Improving policy practice and public support

PROGRAM22 - 23 February 2017

Principal Sponsors

Host

Refugee Alternatives 2017Welcome to Refugee Alternatives 2017 The conference strives to inject broader thinking and focussed application of outcomes by ensuring that lived experience and good practice are the foundations of strategic fair and improved policy development that people with lived refugee experience drive the design content and delivery of solutions

HostsRefugee Council of AustraliaThe Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is the national umbrella body for refugees and the organisations and individuals who support them With more than 200 organisational members and hundreds more individual members and supporters RCOArsquos work centres around the key areas of research and policy analysis advocacy and representation (of member refugee and asylum seeker issues) and community education and awareness raising QDGGLWLRQ5amp2$VHHNVIXQGLQJIRUVSHFLAgraveFSURMHFWVthat directly relate to objectives and enhance capacity to serve the refugee community

UNSW Sydney Grand ChallengesUNSW Australia is one of Australiarsquos leading research and teaching universities and ranked in the Top 100 universities worldwide The UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges program addresses the biggest issues facing humanity The Grand Challenge on Refugees and Migrants was launched in July 2016 and aims to inspire informed discussion debate and policy formulation

Refugee Alternatives Improving policy practice and public supportThe two day conference on 22-23 February 2017 will bring together a broad range of expertise covering topics of displacement protection cooperation wellbeing resilience education advocacy and unity The speakers will discuss the topics across the local national and international space and bring their extensive and complimentary expertise to the Conference discussions notably and vitally that of lived experience

Sponsors The Refugee Council of Australia and UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges are grateful for the support of all the sponsors of the conference

Principle Sponsors

Sponsors

Partner

FEB 22 Program Day one

800am - 900am$LQVZRUWKURXQGAacuteRRU Registration - coffee etc

900amPlenaries and Keynotes Ainsworth G03

UNSW Sydney Welcome to Grand Challenge Jane McAdam UNSW SydneyRCOA Welcome to Conference Phil Glendenning Refugee Council of AustraliaConference outcomes to inform the UN Global Compact Linda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyWelcome to CountryOpening Session Refugee Community Advocacy Network Om Dhungel with Guest Speaker Mahir Momand CEO Thrive Refugee Enterprise

1000am - 1030am Morning tea

1030am - 1200pmPlenary 1 Global Refugee PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorPaul Power CEO Refugee Council of AustraliaKeynote SpeakersYiombi Thona Chair$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUN Jennifer Hyndman Director Refugee Studies Centre York Thomas Albrecht Regional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Parallel sessions

1200pm - 130pmTelling it how it is youth perspectives on good practiceAinsworth 102

ModeratorTina Dixson Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)SpeakersGrace Edwards Youth representative QLD Cece Hylton-Dei Youth representative SA Arif Hazara Youth representative VIC Simon Shahin Youth representative NSW

1200pm - 130pmAsylum seekers in the communityAinsworth G03

ModeratorShukufa Tahiri Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersYvette Aiello NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Vicki Mau Australian Red Cross Tanya Jackson-Vaughn Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)

1200pm - 130pmWhen push comes to shove deconstructing drivers of forced migrationAinsworth G02

ModeratorSusanne Schmeidl UNSW SydneySpeakersAhmad Shuja Human Rights Watch Ajak Kwai Artist Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc Maria (Nyaluit) Phalpang Community member

130pm - 230pm LunchTrade Show - diaspora and community showcasing own initiatives

215pm - 230pmAinsworth G03 Launch of the Refugee Community Advocacy Network (RCAN)

230pm - 400pmPlenary 2 Australia and Regional PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorLilianne FanHSXWampKDLU$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNKeynote SpeakersGillian Triggs President Australian Human Rights Commission Munjed Al Muderis Associate Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Parallel sessions

400pm - 530pm5HIXJHHZRPHQAgraveJKWIRUjustice advocacy from the grassroots to the UNAinsworth G02

ModeratorEileen Pittaway UNSW SydneySpeakersTenneh Kpaka Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) Bintu Kamara Settlement Services International Velvy Holden Co-Founder Australian National Committee on Refugee Women Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Linda Bartolomei UNSW Sydney

