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23 May 2012

Start Time
8:30 AM

Finish Time
6:00 PM

Venue
Perth - The University Club of WA Hackett Dve, Crawley

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ACLA Corporate Counsel Day™ Western Australia 2012

Going for Gold

ACLA WA presents its sixth annual Corporate Counsel Day™, Western Australia's only conference designed by in-house lawyers for in-house lawyers™. REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Program

Click here to download a PDF version of the program

8:15am - 8:30am	Arrival and Registration - tea & coffee
8:30am - 8:40am	Welcome by Master of Ceremonies James Lush, TV and Radio Producer and Presenter
8:40am - 8.45am	Welcome and Introduction to Keynote Speaker Melvin Yeo, President ACLA WA
8:45am - 9:30am	Opening Keynote Address Directorship and the Concept of a Fiduciary Duty Justice James Edelman, Supreme Court of Western Australia
9:30am - 10:30am	Social Media Damian Damjanovski, Ogilvy & Mather
10:30am - 10:55am	Morning tea
10:55am - 11:55am	To Brief or Not to Brief: when should in-house brief the Bar directly, and how? Stephen McComish, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson (Moderator) Panel: Alex Rickarby, Partner, Middletons; Craig Slater, Francis Burt Chambers; Maya Vanden Driesen, General Manager Legal (Litigation), Wesfarmers Limited
11:55am - 12:40pm	Work/Life Balance - maintaining peak performance Julie Meek, Performance Specialist, Sports Dietician
12:40pm - 1:35pm	Lunch
1:35pm - 2:35pm	Mentoring, retention and keeping your team happy and motivated Tony Joyner, Freehills (Moderator) Panel: Ali Kerr, HR Manager, Middletons; Lisa Chan, ACLA Young Lawyer Achiever of the Year 2011, Curtin University; Peter Lorbeer, Head of Legal, Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd
2:35pm - 3:00pm	Afternoon tea
3:00pm - 4:15pm	Things that Make you Go Hmmmm - Survey on ethics, professional responsibility and practice management - SMS voting with panel commentary Adam Levine, Partner, Middletons (Moderator) Panel: Paul D Evans, State Solicitor; Suzanne Hillier, General Counsel, NOPSEMA; Ken Jagger, Managing Director, Balance Legal; Sheldon Renkema, General Manager Legal (Corporate), Wesfarmers Limited
4:15pm - 5:15pm	Closing Keynote Address Jenn Morris OAM, Dual Olympic Gold Medalist, Former Captain of the Hockeyroos and Current Director of the Fremantle Dockers
5:15pm - 5:30pm	Master of Ceremonies Closing
5:30pm - 8:00pm	Sundowner Networking Drinks - with Amazing Door Prizes!

Click Here to Register Online ***

Registration Rates (all inc. GST)
Full registration includes attendance at all conference sessions, conference materials, morning and afternoon teas, lunch, and Sundowner Networking Drinks.

Early Bird Registration - register on or before 23 April 2012
ACLA full members only

ACLA member $395.00

Standard Registration
ACLA full member $460 (for registrations after 23 April 2012)
ACLA associate member $620.00
ACLA student member $395.00
Non-member* $770

Additional Options
Sundowner Networking Drinks only $60.00
Parking** $15.00 SOLD OUT

Click here to register for the Networking Drinks ONLY

*On registration as a non-member, you will be offered a complimentary full membership with ACLA valid for the first 12 months (provided you are eligible for full membership). ACLA’s Membership Officer will contact you within 14 days of your registration and, if you would like to take up this special offer, provide you with a membership application form for completion and processing. If you have queries regarding membership, please contact Micaela La Nauze on1300 558 550 or email membership@acla.com.au

**Provides you with a parking bay at the University of Western Australia. Note: parking bays will only be reserved until 10.00am.

***If you wish to pay by cheque or another person in your organisation will be paying by credit card please complete the registration form in the PDF program which can be downloaded from the link above.

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