PROGRAMME - DAY 1 

17th February 2017

⚫ REGISTRATION

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⚫ OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

MICHELLE DIXON

Partner & CEO 
MADDOCKS

⚫ SESSION 1

THE CURRENT LEGAL LANDSCAPE: AUSTRALIA AND OUR NEIGHBOURS

An overview of the legal market in Australia and Asia.

JOEL BAROLSKY  

Founder and Managing Director 
BAROLSKY ADVISORS PTY LTD

⚫ TECH TALK:

DAVID BOWIE 

Senior Managing Director 
FTI CONSULTING

⚫ SESSION 2

PARTNER COMPENSATION & PERFORMANCE - SURVEY RESULTS

A review and discussion of the recent international survey undertaken by Performance Leader.

RAY D’CRUZ 

CEO 
PERFORMANCE LEADER

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 PLEASE CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY    

⚫ LUNCHEON BREAK

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⚫ TECH TALK:

TIM STRACHAN  

National Sales Manager 
THOMSON REUTERS LEGAL AUSTRALIA

⚫ SESSION 3: THINK TANK

POD 1: HARNESSING CREATIVE THOUGHT AND HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN APPROACHES TO TRANSFORM LEGAL STRATEGY

In this session, Crazy Might Work will facilitate an immersive introduction to the use of contemporary innovation frameworks and techniques for legal strategy disruption.

PAUL HAWKINS 

Founder & Chief Combobulator | CRAZY MIGHT WORK

⚫AFTERNOON TEA & NETWORKING BREAK

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⚫ SESSION 4: THINK TANK

POD 2: REINVENTING LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE

It is trite to say the pace of change in business has never been greater ….we have all heard how we are living in a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity …. The challenges for leaders are immense as they navigate their organisations, their teams and themselves into the great unknown. What if your organisation could find a way to stack the deck and boost your chances of successful stainable growth? The current reality of unprecedented disruption is demanding different Leadership capabilities..…growth and sustainable change is really hard…. especially when Leaders need to go first. What then are the critical leadership attributes for this new world? Can these be developed? If so.. . how? During this interactive fast paced workshop we will explore these questions and consider if the latest science can help create new insights on the topic.

Marty McFly: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don’t have enough road to get up to 88. 
Dr. Emmett Brown: Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.

-Back to the Future

KIM SCHMIDT 

Partner Leadership Talent & Culture 
GRANT THORNTON

⚫ FREE TIME

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⚫ NETWORKING DRINKS - POOLSIDE

Sponsored by Westpac.

⚫ DINNER - POOLSIDE

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PROGRAMME - DAY 2 

18th February 2017

⚫ SESSION 1

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS & INTERACTIVE SESSIONING
INNOVATION IN LAW: THE VALUE EQUATION

Recently recognized by the ABA as a Legal Rebel, Michele is a Professor at the University of Miami School of law and the founder of LawWithoutWalls, a multi-disciplinary, international think-tank of over 1000 lawyers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, and law and business students that collaborate to solve problems and create innovations at the intersection of law, business, and technology.  She is also the co-founder and co-editor of the Compliance Elliance Journal, an open access e-journal that publishes engaging authors' works about cutting edge issues in compliance and ethics.

Michele writes about the growing intersections between law, business, and legal innovation. She is currently conducting research on Heads of Innovation at law firms and General Counsels at international corporations in support of her upcoming book, Winning the Innovation Tournament: Tactics to Transform How Lawyers Collaborate.  Michele presents regularly at law firms, corporations, and legal organizations on Innovation, Teaming, Collaboration, Culture Creation, Compliance, and Technology. In addition to teaching courses on the Changing Legal Profession, Professional Responsibility, and Innovation + Technology at MiamiLaw, she is Guest Faculty in Harvard Law School's Executive Education program and Affiliated Faculty at Harvard Law School’s, Center on the Legal Profession. Michele received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College.  

MICHELE DESTEFANO

- Founder + Director 
LAW WITHOUT WALLS

- Guest Faculty, Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession and Executive Education Program
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL [USA]

- Professor 
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, SCHOOL OF LAW

⚫ MORNING TEA & NETWORKING BREAK

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⚫ SESSION 2

THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEGAL WORKPLACE

After moving at a glacial speed for 100 years, the legal workplace has recently found itself swept up in a wave of disruptive change. Simon Pole will explore how the design of the legal workplace can not only rise to meet these challenges, but balance it with specific solutions for the 2020 lawyer.

SIMON POLE 
Global Design Director 
UNISPACE

⚫ SESSION 3: TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS PANEL

KEY TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT ALL MANAGING PARTNERS SHOULD KNOW

This session is an opportunity to hear from leading legal technology leaders, they will be addresing the following topics:

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- Building the firm of the future- capturing value in process improvements & efficiency gains

- The rise of Artificial Intelligence and its consequences and uses in law

- Trends in technology and how they improve processes

- Coding for Lawyers

MICHELLE MAHONEY 

Executive Director Innovation 
KING & WOOD MALLESONS

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PETRA STIRLING 

Head Information Strategy 
GILBERT + TOBIN

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PETER CAMPBELL 

Director - Client Solutions 
HALL & WILCOX

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BETH PATTERSON

Chief Legal & Technology Services Officer
ALLENS

⚫ TECH TALK:

CHRIS CARTRETT  

Executive Vice President 
ADERANT

⚫ LUNCHEON BREAK

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⚫ TECH TALK:

GLENN COOKSLEY  

Head of Drafting 
LEXISNEXIS

⚫ SESSION 4: THE CLOSING DEBATE

LAW FIRMS AND LEADING SOCIAL CHANGE - A DISCUSSION

This session is a debate style discussion on pending social issues and the role law firms and legal leaders should take. Topics discussed are:

• Law firms and leading social change

• Marriage Equality

• Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians

• Racial Discrimination

• Legal Centre Funding

JOHN DALEY 

Chief Executive Officer 
GRATTAN INSTITUTE

SUE GILCHRIST

Regional Managing Partner, Asia and Australia 
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS

PETER FRANCIS

Partner & General Counsel
MADDOCKS

SHELLEY REYS

Partner 
KPMG ARRILLA INDIGENOUS SERVICES

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MARY DIGIGLIO

Managing Partner 
SWAAB

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Moderator:

TONY CRAWFORD

Chairman 
GRANT THORNTON

⚫ END OF CONFERENCE

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