9:00 am Welcome
Antonio Punzi Head of Department of Law and Institutions Luiss
Pietro Pustorino Director Observatory for International Adjudication Studies, Luiss
H.E. Ambassador Julianne Cowley Australian Ambassador to Italy San Marino Albania and Libya and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome FAO and WFP

Chair
Christopher Michaelsen Western Sydney University and Luiss

9:30 am Keynote
Hon. Hilary Charlesworth Judge of the International Court of Justice

Discussant
Andrew Byrnes University of New South Wales

Chair
Madelaine Chiam La Trobe University

11:30 am Australian Voices on the World Stage I
H.E. Ambassador Greg French Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Robert Dann Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
Jane Connors Former United Nations Victims Rights Advocate

Chair
Jeremy Farrall Australian National University

2:00 pm Australian Voices on the World Stage II
Alice Edwards United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Madeline Garlick United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Phil Lynch International Service for Human Rights Geneva

Chair
Monique Cormier Monash University

4:00 pm Global Transformation Team Presentation
Madelaine Chiam La Trobe University
Chris Michaelsen Western Sydney University
Jeremy Farrall Australian National University
Jordana Silverstein The University of Melbourne

Chair
Adrienne Ringin La Trobe University

Day 2 - 15 May 2026

9:00 am Italian Voices on the World Stage
Roger O’Keefe Bocconi University
Ludovica Chiussi Curzi University of Bologna
Giulio Bartolini Roma Tre University

10:00 am Australian Voices from the Bar
Christopher Michaelsen Western Sydney University and Luiss
Philippa Webb KC Blavatnik School of Government, University of
Oxford and Twenty Essex Chambers
Catherine Drummond 3VB Chambers

11:30 pm Final Reflections
Jordana Silverstein The University of Melbourne
Arnulf Becker Lorca European University Institute
Peter Danchin The University of Maryland

Hosted by the Observatory for International Adjudication Studies, Luiss. 
Supported by the Australian Research Council, DP230102088