400pm - 530pmAustraliarsquos future the professional necessity for migrant and refugee authorship in creative industriesAinsworth 102

ModeratorStephanie Hemelryk Donald UNSW SydneySpeakersHKURX]RRFKDQLFR2PLG7DAgraveJKLDQ University of Sydney James Cogswell Producer Cast from the Storm Robin de CrespignyULWHUDQGAgraveOPPDNHU Lena Nahlous Diversity Arts Australia

400pm - 530pmStrengthening Regional Protection Perspectives on Opportunity and ChallengesAinsworth G03

ModeratorYiombi Thona$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNSpeakersThomas Albrecht United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Arash Bordbar RCOAMYAN Tamara Domicelj Act for PeaceAPRRN Lilianne Fan Geutanyoe Foundation

530pm - 730pmAinsworth Lionrsquos Garden Lawn

Welcome BBQ

FEB 23 Program Day two

800am - 900am Registration - coffee etc

Parallel sessions

900am - 1030amWellbeing (mental health) and Resilience Ainsworth G03

ModeratorJasmina Bajraktarevic NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)SpeakersMohamed Dukuly NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Beth Kotze Mental Health Services Angela Nickerson UNSW Sydney Lux Ratnamohan UNSW Sydney

900am - 1030amThe power of storytellingAinsworth 102

ModeratorAbdul Hekmat Karim Writer photopgrapherSpeakersHani Abdile Writer Michael Green Editor Behind the Wire Arnold Zable Writer

900am - 1030amHow do we create change Exploring different approachesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Fleay Curtin University Robyn Sampson International Detention CoalitionSpeakersMichelle Bui Curtin University David Manne Refugee Legal Ravi Nagaveeran Writer Leeanne Torpey Australian coalition to end child detention

1030am -1100am Morning tea

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

Refugee Alternatives 2017Welcome to Refugee Alternatives 2017 The conference strives to inject broader thinking and focussed application of outcomes by ensuring that lived experience and good practice are the foundations of strategic fair and improved policy development that people with lived refugee experience drive the design content and delivery of solutions

HostsRefugee Council of AustraliaThe Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is the national umbrella body for refugees and the organisations and individuals who support them With more than 200 organisational members and hundreds more individual members and supporters RCOArsquos work centres around the key areas of research and policy analysis advocacy and representation (of member refugee and asylum seeker issues) and community education and awareness raising QDGGLWLRQ5amp2$VHHNVIXQGLQJIRUVSHFLAgraveFSURMHFWVthat directly relate to objectives and enhance capacity to serve the refugee community

UNSW Sydney Grand ChallengesUNSW Australia is one of Australiarsquos leading research and teaching universities and ranked in the Top 100 universities worldwide The UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges program addresses the biggest issues facing humanity The Grand Challenge on Refugees and Migrants was launched in July 2016 and aims to inspire informed discussion debate and policy formulation

Refugee Alternatives Improving policy practice and public supportThe two day conference on 22-23 February 2017 will bring together a broad range of expertise covering topics of displacement protection cooperation wellbeing resilience education advocacy and unity The speakers will discuss the topics across the local national and international space and bring their extensive and complimentary expertise to the Conference discussions notably and vitally that of lived experience

Sponsors The Refugee Council of Australia and UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges are grateful for the support of all the sponsors of the conference

Principle Sponsors

Sponsors

Partner

FEB 22 Program Day one

800am - 900am$LQVZRUWKURXQGAacuteRRU Registration - coffee etc

900amPlenaries and Keynotes Ainsworth G03

UNSW Sydney Welcome to Grand Challenge Jane McAdam UNSW SydneyRCOA Welcome to Conference Phil Glendenning Refugee Council of AustraliaConference outcomes to inform the UN Global Compact Linda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyWelcome to CountryOpening Session Refugee Community Advocacy Network Om Dhungel with Guest Speaker Mahir Momand CEO Thrive Refugee Enterprise

