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Dean and Simon F.S. Li Professor of Law Christopher Gane, 
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Day 1 - Welcome Address
Professor Christopher Gane was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law in September 2011
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Dean, Professor Michael Hor
Faculty of Law 
University of Hong Kong
Day 1 - Welcome Address
Michael Hor is Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Prior to that
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Matthew Thorpe
Former Lord Justice of Appeal
England and Wales
Day 1 - Opening Address
The Rt. Hon. Sir Mathew Thorpe is a former Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales)
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The Hon. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-Li, GBM
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Day 1 - Keynote Address

Madam Justice Bebe Pui Ying Chu
Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court, Hong Kong
Moderator - Day 1 Panel 1
Prior to joining the Judiciary, Madam Justice Chu was a solicitor in private practice for 26 years 
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The Hon. Mr Justice Johnson Lam VP, Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of the High Court HK
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 1


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The Hon. Matthew Cheung Kin-chung GBS JP, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Govt of the HKSAR
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 1
Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung has been Secretary for Labour and Welfare since July 2007. 
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Mr Dennis Chi Kuen Ho
Partner, Ho & Ip, Hong Kong
CIF3 Organising Committee
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 1

Dennis Ho is a solicitor, a mediator and a part time lecturer.  He practices Family Laws for over 25 years.  He is Read more...
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Professor Anne Scully-Johnson
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
CIF3 Organising Committee
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 1
After graduating from University College London (LL.B (hons); LL.M.) Anne Scully-Hill lectured in
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Miss Corinne Remedios
Barrister-at-law
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 1
Corinne is a practising member of the Hong Kong Bar, specialising in Family Law.  She has for many years
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Ms Jacqueline Leong QC, SC
Barrister
Hong Kong
Moderator - Day 1 Panel 2

Jacqueline Leong, who was born in Sydney and was educated in Hong Kong, Australia and England
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The Hon. Madam Justice Robyn M. Diamond, Court of Queen's Bench
(Family Division) Canada
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2B
Madam Justice Diamond is the first Director of the newly created Family Law Branch of the Attorney
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The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Dame Jill Black DBE, Court of Appeal
England and Wales
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2B

Jill Black was appointed a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Family Division, in 1999.  In 2010
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The Hon. Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO, Family Court of Australia
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2B
The Honourable Diana Bryant AO was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia in 2004. 
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Professor Kirsten Sandberg, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; University of Oslo, Norway
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2A

Professor Kirsten Sandberg is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights
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Professor Masayuki Tanamura
Waseda University
Japan
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2A

Professor Tanamura is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, Graduate School, Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
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Mr Ryan Tang
Senior Partner, AllBright Law Office, People's Republic of China
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2A

Mr Ryan Tang is a senior partner at AllBright Law Offices mainly based in the Shanghai office
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Judge Joana Kan
The Base Court 
MSAR of the PRC
Speaker - Day 1 Panel 2B
Kan Cheng Ha, born in Macau in the month of May 1973, completed "Portuguese Language and  
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Her Honour Judge Sharon Melloy
District Court
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 1

Her Honour Judge Melloy has been sitting as a Family Court Judge in the District Court of Hong Kong
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The Hon. Mr Justice Andrew Moylan, High Court
England and Wales
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2

Andrew Moylan was appointed a High Court Judge (Family Division), England and Wales 
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Dr Tamar Morag
Haim Striks School of Law
Israel
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2

Dr. Tamar Morag is an Adjunct Professor  at the Hebrew University Law School in Jerusalem and 
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Ms Kerri Gunthorpe
Family Counsellor / Mediator
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2
I began my studies as a counsellor with the Australian College of Applied Psychology.  I then 
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Mr Robin Egerton
Barrister, Parkside Chambers
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2

Robin was admitted as a solicitor in England and Hong Kong in 1984. He has sat as an Ad Hoc Family
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Judicial Commissioner Valerie Thean, Presiding Judge, Family Justice Courts, Singapore
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2
JC Thean is Presiding Judge at the Family Justice Courts, which is a specialist court structure comprising
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Ms Billy Wong, Executive Secretary, Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights, Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 5

