2nd World Congress on Adult Guardianship Guardianship and the United Nations Disabilities Convention: Australian and International Perspectives

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Melbourne, Australia: 15-16 October 2012

Hosted by:

Hilton on the Park Hotel, Melbourne (with optional workshops on 17 October)

PROGRAM & REGISTRATION Early Bird Registration Closes: 30 June, 2012 In association with:

Congress website: http://agac2012.conorg.com.au Secure online registration is available at: https://www.secureregistrations.com/WCAG2012

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ringing together Australian and International experts in the ageing, disability and guardianship fields, this congress will consider the effect of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on national and international guardianship laws and practices. The congress will provide an opportunity to assess the impact of the Convention in reforming Australian and International guardianship laws and practices six years after its adoption by the UN General Assembly and four years after ratification by Australia. Your hosts will be the Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (AGAC), whose members are the key state and territory guardianship authorities and institutions (members include public advocates, public and adult guardians, public and state trustees, and boards and tribunals with guardianship jurisdictions). The congress has been developed in association with the International Guardianship Network (IGN).

We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne in October.

Anita Smith (Convenor) Chair, Australian Guardianship and Administration Council; President, Guardianship and Administration Board, Tasmania

Congress Committee: John Chesterman Manager Policy and Education, Office of Public Advocate, Victoria

Anne Coghlan Deputy President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Tony Fitzgerald Managing Director, State Trustees Ltd

Colleen Pearce Public Advocate, Victoria

Keynote Speakers Michael Kirby

Denzil Lush

Bernadette McSherry

When he retired in February 2009 as a Justice of the High Court of Australia, Michael Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge. His service began in 1975 and concluded with 13 years on Australia’s highest appellate and constitutional court. During the course of his judicial service, Michael Kirby dealt on several occasions with issues concerning guardianship and disability. For many years he has been involved in human rights questions both in Australia and in the world. He served as President of the International Commission of Jurists (1995-8) and currently serves as a Commissioner of the UNDP Global Commission on HIV and the Law. In 2010, Michael Kirby was named laureate of the Gruber Justice Prize, conferred in Washington DC.

Denzil Lush has been the Senior Judge of the Court of Protection, based in London, since 1 October 2007, when the Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force. He qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and worked in private practice for 18 years before being appointed as a chairman of Social Security Appeals Tribunals in 1994 and Master of the former Court of Protection in April 1996. He has written several books - Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual (1996; 3rd edition 2010), Cohabitation: Law Practice and Precedents (1993; 4th edition 2009) and Cretney & Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (6th edition, 2009) - and has contributed chapters to various medical and legal reference books. He is a judicial member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and a patron of Solicitors for the Elderly.

Bernadette McSherry is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, a Professor of Law at Monash University and the Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health. She has honours degrees in Arts and Law and a Masters of Law from the University of Melbourne, a PhD from York University, Canada and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from Monash University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and of the Australian Academy of Law. Bernadette is a legal member of the Mental Health Review Board of Victoria and has acted as a consultant to government on criminal law, sentencing and mental health law issues. Currently, she is directing a team of 18 researchers working on a 5 year Federation Fellowship project entitled Rethinking Mental Health Laws examining legal frameworks for detention and treatment across common law countries. She is also part of an interdisciplinary research team analysing preventive detention regimes in Australia, Scotland and the USA.

Oliver Lewis Oliver Lewis is Executive Director of the Mental Disability Advocacy Center, an international human rights organisation based in Budapest, Hungary. An LSE law graduate, he undertook post-graduate studies in medical law and ethics before qualifying as a barrister and working as a research assistant on mental health law reform at the UK’s Department of Health. As a non-practising barrister, Oliver is an associate member of the human rights barristers set Doughty Street Chambers, London. He is recurrent Visiting Professor in Law at the Central European University in Budapest, and is a faculty member of the International Diploma on Mental Health Law and Human Rights, run by the Indian Law Society in Pune, India. Oliver has published papers on the interface of human rights law, public policy and disability. He serves on the editorial board of the European Yearbook on European Disability Law.