1000am - 1030am Morning tea

1030am - 1200pmPlenary 1 Global Refugee PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorPaul Power CEO Refugee Council of AustraliaKeynote SpeakersYiombi Thona Chair$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUN Jennifer Hyndman Director Refugee Studies Centre York Thomas Albrecht Regional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Parallel sessions

1200pm - 130pmTelling it how it is youth perspectives on good practiceAinsworth 102

ModeratorTina Dixson Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)SpeakersGrace Edwards Youth representative QLD Cece Hylton-Dei Youth representative SA Arif Hazara Youth representative VIC Simon Shahin Youth representative NSW

1200pm - 130pmAsylum seekers in the communityAinsworth G03

ModeratorShukufa Tahiri Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersYvette Aiello NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Vicki Mau Australian Red Cross Tanya Jackson-Vaughn Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)

1200pm - 130pmWhen push comes to shove deconstructing drivers of forced migrationAinsworth G02

ModeratorSusanne Schmeidl UNSW SydneySpeakersAhmad Shuja Human Rights Watch Ajak Kwai Artist Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc Maria (Nyaluit) Phalpang Community member

130pm - 230pm LunchTrade Show - diaspora and community showcasing own initiatives

215pm - 230pmAinsworth G03 Launch of the Refugee Community Advocacy Network (RCAN)

230pm - 400pmPlenary 2 Australia and Regional PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorLilianne FanHSXWampKDLU$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNKeynote SpeakersGillian Triggs President Australian Human Rights Commission Munjed Al Muderis Associate Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Parallel sessions

400pm - 530pm5HIXJHHZRPHQAgraveJKWIRUjustice advocacy from the grassroots to the UNAinsworth G02

ModeratorEileen Pittaway UNSW SydneySpeakersTenneh Kpaka Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) Bintu Kamara Settlement Services International Velvy Holden Co-Founder Australian National Committee on Refugee Women Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Linda Bartolomei UNSW Sydney

400pm - 530pmAustraliarsquos future the professional necessity for migrant and refugee authorship in creative industriesAinsworth 102

ModeratorStephanie Hemelryk Donald UNSW SydneySpeakersHKURX]RRFKDQLFR2PLG7DAgraveJKLDQ University of Sydney James Cogswell Producer Cast from the Storm Robin de CrespignyULWHUDQGAgraveOPPDNHU Lena Nahlous Diversity Arts Australia

400pm - 530pmStrengthening Regional Protection Perspectives on Opportunity and ChallengesAinsworth G03

ModeratorYiombi Thona$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNSpeakersThomas Albrecht United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Arash Bordbar RCOAMYAN Tamara Domicelj Act for PeaceAPRRN Lilianne Fan Geutanyoe Foundation

530pm - 730pmAinsworth Lionrsquos Garden Lawn

Welcome BBQ

FEB 23 Program Day two

800am - 900am Registration - coffee etc

Parallel sessions

900am - 1030amWellbeing (mental health) and Resilience Ainsworth G03

ModeratorJasmina Bajraktarevic NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)SpeakersMohamed Dukuly NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Beth Kotze Mental Health Services Angela Nickerson UNSW Sydney Lux Ratnamohan UNSW Sydney

900am - 1030amThe power of storytellingAinsworth 102

ModeratorAbdul Hekmat Karim Writer photopgrapherSpeakersHani Abdile Writer Michael Green Editor Behind the Wire Arnold Zable Writer

900am - 1030amHow do we create change Exploring different approachesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Fleay Curtin University Robyn Sampson International Detention CoalitionSpeakersMichelle Bui Curtin University David Manne Refugee Legal Ravi Nagaveeran Writer Leeanne Torpey Australian coalition to end child detention

1030am -1100am Morning tea

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

FEB 22 Program Day one

800am - 900am$LQVZRUWKURXQGAacuteRRU Registration - coffee etc

900amPlenaries and Keynotes Ainsworth G03

UNSW Sydney Welcome to Grand Challenge Jane McAdam UNSW SydneyRCOA Welcome to Conference Phil Glendenning Refugee Council of AustraliaConference outcomes to inform the UN Global Compact Linda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyWelcome to CountryOpening Session Refugee Community Advocacy Network Om Dhungel with Guest Speaker Mahir Momand CEO Thrive Refugee Enterprise

