2023 Fiji Attorney-General's Conference PDF

25th Attorney-General’s Conference 8 & 9 December 2023, Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort DAY ONE – 8 DECEMBER 2023 8.30 am – 9.00 am : Registration All guests and participants to be seated by 9.00...

25th Attorney-General’s Conference 8 & 9 December 2023, Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort DAY ONE – 8 DECEMBER 2023 8.30 am – 9.00 am : Registration All guests and participants to be seated by 9.00 am 9:00 am – 9:15 am : National Anthem 9:15 am – 9:25 am : Welcome Address by Mr Ropate Green, Solicitor-General 9.25 am – 9.45 am : Address by Chief Guest, Hon. Sitiveni Rabuka, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji 9.45 am – 10.30 am : PHOTO SESSION AND MORNING TEA 10.30 am – 12.30 pm : LAWYERS AS DIGITAL GUARDIANS PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS IN THE MODERN AGE Speakers : Ms. Tupou’tuah Baravilala Director-General - Digital Government Transformation, Cybersecurity and Communications Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications : Ms Seema Shandil, Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Council of Fiji : Mr Simon Vansittart, Chief Risk Officer (Fiji), ANZ Bank : Mr David Solvalu, Chief Legal Advisor, Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Chair : Ms Janet Raman 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm : LUNCH 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm : NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF CONTRACT LAW LAWYERS ROLE IN ADDRESSING BREACH OF CONTRACT Speakers : Mr Subhas Parshotam, Parshotam Lawyers : Justice Anare Tuilevuka, High Court Judge : Ms Raijeli Lebaivalu Tuivaga, Accredited Mediator, Fiji Mediation Centre : Mr Nicholas Nitish Sadhu, Certified Mediator Chair : Ms Ashna Harikishan 3.30 pm – 3.45 pm : AFTERNOON TEA 3.45 pm – 5.45 pm : FROM SURVIVORS TO THRIVERS SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Speakers : Hon. Lynda Tabuya, Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection : Mr John Rabuku, Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions : Justice Daniel Goundar, High Court Judge : Ms Shamima Ali, Coordinator, Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Chair : Mr Yovin Naidu 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm : ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S ANNUAL DINNER After-Dinner Speaker : His Excellency, Mr Ewen McDonald, Australian High Commissioner Dress Code: Black Tie  25th Attorney-General’s Conference 8 & 9 December 2023, Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort DAY TWO – 9 DECEMBER 2023 9:00 am – 11:00 am : A RIPPLE IN THE WAVE BIG LEGAL CHALLENGES FOR SMALL LEGAL JURISDICTIONS - THE PIFS DECLARATION ON SEA-LEVEL RISE Speakers : Mr Esala Nayasi, Deputy Secretary-General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat : Professor Elisabeth Holland, Director, Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development : Mr Andrew Paris, Environment Coordinator, Blue Prosperity Fiji : Ms Zaidy Arin Nisa, UN Fellow, UN Division of Oceans Affairs and Law of the Sea Chair : Ms Maria Cobona 11.00 am – 11.15 am : MORNING TEA 11.15 am – 1.15 pm : CAMERA, LIGHTS, ACTION! INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN FILM Speakers : Mr Ramiro Tenorio, Film-Director, Film-Producer and Screenwriter : Mr Eramasi Tamanisau, Chairperson, Fiji Performing Rights Association : Mr Pita Niubalavu, Intellectual Property Consultant, Oceanica Intellectual Property : Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, Playwright and Film Director, University of Hawai’i Chair : Mr Josefa Mainavolau 1:20 pm – 2:20 pm : CLOSING ADDRESS 2:20 pm : LUNCH 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm : COCKTAIL 7:30 pm – 10.30 pm : DINNER After-Dinner Speaker : Mr Tui Kamikamica, Captain, Fiji Bati Dress Code: Bula CONFERENCE DRESS CODE: STRICTLY FORMAL