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IRSV - Connecting Careers, Skills and Practice Conference

  • 2 Dec 2026
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Sofitel Melbourne on Collins


The Industrial Relations Society of Victoria is pleased to announce its inaugural Connecting Careers, Skills and Practice Conference.

Conference program

Sessions include:

  • Mapping Interests, Not Positions: advanced bargaining strategy through real-world scenarios and Q&A
  • What Are Courts and Tribunals Doing About AI?
  • Inside the Room: the skills of conciliation, persuasion and resolution
  • From Instructions to Argument: how an industrial case is built
  • No Single Way In: building a career in industrial relations
  • The Long Career: choices, turning points and professional courage
  • A 2026 industrial relations round-up.

The program brings together perspectives from across the profession, including the bench, Bar, legal practice, unions and academia, with speakers currently confirmed including:

  • Judge Johns
  • Judge Bromberg
  • Josh Bornstein
  • Professor Anthony Forsyth
  • Natalie James
  • Herman Borenstein KC
  • Tess Hardy
  • Jack Tracey KC. 

More speakers and full program to be announced!


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