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Here you can find a listing of all past events of the Society.

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Brisbane QLD

Industry Perspectives on Standard Contracting in Queensland

Speakers: Mal Shepherd, Chief Development Officer, Sunwater,
Janelle Mehrten, Chief Contracts Officer, DHPW, Della Muscat, Director, Resolve Commercial, Steven Evans, Director, Concordia Resolution. Moderator: Kirsty Smith, Partner, Holding Redlich
Melbourne VIC

Extraordinary Events, Ordinary Clauses: In an age of shocks, what the fuel crisis reveals about time and cost risk allocation in construction contracts

Presented by: Alison Close: Clayton Utz and James Ford: Rider Levett Bucknall, Gareth Barrett: CIMIC Group, James MacDonald: Ashurst Perkins Coie

SCL Australia and SCL New Zealand: Shared Experiences on complex projects and PPPs across the shores

Speakers: Alastair Loomes, Project Director, CPB Contractors;
Karen Mitchell, Independent Chair for the Wellington Hospitals Campus Redevelopment Steering Group; Sam O’Malley, General Counsel - Corporate and Disputes, Fletcher Construction; Jon Varndell, Group Director – Transformation, AECOM

Moderators: Helen Macfarlane, President, SCL NZ; Caroline Beaumaris, Chair, SCL Australia
Perth WA

Construction Arbitration – strategies for turning turmoil into triumph

Speakers: Wayne Martin AC KC: Arbitrator and ex-Chief Justice of Western Australia
Jon Prudhoe: Senior Managing Director, Ankura
Mathea McCubbing, Sedgman
Kate Bower: Barrister
Moderator: Sean Marriott, HFW Australia
Brisbane QLD

Lessons from Mega Projects

Presenters: Caroline Newman, Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA); Dr Amy Dunphy, Gladstone Area Water Board; Ben Hutchison, Powerlink. Moderator: Luke Trimarchi, MinterEllison
Perth WA

The Client Perspective: Strengthening relationships between in-house legal and external counsel

Presented by: Drew Broadfoot, Macmahon; Dominic Carlsen, Santos; Jess Dyer, Alinta Energy; Lisa Retallack, John Holland.
Moderators: Natasha Breach, HWLE; Kate Morrow, HWLE
Sydney

SoCLA 2026 National Conference and Gala Dinner

SoCLA 2026 National Conference
Sydney NSW

Tracing a Construction Dispute

Joint event with ACICA and the Lighthouse Club
Registrations are now open on the SoCLA conference website
Melbourne VIC

Megaprojects for the project professional: Tips and traps for successfully delivering mega-projects in Australia

Presented by Louise Hart, chaired by Nikki Miller.
Hosted by MinterEllison
Perth WA

Contract variations: Can a Principal ever be under a duty to instruct a change to the contract scope and other interesting legal puzzles concerning contract variations

Presented by: Michael Sergeant, Partner - HFW