Timetable

      DAY ONE: THURSDAY 16th OCTOBER 2008
        Welcome and formal opening of conference
Start Finish     Session Topic Speaker Title
9.00 9.05     Welcome Venetia Stewart Chairperson, Melbourne Conference Organising Committee
9.05 9.10     Introductions Ian Hunt ANZSLA President and Litigation Partner, Young Hunter
9.10 9.15     MC Ian Cover Director, Coodabeen Champions (International) Pty Ltd
      Session 1 The Politics of Sport
9.15 10.10     History of political involvement in sport Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey  
10.10 10.35   Morning Tea
      Session 2 Drugs and Doping - A global perspective
10.35 11.05     What 'reliable means' give us 'comfortable satisfaction'? Grappling with non-analytical anti-doping rule violations under the World Anti-Doping Code Catherine Ordway Anti-Doping Consultant and former Group Director, Detection, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
11.05 11.45     Keynote address The Hon John Fahey AC President, World Anti Doping Authority
11.45 12.15     Anti-doping: Held back by a paper ceiling? Michael Ashenden Project Coordinator, Science and Industry Against Blood Doping research consortium
12.15 12.45     Criminal sanctions for on field and off field misconduct Chris Davies Senior Lecturer, School of Law, James Cook University
12.45 1.35   Lunch
      Session 3 "Holding the ball"- controlling athletes on and off the field
1.35 2.15     Harbhajan Singh- The line between competitive and offensive behaviour on the field The Hon John Hansen DCNZM Recently retired judge of the NZ High Court and ICC Appeals Commissioner
2.15 2.45     Industrial relations in sport and incursions into the personal lives and behaviour of athletes Paul Horvath Principal, Sportslawyer
2.45 3.15     The role of player agents Helen Quirke Sports Management Consultant of HQ Management
3.15 3.40   Afternoon Tea
      Session 4 The Athlete Market - fair play?
3.40 4.55     MC Braham Dabscheck Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
             
        Panel session on the legal and commercial implications associated with regulating the labour market for athletes Brendan Schwab Chief Executive and General Counsel, Australian Professional Footballers' Association
        Ricky Nixon Managing Director, Flying Start International Pty Ltd
        Kate Palmer Chief Executive, Netball Australia
        Roy Masters Senior Writer, Sydney Morning Herald and former First Grade Rugby League Coach
          Tony O'Reilly Partner, Kennedys
             
5.00       ANZSLA AGM
    DAY 2: FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER 2008
Start Finish Session Topic Speaker Title
    Session 5 Politics and integrity in the sport industry
9.00 9.30 Maintaining integrity in sport Brett Clothier Manager, Integrity Services AFL
9.30 10.00 Sports betting: Regulation and implications for integrity of sport Andrew Twaits Director, Corporate and Business Affairs, Betfair
         
10.00 10.25 Morning Tea    
    Session 6 Power and politics of broadcasting and intellectual property
10.25 10.55 Politics in broadcasting: The power of broadcasters to dictate to sports Harold Mitchell AO Executive Chairman, Mitchell Communications Group
10.55 11.35 Broadcasting rights and Protecting IP in the new media age Hamish Watson Senior Assosiate, Middletons
      Chris Round Senior Associate, Middletons
11.35 12.00 Protecting the All Black brand and image Keith Binnie General Counsel, New Zealand Rugby Union
         
12.00 12.45 Lunch    
    Session 7 Major Events- too much ever enough?
12.45 1.50 MC Colin Love Chairman, Australian Rugby League
    Panel session on the legal and commercial issues relating to the attraction, securing and staging of major events    
    Geoff Parmenter Chief Executive Officer, Events New South Wales
    Eugenie Buckley Tournament Director, ICC Women's World Cup 2009
    Lois Appleby Board Member, 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup and Victorian Major Events Company
    Tim Golder Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
         
         
    Session 8 Finding the balance - the rise and fall of professional sports leagues    
1.50 2.55 MC Tracy Parish Sports Journalist and Public Affairs Manager, Netball Australia
         
    Panel session on the legal and commercial issues relating to the creation and expansion of sporting leagues. Tony Holding  
      Andrew Dillon General Manager, Legal and Business Affairs, AFL
      Lorraine Landon General Manager, National Teams and Competitions, Women's National Basketball League
      Nick Reid Head of Strategy, Cricket Australia
         
2.55 3.20 Afternoon Tea    
    Session 9 Break-out sessions    
3.20 4.00 Part A - Sports Law Update: The year in review Liz Toomey Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
      Paul J Hayes Barrister, The Victorian Bar
3.20 4.00 Part B - Good governance in sport Emma Sherry Lecturer and Postgraduate Program Director, Deakin Sport Management Program, Deakin University
         
4.00 5.00 Tour of National Sports Museum    
         
5.00   Closing address Ian Hunt ANZSLA President and Litigation Partner, Young Hunter