Program
IAWBH2026 program
Further information on the program will soon be available. In the meantime, we're delighted to announce the first of our keynote speakers.
Keynote Speaker
Elfi Bailien
Unifying the Puzzle: An Integrative Systemic Approach to Workplace Bullying and Harassment.
Elfi Baillien is Full Professor at the Department of Work and Organization Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research examines workplace bullying and harassment, focusing on their causes and development to inform effective interventions. She has published extensively, serves as Associate Editor of Work & Stress, has secured national and international research grants, and is active in international research consortia on these topics. Baillien attaches great importance to bridging science and practice. She co-developed the award-winning Combat Harassment Tool (CHAT), advises the Belgian Psychosocial Advisory Board, and directs the National Training for Prevention Advisors Psychosocial Aspects at Work.
Exploring the Nuances of Workplace Reconcilation
Professor Tyler Okimoto is Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on social justice, ethical decision-making, and strategies for repairing trust and reducing conflict in organisations—critical issues for addressing workplace bullying and harassment. Tyler’s work examines how perceptions of fairness and leadership influence organisational responses to wrongdoing and the restoration of relationships after harm. A former President of the International Society for Justice Research, he has published extensively on justice, ethics, and organisational dynamics, with his research featured in leading journals and global media outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Tyler is also an award-winning educator and creator of UQ’s MicroMasters in Business Leadership, which has reached over 60,000 learners worldwide.
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Keynote Speaker:
Tyler Okimoto
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Keynote Speaker:
Anna Booth
Anna Booth commenced her 5-year appointment as Fair Work Ombudsman on 1 September 2023. Anna has extensive and diverse experience in industrial relations spanning 45 years, working with the union, private and public sectors. From 2012 to 2020 Anna served as the Deputy President in the Fair Work Commission (FWC), Australia’s workplace relations tribunal. She was instrumental in setting up the FWC’s Collaborative Approaches Program, formerly known as
the New Approaches Program.
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Prior to taking up her role as Deputy President at the FWC, Anna was Chair and a non-executive member of the Slater and
Gordon board. She had held this role since the law firm’s listing on the ASX in 2007.
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Anna also sat on various boards, including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and insurer NRMA, as well as industry superannuation owned financial services companies ME Bank and IFM. Anna has taught at the Australian Institute of Management and lectured at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
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During the amalgamation of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union, Anna was the first female and youngest federal secretary of a union. She joined the Australian Council of Trade Unions as vice president in 1991. During her period in the union movement, Anna attracted national attention by exposing the exploitation of migrant
women workers in sweatshop organisations. Anna is the Patron of the Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales.
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