PROGRAM

9.20

KEYNOTE PAPERS
Chair  Ms Sue West, Rainbow Families Council

How the law fails lesbian and gay parented families
Associate Professor Kris Walker, Law School, University of Melbourne

The Inevitability of family change
Dr Deborah Dempsey, School of Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University

Children's rights
Mr John Tobin, Law School, University of Melbourne

11.00

CONCURRENT ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

A. Gay men parenting: Social and legal issues
Mr Jason McCheyne, The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University
Mr Dean Murphy, University of New South Wales
Dr Damien Riggs, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide

B. Supporting separating families: Social and legal issues
Ms Karen Field, Drummond Relationships Centre
Ms Sharon Johns, Barrister, The Victorian Bar
Ms Eve Tauber, Family Court of Australia

C. Creating families: Social and legal issues
Ms Rhonda Brown, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University
Ms Lisa Sarmas, Law School, University of Melbourne

1.30

A. What kids really need: Hidden assumptions
Associate Professor Charlotte Patterson, Psychology University of Virginia, USA
Mr John Tobin, Law School, University of Melbourne

B. Interface between families and health and community services
Dr Ruth McNair, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
Ms Anne Mitchell, Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria

C. Negotiating families between lesbians and gay men
Dr Deborah Dempsey, Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University
Associate Professor Amaryll Perlesz, The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University

3.30