IPBA Conferences

IPBA Annual Conferences and Mid-Year Council Meetings


The IPBA holds and Annual Meeting and Conference each spring, and a Mid-Year Council Meeting with Regional Conference each fall.

The four-day Annual Conference culminates in the IPBA Annual General Meeting, to which all IPBA members are invited. The Mid-Year Council Meeting includes three days of meetings of the IPBA Council, and a one-day Regional Conference which is open to the public.

Annual Meeting and Conference

Year Dates                Venue         Conference Theme
2025 TBD Chicago  
2024 April 24-27 Tokyo New World, New Wisdom
2023 March 7-10 Dubai One World: Law & the Environment Beyond Covid
2022 March 24 Online Annual General Meeting
2021 April 18-21 Shanghai Rethinking Global Rules – Opportunities and Challenges for the Legal Industry
2020 June 7 Online Annual General Meeting
2019 April 25-27 Singapore Technology, Business and Law - Global Perspectives
2018           March 14-16 Manila Fostering Seamless Cooperation in ASEAN and Beyond
2017 April 6-9 Auckland Connectivity and Convergence
2016 April 13-16 Kuala Lumpur       Diverse Challenges, Global Solutions
2015 May 6-9 Hong Kong Vision for the Future
2014 May 8-11 Vancouver Sustainability in a Finite World
2013 April 17-20 Seoul Dynamic Asia: New Opportunities & Challenges for Law & Business
2012 February 29-March 3        New Delhi Legal Trends, Thoughts and Times
2011 April 21-24 Kyoto Innovation
2010 May 2-5 Singapore Climate Change & Legal Practice
2009   Manila  
2008   Los Angeles  
2007   Beijing  
2006   Sydney  
2005   Bali  
2004   Seoul  
2003   New Delhi  
2002   Hong Kong  
2001   Tokyo  
2000   Vancouver  
1999   Bangkok  
1998   Auckland  
1997   Kuala Lumpur  
1996   Manila  
1995   San Francisco  
1994   Singapore  
1993   Taipei  
1992   Sydney  
1991   Tokyo  

Mid-Year Council Meeting and Regional Conference

Year Dates Venue Regional Conference Theme/Title
2024 September 28-30 Warsaw, Poland  
2023 September 16-18 Jakarta, Indonesia Capitalizing on Indonesia's Imperative Capitals: The New Capital City, Human Capital, and Investment Capital
2022 Online Online  
2021 November 15 Virtual Conference Code Red: Our Responsibility to the Earth
2019 October 11-14 Milan  
2018   Chiang Mai and Bangkok  
2017   London  
2016   Brussels  
2015   Dubai  
2014   São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro  
2013   Zurich  
2012   Auckland  
2011   Hanoi  
2010   Stuttgart  
2009   Hong Kong  
2008   Hanoi (telephone conference)  
2007   Kuala Lumpur  
2006   London  
2005   Colombo  
2004   Santiago  
2003   Kyoto  
2002   Paris  
2001   Phuket  
2000   Bali  
1999   Hawaii  
1998   Singapore  
1997   New Delhi  
1996   Seoul  
1995   Jakarta  
1994   Bangkok  
1993   Kuala Lumpur  
1992   Manila  
1991   Bangkok