1000am - 1030am Morning tea

1030am - 1200pmPlenary 1 Global Refugee PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorPaul Power CEO Refugee Council of AustraliaKeynote SpeakersYiombi Thona Chair$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUN Jennifer Hyndman Director Refugee Studies Centre York Thomas Albrecht Regional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Parallel sessions

1200pm - 130pmTelling it how it is youth perspectives on good practiceAinsworth 102

ModeratorTina Dixson Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)SpeakersGrace Edwards Youth representative QLD Cece Hylton-Dei Youth representative SA Arif Hazara Youth representative VIC Simon Shahin Youth representative NSW

1200pm - 130pmAsylum seekers in the communityAinsworth G03

ModeratorShukufa Tahiri Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersYvette Aiello NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Vicki Mau Australian Red Cross Tanya Jackson-Vaughn Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)

1200pm - 130pmWhen push comes to shove deconstructing drivers of forced migrationAinsworth G02

ModeratorSusanne Schmeidl UNSW SydneySpeakersAhmad Shuja Human Rights Watch Ajak Kwai Artist Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc Maria (Nyaluit) Phalpang Community member

130pm - 230pm LunchTrade Show - diaspora and community showcasing own initiatives

215pm - 230pmAinsworth G03 Launch of the Refugee Community Advocacy Network (RCAN)

230pm - 400pmPlenary 2 Australia and Regional PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorLilianne FanHSXWampKDLU$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNKeynote SpeakersGillian Triggs President Australian Human Rights Commission Munjed Al Muderis Associate Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Parallel sessions

400pm - 530pm5HIXJHHZRPHQAgraveJKWIRUjustice advocacy from the grassroots to the UNAinsworth G02

ModeratorEileen Pittaway UNSW SydneySpeakersTenneh Kpaka Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) Bintu Kamara Settlement Services International Velvy Holden Co-Founder Australian National Committee on Refugee Women Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Linda Bartolomei UNSW Sydney

400pm - 530pmAustraliarsquos future the professional necessity for migrant and refugee authorship in creative industriesAinsworth 102

ModeratorStephanie Hemelryk Donald UNSW SydneySpeakersHKURX]RRFKDQLFR2PLG7DAgraveJKLDQ University of Sydney James Cogswell Producer Cast from the Storm Robin de CrespignyULWHUDQGAgraveOPPDNHU Lena Nahlous Diversity Arts Australia

400pm - 530pmStrengthening Regional Protection Perspectives on Opportunity and ChallengesAinsworth G03

ModeratorYiombi Thona$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNSpeakersThomas Albrecht United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Arash Bordbar RCOAMYAN Tamara Domicelj Act for PeaceAPRRN Lilianne Fan Geutanyoe Foundation

530pm - 730pmAinsworth Lionrsquos Garden Lawn

Welcome BBQ

FEB 23 Program Day two

800am - 900am Registration - coffee etc

Parallel sessions

900am - 1030amWellbeing (mental health) and Resilience Ainsworth G03

ModeratorJasmina Bajraktarevic NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)SpeakersMohamed Dukuly NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Beth Kotze Mental Health Services Angela Nickerson UNSW Sydney Lux Ratnamohan UNSW Sydney

900am - 1030amThe power of storytellingAinsworth 102

ModeratorAbdul Hekmat Karim Writer photopgrapherSpeakersHani Abdile Writer Michael Green Editor Behind the Wire Arnold Zable Writer

900am - 1030amHow do we create change Exploring different approachesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Fleay Curtin University Robyn Sampson International Detention CoalitionSpeakersMichelle Bui Curtin University David Manne Refugee Legal Ravi Nagaveeran Writer Leeanne Torpey Australian coalition to end child detention

1030am -1100am Morning tea

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

215pm - 230pmAinsworth G03 Launch of the Refugee Community Advocacy Network (RCAN)