Ron McCallum AO Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, University of Sydney, is the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The primary function of this Committee is to monitor the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 1993, Ron was the first totally blind person to be appointed to a full professorship at any Australian or New Zealand university. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Dean of the University of Sydney Law School, and from 2001 to 2009 he was the inaugural President of the Australian Labour Law Association. Ron’s academic field of expertise is labour relations law, and he is a consultant to HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. Ron is a Deputy-Chair of the Board of Directors of Vision Australia which is Australia’s largest blind welfare organisation. In January 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard designated Ron as Senior Australian of the Year 2011.

Neil Rees Emeritus Professor Neil Rees was chairperson of the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) from 2007 until 2012. During that period the VLRC completed 8 references including civil justice, the law of abortion, jury directions in criminal trials, child protection proceedings, the registration of sex offenders, and adult guardianship. Neil is emeritus professor in the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of Newcastle where he was professor of law from 1991 to 2007 and foundation dean of the Faculty of Law from 1991 to 1999. He has been a member of many tribunals including the Mental Health Review Board (Vic), the Mental Health Review Tribunal (NSW) and the Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW). He has been involved in the establishment of a number of community legal centres and clinical legal education programs. Neil has published in the areas of criminal investigation, legal practice, mental health law, tribunals, Indigenous Australians and the law, and equal opportunity law.

Melbourne Australia Regarded by many as the cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne is the perfect setting for our congress. A friendly, multicultural city located on the banks of the Yarra River, Melbourne offers excellent shopping, world class cultural events, and spectacular food and wine from over 3000 restaurants. Along the riverside at Southgate, and in the lanes and streets of the city centre and inner-city bohemian neighbourhoods like Carlton, Fitzroy, St Kilda and South Yarra, you’ll find endless rows of cafes and boutiques. Outside Melbourne, you’ll find a host of regional attractions, from the Fairy Penguins to the spectacular Great Ocean Road. For more information about Melbourne, check the following websites: www.melbourne.citysearch.com.au www.melbourne.vic.gov.au www.visitvictoria.com.au

Yarra River, Melbourne

12 Apostles - Great Ocean Road

Fairy Penguins

Congress Venue Hilton on the Park Hotel, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne Situated next to the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens and directly opposite the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Park, Hilton on the Park Hotel is just a ten minute walk from the city’s downtown shopping and commercial district.

Social Program Congress Reception His Excellency The Honourable Alex Chernov AC QC, Governor of Victoria, will host a reception for full, 2-day congress delegates from 6:00 -8:30pm on Monday (15 October) at Government House. Please note that business attire is required. Please indicate when you register whether you would attend if issued an invitation to this reception. Numbers are limited and places will be allocated in order of receipt of paid full registrations. Buses will depart from the Hilton at 5.30pm sharp.

Farewell Drinks The congress will conclude with Farewell Drinks on Tuesday 16 October. This function is included in the full, 2-day congress registration fee.

Government House

International Guardianship Network (IGN) www.international-guardianship.com • IGN is a non-profit and non-government organisation. • The missions of IGN are to provide support, information and networking opportunities for guardians worldwide and to put the legal proceedings of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into practice. We initiate innovative projects and conferences. IGN is independent of political and religious ideologies.

Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (AGAC) www.agac.org.au • AGAC member organisations have a role in protecting adults in Australia who have a disability that impairs their capacity to make decisions. • AGAC is comprised of: • Public Advocates • Public and Adult Guardians • Boards and Tribunals and • Public and State Trustees or their equivalents throughout Australia.

