Participant Biographies

Participant Biographies
Karine Bates, Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
[email protected]
Karine Bates is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal.
After having completed a combined Undergraduate program in civil law and common law (B.C.L., LL.B.) at McGill
University, in Montréal, Canada, she pursued her studies in law and legal pluralism through the perspective of legal
anthropology. In 2005, she obtained a Ph.D. in Arts (Anthropology) from McGill University. In 2007 she completed a postdoctoral program at the Department of Anthropology, Université́ de Montréal. Her main research themes are: legal
anthropology, access to justice, women’s rights in India, ethnography of tribunals, law and rituals.
Karim Benyekhlef, Director, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Montréal, Canada
[email protected]
Karim Benyekhlef is a Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre de recherche en droit public (Université́
de Montréal). He is also the Head of the international research project Towards Cyberjustice. This research project is
multidisciplinary and international and made up of 30 researchers. Its purpose is to ensure that the administration of
justice takes advantage of advances in technology and networking to facilitate access to justice.
Claude Bourbeau, Principal, Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes Inc., Montréal, Canada
[email protected]
Claude Bourbeau, Senior Principal Architect Associate, was at the helm of Beauchamp and Bourbeau from 1985,
serving as lead designer and environmental coordinator. He became Head Environmental Coordinator and Integrated
Design Leader in 2005 when his firm merged with Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes.
The designer of many public works, M. Bourbeau has been responsible for a multitude of residential, institutional and
office projects. In the past years, he has been working on high security buildings, including national police
headquarters, detention centres, national defence buildings and courthouses.
Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes is one of the major firms in Canada and is located in Montréal.
Marie-Bénédicte Caumette, Directrice de Programme, Agence publique pour l'immobilier de la Justice (APIJ), Paris,
France
[email protected]
At 23, I graduated as a civil engineer and in 2002, I obtained my first job at the Ministry of Equipment (Human Resources
Department) where I was in charge of the posting and the mobility of young graduate civil engineers.
I then joined the Public Property Agency of the Ministry of Justice. For four years, I worked as a Project Leader as part of
a team whose job was to build Court Houses and Penitentiaries. In 2008, I was promoted Director of Projects overseeing
a team of Chiefs of Projects.
David Chekroun, Professor, ESCP Europe, Paris, France
[email protected]
David Chekroun is a Tenured Professor of Business Law at ESCP Europe and Global Research Fellow at NYU school of
Law. A Doctor of Laws of the Sorbonne Law School, he lectures International Business Law, Transnational Litigation and
Comparative Law. David Chekroun was involved in workshops with legal experts that aimed to improve the systems of
Judicial Review in Civil and Criminal proceedings of several European countries and organises conferences on Criminal
& Civil justice in Europe. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Think Tank « Conventions » from the French
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs & the Institut des hautes études sur la justice. His research interests are mainly
International Business Law and Judicial Studies.
Judge Colin Doherty, National Executive Judge, District Court, Christchurch, New Zealand
[email protected]
Colin Doherty is a Kiwi. He is a Judge of the District Court of New Zealand, an Alternate Judge of the Environment Court
and a Justice of the High Court of the Cook Islands. He has been an Associate Judge of the High Court of New Zealand
and a temporary Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa.
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He is currently the National Executive Judge of the District Court and over the last 15 years has held a number of senior
administrative positions including Acting Chief District Court Judge.
Colin has had a long interest in Courts’ architecture and systems and has attended several Courts of the Future
programmes. Since the February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes he has chaired the Judicial Reference Group for
Earthquake Recovery of the Courts and is a member of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the
Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct.
Colin has presented papers at seminars and workshops in NZ, Australia, Canada and Spain.
Justice James Douglas, Judge, Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
[email protected]
Justice James Douglas was appointed to the Queensland Supreme Court in November 2003. Before then he spent 27
years in practice as a barrister in Queensland, becoming a Queens Counsel in 1989. He was President of the Bar
Association of Queensland from 1999 to 2001 and previously chaired the Queensland Theatre Company and the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Advisory Board.
He is a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and of the American Law Institute, reflecting his
interest in other legal systems and comparative law. He is also a committee member and former president of the
Alliance Française de Brisbane Inc.
