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Keynote Speakers
- The importance of community, Shane Phillips - Indigenous Leader, Chairman & CEO Tribal Warrior - Australian of the Year - Australia’s Local Hero 2013
- Legal innovation – turning stakeholders’ frustration into innovation, Troy Swan, Head of Legal & Company Secretary, Staples Australia & New Zealand, Sydney, Vered Keisar, Vice President and General Counsel- Asia Pacific, ResMed Limited
- Legal Operations Excellence: Legal Leadership through Turnaround and Transformation, Richard Dammery, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary, Woolworths Limited
- Leadership & Resilience: Health and wellbeing for in-house, Madeleine Shaw, Director, Resilience Institute
- Australia’s longest boom: How Australia did it and can it keep growing, Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist, HSBC
- Indigenous affairs: what needs to change?, Nova Peris OAM
Concurrent Session A
- A1: Leading dispersed and virtual teams, Kiri Parr, Regional Legal Counsel at Arup
- A2: Native title: recent trends, Tim Wishart, Principal Legal Officer, Queensland South Native Title Services, Raelene Webb, President of the National Native Title Tribunal, Michael Liddle, Native Title Holder
- A3: Data Governance, Sarah Turner, General Counsel & Company Secretary, REA Group Limited, Victoria
Concurrent Session B
- B1 “But I don’t want to be a General Counsel!” How to have a satisfying in-house career if you are a specialist lawyer., Lori Middlehurst, Director, APJ Employment Law, VMware, Olga Ganopolsky General Counsel - Privacy and Data, Macquarie Group, Sue Robertson, Assistant Secretary, Office of International Law, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, Michelle Willetts, Manager Legislation Services, Legal Services Division Corporate Services, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
- B2 Direct Briefing: Case study, Elizabeth Cheeseman SC, NSW Bar Association, Ingmar Taylor SC, Barrister, NSW Bar Association, Kellie Edwards, Junior barrister, NSW Bar Association
- B3 Managing In-House Legal Teams in a Global Environment, Craig Katerberg, VP Legal and Corporate Affairs, AB InBev, Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria
Concurrent Session C
- C1 The Rise of the Millennial Lawyer, Facilitator: Paul Cowling, Head of Client Solutions, Australia at LOD - Lawyers On Demand, Justin Moses, Head of Knowledge & Development Compliance, Legal & Secretariat, Westpac, Loren Blumgart – Associate Legal Counsel, Brookfield Property Partners, Courtenay Zajiek – General Counsel, Curves & Jenny Craig
- C2 Uluru Statement “statement of the heart”, Robert Orr QC, Special Counsel, Australian Government Solicitor
- C3 Will Robots Replace Lawyers? The Magic 8-Ball Says “Ask Again Later”, Jason Smith, Senior Director and Legal Counsel, Apttus
Concurrent Session D
- D1 Life’s a pitch, presentation skills for in-house, Andrew Klein, Spike Presentations
- D2 The Role of the General Counsel in Corporate Misconduct, Nick Galloway, Regional General Counsel, PPG Industries Inc, Margaret Gillespie, Chief Legal Counsel, Parks Victoria
- D3 Law by design – Principals of design thinking for in-house counsel, James Jarvis, Vice President, Product & Partner Management, Thomson Reuters
MASTERCLASS
- Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable – exploring the benefits of diversity in mentoring and leadership, Ruby Anandajayasekeram, Senior Legal Counsel (Asia Pacific), Shell, Dr Karina Butera, ACC Mentoring Facilitator
- Legal Project Management: practical insights and models for project management, Julie Ryan, General Counsel (Global), Accolade Wines, South Australia, Jeremy Stevenson, General Counsel, CHAMP Private Equity, NSW
- A day in the life of a high performing legal operations team – the practical, the educational and the fun!, Michael Tropea, General Counsel and Company Secretary, AIA Australia, Jason Ryan, Lexvoco, Claire Vines, Lexvoco, Jemima Harris, Lexvoco
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