The 2016 Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference was held at Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne from Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th November 2016.
The 2016 Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference was held at Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne from Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th November 2016.
The program overview below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.
0800 | Clinical Ethics Workshop registration open | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1000-1600 | Clinical Ethics Workshop (click here for full program and speaker biographies) | Vista, Level 4 Full day workshop including morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. $80 per person. Book during registration for the AABHL conference here; non-delegates are welcome and should book by emailing the AABHL 2016 secretariat. This workshop is designed for those involved in the provision of clinical ethics support within organisations (such as clinical ethics committee members, clinical ethicists and clinicians). Sessions will explore various aspects of clinical ethics support including advocacy, resource allocation, and the skills of conducting effective case consultations. |
0800 | Pre-Conference Workshop Registration Open | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
0900-1215 | Postgraduate Student Group | Panorama, Level 4 Morning workshop including morning tea. $15 per person. Book during registration for the AABHL conference here; non-delegates are welcome and should book by emailing the AABHL 2016 secretariat. |
1100 | AABHL Conference Registration Open | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1130-1230 | Committee Meeting | Aspect |
Opening Plenary | Skyline, Level 4 Chair: Lynn Gillam |
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1300-1315 | Welcome to Delegates Welcome to Country President’s Welcome |
1315-1430 | Kirby Oration: Professor John Tobin Bioethics and human rights: Merger or acquisition? |
1430-1500 | Afternoon Tea | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1500-1755 | Concurrent Session A |
1800-1900 | Welcome Reception | Skyline & Pooldeck, Level 4 |
The Welcome Drinks is the first social function of the conference. The ‘Ice-Breaker’. Don’t miss this opportunity to chance to catch up with colleagues and to meet other delegates, speakers and sponsors. Entertainment: Silo Strings |
0800 | Registration Open | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
0900-1105 | Concurrent Session B |
1105-1130 | Morning Tea | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
Plenary Session | Skyline , Level 4 Chair: Lynn Gillam |
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1130-1215 | Establishing the standard of care in research ethics: The role of the expert witness Dr Jon Merz |
1215-1300 | Bioethics, advocacy and activism Professor Wendy Rogers |
1300-1400 | Lunch | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1400-1535 | Concurrent Session C |
1535-1600 | Afternoon Tea | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1600-1735 | Concurrent Session D |
1735 | Sessions end |
1800-2000 | Migration, Refugees and Ethics Panel | Skyline , Level 4 Panellists: A/Prof Deborah Zion, Chair of the HREC, Victoria University; A/Prof David Hunter, Medical School, Flinders University; Ryan Essex, PhD Candidate, Counsellor, The University of Sydney; Misha Coleman, Executive Officer, Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce Co-ordinator: Prof Angus Dawson Open to the public. All welcome. |
0800 | Registration Open | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
0900-1035 | Concurrent Session E |
1035-1100 | Morning Tea | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
Plenary Session | Skyline , Level 4 Chair: Ros McDougall |
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1100-1200 | Ageing populations, dementia care and assistive technologies: New issues for health law and human rights Professor Belinda Bennett |
1200-1300 | Lunch | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
1300-1510 | Concurrent Session F |
1510-1540 | Afternoon Tea | Skyline Lounge, Level 4 |
Closing Plenary Session | Skyline , Level 4 | |
1540-1620 | Climate change, justice and collective responsibility Professor Angus Dawson |
1620-1630 | Close |
1645-1745 | AABHL AGM – All Members Welcome | Skyline, Level 4 |
1900 till late | Conference Dinner | University House Professors Walk |
University House Professors Walk. It is housed in a beautiful Victorian era home built in 1885, the sole survivor of the Victorian Professorial houses that once lined Professors Walk. The historic building features gardens to its east and west, and a vine wreathed brick facade. The University House is located on Professors Walk, Cnr Tin Alley, within the campus of the University of Melbourne. Easy walking distance from the conference venue. |
0800-1000 | Post-Conference Workshop Registration Open | outside Realm, Level 4 |
0900-1700 | Teaching Health Ethics Workshop | Realm Room, Ground Level Full day workshop including morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. $80 per person. Book during registration for the AABHL conference here; non-delegates are welcome and should book by emailing the AABHL 2016 secretariat. The workshop will bring together experts in medical ethics education to provide a practical, interactive day for learning and practicing skills, methods and topics in education for both undergraduate and post graduate educational settings. The interactive sessions will provide participants to leave with a specific outcome they can take back to their own curriculum. This will be a practical discussion with presentations and small group work in 3 key areas of ethics education; professionalism, law and ethics education as a whole, teaching methods, and teaching end-of-life. |
0900-0910 | Introduction and Welcome |
0910-0930 | Developing a core curriculum for teaching medical ethics Sharyn Milnes |
Incorporating a framework for ethics, health law and professionalism into teaching. Using pedagogy and adult education theory | |
0930-0950 | The very idea of teaching medical/health ethics without medical/health law or medical/health law without medical/health ethics Prof Malcolm Parker |
0950-1050 | Small group work |
1050-1115 | Large group discussion / outcomes |
1115-1130 | Morning Tea |
Novel teaching methods to optimise student engagement and learning (aka Teaching Generation Y and beyond) | |
1130-1200 | Teaching medical ethics through popular culture Evie Kendal, Sharyn Milnes, Lynn Gillam |
1200-1300 | Small group work |
1300-1330 | Large group discussion / outcomes |
1330-1400 | Lunch |
Specific Topics in Ethics Education: End of Life | |
1400-1430 | Presentation Susan McDonald, Lynn Gillam |
1430-1530 | Small group work |
1530-1600 | Large group discussion / outcomes |
1600-1615 | Afternoon Tea |
1615-1700 | Bringing it together |
1700 | Close |
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