He is married to Margaret Douglas, a literary agent. They have two adult children.
Harold Epineuse, Secrétaire Général Adjoint, Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice (IHEJ), Paris, France
[email protected]
Harold Epineuse joined the Justice Reform Practice Group in the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank in November
2010, in a Counsel position opened by the French Government. He is now acting as Alternate Senior Knowledge Officer,
in charge of the knowledge, training and research agenda of the Legal Department. Appointed Coordinator in the
“Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development” secretariat, he is in charge of three thematic working groups on:
Justice and Rule of Law Reform, Law and Economy, Governance and Anti-Corruption, and the development of
external relations with potential partners and counterparts.
He has ten years’ research and practice experience in a variety of jurisdictions from Western, Central and Eastern
Europe, North America, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as from North and East Asia – regions where he worked
on either procedural reforms or justice institutions development.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked for ten years at the Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice (Institute for
Advanced Judicial Studies, in Paris) where he carried out several comparative research programs on Justice, and
developed a consultancy activity on legal and justice affairs for international organizations, governments and both
international and national courts. Appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Institute, he continues to contribute to its
activities from Washington and to the development of a research, training and consultancy agenda on Justice Policy.
His recent expertise in the field has been in justice sector assessments or project identifications, the negotiation of
governance reforms, institutional capacity development, human resources management, the design and
implementation of judicial ethics instruments, accountability policies and educational programs, court technology and
justice environments.
He is regularly asked to give lectures and to take teaching assignments in universities and judicial training organizations
from different countries, and to take part in interdisciplinary research teams. He has enjoyed participating in several
knowledge dissemination activities in the past; the most novel were the production of a weekly radio broadcast on
legal affairs, script writing for filmed documentaries, and an art exhibition on justice.
Robert Fisch, Sr. Vice President, CGL RicciGreene Design Group, New York, USA
[email protected]
Robert Fisch, a nationally-recognized expert on court facilities, leads the courts planning and programming activities at
RicciGreene Associates. Recognized primarily for his practical application of analytical planning methods for unique
project requirements, he is seasoned in working within the complex environment of inter-agency relationships on major
public projects. Mr Fisch is known for his success in facilitating consensus regarding owner, user and legislator priorities.
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As a strategic thinker, Mr Fisch has expertise in master planning, operational and needs assessment, space
programming, staffing & caseload analysis, special organization and pre-design alternatives. Having completed more
than fifty projects in the last twenty-five years, he has an extensive knowledge of court design best practices, including
the application of new technologies in court operations.
Mr Fisch is very active in his local community planning and development initiatives, and has served as the Board
President for Main Street South Orange (NJ), a not-for-profit development agency.
His courts master planning and programming projects include:
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Brampton Courthouse Study and Master Plan, Brampton, Ontario
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Travis County Court System Master Plan, Austin, TX
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Bergen County Court Complex, Hackensack, NY
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Kings County Criminal Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY
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Bronx Family and Criminal Courthouse, Bronx, NY
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Staten Island Courthouse, Staten Island, NY
Karine Gentelet, Coordinator, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Montréal, Canada
[email protected]
Karine Gentelet holds a Masters degree in Anthropology from the Université Laval and a Ph.D. in Sociology from
Université de Montréal. She acted as project coordinator in two major research projects (MCRI) with the CRDP
(Research Centre for Public Law), namely Towards Cyberjustice and Indigenous Peoples and Governance, since her
postdoctoral studies with Professor Guy Rocher. Her subject matter and many publications deal with representations
and discourses on establishing the political rights of native groups in Canada through legal sociology and anthropology.
She recently co-managed the latest issue of Éthique Publique (Public Ethics), an international social ethics and good
government journal dedicated to Aboriginal peoples. Gentelet is also Vice-President of the French-speaking branch of
Amnesty International Canada.
Robert Goble, Executive VP & Founder, CGL Companies, South Carolina, USA
[email protected]
Bob Goble is a founder of CGL who has led numerous corrections, courts, law enforcement and other public facilities
planning and development projects throughout the USA and four other countries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Space
Planning and Design from Ohio University and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois. He has served as
an expert witness in USA federal and state courts; authored a number of technical articles in professional journals and
magazines; and published manuals on public facilities planning. Mr Goble was Assistant Director of the Planning Division
of an international consulting firm and a senior city planner for Dallas, Texas before entering private practice. He began
his career as a researcher and writer at the Bureau of Urban and Regional Planning Research in 1970 and was a
graduate teaching assistant at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois.
