March 2026 Board Meeting with guest speaker Dr Ivana Damjanovic
2026-03-24 16:00 - 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | https://adra.net.au/event/march-2026-board-meeting/
Ivana will be speaking from 4pm to 5pm on the topic of “Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Prospects for Mediation.”.

Dr Ivana Damjanovic is an Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Canberra Law School and a Jean Monnet Research Fellow at the Australian National University. Her expertise includes international investment law and dispute settlement. She is the author of The European Union and International Investment Law Reform: Between Aspirations and Reality (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Dr Damjanovic leads the EU Centre of Excellence in Critical Minerals at the University of Canberra and collaborates on a range of research projects across Australia and Europe. Before joining academia, she served as a member of the Croatian diplomatic service, and later as a trade adviser to the Delegation of the European Union in Australia.

Dr Damjanovic holds a PhD from the Australian National University, and master degrees from the University College Dublin and the University of Zagreb. She qualified as an Australian lawyer. She is a non-practicing mediator, a member of ADRA and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

All ADRA members are welcome to participate in ADRA’s March meeting.

For more information on this event or to contact ADRA please see contact details below.

April 2026 Board Meeting
2026-04-28 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/april-2026-board-meeting/
All ADRA members are welcome to participate in ADRA’s April meeting

May 2026 Board Meeting with guest speakers Dan Sheptooha and Dr. Robyn Goodwin
2026-05-26 16:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/may-2026-board-meeting/
Dan Sheptooha and Dr. Robyn Goodwin will be presenting on the topic of “What’s happening in the mediation room’ and will focus on relevant psychological concepts and conflict (predominantly in family disputes). The slides for the presentation are below:

Following on at 5pm is the monthly board meeting. All ADRA members are welcome to participate in ADRA’s May meeting

June 2026 Board Meeting
2026-06-23 17:00 - 18:30 | https://zoom.us/j/91749409459
All ADRA members are welcome to participate in ADRA’s June meeting

2nd International and 40th Celebratory Conference
2026-07-28 09:00 - 2026-07-29 17:00 | NSW Parliament House, level 7, Jubilee Room, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Please scroll to the bottom of this page to purchase tickets – note the special deal for students!

Also note the special deal for Bar Association and Law Society NSW members – 1 year free ADRA membership with each In Person practitioner member ticket purchase!

ADRA is proud to present it’s second International and 40th celebratory conference. Hosted in beautiful Sydney Australia at Parliament House NSW – Jubilee Room, join us for two days of presentations and discussion.

With the constant bombardment of information from social media, the internet and other news forms, many people are feeling more and more disempowered. The ADRA/PAVE workconf aims to address this imbalance by demonstrating how Dispute Resolution is not only a significant social change process, as demonstrated by ADRA’s Mongolia project, but also an empowering tool in any lifestyle that makes every life manageable, even if not perfect. In addition, to be manageable, every human life is interconnected with local and global economies, which now more than ever need to remain sustainable.

The 56th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting took place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from January 19–23, 2026, under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue”. which emphasised finding common ground and fostering collaboration in a divided world. The event convened over 60 heads of state, along with nearly 830 top CEOs, to address a complex, fragmented geopolitical landscape and foster cooperation on global economic challenges. Dr Konstantin Pavlidis, our Keynote speaker, attended the World Economic Forum, along with his colleague, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, who is also attending our conference/ workshop (ie our workconf).

This workconf will consider the concept of Physiconomy proposed by Dr Konstantin at the World Forum, to develop a global economy, which, like nature, minimises losses by effectively using all its resources cooperatively. The take-home message of each speaker at the workconf will be considered in addition to any participation from the audience to develop a new ‘Movement’ where Mind Health combines with Dispute Resolution to address the complex, fragmented geopolitical landscape we have developed and foster cooperation on global economic challenges.

Please see below our programme. Note that attendees in Australia earn 16 CPD points.

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Are you a student and would like to attend ADRA’s second International Conference? Become a student member for $50 by clicking here and enjoy in person attendance at $150 or via live stream for $100.

ADRA AGM and election of office bearers + dinner
2026-08-25 17:00 - 18:30

September 2026 Board Meeting and a Review of year’s progress against 2026 plan
2026-09-22 16:00 - 18:00

October 2026 Board Meeting - Planning for 2027
2026-10-27 16:00 - 18:30

2026, a celebration of the year and a Christmas Dinner
2026-11-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
