Justice Advisory Board of the Two Wishes Foundation Moderator: Philip Marcus, Judge (retired), Israel Panellists: - Judge Marie-France Carlier, Belgium - Judge (retired) Bruce Cohen, Arizona, USA - Judge Daisuke Ikuta, Japan - Judge Jose Barros, Portugal - Judge (retired) Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, Argentina - Judge (retired) Roshan Dalvi, India - Magistrate Gabriela McKellar, South Africa
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.1 The origin of the Hague 1980 Child Abduction Convention and its continuing relevance Individual paper Chair: TBC Philippe Lortie, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Netherlands	Session 10.2 Residence and Contact 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC "Because I wanna sleep at night:" Family Court lawyers talk about conciliation and the drive to advocate for children when working for parents in custody disputes Dr Emily Henderson, Otago University Research Affiliate, New Zealand Support for children during custody and contact proceedings in the Netherlands and Belgium Professor Machteld Vonk, Radboud University, Netherlands & Professor Charlotte Declerck, Hasselt University, Belgium
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.1 How International Kinship Care Creates Equity in Permanency Panel Session Moderator: TBC Panellists: - Damon Martin, International Social Service Australia - Carolyn Housman, Children And Families Across Borders, UK - Dr Maria Wright, Hunters, UK - Hana Davis, Expert by Experience, Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)	Session 11.2 To School or Not to School- That is The Question Panel Session: Chair: TBC Panellists: - Ms Kim Southey, Counsel, Victorian Bar, Australia - Mr David De Alwis, Principal, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia - Ms Elyse Byrne, Director, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.1 From One Home to Another: Supporting Children of Divorce During Parental Changeovers Panel Session Moderator: Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand Panellists: - Dr Sarah Calvert, Clinical Psychologist, New Zealand - Professor Michael Saini, University of Toronto, Canada	Session 12.2 Changing Approaches to Paediatric Gender Dysphoria / Incongruence: Different Strategies for Regulation of Medical Treatment and Requirements for Informed Consent Panel Session Chair: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress Moderator: Ms Belle Lane, Victorian Bar, Australia Panellists: - Professor Sallie Baxendale, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK - Professor Lodewijk Smeehuijzen, VU Amsterdam This is a 1h session concluding at 5:00pm.
	END OF CONGRESS

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.3 Children in Conflict 2 Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria Children's Rights and Needs during War Professor Tali Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Best interest of children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine: Central-European perspective Dr Václav Stehlík, Palacký University, Czech Republic
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.3 Good News for Children Individual papers Chair: TBC Pro bono family law work for children - a happy story - replicating the model worldwide Mr Simon Bruce, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Parent-Child Contact Problems: An Ecological Model Dr Robert Simon, Forensic Psychologist, USA
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.3 Children and War: A Global Perspective Panel Session Moderator: Ms Rachael Kelsey, President, International Academy Family Lawyers Panelists - Ms Forum Shah, Dawson Cornwell Solicitors, UK - Ms Jacqueline Renton KC, 4PB, UK - Mr Stephen Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., USA - Mr Edwin Freedman, Law Offices of Edwin Freedman, Israel
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.3 Processes Involved in an Abduction Convention Return Application in Australia, UK and New Zealand Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Justice Jill Williams, FCFCOA ( Div 1), Australia - The Hon. Mr Justice MacDonald, High Court of England and Wales, UK - Chief Judge Jackie Moran, New Zealand
	END OF CONGRESS

	Track 1: Room LG19
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.1 AI in Dispute Resolution Individual papers Chair: Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Digital Therapeutic Justice - Self-help for families on the road to recovery Mr Darren Chan and Lim Hui Min, Ministry of Law, Singapore AI in family law dispute resolution Professor David Hodson, Infinity Family Law, UK Starting on an uphill climb: the effects of family surveillance algorithms on children Elena Falletti,Carlo Cattaneo University-LIUC, Italy
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.1 The origin of the Hague 1980 Child Abduction Convention and its continuing relevance Individual paper Chair: TBC Philippe Lortie, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Netherlands
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.1 How International Kinship Care Creates Equity in Permanency Panel Session Moderator: TBC Panellists: - Damon Martin, International Social Service Australia - Carolyn Housman, Children And Families Across Borders, UK - Dr Maria Wright, Hunters, UK - Hana Davis, Expert by Experience, Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.1 From One Home to Another: Supporting Children of Divorce During Parental Changeovers Panel Session Moderator: Professor Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand Panellists: - Dr Sarah Calvert, Clinical Psychologist, New Zealand - Professor Michael Saini, University of Toronto, Canada
	END OF CONGRESS

