Event description
Join the Centre for Legal Innovation and Vanderbilt Law School in collaboration with Gilbert + Tobin on 29 July 2025 in person for the groundbreaking Women + AI APAC Summit at Gilbert + Tobin's Sydney offices. This one-day event is part of a global initiative launched by founder Professor Cat Moon in the USA in February, and brings together visionary female leaders at the forefront of AI innovation across the Asia-Pacific region. Places are limited. Please register early to avoid disappointment.
The Summit serves as a perfect complement to the Women + AI APAC Workshop taking place the previous day (28 July) – you can find information about that here.
Take the day at the Summit to discover how women are uniquely positioned to drive ethical, strategic, and human-centered approaches to AI adoption. Through interactive sessions led by industry specialists and pioneers, you'll gain actionable insights on overcoming implementation barriers, making strategic technology decisions, and developing future-ready teams.
Summit highlights include:
- Opening Plenary: ACE in Action—Women Shaping the Future of AI - Professor Cat Moon delivers a powerful keynote exploring what it means to lead with clarity and courage in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Learn how women's capacity to navigate uncertainty positions them uniquely for AI leadership through Action, Community-building, and Empowerment.
- Breaking Barriers to AI Adoption - Female leaders from different industries share practical strategies for overcoming psychological and organisational resistance to AI. Develop targeted communication approaches to build stakeholder support and create the cultural environment essential for successful AI implementation.
- Strategic Technology Selection in the AI Landscape - Technology experts break down complex AI purchasing decisions through real-world case studies highlighting both successes and instructive failures. Work through a decision matrix you can immediately apply to your organisation's technology choices.
- Translating AI Strategy into Operational Reality - Implementation specialists share frameworks for project management, workflow redesign, and measuring outcomes. Gain practical models for phased implementation, staff transition planning, and ROI measurement for your AI initiatives.
- Leading AI Ethics, Governance and Risk Management - Learn from women leaders who are developing ethical guidelines, governance frameworks, and risk mitigation strategies that address data privacy, regulatory compliance, and ethical considerations while protecting organisational reputation.
- Building AI Capabilities for What Comes Next - Explore approaches to skilling, reskilling, and retaining AI talent. Develop personalised capability-building roadmaps to ensure your teams thrive in an increasingly AI-driven professional landscape.
The Summit concludes with a powerful fireside chat with Sue Keay, Director of the UNSW AI Institute, followed by networking drinks.
While this Summit celebrates and features the work of women in AI, registration is encouraged, extended to and we welcome everyone.
Program: You’ll find the full program for the Summit here.
Cost: The registration fee for the Summit is $270 + GST + ticketing costs.
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