230pm - 400pmPlenary 2 Australia and Regional PolicyAinsworth G03

ModeratorLilianne FanHSXWampKDLU$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNKeynote SpeakersGillian Triggs President Australian Human Rights Commission Munjed Al Muderis Associate Professor and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Parallel sessions

400pm - 530pm5HIXJHHZRPHQAgraveJKWIRUjustice advocacy from the grassroots to the UNAinsworth G02

ModeratorEileen Pittaway UNSW SydneySpeakersTenneh Kpaka Australian National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) Bintu Kamara Settlement Services International Velvy Holden Co-Founder Australian National Committee on Refugee Women Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Linda Bartolomei UNSW Sydney

400pm - 530pmAustraliarsquos future the professional necessity for migrant and refugee authorship in creative industriesAinsworth 102

ModeratorStephanie Hemelryk Donald UNSW SydneySpeakersHKURX]RRFKDQLFR2PLG7DAgraveJKLDQ University of Sydney James Cogswell Producer Cast from the Storm Robin de CrespignyULWHUDQGAgraveOPPDNHU Lena Nahlous Diversity Arts Australia

400pm - 530pmStrengthening Regional Protection Perspectives on Opportunity and ChallengesAinsworth G03

ModeratorYiombi Thona$VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHH5LJKWV1HWZRUNSpeakersThomas Albrecht United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Arash Bordbar RCOAMYAN Tamara Domicelj Act for PeaceAPRRN Lilianne Fan Geutanyoe Foundation

530pm - 730pmAinsworth Lionrsquos Garden Lawn

Welcome BBQ

FEB 23 Program Day two

800am - 900am Registration - coffee etc

Parallel sessions

900am - 1030amWellbeing (mental health) and Resilience Ainsworth G03

ModeratorJasmina Bajraktarevic NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)SpeakersMohamed Dukuly NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Beth Kotze Mental Health Services Angela Nickerson UNSW Sydney Lux Ratnamohan UNSW Sydney

900am - 1030amThe power of storytellingAinsworth 102

ModeratorAbdul Hekmat Karim Writer photopgrapherSpeakersHani Abdile Writer Michael Green Editor Behind the Wire Arnold Zable Writer

900am - 1030amHow do we create change Exploring different approachesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Fleay Curtin University Robyn Sampson International Detention CoalitionSpeakersMichelle Bui Curtin University David Manne Refugee Legal Ravi Nagaveeran Writer Leeanne Torpey Australian coalition to end child detention

1030am -1100am Morning tea

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

FEB 23 Program Day two

800am - 900am Registration - coffee etc

Parallel sessions

900am - 1030amWellbeing (mental health) and Resilience Ainsworth G03

ModeratorJasmina Bajraktarevic NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)SpeakersMohamed Dukuly NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) Beth Kotze Mental Health Services Angela Nickerson UNSW Sydney Lux Ratnamohan UNSW Sydney

900am - 1030amThe power of storytellingAinsworth 102

ModeratorAbdul Hekmat Karim Writer photopgrapherSpeakersHani Abdile Writer Michael Green Editor Behind the Wire Arnold Zable Writer

900am - 1030amHow do we create change Exploring different approachesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Fleay Curtin University Robyn Sampson International Detention CoalitionSpeakersMichelle Bui Curtin University David Manne Refugee Legal Ravi Nagaveeran Writer Leeanne Torpey Australian coalition to end child detention

1030am -1100am Morning tea

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

Parallel sessions

1100am - 1230pmFuturing Education for a Changing World Challenges Innovation and OpportunitiesAinsworth G02

ModeratorsCaroline Lenette UNSW Sydney Veronica Tello UNSW SydneySpeakersMuzafar Ali Cisarua Learning Centre Sally Baker Refugee Education Special Interest Group Toby Chapman ICE Granville High School Michael Smith Jesuit Refugee Service

1100am - 1230pmResourceful and Resilient - strength-based resettlementAinsworth G03

ModeratorOm Dhungel Refugee Community Advocacy NetworkSpeakersViji Dhayanathan Tamil Womenrsquos Development Group Sayed Rahmatullah Hussainizada Afghan Fajar Association Emmanuel Musoni GLAPD International Daniel Thein Tha Nya Auburn Diversity Services Inc