Provisional Program Monday, 15 October 2012 From 8:00am

Registration and arrival coffee

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

8:45am - 10:30am Opening Plenary Session

1:30pm - 3:00pm Plenary Session

8.45am 9:00am

1:30pm

9:15am 9:30am

Welcome to Country Response Jochen Exler-Konig Congress Opening The Hon. Robert Clark, Attorney-General & Minister for Finance, Victoria Opening Address The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG

10:30am - 11:00am Morning tea

11:00am - 12:30pm Parallel Sessions 1A-1E Parallel Session 1A: Guardianship in the World 11:00am Supported decision making in the Japanese Adult Guardianship Law Makoto Arai 11:20am Adult guardianship law in China: Traditional values and modern developments Rebecca Lee and Cora Chan 11:40am Guardianship Decision-Making in the Kimberley, Western Australia Laurie Lehmann-Bybyk and John Hodges 12:00pm The next steps towards the implementation of the new Korean Adult Guardianship Act 2011 with the Article 3 Principles of UNCRPD taken into consideration Cheolung Je 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 1B: Capacity and the Disabilities Convention 11:00am Capacity, consent and the CRPD: comparative perspectives Annegret Kaempf 11:20am Beware the new paternalisms – capacity as a means achieving the goals of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Nick O’Neill and Carmelle Peisah 11:40am ‘Informed consent’, ‘incapacity’ and the CRPD: human rights perspective on the right to consent to medical treatment Penelope Weller 12:00pm Curtailing autonomy in the name of incapacity: The variable treatment of ‘capacity’ in Victorian substituted decision-making regimes Daniel Webb and Eleanore Fritze 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 1C: Financial Independence and Protection from Abuse 11:00am Insurance and retirement income project for people with disabilities John Berrill 11:20am Enhancing accountability under enduring powers of attorney Cheryl Tilse, Jill Wilson, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Anne-Louise McCawley 11:40am Financial Independence Program Tony Fitzgerald 12:00pm What is financial management anyway? Meredith Coote and Mark Rozanc 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 1D: Education and Community Engagement 11:00am Community guardians: Building regional capacity in South Australia Di Gursansky, Greg Box, Rex Jordan, Jeremy Moore, Michael Sachsse 11:20am Developing Supporting Self-advocacy Training – why and how Christina Ryan, Karen Hedley 11:40am Learning from teaching about guardianship, administration and substituted decision making: Observations, challenges and reflections Jen Cousins 12:00pm Access to information. Everyone’s human right Cathy Basterfield 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 1E: Symposium Financial, residential, and health care decision-making: Recommendations from the Third United States National Guardianship Summit (Convenor: Kim Dayton) UÊ >Žˆ˜}Êw˜>˜Vˆ>Ê`iVˆÃˆœ˜ÃÊvœÀÊ>ÊÜ>À` Mary Joy Quinn UÊ >Žˆ˜}ÊÀiÈ`i˜Ìˆ>Ê`iVˆÃˆœ˜ÃÊvœÀÊ>˜œÌ…iÀÊ Sally Balch Hurme UÊ >Žˆ˜}ʅi>Ì…ÊV>ÀiÊ`iVˆÃˆœ˜ÃÊvœÀÊ>˜œÌ…iÀÊ Kim Dayton UÊ œÛˆ˜}ʈ˜`ˆÛˆ`Õ>ÃÊ̜Ê̅iÊVi˜ÌiÀʜvÊ}Õ>À`ˆ>˜Ã…ˆ«ÃÊÊ Frank Johns

2:15pm

Litigation and the right to legal capacity Oliver Lewis The Victorian Law Reform Commission’s Guardianship Report Neil Rees

