Tuesday, 4 October 2022

4.00-6.00pm

Registration desk open at The Limes Room

5.00pm-7.00pm

Welcome Function at The Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall 

Day 1: Wednesday, 5 October 2022

8.00am

Registration desk open and refreshments from 9:15 - 9:45am

9:45-10.15am

Mihi Whakatau & Day 1 Open - MC & ILANZ President

10.15-11.00am

Session 1: Rakaia Room

Topic: Future focus for in-house lawyers

Keynote Presenter:  Craig Hudson, Managing Director, New Zealand and Pacific Islands

11.05-11.50am

Session 2, A: Rakaia Room

Topic: A note to my younger in-house self: how to fly rather than float

Presenters: Andrew Cordner (Director of Legal, Fonterra), Helen White (Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Christchurch City Council) and Silv Roest (Lead Legal Business Partner and Company Secretary, Spark NZ) – facilitated by Sophie Mentink (ILANZ Committee Member)

Session 2, B: Conway 2

Topic: Flourishing as an In-house Lawyer - Out of the Quicksand

Presenter: Madeleine Shaw, Executive Coach

Session 2, C: Conway 1

Topic: Delegate using Data not Drama

Presenter: Sian Wingate, Legal Operations Manager and Coach

12.00-1.00pm

Lunch 

1.00-2.10pm

Session 3: Rakaia room

Topic: A Forward-Looking Lens: Preparing for Modern Slavery Laws

Presenters: Nicola Swan (Partner, Chapman Tripp) & Sarah Retter (Head of Legal at Fujitsu), Facilitated by Jo Appleyard (Partner, Chapman Tripp)

2.15-3.00pm

Session 4, A: Rakaia Room

Topic: Better together: building an effective partnership with external counsel

Presenters: Hayden Wilson (Chair and Partner, Dentons Kensington Swan), Victoria White (General Counsel and Partner, Dentons Kensington Swan) & Karyn O’Loughlin (General Counsel, DB)

Session 4, B: Conway 2

Topic: Debate: Do you need private practice experience as inhouse lawyer?

Presenters: Benjamin Jacobs, Sian Wingate, Alice Balme & Gwendoline Keel Facilitated by Lynda Frew

Session 4, C: Conway 1

Topic: Climate Change disclosures - statutory requirements & role of in-house lawyers

Presenter: Amelia Sharman, XRB

3.00-3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3.15-4.15pm

Session 5: Rakaia Room

Topic: Mood and Motivation

Keynote Presenter: Dr Paul Wood

4.15-4.30pm

Day 1 Close – MC 

6.30-9.30pm

Thomson Reuters Function @ The Tannery

Day 2: Thursday, 6 October 2022

8.00am

Registration desk open

8.45-9.00am

Day 2 Open –  MC 

9.00-9.45am

Session 6: Rakaia Room

Topic: The role tikanga plays in the way lawyers interpret/apply law

Presenter: Ethan Jerome-Leota, Tainui (Waikato)

9.45-10.45am

Session 7: Rakaia Room

Topic: Raising visibility of the legal function within the business

Panel: Helen Wild (General Counsel, Auckland Council) & Marise Winthrop (General Counsel, Livestock Improvement Corporation) & Melissa Soh-Newstead (General Counsel and Company Secretary, SilverFern Farms) - Facilitated by Hiramai Rogers (ILANZ Committee Member)

10.45-11.15am

Morning Tea

11.15-12.15pm

Session 8, A: Rakaia Room

Topic: Climate change, natural hazards and Council information: current LGOIMA requirements and future reforms.

Panel: Vivienne Wilson (Senior Legal Counsel, Christchurch City Council) and Mike Wakefield (Partner, Simpson Grierson). Facilitated by Sophie Meares (ILANZ Committee Member)

Session 8, B: Conway 2

Topic: Connecting the dots between Mood and Food

Presenter: Bronwyn Hudson, Founder: Fuel Your Wellbeing

UnSession 8, C: Conway 1

Facilitated by ILANZ Committee Member/s

12.15-1.00pm

Lunch

1.05-1.50pm

Session 9, A: Rakaia Room

Topic: How to get time back to focus on the high-value work we come in-house to do

Fireside chat with: Shaun Plant (Chief Legal Evangelist, LawVu), Sarah Thorner Crossley (Senior Legal Advisor, Zespri International) and Fiona McLeod (General Counsel, Nelson City Council)

UnSession 9, B: Conway 2

Facilitated by ILANZ Committee Member/s

Session 9, C: Conway 1

Topic: Governance, Risk and Compliance

Presenter: Louise Unger, Commerce Commission

2.00-2.30pm

Session 10: Rakaia Room

Topic: Cultivating Confidence – how I put myself up, to go forward

Presenter: Miriam Dean, King’s Counsel and a director of Ōtākaro Limited, Chorus Limited, REINZ and chair of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme. 

2.30-3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00-4.00pm

Session 11: Rakaia Room

Topic: Q&A

Keynote Presenter: Dame Sophie Pascoe DNZM

4.00-4:30pm

Day 2 Close – MC & Conference Director

6.45pm-late

Niche Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony at Te Pae Convention Centre