1100am - 1230pmAchieving Unity in DiversityAinsworth 102

ModeratorTim OrsquoConnor Refugee Council of AustraliaSpeakersElizabeth Lang Youth representative WA Prudence Melom Community representative Melika Sheikh-Eldin AMES Australia Jana Favero Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

1230pm - 130pm Lunch and Trade Show - Showcasing employment services for refugees and asylum seekers

130pm - 300pmPlenary 3 Towards the Global CompactAinsworth G03

Session outcomes to inform 2018 Global Compact Regional policy and Australian policyModeratorLinda Bartolomei UNSW SydneyRapporteursArif Hazara Atem Atem Lillianne Fan Najeeba Wazefadost

300pm Conference close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Gillian TriggsPresident Australian Human Rights Commission

We are thrilled to be able to welcome Professor Gillian Triggs President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Keynote Speaker at the ConferenceEmeritus Professor Gillian Triggs is the President of WKH$XVWUDOLDQ+XPDQ5LJKWVampRPPLVVLRQZLWKDAgraveYHyear appointment She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7 She is a former Barrister and a formerGovernor of the College of Law

Professor Triggs has combined an academic career with international commercial legal practice and has advised the Australian and other governments and international organisations on international legal and trade disputes Her focus at the Commission is on the implementation in Australian law of the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party and to work with QDWLRQVLQWKH$VLD3DFLAgraveFUHJLRQRQSUDFWLFDODSSURDFKHVto human rightsProfessor Triggsrsquo is the author of many books and papers on international law including International Law Contemporary Principles and Practices (2nd Ed 2011)

Munjed al MuderisAssociate Professor

AProf Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross human rights activist and a refugee Munjed came to Australia by boatRUQLQDJKGDGDWWKHDJHRI0XQMHGKDGWRAacuteHHIraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army desertersrsquo earsMunjed endured a life-threatening journey to Australia After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre upon his release he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon He is now one of three surgeons world wide pioneering a revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration

As a leading surgeon in this complex reconstructive and robotic surgery Munjed has helped more than 270 amputees from around the world to improve mobility reduce pain and overall enhance their quality of lifeMunjedrsquos day-to-day work as an Orthopaedic Surgeon involves hip and knee arthroplasty and major reconstructive surgery He teaches at Notre Dame and Macquarie Universities trains local and international surgeons registrars and medical studentsApart from his academic and clinical roles Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work volunteering his time as a surgeon and as a human rights advocate +HKDVDIAgraveOLDWLRQVZLWK$PQHVWQWHUQDWLRQDO8QLWHGNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and represents the Australian Red Cross

Plenary Speakers

Arif HazaraYouth Delegate

Jane McAdamScienta Professor of Law and Director of the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Australian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer HyndmanDirector Refugee Studies Centre York

Lilianne FanDeputy Chair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Najeeba WazefadostChair Australian National Committee on Refugee Women

Om DhungelDirector Druk Education and Training Refugee Community Advocacy Network

Thomas AlbrechtRegional Representative United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Canberra

Yiombi ThonaChair $VLD3DFLAgraveF5HIXJHHRights Network

Paul PowerCEO Refugee Council of Australia

Atem AtemJohn Gibson Refugee Community Leadership Grant Refugee Council of Australia

Linda BartolomeiUNHCR Sydney

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

Other Events

FEB 21

Academic Symposium Forced Migration Research Network UNSW Sydney Affective Shifts Inside and Outside the Nation and Body Rethinking How Refugee Research is Engendered

UNSW Art amp Design Campus Lecture Theatre EG02 Paddington Sydney fmtoolboxunsweduaucommsPaddingtonCampuspdf (Map reference Block E)

All day eventbritecomau

900am - 920amWelcome to country and participants Professor Ross Harley Dean of Art and DesignWelcome to the Vice Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds Dean of Arts and Social SciencesOpening address Professor Ian Jacobs Vice Chancellor UNSW Sydney

920am - 1100amShifting Perspectives Interdisciplinary Research Spaces and Transformative Agendas