Wong Wai Yuk, Billy is an educated journalist. Prior to becoming the Executive Secretary of Hong Kong 
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Kids' Dream
Kids' Dream
Hong Kong
Moderator - Day 2 Panel 3

Kids' Dream is the first child-led organization established in Hong Kong in 2006. We have currently 
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Ms Alia Eyres
CEO Mother's Choice
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 3

Prior to joining Mother’s Choice as CEO, Alia was a corporate lawyer in Hong Kong for Hogan Lovells
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Ms Sze Lai San, Social Worker 
Society for Community Organisation Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 3
Lai-shan SZE graduated from the Baptist University with a Bachelors degree in Social Work (Honours)
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Mrs Lai Wong Suet Wing, Parenting Coordinator, Accred. Fam. Mediator Sup. HK Family Welfare Society
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 3
Mrs. Lai has been doing family services, delivering counseling to couples, families, children for over 20 Read more...
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Chung Yee-Ping Kelly, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, The Boys & Girls Club Association, HK
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 3

Kelly. Yee-ping, Chung, MSW, MSocSc, BSW, RSW, RPT-S (A4PT) is a Registered Play 
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Professor Katherine Lynch
University of Hong Kong
CIF3 Organising Committee
Moderator - Day 2 Panel 4

Katherine Lynch is the founder and Director of the University of Hong Kong’s LL.M. in Arbitration
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Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei, 
Chair of the Family Council, HK Polytechnic University
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 4
Daniel Shek (PhD, FHKPS, BBS, SBS, JP) is Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme)
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Dr Chow Chun-bong 
Consultant, Princess Margaret Hospital, HK
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 4

Hon. Clinical Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Department of 
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Mr Stephen Blight, Regional Child Protection Adviser, UNICEF
Thailand
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 4

Mr. Stephen Blight is the UNICEF Regional Child Protection Advisor for East Asia and the Pacific
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Dr Leung Chi Yuen Chico, Teaching Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 4

Dr. CY Leung is now a Teaching Fellow of APSS of HKPU. He was once a community social worker 
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Dr Chou Kee Lee, Head Department of Asian and Policy Studies, 
Hong Kong Institute of Education
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 4

Professor Chou Kee-Lee is the Head, Department of Asian and Policy Studies; Associate Dean (Research 
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Professor Anselmo Reyes SC
University of Hong Kong
CIF3 Organising Committee
Moderator - Day 2 Panel 5

Anselmo Reyes has been Professor of Legal Practice at Hong Kong University since October 2013
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Ms Luna Chan
Pathfinders

Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 5
Luna manages and oversees PathFinders’ beneficiary services programmes, and PathFinders
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Dr Patrick Ip, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 5

Dr. Patrick Ip is a Clinical Associate Professor of Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
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Professor Leong Wai Kum
Faculty of Law, NUS
Singapore
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 5
Professor Leong Wai Kum is a senior member of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore 
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Ms Sarah Hin-Yi Fang
Kids' Dream
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2
Sarah is a 15-year-old student of the Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
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Ms Winnie Chow, Partner CRB
CIF3 Organising Committee
Hong Kong
Winnie Chow is one of Hong Kong’s foremost matrimonial lawyers.  She joined Hampton,
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Ms Sala Sihombing, Mediator 
Conflict Change Consulting
CIF3 Organising Committee
Hong Kong
Sala is a full time accredited mediator (HKIAC, HKMAAL, FINRA and CEDR), conflict management coach 
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Ms Angie Wai-chi Dai
Kids' Dream
Hong Kong
Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2, Closing
​Angie is currently a secondary five student from Belilios Public School. She has been a member of Kids
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Mr Hercules Chi-ning Lai
Kids' Dream
Hong Kong
​Speaker - Day 2 Panel 2
Hercules is a current Year 4 LLB student in City University of Hong Kong and has been a child
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Ms Kathy Wing-ki Man
Kids' Dream
Hong Kong
Moderator - Day 2 Panel 3
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Mr Russell Coleman SC
Temple Chambers
Hong Kong
Closing Remarks - Day 2
Russell Coleman decided at an early age to become a Barrister, when he realised no other member of 
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