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon tea

3:30pm - 5:00pm Parallel Sessions 2A-2E Parallel Session 2A: Guardianship Theory and Practice 3:30pm Seeking the essence of guardianship: Beyond the UNCRPD Barbara Carter 3:50pm The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Experiences from practice Sue Houghton 4:10pm Appointing substitute decision makers for young people Malcolm Schyvens and Graeme Smith 4:30pm Is guardianship the solution for older people with a cognitive disability? Michael Wells and Barbara Carter 4:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 2B: Modern Challenges for Courts and Tribunals (Part 1) 3:30pm ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ (or, ‘until our Guardian says we have separated’): Family law, property entitlements and incapacity Robyn Carroll and Debbie Taylor 3:50pm How interested do you have to be? – A brief case study on standing to bring an application to the tribunal Ron Joachim 4:10pm Cross-border jurisdiction solutions: The Hague Convention on the Protection of Adults Sally Hurme 4:30pm Guardianship on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands) Jeremy Moore 4:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 2C: Compulsory Orders 3:30pm Supervised Treatment Orders and consent When is consent valid? Why? Robyn Mills, Bryan Walkinshaw, Michele Lee 3:50pm An exploration of Therapeutic Jurisprudence – Across jurisdictional analysis What works, what doesn’t. Why? Sophie Delaney and Hamish McLachlan 4:10pm Guardianship and Islam Rob Gordon and Denzil Lush 4:30pm The indefinite detention of Aboriginal people with a cognitive impairment: The Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign Patrick McGee, Eileen Baldry, Ian McKinlay 4:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 2D: Supported Decision Making (Part 1) 3:30pm Implementing a support model of legal capacity: Enabling conditions and the continuum of support Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Eilionóir Flynn 3:50pm It is not about Protection - it’s about Rights Dianne Chartres 4:10pm Supported decision-making: Listening to those rarely heard Jo Watson, Rhonda Joseph, Michael Bink 4:30pm Managing the tensions associated with supporting decision making after severe acquired brain injury: Results from a pilot study Lucy Knox, Jacinta Douglas and Christine Bigby 4:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 2E: Symposium Fiduciary relationships: Does it all come down to best interests? (3 papers) Peter Whitehead (Convenor) Sue Field, Malcolm Schyvens, Laura Watts and Peter Whitehead (Presenters)

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Congress Reception Government House Buses depart the Hilton Hotel at 5.30pm SHARP. Business attire required.

Tuesday, 16 October 2012 8:30am

Arrival coffee

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

9:00am - 10:30am Plenary Session

1:30pm - 3:00pm Parallel Sessions 4A-4E

9:00am

Parallel Session 4A: Assessing Capacity 1:30pm Comparisons of guardianship laws and practice in Australia and Asia: A presentation of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) Capacity taskforce. Nahathai Wongpakaran, Joshua Tsoh, Tinakon Wongpakaran, Helen Chiu, Nick O’Neill and Carmelle Peisah 1:50pm Assessment of decision making ability in a hospital setting Tasha Kvelde 2:10pm How well can George manage his money? Assessing financial abilities using the Financial Competence Assessment Inventory Mavis M Kershaw and Lynne S. Webber 2:30pm Principles and practice of assessing decision-making capacity Peteris Darzins 2:50pm Discussion

9:20am 9:55am

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ron McCallum AO Best interests decision-making Denzil Lush Assessing capacity: Functional? Physical? Clinical? Contractual? Which is the term we need? Bernadette McSherry

10:30am - 11:00am Morning tea

11:00am - 12:30pm Parallel Sessions 3A-3E Parallel Session 3A: Reform Ideas in Australia 11:00am A new era for substitute decision making? The reform of Victoria’s mental health, powers of attorney and guardianship laws John Chesterman 11:20am Responding to community concerns about vulnerable adults Denise Fallon 11:40am Personhood in hospital: a study of decision making for older persons whose capacity is in question Sue Jarrad 12:00pm Alcohol related brain injury: Improving life quality outcomes for older people living with behaviours of unmet need Alice Rota-Bartelink 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 3B: Professional Challenges 11:00am Representing clients with cognitive impairment: Keeping your professional foothold on the side of the glacier Karen Williams and Sue Field 11:20am Medical necessity v human rights: A false dichotomy? Dianne Pendergast and Clare Endicott 11:40am Decisions about death: What is the guardian’s mandate? Meredith Blake 12:00pm Protecting vulnerable criminal injuries compensation applicants Robert Guthrie 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 3C: Advance Directives 11:00am Conflicting perceptions of principals and doctors as to the role and use of advance directives Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Cheryl Tilse, Jill Wilson, Anne-Louise McCawley 11:20am Lessons learnt in the introduction of enduring powers of guardianship and advance health directives in WA Pauline Bagdonavicius 11:40am A comparison of Advance Medical Directives in the 50 states within the United States highlighting the need for uniformity Diana Anderson 12:00pm An analysis of enduring guardianship instruments in Tasmania, Australia Michael Ashby, Robert Thornton, Robyn Thomas 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 3D: Families and Carers 11:00am Representation by carers and safeguarding the interests of the adult Kees Blankman 11:20am Planning for the future: How will aging carers meet the needs of their loved ones with disabilities Yolande Erickson and Janet Morris 11:40am Supported decision-making, nominated person schemes and proxy directives: What legislative role for carers, family members and friends? Sarah McHutchison 12:00pm The perspective of carers Penny Paul 12:20pm Discussion Parallel Session 3E: Symposium 11:00am Practical and legal responses to protecting elders’ assets Peteris Darzins (Convenor) Anthony Fitzgerald, Jo Wainer, Georgia Lowndes (Presenters) 12:00pm Incapacity and financial (elder) abuse – prevention and prosecution an inter jurisdictional discussion Mark Crofton 12:15pm Discussion

