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20th Lawtech Summit + Awards
Celebrating 20 Years of Legal Innovation
17–18 September 2026 | JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa

Early bird pricing: $599 until 15 August 2026

​(INCLUDING 1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION AT THE JW MARRIOTT)

Celebrating 20 years of connecting Australia's legal technology leaders

​For two decades, the Lawtech Summit has brought together the people shaping legal technology across Australia. In 2026, we celebrate our 20th year with a summit focused on what matters most to legal leaders now: intelligent transformation, trusted innovation, operational resilience, cyber readiness, and the future role of legal technology in business strategy.

20th Lawtech Summit + Awards

17–18 September 2026 | JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa

Leading the Change

The technology leaders who shape tomorrow are preparing today

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For 20 years, the Lawtech Summit has brought together the leaders, ideas and innovations shaping the future of legal technology in Australia. In 2026, join the legal technology community for a landmark edition focused on transformation, trust, resilience and the next era of legal service delivery.

WHY ATTEND IN 2026:

  • Agentic AI: from pilot projects to safe, practical adoption

  • Measuring AI value, impact and ROI

  • AI governance, risk, data sovereignty and cybersecurity

  • Building AI-ready data, knowledge and precedent systems

  • Changing legal business models, pricing and operations

  • Talent, junior lawyer training and new legal-tech roles

  • Client trust, transparency and AI-enabled legal services

  • Leadership, wellbeing and managing organisational change

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:

  • CIOs, CTOs and IT Directors

  • Legal innovation and digital transformation leaders

  • Legal technologists, solutions architects and legal engineers

  • Knowledge management and legal operations leaders

  • Innovation counsel and AI strategy teams

OUR 2026 PANEL: 

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

 

  • Jeremy Howard — Data Scientist, Researcher, Developer, Educator and Entrepreneur, Fast.ai

  • Richard Tromans — Founder, Artificial Lawyer (UK, via video link)

  • Dr Kellie Nuttall — Founder, Future Secure AI

  • Katina Michael — Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Technology, University of Sydney

  • Sean Gallagher — Founder, Humanova

  • Simon Newcomb — Partner and Head of AI, Clayton Utz

  • Caryn Sandler — Partner and Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer, Gilbert + Tobin

  • Michelle Mahoney — Chief Innovation Officer, Mallesons

  • Gary Adler — Chief Digital Officer, MinterEllison

  • Kris Mason — Chief Information Officer, Arnold Bloch Leibler

LAWTECH AWARDS 2026

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17th September  2026

JW Marriott

Gold Coast - Awards Dinner

AWARD SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

31st August 2026

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 

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The awards provide a valuable platform for recognising and promoting individual and team achievements in the legal IT industry.

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Here is a list of the LAWTECH AWARDS categories to be awarded in 2026:

 

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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OUR 2026 EVENT PARTNERS 

Platinum Partner

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Gold Partners

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Sapphire Partners

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Silver Partners

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Bronze Partners

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Start-Up Partners

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ACCOMMODATION - PLEASE BOOK EARLY AS ACCOMMODATION FILLS UP QUICKLY

​JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa

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158 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217 -  (07) 5592 9800 - accommodation is available at the JW Marriott at a rate of $365.00 including breakfast.  Please reach out to kathy.katrivesis@thomsonreuters.com for the accommodation link or

call 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.

LAWTECH PAST EVENTS 

19th LAWTECH SUMMIT | OVERVIEW 2025
Event Theme: Future-Proofing Legal Technology:

Innovation ~ Intelligence ~ Integrity

18th LAWTECH SUMMIT | OVERVIEW 2024

Event Theme: Evolving legal service delivery:

making an impact through digital transformation

Contact us 
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Attendees:
If you have any questions about the event or your registration, please contact us at Kathy Katrivesis at kathy.katrivesis@thomsonreuters.com

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Sponsors
If you are interested in partnering with us please contact George Katrivesis  at george.katrivesis@thomsonreuters.com

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