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (chair) and Ruth Balint (co-organiser)PanellistsRose Butler Ethnographer and Sociologist UNSW Sydney Ruth Balint Historian and Documentarist UNSW Sydney 2PLG7RAgraveJKLDQ Philosophy University of Sydney Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Film Media Asian Studies UNSW Sydney

1100am - 1130am Morning tea

1130am - 100pmResearcher Researched and partnerships with communities ethical and methodological issues in engaged academic practice

Claudia Tazreiter (chair) and Nayana Bibile (co-organiser)Panellists Zanny Begg Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Jennifer Hyndman Human Geography York University Canada Belinda Liddell School of Psychology UNSW Sydney Sharon Pickering Criminologist Monash University

100pm - 200pm Lunch in the courtyard

200pm - 330pmPost-representational Practice Contemporary Art Activism and Refugees

Caroline Wake (chair) and Veronica Tello (co-organiser)Panellists Suvendrini Perera Curtin University and Joseph Pugliese Macquarie University Veronica Tello and James Nguyen Art amp Design UNSW Sydney Mary Zournazi Sociology UNSW Sydney

330pm - 400pm Afternoon tea

400pm - 500pm Roundtable discussion and QampA

Other Events

FEB 21

Special viewing at UNSW Sydney galleries

UNSW Galleries Cnr Oxford St amp Greens Rd Paddington NSW 2021

5pm - 7pm P 02 8936 0888 E unswgalleriesunsweduau

Join us for a live performance by VietnameseAustralian artist and UNSW Art amp Design PhD candidate James Nguyen and a special viewing of EXITThrough his work James NguyenH[SORUHVWKHGLIAgraveFXOWLHVIDFHGEPDQPLJUDQWFRPPXQLWLHVLQWKHLUDGRSWHGFRXQWULHVFor this performance Nguyen continues his collaboration with family members to reconstruct the story of his auntrsquos failed DWWHPSWWRAacuteHHSRVWZDU9LHWQDP7KHSHUIRUPDQFHWLWOHG(YDQDYLJDWHVJHQGHUSROLWLFVZLWKLQKLVIDPLODVHDFKPHPEHUretells the story from memoryEXIT is a 360 degree immersive video installation that visually correlates global human migratory trends with urgent social and economic issues increasing urbanisation economic displacement political disruption climate change natural disasters and deforestation Data gathered from over one hundred sources is geocoded processed through a programming language and presented visually by a rotating globe that translates statistics into maps texts and trajectories as it orbits the spaceRecently updated EXITZDVXQLYHUVDOODFFODLPHGZKHQLWZDVAgraveUVWH[KLELWHG at the Palais de Tokyo to coincide with the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference Commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour lrsquoart contemporain Paris based RQDQLGHDE3DXO9LULOLRFUHDWHGELOOHU6FRAgraveGLR5HQIURZLWKDXUDXUJDQ Mark Hansen Ben Rubin in collaboration with Robert Gerard Pietrusko Stewart SmithEXIT continues until 25 March 2017

FEB 22

2IAgraveFLDODXQFK Human Rights in Australia An Introduction for Newly Arrived Refugee Families Training of Trainers Package

Ainsworth Building UNSW Sydney 545pm RSVP lindabartolomeiunsweduau

Conference delegates do not need to RSVP

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Other Events

FEB 22-23

UNSW Bookshop

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UNSW Bookshop is owned and operated by UNSW Press a UNSW companyUNSW Bookshop carry approximately 17000 titles in stock and are open 7 days a week In addition to selling books they offer friendly service empathy and sometimes chocolate UNSW Bookshop look forward to seeing everyone at the Refugee Alternatives Conference

FEB 22-23

Foyer activities Some innovative solutions during the Conference lunchtimes (in the foyer) listed below

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Refugee Talent is a social enterprise matching refugees looking for work with companies offering opportunities They provide DQRQOLQHSODWIRUPZKHUHFRPSDQLHVFDQHDVLOAgraveQGVXLWDEOHVNLOOHGUHIXJHHVDQGRIIHUDUDQJHRIHPSORPHQWRSSRUWXQLWLHVWith more than 100 companies are working with them (including government departments corporates SMEs and startups) they operate nationally with the potential to hire refugee candidates internationally with Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)