Parallel Session 4B: Modern Challenges for Courts and Tribunals (Part 2) 1:30pm Guardianship hearings in Australia - A fair and inclusive process? Jim Simpson 1:50pm Incapacity – a barrier to access to justice? Lauren Adamson 2:10pm Multitasking for Tribunals – integrating alternative dispute resolution into the hearing process for guardianship and administration decision making Pam Goodman, Ron Joachim & Julie Ford 2:30pm The role of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal in dealing with personal and financial abuse of people with a disability Jim Allen, Barbara Bayne, Les Clarkson, Julia Casey 2:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 4C: Workshop Affirming LGBT identities through guardianship reform Nancy J. Knauer and Kim Dayton Parallel Session 4D: Supported Decision Making (Part 2) 1:30pm Supported decision making: a philosophical ideal but will it ever become an evidenced based practice? Michelle Browning, Christine Bigby, Jacinta Douglas 1:50pm Moving towards a comprehensive regime of supported decision making Piers Gooding 2:10pm Supported decision making: Australian perspectives John Brayley 2:30pm Consideration of role of civil guardian in Japan Mamoru Kanai 2:50pm Discussion Parallel Session 4E: Symposium Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity: Law, medicine, ethics and practice (Convenor: Ben White) UÊ œV̜Àýʎ˜œÜi`}iʜvÊ̅iʏ>Ü Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Colleen Cartwright, Malcolm Parker and Gail Williams UÊ œV̜ÀýÊVœ“«ˆ>˜ViÊ܈̅Ê̅iʏ>Ü Lindy Willmott, Ben White, Colleen Cartwright, Malcolm Parker and Gail Williams UÊ Ì…ˆV>Êˆ“«ˆV>̈œ˜Ãʜvʓi`ˆV>Ê«À>V̈̈œ˜iÀÃʘœÌʎ˜œÜˆ˜}Ê̅iʏ>ÜÊ Colleen Cartwright, Malcolm Parker, Ben White, Lindy Willmott and Gail Williams UÊ ˜…>˜Vˆ˜}ʓi`ˆV>Êi`ÕV>̈œ˜Ê Malcolm Parker, Colleen Cartwright, Ben White and Lindy Willmott and Gail Williams

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon tea

3:30pm - 5:00pm Closing Plenary Session 3:30pm

Panel. Autonomy versus Protection: The Guardianship Dilemma Moderator: Paul Barclay, ABC Radio National Panel: Oliver Lewis, Denzil Lush, Colleen Pearce, Neil Rees, Anita Smith

4:45pm

Closing Comments Anita Smith

5:00pm Farewell Drinks

Wednesday, 17 October 2012 Optional Workshops Please note: Fees for optional workshops are not included in the congress fee; please see the General Information section for workshop charges.

