IBA - Durban 2002 - Outline Programme

Saturday 19 October

1400 - 1730		Registration, ICC Hall 3a

Sunday 20 October

1000 - 1900 1000 - 1600 1800 - 1900 1900 - 2300		Registration, ICC Hall 3a Cricket Match, Kingsmead Ground Opening Ceremony, ICC Hall 1 Welcome Party**, DEC Hall 1

Monday 21 October

0830 - 1730 0930 - 1700 1230 - 1400 1230 - 1400 1730 - 1900 1930		Registration, ICC Hall 3a Working sessions, ICC/DEC/Hilton Women Lawyers' Lunch, DEC Outer Limits Senior Lawyers' Lunch, DEC East Park Newcomers' Reception , The Terrace, Hilton Hotel Buffet Reception hosted by South African law firms*, DEC Hall 1

Tuesday 22 October

0830 - 1730 0930 - 1700 1230 - 1400 1230 - 1400 1730 - 1900 2000 2000		Registration, ICC Hall 3a Working sessions, ICC/DEC/Hilton Latin American Lawyers' Lunch, DEC Outer Limits African Regional Forum Lunch, DEC East Park Young Lawyers' Reception, The Terrace, Hilton Hotel Section on Energy & Natural Resources Law Dinner, Royal Hotel Section on Legal Practice Dinner, Elangeni Hotel

Wednesday 23 October

0830 - 1730 0930 - 1700 1230 - 1400 1230 - 1400		Registration, ICC Hall 3a Working sessions, ICC/DEC/Hilton Eastern European Forum Lunch, DEC East Park Asia Pacific Forum Lunch, DEC Outer Limits

Thursday 24 October

0700 0830 - 1730 0930 - 1700 1100 - 1130 1200 - 1230 1200 1230 - 1400 1230 - 1400 1400 - 1600		(Tee off) IBA Golf Tournament Durban Country Club Registration, ICC Hall 3a Working sessions, ICC/DEC/Hilton Section on Business Law General Meeting Section on Legal Practice General Meeting Sailing Challenge, The Royal Natal Yacht Club Section on Legal Practice Lunch, DEC East Park Section on Business Law Lunch, DEC Hall 2 IBA General Meeting

Friday 25 October

0830 - 1730 0930 - 1700 1130 - 1230 1930		Registration, ICC Hall 3a Working sessions, ICC/DEC/Hilton Human Rights Institute General Meeting Closing Party, DEC Hall 2, Tickets required*

Cultural Issues Programme
TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER, 1400 - 1700

Letting Go
From the personal level to the level of international relations, ideas about dealing with the past in a way that liberates us to build the future are very much in the air. Understanding the factors that facilitate 'letting go' and 'closure' are of great interest to therapists, psychologists and mediators. Great institutions like the Roman Catholic Church recognise the need to acknowledge wrongs in the past. Former colonial nations are beginning to accept responsibility and apologise for suffering caused to indigenous peoples. To what extent may these ideas offer a way forward to persons, groups, societies and nations forced into conflict by their histories? South Africa is the outstanding example of a nation's attempt to recreate itself upon a foundation of truth and reconciliation.

The panel will explore the psychological advantages, pitfalls and limitations in such a process, and consider if these ideas are culturally determined by the beliefs of Christianity and Western psychology, or if there are parallels in other societies, particularly in native African culture and traditions, of conflict resolution and mediation?

Further, the panel will also discuss whether such processes could be useful in earlier stages of conflict, for example in the Middle East, the Balkans and Northern Ireland.

Dress code

The dress code for this Conference is informal. Neither business suits nor ties are required for working sessions or any IBA social functions. Traditional dress is welcomed.

Important Notes

The working language of the Conference is English.
* Indicates functions open to delegates and registered guests for which there is no charge.
Admission is by Conference badge unless otherwise indicated.
Working sessions will take place at the International Convention Centre (ICC), the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC) and the Hilton Hotel, all of which are within walking distance of each other and will not be open to the public during the Conference week.
A full list of Committee Social Functions will be sent to all delegates with registration acknowledgement.