Frank Greene, Principal, RicciGreene, New York, USA
[email protected]
Frank J. Greene, FAIA plans and designs civic buildings that are diverse in their expression, their imagery defined by the
circumstances of place and purpose. A Principal of RicciGreene Associates, his body of work is international in scope.
As lead designer and as design collaborator on prominent courthouses, including numerous GSA Design Excellence
projects, his work has garnered AIA and GSA Design Awards, LEED certification, and publication in architectural press.
Frank is a member and past chair of the Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ) Advisory Group, founding member
of the NY Chapter AAJ, and a frequent speaker and writer on justice topics. He serves the AIA College of Fellows as
New York State Representative. He is a graduate of the Howard University School of Architecture and Planning, where
he received the Gold Medal for Design in 1978.
As a founding member of the Sustainable Justice committee of the AIA AAJ, Frank has led a number of collaborative
workshops defining the need for a white paper entitled Sustainable Justice 2030: Green Guide to Justice, for which he
served as editor. He has served as moderator for panel presentations of the work of the SJ committee at three AIA
conventions and two AAJ conferences. He wrote the facilities portion of a white paper for the Department of Justice
National Institute of Corrections entitled Greening Corrections: People, Processes, Policy and participated in a webcast
presenting its findings to a national audience.
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Mark Hanson, Principal, ICE Design, Hawthorn, Australia
[email protected]
Mark Hanson is a director of ICE Design Australia, an acoustics and audio visual engineering consultancy specialising in
the integrated design of technology solutions and room environments for courtrooms and parliaments. Mark leads ICE
Design’s Melbourne office in Australia. He is currently involved with the group’s strategic planning for a substantial incourt technology upgrade across all courts for the High Court of Australia; responsible for delivering acoustic
engineering advice for the new Courthouse and Police Station Development in Coffs Harbour, NSW; and managing a
team of ICE Design’s electroacoustic engineers to develop a highly intelligible, bespoke loudspeaker solution,
appropriate for the acoustically complex and heritage-listed environment of the St James Road courtroom of the
historic King Street Courts in Sydney.
Jeffrey Hyman, Senior Associate, RicciGreene Associates, New York, USA
[email protected]
With many years of successful work as the project manager and project architect, Mr Hyman is accomplished in
programming, all phases of design, and construction. Responsibilities include coordination with the owner, consultants
and contractors.
His diverse experience with institutional projects, including courthouses and detention facilities, is based on solid
technical expertise, attention to detail, and thorough knowledge of design applied to all phases of the process.
Representative projects include:
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Staten Island Courthouse, Staten Island, New York
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Lindsey Flanigan Courthouse, Denver, Colorado
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Lehigh County Courthouse Addition and Renovation, Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Bridgeport Superior Court & Center for Juvenile Matters, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Connecticut Appellate Courthouse, Hartford, Connecticut
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Rikers Island Facility, New York, New York
Diane Jones, Adjunct Professor UNSW; Director, PTW Architects, NSW, Australia
[email protected]
Diane is a practising architect and a director of PTW Architects, Sydney. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of the
Built Environment, University of New South Wales.
Diane has a strong grounding in design, heritage, master planning and working with civic buildings. Current projects
include the Coffs Harbour Justice Precinct and the staged conservation and upgrading of the culturally significant King
Street Courts, Sydney.
Since 2010, Diane has led a M. Arch graduation studio at UNSW. In 2010, students explored the concept of a high
security court; in 2012, a children’s court; and, in 2013, a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct.
Through the Court of the Future (research) Network, of which she is a co-convenor, Diane's PTW studio team is a
principal industry partner for five Australian Research Council Linkage grants (2006 – 2015) which test the influence of
architecture on people's well-being and cognitive abilities.
Mark Krapez, Senior Function Planner, Infrastructure Ontario, Toronto, Canada
[email protected]
Mark Krapez, OAA, Int. Assoc. AIA, MRAIC. In his current role as Senior Functional Planner, Real Estate Management for
Infrastructure Ontario, Mark leads many of the strategic planning and functional programming projects for the Justice
sector.