9:00am - 12:30pm Optional Workshop 1 How to assess decision-making capacity - interactive workshop Peteris Darzins (Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University; Eastern Health) This interactive workshop will provide participants with a practical working knowledge of the concept and definition of capacity. The Six-step Capacity Assessment Process will be described. Participants will take part as observers in a prepared role play. Dr Darzins will dissect the role play to illustrate the dynamics of the capacity assessment process. Then participants will collaboratively develop another “case” for exploration through a role play. Volunteers will play out this “case” which will be adjusted during the role play process to make it easier if it is too hard or more complex if it is too simple. Common successful approaches will be demonstrated as will be various pitfalls.

9:00am - 12:30pm Optional Workshop 2 Guardianship decision making through the lens of end of life dilemmas Julian Gardner (Gardner Consulting) This workshop will use the particular issues that arise when making decisions that regard the end of life to examine elements of principle and practice for guardianship decision making generally. A case study will be used to illustrate the special tensions in end of life situations and to debate some moral and ethical tensions that can arise. Using an active process of deductive learning it will include working in groups to examine dilemmas and enable participants to draw on their own experiences.

1:30pm - 5:00pm Optional Workshop 3 Keeping elders’ assets safe - challenges and solutions Cheryl Tilse 1, Jill Wilson 1, Anthony Fitzgerald 2, Peteris Darzins 3, Jo Wainer 3, Georgia Lowndes 4, Christopher King 3 1 School of Social Work & Human Services, The University of Queensland 2 State Trustees, Victoria 3 Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University 4 School of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University The taking of money from older people by those whom they are entitled to trust requires policy and practical responses by professionals. This apparently universal practice has attracted a variety of policy and legal responses throughout the world, driven in part by the increasing expectation by those governments with aged pensions that older people pay their own way. To do this older people need the use of their assets. When family, carers or friends take these assets for their own use, the older persons can be thrust into dependency and poverty, unable to purchase the support they need to lead a decent life. This interactive workshop brings together practitioners and researchers to share understanding of the extent, types and responses to the mismanagement of the funds of older people, and to examine some ways to help older people keep their assets safe.

1:30pm - 5:00pm Optional Workshop 4 Frameworks for the future of supported and substituted decision-making Bernadette McSherry (Facilitator) Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, advocates have called for the abolition of substitute decision-making. From the perspective of guardianship practitioners, such calls cause enormous concern for the future wellbeing of their clients who may be incapable of participating in a supported decision making framework either because of the nature of their disability or because of societal factors such as a history of abuse, serious conflict amongst their significant others or the complexity of decisions to be made. This workshop, facilitated by Professor Bernadette McSherry of Monash University, will bring together national and international writers and advocates to address some of the questions about the adoption of a supported decision making (SDM) framework and whether, in some circumstances, substitute decision making can be consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This interactive session, with local and international experts, will examine the ethical and legal practicalities of supported decision making and the future of substitute decision making.

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General Information PLEASE NOTE: Places at the Congress and the Optional Post-Congress Workshops are limited and will allocated in order of receipt of paid registrations. Separate fees are required for the Congress and for the Workshops.

Congress Venue

Congress Fees (including GST)

Hilton on the Park Hotel, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne

Congress Language

Full Congress

All sessions will be in English. Translating services will not be provided.

Posters – Late submissions The Congress Committee will accept additional proposals for poster presentations. Abstracts must be submitted using the congress template (download from http://agac2012.conorg.com.au) by email to: [email protected] by Friday 14 September.

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Accommodation at special congress rates has been reserved as follows:

