FICPI AUSTRALIA 2024 CONFERENCE / sGM
Q-STATION, MANLY, NSW
8-11 August 2024
Save the dates for our 2024 Conference and Special General Meeting
Click Here for the Registration Form. There is a day rate for the day you are interested in
Click Here for Q Station Accommodation Booking Form
Arrival and Gathering at Q-Station Thursday Evening, 8 August 2024
Full-Day Conference Friday 9 August 2024
9.00 – 10.30 “AI – How will it help me and my firm?” Fiona McLay and Steve Knutson
11:00- 12:30 “Productivity – getting the best out of our people”
14.00 – 15.30 “DI Gender Balance”
15.45 – 17.15 “Small Practice Issues” TTIPAB Gold Standard and lessons; Formal Approach to firm set-up; CyberSecuriuty and GDRP; Growth by employment
Evening Dinner Pilu Restaurant Manly
Half-Day Conference and Special General Meeting Saturday, 10 August 2024
9:00 – 11:00 “Succession Planning”
11:30 – 13:00 Special General Meeting FICPI Australia
Long Lunch The Pantry Manly
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.