Mark has more than 25 years of development experience working for the private and public sectors and in his previous
role as a Senior Project Manager oversaw the construction of over a dozen courthouses in the province-wide courts
consolidation program. His expertise in Justice and Government sector planning has been recognized in the successful
delivery of international award winning projects such as the historic Renfrew County Courthouse in Ontario, Canada. He
is a registered Architect in Canada and the United States and holds Masters of Architecture and Bachelor of
Environmental Studies degrees from the University of Manitoba.
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Last year, Mark was the co-chair of the International Academy of Architecture for Justice Conference held in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Yves Lansoy, Directeur, Agence Publique pour l’Immobilier de la Justice (APIJ), Paris, France
[email protected]
I received my Professional Degree in Architecture from École d'Architecture Paris La Seine and am also a graduate of
École de Chaillot with a specialty in Historic Preservation. Prior to joining the Ministry of Justice in 2008, I served for fifteen
years as an architect with the Department of Defense at the Central Administration for the Development of Major
Projects. I am currently Director at the Agence Publique pour l’Immobilier de la Justice (APIJ) and Director at
l’Établissement Public du Palais de Justice de Paris (EPPJP).
APIJ is the leading real estate operator for the Ministry of Justice, with approximately a hundred employees, mostly
architects and engineers. APIJ manages approximately a hundred operations of courthouses and prisons throughout
France and French territories worldwide (mainland and overseas). The EPPJP is leading the future Courthouse of Paris
project, which constitutes a major construction for the Justice Department, on a new site in Paris.
This totally new, 160m
high building will include 100,000 sq. m. of floor area with 90 courtrooms.
Christian Licoppe, Professeur, Telecom Paristech, Paris, France
[email protected]
Christian Licoppe, PhD. professor of sociology, alumnus of the École Polytechnique, acting head of the Social Science
Department at Telecom Paristech. Trained in history and sociology of science and technology, he is interested in
conversation analysis and multimodal interaction analysis, and more generally ethnographic studies of multi-participant
interactions in mobile and institutional settings. He is a leading scholar in the field of mobile studies, where he has
extensively studied the interactions of mobile users in location-aware systems and the social consequences of the ways
in which they refer to place and proximity.
He is currently engaged in a large scale video-ethnographic research project on courtroom interactions, in relation to
the introduction of videoconference systems and the way it is part of a reshaping of speech practices in this institutional
setting. He is also interested in extending pragmatic analysis beyond the purely linguistic realm by considering the
fruitfulness of considering technology-mediated and materially embedded events such as phone rings, online
notifications or on screen video appearances as performative. This branches into new insights about the current
proliferation of notifications in complex information ecologies and the management of multiple streams of activity, such
as the “crisis of the summons”.
Dr Stephen Long, Senior Architect, Architectus, Brisbane, Australia
[email protected]
Dr Stephen Long is an Associate at Architectus Brisbane. His experience in architectural practice, research and
teaching includes public, residential, and commercial projects and expertise in Indigenous housing, cultural heritage
and place.
Stephen was part of the Architectus team for the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law for the Supreme Court of Queensland
and the District Court of Queensland. He was involved in the design of the courtrooms and the design of custom timber
joinery in the courtrooms, chambers, counters and public foyers. This experience involved working closely with Judges
and client representatives.
Stephen has completed a number of refurbishment projects for the Federal Court of Australia in the Brisbane
Commonwealth Law Courts. This includes the full upgrade of Court 1, the Ceremonial Court, to allow natural light and
views of the Brisbane River and distant ranges. The public gallery lines three sides of the room, creating a ‘court in the
round’.
Jean-Paul Miroglio, Chercheur Associé, Institut des Hautes Études sur la Justice (IHEJ), Paris, France
[email protected]
Following a first career as a photographer and press photo-reporter, Jean-Paul Miroglio became an architect in 1986.
His activity in Avignon earned him recognition in the fields of housing (winner C3D awards, 1994 and 1996) and bridge
engineering design (Gold Ribbon 2000).