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The Hilton on the Park Hotel. (5 stars). 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. http://www.hiltonmelbourne.com.au/hilton-on-the-park-melbourne.html Hotel Room – Rates for those staying one or two nights UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]ÊÀœœ“Êœ˜Þ .................................. $245 per night UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ʜ˜iÊvՏÊLÕvviÌÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌ ... $270 per night UÊ œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ÊÌܜÊvՏÊLÕvviÌÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌÃÊ............ $295 per night Hotel Room – “Stay Minimum 3 nights, Get 30% Off Special Offer” * IMPORTANT, please read the rules and restrictions below UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]ÊÀœœ“Êœ˜ÞÊ ................................. $169 per night UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ʜ˜iÊvՏÊLÕvviÌÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌ ... $194 per night UÊ œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ÊÌܜÊvՏÊLÕvviÌÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌÃÊ............ $219 per night *Hilton Room - “Stay Minimum 3 Nights, Get 30% Off Special Offer” Rules and Restrictions Cancellation Policy: If you cancel for any reason, attempt to modify this reservation, or do not arrive on your specified check-in date, your payment is non-refundable. At check in, the front desk will verify your check-out date. Rates quoted are based on check-in date and length of stay. Should you choose to depart early, price is subject to change. Hilton reserves the right to cancel or modify reservations where it appears that a customer has engaged in fraudulent or inappropriate activity or under other circumstances where it appears that the reservations contain or resulted from a mistake or error. Modification of Reservation: Price quoted applies to exact date(s)/nights/stay booked. Modifications to your reservation (including but not limited to name changes, date changes, etc.) are not permitted. Early departure/cancellation: If you depart early or you cancel or fail to honour this reservation for any reason, you will not receive any credit or refund.

The Mantra on Jolimont. (4 stars). 133 Jolimont Road, East Melbourne. (5 -10 minute walk to the Hilton). http://www.mantra.com.au/victoria/melbourne-and-surrounds/east-melbourne/accommodation/ hotels/mantra-on-jolimont/) Studio Room UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]ÊÀœœ“Êœ˜ÞÊ ................................. $158 per night UÊ-ˆ˜}i]Ê`œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ʜ˜iÊvՏÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌÊ............. $183 per night UÊ œÕLiʜÀÊÌ܈˜ÊÀœœ“]Ê܈̅ÊÌܜÊvՏÊLÀi>Žv>ÃÌÃÊ ...................... $208 per night To obtain these rates, all accommodation must be booked through The Conference Organiser and will be allocated on a strict priority of receipt basis. Please book early as we have blocked a limited number of rooms and competing events in Melbourne at the time of the congress will restrict accommodation options. We will release our accommodation block 30 days before the congress; after this time we will attempt to secure accommodation on an individual basis. It is necessary to pay for all accommodation charges to obtain these rates. Please Note: Special congress accommodation rates have been negotiated for the congress prior to the printing of the Registration Brochure. The congress organisers accept no responsibility if the hotels offer “special rates” or “standby rates” at their discretion.

Getting to The Hilton from Tullamarine Airport By taxi: approximately $65 SkyBus offers an express bus service from the airport to Southern Cross Station (Spencer St) in the city centre. Buses run every 10 minutes throughout the day. Adult tickets: $17 one way / $28 return (adult). For more information, and to make a booking, go to: www.skybus.com.au.

Public transport / Parking Hilton on the Park is situated directly opposite Jolimont Railway Station (Epping Line) or can be easily reached from the city centre by tram number 48 via Collins Street or 75 via Flinders Street, stopping outside the hotel on Wellington Parade. For those who cannot avoid bringing a car, the hotel has a car park on-site. Subject to availability of spaces, discounted rates are available for overnight guests at $27 per car or congress day delegates at $22 per car. Limited valet parking is available at $45 per car and can be arranged through concierge and is subject to availability. Taxis are readily available and the city is a leisurely 10-minute walk through the Fitzroy Gardens.

Cancellations Cancellations must be advised in writing by 8 September 2012; there is a $125 cancellation fee per registration. After that date, refunds will only be issued in exceptional circumstances, but substitute delegates will be accepted. Please note that cancellation may result in loss of hotel payments.

Insurance Delegates are encouraged to take out personal travel and medical insurance which includes loss or damage of personal possessions and loss of accommodation payments and registration fees through cancellation.

More Information For further details regarding the congress, please contact: The Conference Organiser Pty Ltd 146 Leicester Street Carlton, Victoria 3053, AUSTRALIA Email: [email protected] Phone: Australia: (03) 9349 2220 International: +613 9349 2220

If you need extra copies of this brochure or a hard copy registration form, you can download it from the congress website: http://agac2012.conorg.com.au