
11th & 12th September 2025
JW Marriott
Resort & Spa | Gold Coast
The Annual Lawtech Summit is the networking and educational forum for many of the Top & Mid Tier Law firm’s CIO’s from across Australia & NZ.
As other events may come and go leaving a mere blot on the horizon and a distant memory, the Chilli IQ Lawtech Summit and Awards’ has consistently, over the last 19 years earned its title as the leading legal technology event of Australia.
Through progressive presentations and expert speakers, every year is a sturdy step towards pushing the benchmark to exceed
We are proud to be an integral part of this ever evolving community and continue to offer a stage for thought leaders and ground breakers for the legal technology field.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Future-Proofing Legal Technology
- Innovation
- Intelligence
- Integrity
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the legal landscape, law firms find themselves at a pivotal moment of transformation. Central to navigating this evolution is the role of the legal technology leaders, who serve not only as a strategist but also as a key driver of change within the profession.
The 2025 Lawtech theme of Future Proofing Legal Technology: Innovation; Intelligence; Integrity explores the profound impact of generative AI on legal practice—from streamlining workflows to redefining the boundaries of who delivers legal services. With technological advancement accelerating at an unprecedented pace, this conference confronts the pressing ethical questions surrounding AI adoption, the responsibility of legal institutions to govern its use wisely, and the critical need for resilience in the face of growing cybersecurity threats.
Are we doing enough to keep pace? As more legal tasks fall into the hands of non-lawyers and alternative providers, we must ask: how can we, as a profession, stay relevant, trusted, and prepared for what lies ahead? This program offers a roadmap for balancing innovation with integrity, ensuring legal professionals are not only adapting—but leading—the future of law.
The Lawtech Summit serves as a hub for learning and uniting the legal tech community, fostering the exchange of stories and experiences, and facilitating connections annually.
OUR ADVISORY PANEL 2025
In order to best represent the interests and needs of the legal profession, we have assembled some of the most prominent legal leaders and thinkers to form the 2025 Advisory Panel that assists with the direction and planning of topics for the 19th Annual Lawtech Summit.
INVITED/CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Creating a brilliant conference programme requires brilliant speakers - the following speakers have been invited to present due to their expertise and forward thinking approach to the current topics.
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FREDRIK HAREN FOUNDER THE CREATIVITY EXPLORER [ SWEDEN ]
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MARGARET HAGAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE LEGAL DESIGN LAB &LECTURER STANFORD LAW SCHOOL [USA]
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PROFESSOR KIMBERLEE WEATHERALL PROFESSOR OF LAW & CO-DIRECTOR CENTRE FOR AI, TRUST AND GOVERNANCE THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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DR TOBY WALSH CHIEF SCIENTIST AI INSTITUTE- UNSW
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DR KAILASH AWATI INDUSTRY FELLOW IN HUMAN CENTRED AI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
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CARYN SANDLER PARTNER AND CHIEF KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION OFFICER GILBERT + TOBIN
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LEE HODGE IT DIRECTOR SPARKE HELMORE
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KRIS MASON CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER
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MARK ANDREWS DIRECTOR, PRACTICE OF LAW SOLUTIONS - TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) BAKER MCKENZIE
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This event has been exclusively produced to address the function and capacity of the following position from the legal profession - law firms, legal counsel and the corporate sector:
• CIO’s , COO’s , CISO’s
• IT Directors
• CFO’s & Finance Directors
• Head of Knowledgle Management
• Legal Partners - IT Area, Litigation
• Risk Managers
• Head of IT Security
• All those who have a role in the technology side of a law firm or legal department
LAWTECH AWARDS 2025
11th September 2025
JW Marriott
Gold Coast - Awards Dinner
AWARD SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31.08.2025
The Lawtech Awards are a unique, peer driven opportunity to acknowledge the movers and shakers of the Legal IT industry. The Lawtech Awards have always been part of the Lawtech Summit and here at Chilli IQ we thought it was finally time to reunite them.
They have consistently grown in prominence amongst the legal IT community as they recognise innovation and performance for new and existing IT projects, teams and individuals
The awards offer a great place for promotion and recognition of individual achievements in the industry.
Here is a list of the LAWTECH AWARDS categories to be awarded in 2025:
CATEGORY 1. INNOVATION IN LEGAL IT
CATEGORY 2: LEGAL IT TEAM OF THE YEAR – SMALL TO MEDIUM FIRM
CATEGORY 3: LEGAL IT TEAM OF THE YEAR – LARGE FIRM
CATEGORY 4: LEGAL IT RISING STAR
CATEGORY 5: LEGAL IT LEADER OF THE YEAR – SMALL TO MEDIUM FIRM
CATEGORY 6: LEGAL IT LEADER OF THE YEAR - LARGE FIRM
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EVENT PARTNERS
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Gold Partners
Sapphire Partner
Silver Partner
Bronze Partners
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Supporting Partner
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ACCOMMODATION
JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa
158 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217 - (07) 5592 9800

SPECIAL ATTENDEE ACCOMMODATION RATES
JW Marriott is pleased to extended a special delegate rate of
$350 per night (including breakfast) to all Lawtech attendees to receive this rate please click the reservation link to book online
click here - Reservation-Link
or
Reservation Team directly on 07 5592 9800 or via email reservations.goldcoast@jwmarriott.com should you require any assistance at all with the booking link.
2023 - OVERVIEW
17th LAWTECH SUMMIT | OVERVIEW
2023 Theme: Securing the Legal Future: THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA - Navigating Cyber Threats - Generative AI - CRISIS MANAGEMENT - & MORE
The Lawtech Summit, now in its seventeenth year has been the platform for discussion on major topics that affect law firms and technology since 2006. In this year's programme there are two major topics of importance that will influence the future of law firms: Generative AI and Cyber security.
It is no doubt that AI is a gamechanger and will have a transformational impact on professional services. To follow its progress and development is vital.
LAWTECH ALLIANCE - SUBSCRIPTION
The Lawtech Alliance was established to unite the legal IT community, offering peer support and the opportunity to network and learn from each other and from the expert panel of speakers invited each year to present at the Lawtech Summit. After over a decade of building the Lawtech community we at Chilli IQ are thrilled to see how it has evolved into Australia's leading peer networking organisation for the Australian legal landscape.
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Subscription to the quarterly online newsletter 'Chilli Byte' - with the ability to provide content, updates, new projects, and events.
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Attendance to the bi-annual Networking Drinks - Sydney and Melbourne
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Connect with legal industry vendors. Introductions to vendors, new technologies and the latest in Legal IT solutions.