The Society of University Lawyers Limited (SOUL) was delighted to welcome delegates to the SOUL 2023 National Conference ‘Capital SOUL – Canberra 2023’.
The SOUL Board and 2023 Conference Local Organising Committee
The SOUL 2023 Annual Conference was held in Canberra at the Kambri Cultural Centre on 2 and 3 November 2023. A copy of the program can be found here.
Plenary One: General Counsel panel (SOUL Members only) |
Chair: Anna Feros, President of SOUL Panel Members:
CPD Category: topic dependent |
Plenary Two: Official Opening and Keynote Address |
Chair and Official Opening: Anna Feros, President of SOUL Welcome to Country: Paul Girrawah House JP Keynote Address: Professor Brian P Schmidt AC FAA FRS, Vice Chancellor, ANU; Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics |
Plenary Three: A guide to AI for University Counsel |
Chair: Bradley Urban, Director, Legal Services (Research & Commercialisation), Monash University Presenters:
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Concurrent Session One |
Investing in IP: the changing landscape of university commercialisation and the Role of LegalChair: Karelia Lynch, Principal Legal Counsel, Australian National University Presenters:
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Disability discrimination: Access, inclusion and adjusting expectationsChair:Anya Aidman, Senior Legal Counsel, Australian National University Presenter: Jacqui Seeman, Partner, Thomson Geer - presentation
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
Registered WA CPD Provider |
Plenary Four: Australian Universities Accord |
Chair: Deanna Apostolopoulos, Lawyer, The University of Melbourne Presenters:
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
Registered WA CPD Provider |
Conference Dinner Speaker |
Dinner Speaker: Steph Tisdell* * Arrangements were made through Celebrity Speakers |
Concurrent Session Two |
Operationalising privacy within an Australian UniversityChair: Alison Tibell, Acting Deputy General Counsel, Australian National University Presenters:
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
Registered WA CPD Provider |
Managing psychosocial risks in the workplace and other key WHS changesChair:Jane Beaumont, General Counsel and Executive Director Legal and Risk, University of Tasmania Presenter:Dale McQualter, Special Counsel, Maddocks - presentation
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Concurrent Session Three |
Fair Work Act changes to fixed term contracts: Impacts in the university sectorChair: Sue Galbraith, Senior Legal Counsel, Australian National University Presenter: Jennifer Wyborn, Partner, Clayton Utz - discussion paper - presentation
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
Registered WA CPD Provider |
Integrity Commissions and their application to universitiesChair: Amy McCudden, Deputy General Counsel, Australian National University Presenters: Emma Lawrence and Rebekha Pattison, King & Wood Mallesons - presentation
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
Registered WA CPD Provider |
Concurrent Session Four |
Legal Innovation on a ShoestringChair: Anna Feros, Director, Legal Services (Research), QUT; President of SOUL Presenters:
CPD Category: 2 (Practice management)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Student Litigation 2023: Three recent casesChair: Amy McCudden, Deputy General Counsel, Australian National University Presenters: Helen Fleming, Director Principal, HF Associates Pty Ltd - presentation
CPD Category: 4 (Substantive law)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Plenary Five: Ethics: Learnings from Robodebt for in-house counsel |
Chair: Kerry Lang, Legal Counsel, Australian National University Presenter: Sarah Byrne, Legal Consultant CPD Category: 1 (Ethics)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
Plenary Six: Wellbeing in Law |
Chair: Alison Tibell, Acting Deputy General Counsel, Australian National University Presenter: Scott Pearsall, University Registrar, Australian National University - presentation
CPD Category: 2 (Practice management)
WA CPD Contact: Not applicable |
* CPD category and points value are indicative. Attendees are responsible for allocating and recording CPD activities according to their applicable individual Law Society requirements.
SPONSORS
Thank you to our generous sponsors who supported the SOUL Conference 2023.
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