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As a Programming Associate with CER, he undertook numerous architectural public and private building programs for
such end-clients as the Regional Government of North Pas-de-Calais, the Prefectures of Vaucluse and Loire Atlantique,
the National Fire-fighters School and GEC ALSTHOM Transport SA.
In the judicial field, he completed several studies for new projects including the reconstruction program for the Court of
Appeal in the Parliament of Brittany heritage-listed building (which had been partially destroyed by fire), and the
strategic brief for the Paris Courthouse. As Project Manager at the Public Property Agency of the Ministry of Justice
(APIJ), he was in charge of programming for the new Paris Courthouse, at present under construction.
Now retired, Jean-Paul Miroglio has joined the permanent team of IHEJ as a research associate specializing in judicial
architecture topics.
Michael Moxam, Vice President, Stantec Architecture Ltd, Toronto, Canada
[email protected]
Michael Moxam, OAA, MAA, SAA, FRAIC, LEED® AP, Intl. Assoc. AIA. Born in Montréal, Michael studied at the University
of Manitoba, where he earned a Masters Degree in Architecture and the American Institute of Architects School Medal
and Certificate for Excellence in the Study of Architecture.
Michael has dedicated his career to design excellence and the search for clear, rational and poetic solutions to
complex programs. He is passionate about the exchange of information and knowledge in pursuit of high-quality
planning, design and delivery. His drive to achieve a paradigm shift in law enforcement design from one of segregation
to community engagement is demonstrated in the development of some of Ontario’s largest and most complex law
enforcement facilities including the newly completed Forensic Science and Coroner’s Complex, the award-winning
Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters as well as numerous divisional facilities for the Toronto, Niagara and Halton
Regional Police forces.
Michael is actively leading and shaping the justice facility design through his frequent lectures at the AIA Justice
Facilities Conference and participation in the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice Community.
Judge Laurence Newhook, Acting Principal Environment Judge, Environment Court, Auckland, New Zealand
[email protected]
Appointed an Environment Judge in August 2001, Judge Laurie Newhook, graduated from Auckland University with an
LLB(Hons) in 1972 and was admitted to the Bar the same year. From 1976 he was a partner of law firm Brookfields and
antecedent firms. He practiced in resource management, local government and general litigation. The general
litigation component had emphasis on land, maritime matters, construction law and mediation/ arbitration work.
In the areas of planning, resource management and local government he acted for councils, landowners, developer,
iwi, community groups and environmental groups. The Judge is an Associate of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of
New Zealand and a member of the Resource Management Law Association.
Judge Newhook has been actively involved with Court of the Future Network since 2007, and has been closely involved
in matters of courthouse design and fit out for over 10 years. He has been Acting Principal Environment Judge in New
Zealand since August 2011.
Justice Robert Osborn, Judge, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
[email protected]
Justice Osborn was appointed to the Court of Appeal in January 2012, prior to which he was a judge in the Trial Division
of the Supreme Court for ten years, sitting in every division of the court but predominantly in the Common Law Division
of which he was Principal Judge from 2009. For a period he was also judge in charge of the Valuation Compensation
and Planning list. He holds Honours degrees in Arts and Law and a Masters degree in Law from the University of
Melbourne. Prior to his appointment he was a member of the Victorian Bar for 27 years and practised mainly in the area
of public law, including town planning and other public interest litigation. He was the judge supervising a major
refurbishment of the Victorian Supreme Court. He has also been involved in the planning and construction of other
facilities for this Court.
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Stephen Phillips, Senior Principal, Practice Leader, Stantec Architecture Ltd, Toronto, Canada
[email protected]
Stephen Phillips, OAA, SAA, FRAIC, LEED AP BD+C. As Practice Leader for Stantec Architecture’s Toronto Studio, Stephen
Phillips brings 30 years of experience in the design of complex institutional projects with a specific focus on education,
research, justice and healthcare. Through a creative range of contextual and sustainable solutions, Stephen’s work
demonstrates a commitment to design quality while prioritizing the quality of the human experience. His ability to bring
together and inspire client, design and consultant participants has led to a portfolio of truly transformational and awardwinning buildings.