	Track 2: Room LG18
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.2 Perfecting the family court and what's even better! A blueprint for parental separation and family courts. Panel Session by the Law and Justice Advisory Board of the Two Wishes Foundation Moderator: Philip Marcus, Judge (retired), Israel Panellists: - Judge Marie-France Carlier, Belgium - Judge (retired) Bruce Cohen, Arizona, USA - Judge Daisuke Ikuta, Japan - Judge Jose Barros, Portugal - Judge (retired) Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, Argentina - Judge (retired) Roshan Dalvi, India - Magistrate Gabriela McKellar, South Africa
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.2 Residence and Contact 2 Individual papers Chair: TBC "Because I wanna sleep at night:" Family Court lawyers talk about conciliation and the drive to advocate for children when working for parents in custody disputes Dr Emily Henderson, Otago University Research Affiliate, New Zealand Support for children during custody and contact proceedings in the Netherlands and Belgium Professor Machteld Vonk, Radboud University, Netherlands & Professor Charlotte Declerck, Hasselt University, Belgium
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.2 To School or Not to School- That is The Question Panel Session: Chair: TBC Panellists: - Ms Kim Southey, Counsel, Victorian Bar, Australia - Mr David De Alwis, Principal, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia - Ms Elyse Byrne, Director, Hope Earle Lawyers, Australia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.2 Changing Approaches to Paediatric Gender Dysphoria / Incongruence: Different Strategies for Regulation of Medical Treatment and Requirements for Informed Consent Panel Session Chair: The Honourable Diana Bryant AO KC, Chair of the World Congress Moderator: Ms Belle Lane, Victorian Bar, Australia Panellists: - Professor Sallie Baxendale, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK - Professor Lodewijk Smeehuijzen, VU Amsterdam This is a 1h session concluding at 5:00pm.
	END OF CONGRESS

	Track 3: Room LG17
	DAY THREE at the Faculty of Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration desk open day 3
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary 3 - details to follow soon
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning refreshments day 3
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM	Parallel Session 9
Parallel Session 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 09.3 Children in Conflict 2 Individual papers Chair: Prof Iyabode Ogunniran, University of Lagos, Nigeria Children's Rights and Needs during War Professor Tali Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Best interest of children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine: Central-European perspective Dr Václav Stehlík, Palacký University, Czech Republic
	Parallel Session 10
Parallel Session 10 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Session 10.3 Good News for Children Individual papers Chair: TBC Pro bono family law work for children - a happy story - replicating the model worldwide Mr Simon Bruce, Dawson Cornwell LLP, UK Parent-Child Contact Problems: An Ecological Model Dr Robert Simon, Forensic Psychologist, USA
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch day 3
1:45 PM - 1:50 PM	Parallel Session 11
Parallel Session 11 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 11.3 Children and War: A Global Perspective Panel Session Moderator: Ms Rachael Kelsey, President, International Academy Family Lawyers Panelists - Ms Forum Shah, Dawson Cornwell Solicitors, UK - Ms Jacqueline Renton KC, 4PB, UK - Mr Stephen Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., USA - Mr Edwin Freedman, Law Offices of Edwin Freedman, Israel
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon refreshments day 3
	Parallel Session 12
Parallel Session 12 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Session 12.3 Processes Involved in an Abduction Convention Return Application in Australia, UK and New Zealand Panel Session Chair: TBC Panellists: - Justice Jill Williams, FCFCOA ( Div 1), Australia - The Hon. Mr Justice MacDonald, High Court of England and Wales, UK - Chief Judge Jackie Moran, New Zealand
	END OF CONGRESS

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