Asking the Right Questions
The Langham Hotel, Melbourne Victoria
11—14 November 2014
Conference Information Brochure
Conference Presentations
Wednesday 12th November 2014
A/Prof Charlie Corke
Long Term Missing Persons (LTMP) & Unidentified Human Remains (UHR). Why weren't they found?
David Butler
Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police
Soren Blau
Senior Forensic Anthropologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Coroner Reform in England and Wales
HH Judge Peter Thornton QC
The Privilege against Self-Incrimination in Coroner’s Inquests
Ian Freckelton QC
Crockett Chambers, Melbourne
Thursday 13th November 2014
Prescription drugs: Too much of a good thing?
Chair
Coroner Audrey Jamieson
Background presentation
Dr Jeremy Dwyer
Expert panel
Assoc Prof Morris Odell, Mr Sam Biondo, Dr Matthew Frei, Mr Irvine Newton OAM
Aortic Dissection Investigation: Engagement of Clinical Expertise to Understand the Phenomenon
Paresa Antoniadis Spanos
Coroner/Magistrate
Professor George Jelinek, Dr Sandra Neate
Consultant Physicians, Coroners Prevention Unit
Unsafe Sleeping Environments: More Than Just “Co-sleeping”
Yeliena Baber
MBBS MRCSED FRCPath FRCPA
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
The ‘molecular autopsy’: It’s uses and ethical implications
Sarah Parsons
Forensic Pathologist VIFM
“Point of Care” testing and Forensic Medicine
David Ranson
The Department of Forensic Medicine (Monash University)
Friday 14th November 2014
Development of the Victorian Suicide Register to Advance Suicide Prevention
Lyndal Bugeja
Manager, Coroners Prevention Unit Coroners Court of Victoria
Mary Hyland
Mental Health Case Investigator
Coroners Prevention Unit, Coroners Court of Victoria
Prevention of suicide in middle aged males
Associate Professor Richard Newton
Medical Director
Mental Health Clinical Service Unit, The University of Melbourne (Austin Health)
David Ranson & Iain West
The Coroners Court of Victoria, The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Ms Georgie Harman
CEO beyondblue
Professor Sue Turnbull
University of Wollongong