ADRA

2024- ADRA Planning Meeting
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Sydney)
Planning session for 2025 and last formal meeting for 2024

2024 - ADRA Christmas Party
2024-11-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA welcomes you to celebrate 2024 with a dinner at the Palace Restaurant.

The board are invited to attend at 5.30pm for a short meeting, all other attendees are invited to a 6pm start for dinner.

There is a 3 course dinner included in the ticket price.

ADRA February Meeting with Guest Speaker Kim Howatson
2025-02-25 16:00 - 18:00
Please join us at 4pm on Tuesday the 25th of February to hear from Kim Howatson from the Attorney General’s department talking about the latest changes in rules and regulations for FDRPs. This will be followed at 5pm by an ADRA board meeting.

Special General Meeting
2025-03-04 17:00 - 18:00
ADRA is holding a Special General Meeting at 5pm on Tuesday 4 March 2025 to discuss changes to it’s Constitution. All members are welcome to attend.

Attached to this Agenda are firstly the current Constitution, showing in blue, the changes approved by ADRA’s Board of Management. Also attached is a clean version of the changes, which version will be lodged with the Department for Fair Trading. The changes will not come about until registered.

The changes have been made for several reasons:1. To update the Constitution to reflect current practices of ADRA;2. To conform with the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and Regulations; and3. To include clauses related to good governance.

The changes are placed before the members at this Special General Meeting in order to pass a special resolution adopting the changes. This requires a 75% vote in favour of those present in person or by Zoom. The special resolution requires 21 days’ notice to be given. Accordingly, this Special General Meeting has been called for Tuesday the 4 March 2025.

https://zoom.us/j/92687343683

This is the Constitution with proposed changes highlighted in blue

And this is the final version of the Constitution with changes integrated.

Mongolian Delegate Dinner
2025-03-10 18:30 - 21:30 | Hurricane’s Grill and Bar Restaurant, Top Ryde City Shopping Centre, La Piazza, Shop R 3006 Ground Level Cnr Blaxland Rd & Devlin St, Ryde, NSW, 2112, Australia
ADRA invites the Board members and their partners to attend the welcome dinner to celebrate the momentous occasion of the establishment of a separate Family Court in Mongolia, opening in January 2026.

ADRA March Meeting
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-march-meeting/
ADRA has a monthly meeting held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. All members are welcome.

This is an online meeting held over Zoom. Please find the Zoom link in the announcement email.

ADRA April Meeting with guest speaker Steven Dikinson
2025-04-22 15:30 - 19:00 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-april-meeting-with-guest-speaker-steven-dikinson/
Starting at 3.30 pm we have Stephen Dikinson from AMDRAS talking and following on from this at 5pm we have ADRA’s monthly meeting.

All ADRA members are welcome to attend.

ADRA May Meeting
2025-05-27 16:45 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-may-meeting/
Starting at 5pm is ADRA’s monthly board meeting. All members are welcome. Please join via the Zoom link.

ADRA June Meeting
2025-06-24 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-june-meeting/

ADRA Annual General Meeting.
2025-07-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Meeting agenda included below.To purchase tickets to this event, please scroll to the bottom of this page.

AGM Agenda for 2025Download

ADRA August Board Meeting
2025-08-26 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-august-board-meeting-2/

ADRA September Board Meeting
2025-09-30 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-september-board-meeting-2/

ADRA October Board Meeting
2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/adra-october-board-meeting/

ADRA 2025 Christmas Party
2025-11-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Palace Chinese Restaurant Sydney, Shop 38, Level 1, Piccadilly Tower, 133-145 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ADRA welcomes you to celebrate 2025 with a dinner at the Palace Restaurant

Please attend at 5.30pm, there will be a 3 course dinner provided with your ticket.

February ADRA Monthly Meeting with guest speaker Mark Rogers
2026-02-24 16:00 - 18:30 | https://adra.net.au/event/february-adra-monthly-meeting-with-guest-speaker-dr-amanda-white/
Mark will be speaking from 4 to 5 on the topic of “Discover how mediation is transforming the disability and education sectors in this insightful web event. Mark will unpack the unique power of mediation to strengthen communication, build trust, and resolve complex challenges with clarity and empathy. You’ll also explore why mediation skills—especially active listening—are increasingly sought after by senior leaders and future employers.”

ADRA’s monthly board meeting will follow after, all members are welcome to join

March 2026 Board Meeting with guest speaker Dr Ivana Damjanovic
2026-03-24 16:00 - 18:30 | 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