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Bright Employmentrsquos mission is to create a movement where industry champions change Meaningful pathways to employment are created and sustained by connecting their graduates with socially like-minded hospitality employers Bright support this philosophy by providing ongoing mentoring and support programs giving students the best possible chance of success

FEB 22-23

Films for Now

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SponsorsThe Refugee Council of Australia and UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges are grateful for the support of all the sponsors of the conference Principle Sponsors

Founded over a century ago Colin Biggers amp Paisley is one of the oldest legal practices in the country Today we have nearly VWDIIRIAgraveFHVLQ6GQH0HOERXUQHDQGULVEDQHDQGDWUDFNUHFRUGRIH[FHOOHQFHDQGKLJKSDUWQHUHQJDJHPHQWWKDWLVVHFRQGWRQRQHHSURYLGHAgraveUVWFODVVOHJDODGYLFHDQGUHSUHVHQWDWLRQ2XUODZHUVDUHH[SHUWVLQFRQVWUXFWLRQLQVXUDQFHSURSHUWJRYHUQPHQWFRPPHUFLDOOLWLJDWLRQDQGGLVSXWHUHVROXWLRQLQWHOOHFWXDOSURSHUWEDQNLQJDQGAgraveQDQFHFRUSRUDWH and commercial employment and safety planning and environment restructuring and insolvency transport and logisticsFor more information visit cbpfoundationcomau

UNSW Australia is one of Australiarsquos leading research and teaching universities and ranked in the Top 100 universities worldwide The UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges program addresses the biggest issues facing humanity The Grand Challenge on Refugees and Migrants was launched in July 2016 and aims to inspire informed discussion debate and policy formulationFor more information visit kaldorcentreunsweduau

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The Australian Migrant Resource Centre (AMRC) is an independent non-government leading settlement agency servicing all of South Australia We support the effective settlement and participation of people from refugee and migrant backgrounds particularly new arrivals and those on bridging visas seeking status resolution Our vision is to ensure their equal access opportunity and participation in South Australiarsquos society culture economy and environment We are committed to social justice and believe that our client groups have a fundamental right to respect privacy safety opportunity and cultural expression

67$5776LVDVSHFLDOLVWQRQSURAgraveWRUJDQLVDWLRQWKDWIRUmore than 25 years has provided culturally appropriate and cutting edge psychological treatment and support and community interventions to help people from refugee backgrounds resettling or seeking protection in NSW Services include counselling physiotherapy Neurofeedback groups school programs cultural events and mentoring of community leadersOver the last decade STARTTS has assisted more than 33000 clients from 145 countries to heal the scars of torture and refugee trauma and rebuild their lives in Australia

The Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University is a centre for research postgraduate teaching critical scholarship and advocacy on human rights The Centre leads ethical scholarship enabling individual agency and community engagement on human rights and social justice through the study and promotion of human rights at local national and international levels

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0DULVWLVDQRWIRUSURAgraveWRUJDQLVDWLRQFRPPLWWHGWRempowering people with skills knowledge practical support and encouragement We strive to care for all who need support and hope from people without a home to those seeking asylumMarist180 believes our society is enriched by diversity and our therapeutic trauma-informed services assist refugees at various stages of their journey to settle in Australia

Liverpool City Council is united in its respect for and celebration of cultural diversity Comprised of people from more than 150 countries Liverpool is one of Australiarsquos most culturally and linguistically diverse communities Liverpool is a Proud Refugee Welcome Zone and the second largest resettlement area where refugees now call homeThe rich cultural diversity of language religion and culture affords opportunities to increase the communityrsquos capacity develop community leadership and become active and participating members of society

Australian Red Cross provides help and support to refugees asylum seekers immigration detainees and other people who are vulnerable as a result of migration We are part of a global movement of humanitarians in 190 countries which was born more than 150 years ago Our migration support programs protect and uphold the health dignity and wellbeing of vulnerable migrants

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