Over his career, Stephen’s portfolio has been recognized for excellence with a Governor General’s Medal in
Architecture and awards from the OAA, Business Week/Architectural Record, Modern Healthcare, Canadian Interiors,
Design Exchange, and International Academy of Design and Health.
Stephen studied Architecture at the University of Waterloo, receiving a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (1979) and
Bachelor of Architecture (1981). He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Canadian Green Building
Council LEED Accredited Professional (BD+C) and Registered Architect in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
April Pottorff, Principal, CGL RicciGreene Associates, Lexington, USA
[email protected]
April Pottorff, AIA is a Principal with CGL RicciGreene Associates.
As a nationally recognized expert and leader in Justice Facility planning and design, April advocates for a systems
approach and evidence-based design applications. The results of her work are strong civic buildings that enhance and
contribute to the communities where they are located.
April has authored several articles and her work has been published and profiled in national journals and magazines.
She regularly lectures at national conferences on topics that address justice facility planning and design issues.
In 1997 her work was featured in an exhibit entitled “Toward the New Millennium ‘Women in Architecture” at the Aaron
Davis Hall Gallery, New York City.
She received her Bachelor of Architecture professional degree from the University of Kansas in 1991 and her Masters of
Planning in Urban Design at City College, City University of New York in 1992.
Dr Meredith Rossner, Research Fellow, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, Australia
[email protected]
Meredith Rossner is a research fellow in the Justice Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. Dr Rossner
received her PhD in Sociology and Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include
restorative justice, criminology theory, social interactions, and the sociology of emotions. She is involved in research on
the emotional and ritual dynamics of justice processes, with a particular focus on restorative justice and juries. She
conducts original research on the emotional dynamics of restorative justice conferences, the role of democratic
deliberation in juries, the role of interpreters in court rituals, and the meaning and placement of the dock in criminal
trials.
Dr Emma Rowden, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
[email protected]
Dr Emma Rowden joined the School of Architecture at UTS in 2013 as a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Emma's doctoral research was attached to the ARC Linkage Project "Gateways to Justice: improving video-mediated
communications for justice participants". The recommendations made in her thesis have been developed into
evidence-based design guidelines to improve remote participation in court proceedings that can be found at:
www.uws.edu.au/justice/justice/publications.
In 2011 Emma joined the Justice Research Group (UWS), working on the ARC Linkage projects: "Fortress or Sanctuary?
Enhancing court safety by managing people, places and processes" and "Just Spaces: security without prejudice in the
wireless courtroom". Emma’s research is interdisciplinary, focused on the role of the built environment in shaping
experiences of inclusion, safety, fairness and respect in public institutions. Emma’s current research project, "Contested
Visions of Justice," aims to put Australian spaces of adjudication on trial. It will chart a socio-spatial history of dispute
resolution in Australia, filling important gaps in the disciplines of architecture, history and law.
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Professor David Tait, Leader, Justice Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, Australia
[email protected]
David Tait is Professor of Justice Research at the University of Western Sydney. He leads research projects on topics such
as court safety and security, democratic deliberation and juries, using iPads in court, and the development of wireless
courtrooms. With Diane Jones he coordinates the Court of the Future Network, which has organized four previous court
architecture tours, three Justice Environments Conferences and initiated a range of research projects. He is a member
of the NSW Sentencing Council, a chercheur associé in the Institut des hautes études sur la justice, and a member of the
Cyberjustice consortium based at the University of Montréal.
Lisa Tsang, Senior Associate, RicciGreene Associates, New York, USA
[email protected]
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Lisa Tsang has been responsible for the successful programming, design and construction of numerous court and
institutional facilities during her sixteen year career with Ricci Greene Associates. She has served as project manager, as
well as project architect and designer for the programming and design of new and renovated courthouses, corrections
facilities and youth detention buildings.
Nicolas Vermeys, Associate Director, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Montréal, Canada
[email protected]
Nicolas Vermeys is a member of the Québec Bar, and holds a Ph.D. in law (Université de Montréal), as well as masters
degree in information technology law (Université de Montréal). From 2006 to 2009, he was the coordinator of the Centre
de recherche en droit public de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Montréal(CRDP), and of the Regroupement Droit
et changements. He is currently the associate director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory, as well as a legal advisor for
matters pertaining to information technology law for the law firm of Legault Joly Thiffault l.l.p.
