The Future of Civil Procedure: Innovation & Inertia FORUM PROGRAM Wednesday 17 February 2016 9:15am – 9:30am Registration and arrival tea and coffee 9:30am – 9:45am Welcome and introduction Professor Tania Sourdin, Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation, Monash University 9:45am – 10:30am Keynote address: The role of courts in a changing environment The Hon. Marilyn Warren AC, Chief Justice of Victoria, Supreme Court of Victoria 10:30am – 11:15am Justice outside courts: technology and enhancing wellbeing into the future Colin Rule, COO, Modria (via Skype) 11:15 am – 11:35am Morning tea 11:35am – 12:35am Panel discussion: Funding legal services in the civil justice system 
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Corporate perspectives on how litigation can be funded into the future, Michael Legg, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales Access to justice and litigation funding, Dr Warren Mundy, Former Commissioner, Productivity Commission Future litigation funding approaches, Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria Thoughts on the planning, funding and responsibilities of legal assistance services, Geoff Mulherin, Director, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW 12:35pm – 12:50pm Question and discussion time 12:50pm – 1:50pm Lunch 1:50pm – 2:30pm Redress schemes and well‐being in civil litigation 
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2:30pm – 3:00pm Gail Furness SC, Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Law and well‐being Genevieve Grant, Lecturer, Monash University 3:00pm – 3:20pm Question and discussion time 3:20pm – 3:40pm Afternoon tea 3:40pm – 4:15pm Civil justice reform to promote the well‐being of Australians Professor Peter Cashman, Professor, The University of Sydney 4.15pm – 5.15pm Panel wrap up: The future of civil justice Dr Warren Mundy, Former Commissioner, Productivity Commission Chris Humphreys, Director, Civil Law Policy, Department of Justice and Regulation Professor Tania Sourdin, Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation, Monash University Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration Gary Cazalet, Director Civil Justice Research Group, Melbourne Law School Simon Goodrich, Founder & Managing Director, Portable Studios 5:15pm – 5:30pm Final wrap‐up and closing remarks Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration 5:30pm Workshop close