WFRTDS Public Symposium Day
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Welcome
Dying With Dignity Victoria and the World Federation of Right To Die Societies cordially invite you to the 2010 WFRTDS Public Symposium day: Dying with Dignity - Bridging Principles and Practice.
Who should attend
The symposium is open to the public, and is recommended for medical and allied care professionals including doctors, nurses, administrators and volunteers, civic and political leaders and legislators, ethicists, members of faith communities and all those interested in ensuring that each individual experiences what for them is a dignified death.
Program
The program is shown below and will be updated from time to time. Speakers include distinguished and respected thinkers and commentators from around the country and the world. There is the opportunity in each session for audience members to ask questions.
Debate is sure to be lively...don't miss it!
Location
The symposium is at Rydges on Swanston, 701 Swanston Street, Carlton, in the conference centre on the top floor. Tram numbers 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 8, 64, 67 and 72 run up Swanston Street from the city. Alight at Lincoln Square Park, stop 3. More information on getting there here...
Please prepare to arrive early and present to the registration desk from 8:15am, and well before 8:40am for a punctual start to the symposium.
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Ticket Purchases
Tickets are strictly limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis, so book yours today using our secure online checkout system.
Include full details at checkout
Please make sure to enter your full name and address details into the checkout system.
Multiple-ticket purchases
If you purchase multiple tickets (use the [Continue Shopping] button at the checkout to return here and [Add] more), please include the name of each attendee so their registration tags can be produced.
Pensioners and non-members
Please note that pensioners will be asked to provide pension ID during registration on the day. Ticket cost for DWDV non-members includes a complimentary membership of DWDV for one year. If you do not want to be recorded as a DWDV member, simply state so clearly in the address/comment section of the checkout.
Tickets  
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DWDV Member/pensioner: $60 |
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DWDV Member/non-pensioner: $90 |
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DWDV Non-member/pensioner: $80 |
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DWDV Non-member/non-pensioner: $130 |
An administration fee applies for cancellations. No refunds will be issued for tickets cancelled within 14 days of the symposium date, or for non-attendance.
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Friday 8th October 2010 — Public Symposium Day Program
Dying with Dignity — Bridging Principles and Practice
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Symposium Program
Subject to change without notice
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08:15 |
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Registration - please arrive in plenty of time to register |
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09:00 |
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Welcome: Conference Chair - Mr Neil Francis, President and CEO, DWDV |
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09:05 |
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Opening Address
Maxine Morand, Member for Mount Waverley, a Minister of the Victorian Government. |
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09:15 |
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Panel Session 1: The Law
Chair: TBC |
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Deficiencies of the current law - The Hon. Stephen Charles QC, Judge (retired), Victorian Court of Appeal |
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Getting the law right on Physician-Assisted Dying - Prof. Margaret Otlowski, health law specialist and Deputy Head of School, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania |
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Palliative care or medically-assisted death: intentions, morality and the law - Dr Charles Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Ethics and Health Law, University of Newcastle |
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10:45 |
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Morning tea |
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11:15 |
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Panel Session 2: Ethics, Belief and Faith
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Helga Kuhse, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University |
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Presonal autonomy and end-of-life decision-making - Dr Robert Young, Reader in Philosophy, La Trobe University |
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An opposing religious view - Father Bill Uren, Rector, Newman College, Melbourne |
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A supportive religious view - Rev. Dr Francis Macnab, Executive Minister, St Michaels on Collins; Ian Wood, Co-founder, Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia |
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12:45 |
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Light lunch |
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13:45 |
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Panel Session 3: The Oregon Experience with Physician-Assisted Dying
Chair: Ted Goodwin, Vice-President, World Federation of Right to Die Societies |
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Legalised PAD since 1997 - Assoc. Prof. Barbara Glidewell, Centre for Ethics in Healthcare, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon |
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Further views from Oregon - Neil Francis, President and CEO, Dying With Dignity Victoria |
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15:30 |
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Afternoon tea |
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16:00 |
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Panel Session 4: Physician-Assisted Dying and Palliative Care
Chair: Dr Rodney Syme, Vice-President, Dying With Dignity Victoria |
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Causing death: palliative care and euthanasia - Prof. Michael Ashby, Director of Palliative Care, Royal Hobart Hospital |
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Integrating PAD and palliative care in Belgium - Prof. Jan Bernheim, Department of Human Ecology, Faculty of Medicine, Brije Universiteit Brussel, and Researcher, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Belgium |
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Practical and philosophical aspects of terminal sedation - Dr Roger Hunt, Director, Western Palliative Care Service, Adelaide |
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17:30 |
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Closing address: Conference Chair - Mr Neil Francis, President and CEO, DWDV |
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Close |
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