Call for Abstracts

On behalf of the Summit Program Committee, we invite you to participate as a presenter at the 2025 ALPMA Summit + ALTACON to be held at the International Convention Centre, Sydney from 3 – 5 September 2025.

The theme for this year's Summit is Trailblazing Tomorrow: People, Technology and Law on the New Frontier.

This year, the ALPMA Summit will again incorporate the ALTACON Conference, this time as a stream across the 3 days of the Summit. Presenters are invited to submit session proposals for both the ALTACON program and the ALPMA Summit program through this application process.

Submissions are invited to address any content areas relevant to legal practice management including financial management, operational/workflow efficiencies, business development & marketing, human resources and people capabilities, strategy, information technology, AI and personal and professional skill development.

Submissions are open until Friday, 7 March 2025.

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Who is Attending?

On average the 3-day ALPMA Summit attracts over 500 delegates, comprised of practitioners across all aspects of law firm management and legal departments in Australasia including:

- Managing Partners
- CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIO's and other C-Suites
- General Managers, Practice Managers, Office and Administration Managers
- Legal Technology Directors, Project Managers, IT teams
- HR & People Culture Leaders
- Marketing & BD Professionals
- In-house Counsel

Types of Submissions

The Summit Program Committee aim to create a program that is interactive in nature and provides tangible and practical key learning outcomes for each session. As part of your submission, please outline the best format for your session including, but not limited to:

- Interactive Workshops
- Lecture
- Panel
- Oral Presentation
- Case Study
- Social Activity

Program Streams

The program committee is interested in receiving submissions that help answer these 3 core themes:

1- People

Leadership, strategy, and change management.
Attraction, retention, and well-being strategies.
Culture transformation and high-performing teams.
Skills required personally and professionally to remain competitive now and into the future.

2- Technology

Practical applications of AU, Generative Ai and automation.
Legal technology adoption and best practices.
Anti Money Laundering / Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF).
Cybersecurity, risk management, and data-driven decision-making.
Project management, digital literacy skills now and into the future.

3- The New Frontier

Balancing human ingenuity with technological innovation.
Predicting and preparing for the "unknown future" in legal practice.
Alternate pricing practices light of increased technological efficiencies.
Frameworks for evolving together as an industry.
Predictions for how the profession can evolve together to remain successful now and into the future.

Key Dates

Abstracts Close
Friday, 7 March 2025

Presenter Notifications Sent by
Friday, 25 April 2025

Program Launch
Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Final PowerPoint Presentations Due
Friday, 29 August 2025

Summit Dates
Wednesday, 3 to Friday, 5 September 2025

Principal Partner

Summit Convener

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Conference Secretariat

For all registration and accommodation inquiries call +61 2 9744 5252 or email: alpma@gemsevents.com.au