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Programme

Day 1	Session	Speakers - alphabetically per session
8.30 – 9.00am	Registration - tea and coffee available
9.00 – 9.15am	Welcome and opening	Prof Petra Butler
9.15 – 9.55am	Keynote address Courts and the body politic: Reflections on a generation of expanded rights adjudication in a wide array of jurisdictions	Prof Kate O’Regan Chair: Chief Ombudsman John Allen
9.55 – 10.30am	Legacy and lessons: 35 years of the Bill of Rights Act through the eyes of its pioneers	The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer KCMG, AC, KC Chair: Dr James Mehigan
10.30 – 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am – 12.30pm	Assessing the influence of the Bill of Rights on criminal justice	Dr Thomas Harré Dr James Mehigan Dr Marozane Spamers Marie Taylor-Cyphers Chair: Kerry Cook
12.30 – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30 – 2.00pm	How the Bill of Rights Act improves employment	Kathryn Dalziel
2.00 – 2.30pm	Environment and climate change and the Bill of Rights	Prof Dr Martin Kment
2.30 – 3.00pm	Afternoon tea
3.00 – 4.15pm	Technology and the Bill of Rights Act	Dr Marcin Betkier Dr Andrew Chen Christopher McGavin Dr Cassandra Mudgway Chair: Marie Taylor-Cyphers
4.15 – 4.50pm	Breaking barriers: Effective strategies for reasonable accommodation	David Lepofsky CM Chair: The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer
4.50 – 5.30pm	Is the Bill of Rights future proofed? Summarising the day and foreshadowing the next	Dr Andrew Butler KC
5.30 – 6.30pm	Networking drinks
7.00pm – late	Dinner – Ilex Café at the Botanic Gardens

Day 2	Session	Speakers – alphabetically per session
8.45 – 9.00am	Welcome back	Prof Petra Butler Katie Rusbatch
9.00 – 9.45am	Keynote address On the rights track: The distinctiveness of New Zealand’s experience	The Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM Chair: Dr Julie Debeljak
9.45 – 11.15am	Legal standards in judicial decision making	Max Harris Prof Dr Oliver Lepsius The Hon Pamela Tate AM KC Dr Shona Wilson Stark Chair: Andrew Butler KC
11.15 – 11.35am	Morning tea
11.35am – 12.05pm	Who are the claimants?	Aimee Bryant
12.05 – 1.00pm	Lunch and launch of Mental Health and Criminal Justice: A New Zealand Guide by Dr Marozane Spamers
1.00 – 2.15pm	The Bill of Rights and te ao Māori and Pasifika perspectives	Dylan Asafo Karen Feint KC Julia Whaipooti Chair: Tiffany Sauni
2.15 – 3.45pm	Has the Bill of Rights Act delivered for non-mainstream communities?	Dr Lida Ayoubi Vinod Bal Simeon Beckett SC Sonja Cooper Frankie Karetai Wood-Bodley Chair: Prof Natalie Baird
3.45 – 4.00pm	Afternoon tea
4.00 – 5.00pm	Rule of Law – Bill of Rights: Panel discussion	Dr Mark Hanna The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer Matthew Smith Chair: Dr Cassandra Mudgway
5.00 – 5.15pm	Closing comments	Prof Petra Butler
5.15 – 6.00pm	Networking drinks