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.