Mr Vermeys is a certified information system security professional (CISSP) as recognised by (ISC)2. He is the author of
numerous publications pertaining to the impact of technology on the law, including Virus informatiques : Responsables
et responsabilité (Thémis, 2006) and Responsabilité civile et sécurité informationnelle (Yvon Blais, 2010). He also acts as a
columnist for Droit civil en ligne (DCL), an online service offered by Éditions Yvons Blais, and serves as a member of the
scientific panel of Lex Electronica (a law journal for which he was editor in chief between 2001 and 2003), and Juriscom.
Mr Vermeys is presently focusing his research on the liability issues surrounding information security, on developments in
the field of cyberjustice, as well as on the impact of technology on civil law.
Judge John Walker, District Court Judge, District Court, Wellington, New Zealand
[email protected]
Judge John Walker has been a District Court Judge and Youth Court Judge in New Zealand for more than 18 years. He
is a Youth Court Judge, Civil judge and Jury Trial Judge.
He has been involved for most of the last 18 years in the development of court assisted interventions for Alcohol and
other Drug dependency including the establishment of the Youth Drug Court in Christchurch and the Adult Drug Courts
in Auckland and is currently reviewing the operation of specialist family violence courts.
He is engaged in the education of judges through the Institute of Judicial Studies on a number of subjects including the
use of the court processes to encourage offender engagement in programmes addressing the underlying causes of
offending.
Judge Walker is currently involved in establishing a better engagement between the court and the community,
mainstreaming the Community Justice Centre principles, in an existing court and developing a strategy for its
application across courts.
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Dr Anne Wallace, Professor, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia
[email protected]
Professor Anne Wallace, LLB (Tas), LLM (Uni Melb) PhD (Syd), heads the School of Law & justice at Edith Cowan
University, in Perth, Western Australia. A former Deputy Executive Director of the Australasian Institute of Judicial
Administration, Anne researches in the field of judicial administration, with a particular focus on the development and
implementation of information and communications technology in courts and tribunals.
Anne has been part of the research team on several projects conducted by the Justice Environments Network; one
examining the effect of interactive visual evidence on juries (JIVE), another seeking to establish best practice guidelines
for the use of remote witness testimony in courts (Gateways to Justice), and a third investigating court safety and
security (Fortress or Sanctuary). She has also co-authored a recent publication on judicial workload allocation, with
colleagues from Flinders University. Her most recent research focuses on the impact of social media on courts.
Gayle Webber, Architect, Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto, Canada
[email protected]
Gayle Webber is an architect with the Ministry of the Attorney General for the Province of Ontario. She leads the
development of long term planning strategies to create the best possible and most efficient use of the Province’s
portfolio of over 200 court facilities.
Key aspects of this work include: understanding the complex needs of courthouse stakeholders, planning for future
technology, balancing available budgets, maintaining heritage properties and addressing political priorities. To better
inform the planning process, the Ministry has developed a courtroom planning model incorporating community
statistical and environmental data as well as facility utilization rates. As the Ministry moves to an evidence-based
decision making process for design and planning, valuable insight is gained by understanding how other facilities have
resolved their own court house planning challenges.
Gayle’s experience includes a broad range of institutional projects; many constructed, others remaining as great ideas.
These include new construction and retrofit courthouse projects in Canada and China.
Mark Wilde, Managing Director, Architectus Melbourne, East Melbourne, Australia
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As Managing Director, Mark contributes his extensive construction expertise and functional planning abilities to many of
Architectus’ largest and most complex projects. Mark is a master at producing clear planning solutions for intricate
building types where multifaceted functions are overlaid with security, logistical and operational requirements. These
skills have been critical to the success of several court projects delivered around Australia – most recently the $600m
Brisbane Supreme Court and District Court.
Significant Court Projects:
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Brisbane Supreme Court and District Court
Legal Services Master Plan, Victoria
Physical Security Review, High Court of Australia
Geelong Police Station and Law Courts
Frankston Police Station and Law Courts
Bendigo Law Court Expansion and Refurbishment
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Architecture (RMIT)
Registered Architect, Victoria
Associate, Australia Institute of Architects
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