Round Table Meeting
19–21 January 2009, Singapore

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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Welcome

• Justice Kenneth Hayne, Australia, "Opening Remarks "

• Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Singapore, "Welcome Address "

Plenary Session: Judicial Reform Experiences

• Dr Mohan Gopal, India, "Questions for Consideration"

• Dr Heike Gramckow, World Bank, "Judicial Reform Components and Trajectories Lessons from Mongolia and Beyond"

Plenary Session: Case Management Reform and Delay Reduction

• Deputy Chief Justice Paulus Lotolung, Indonesia, "Reducing Delay and Case Management Reform"

• Justice Zenaida Elepano, Philippines, "Case Management Reform: The Philippine Experience" paper and presentation

Plenary Session: Judicial Education and Skills Development

• Justice Ananda Bhattarai, Nepal, "Judicial Education and Skill Development: Nepali Experience"

• Ly Tayseng, Attorney-at-Law, Cambodia, "Judicial Education and Skill Development for Judges and Court Staff"

• Professor Myrna S. Feliciano, Philippines, "Judicial Education in the Philippine Judicial Academy"

• Judge Ulbossyn Suleimenova, Kazakhstan, "Judicial Education Strategy in the Republic of Kazakhstan"

• Deputy Chief Justice Petr Serkov, Russia, "Judicial Reform in the Russian Federation" (paper not available)

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Plenary Session: Judicial Administration and Management

• Justice Judith Prakash, Singapore, "Making the Civil Litigation System more efficient" paper and presentation

• Principal District Judge Hoo Sheau Peng, Singapore, "Journey Towards Judicial Excellence: The Singapore Subordinate Courts’ Experience"

• Justice Richard Malanjum, Malaysia, "Judicial Administration and Management (The Sabah and Sarawak Courts Experience)" paper and presentation

• Doctor Faqir Hussain, Pakistan, "Judicial Administration: Strategy to Institutionalise Independence of the Judiciary" paper and presentation

Plenary Session: Ethics, Integrity and Judicial Accountability

• Sir Albert Palmer, Chief Justice, Solomon Islands, "Ethics, Integrity and Judicial Accountability"

• Justice VK Rajah, Judge of Appeal, Singapore (paper not available)

• Param Cumaraswamy, Malaysia, "The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct"

Plenary Session: Promoting Access to Justice Through Judicial Reform

• Jiang Huiling, Senior Judge, Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China "Enhancing Access to Justice through Judicial Reform in China"

• Ms Mere Pulea, Fiji, Ms Mere Pulea, Fiji, "Access to Justice: The Pacific – Examples of Judicial Reform"

Plenary Session: Panel: Searching for Success in Judicial Reforms: Voices from the Asia Pacific Experience

• Mr Livingston Armytage, Australia, "Searching for Success in Judicial Reforms"

• Justice Peter McClellan, "Important Issues for the APJRF"