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Events

FICPI AUSTRALIA 2026 CONFERENCE / AGM
Crystalbrook Riley Luxury Resort, Cairns QLD

6 – 9 August 2026

Save the date for our 2026 Conference and Annual General Meeting!

Program: to come

Join us for an informative meeting with like-minded IP professionals in the warm and exotic surrounds of far north Queensland

Registration form: to come

Accommodation booking: to come

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FICPI AUSTRALIA 2025 CONFERENCE / AGM
RACV Healesville Country Club and Resort, VIC

Topics included:

🤖 AI tools in IP Australia’s examination process
👥 Multi-generational workplaces – challenges & opportunities
💰 Elevating your practice – why some firms fly
🧳 Succession planning & preparing for retirement
🌱 Training and nurturing junior attorneys in today’s evolving landscape
🔎The future of IP Education following the TTIPAB competencies review

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FICPI AUSTRALIA 2024 CONFERENCE / sGM
Q-STATION, MANLY, NSW

Topics included:

AI – How will it help me and my firm?
Productivity – getting the best out of our people
DI Gender Balance
Small Practice Issues
Succession Planning

Optional Excursion Sunday, 11 August 2024 Ferry -Sydney Opera House Tour -Rocks Area Tour- long lunch TBA

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FICPI AUSTRALIA 2023 CONFERENCE AND AGM
ADELAIDE //

  • Arrival & Gathering
    Thursday Evening 27 July 2023
  • Full-day Conference
    Friday 28 July 2023
  • Half-day Conference
    Saturday 29 July 2023
  • Optional Excursion
    Sunday 30 July 2023

Click HERE to download the program; it was a ripper

Highlights from the working programme include sessions on:

  • Managing Risk of Data Breaches and Data Security
  • Traditional Knowledge – impacts on IP law
  • AI, Chat GPT, and Technology Trends – fads or tools we can benefit from?
  • People and Work – getting the best out of our workforce
  • Diversity and Inclusion – is this just woke?

FICPI Australia Conference and AGM – Brisbane 18-22 August 2022

The 2022 Annual Conference of FICPI Australia was held at the Treasury in Brisbane and was a great success. A brief summary of the conference is provided here.


FICPI International Events

Each year, FICPI International hosts a number of conferences, special events and regular meetings of FICPI members involved in a range of committee activities. See the FICPI international website that details these various events.


FICPI Webinars

FICPI organises a broad range of webinars (online events) designed to strengthen the practice of the independent IP attorney. Most webinars are available on-demand or have been turned into Podcasts. The FICPI focus 45TM is a fresh take on the Zoom webinar.