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 April 23 - 26 Chicago Transformation Everywhere All at Once: Business and Law in a Changing World
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 Apr 17 - 20 Seoul Dynamic Asia: New Opportunities & Challenges for Law & Business
2012 Feb 29 - Mar 3        New Delhi Legal Trends, Thoughts and Times
2011 April 21 - 24 Kyoto Innovation
2010 May 2 - 5 Singapore Climate Change & Legal Practice
2009 April 29 - May 2 Manila Legal Practice: Coping with Diversity and Change
2008   Los Angeles  
2007   Beijing  
2006   Sydney  
2005   Bali  
2004   Seoul  
2003 Feb 16 - 19 New Delhi  
2002   Hong Kong  
2001   Tokyo The 21st Century: IPBA's Role in the Asian Pacific Region
2000   Vancouver  
1999   Bangkok  
1998   Auckland  
1997   Kuala Lumpur  
1996 May 1 - 4 Manila  
1995   San Francisco  
1994 May 4 - 6 Singapore  
1993   Taipei  
1992 May 3 - 6 Sydney (no theme)
1991 April 21 - 24 Tokyo Harmonization of Trade and Investment Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region

Mid-Year Council Meeting and Regional Conference

Year Dates Venue Regional Conference Theme/Title
2025   Sep 27-29         Madrid, Spain TBA
2024 Sep 28-30 Warsaw, Poland

Asia Pacific and CEE – Far Away, So Close! Opportunities for Developing the Cooperation

2023 Sep 16-18 Jakarta, Indonesia Capitalizing on Indonesia's Imperative Capitals: The New Capital City, Human Capital, and Investment Capital
2022 Sep 26 Seoul, Korea East Asia Forum 2022
2021 Nov 15 Virtual Conference Code Red: Our Responsibility to the Earth
2019 Oct 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 Nov 28 Hanoi
(telephone conference)
(in-person event cancelled due to flooding in Hanoi)
2007 Oct 19 - 23 Kuala Lumpur Joint session with Malaysian Bar Council
2006   London  
2005   Colombo  
2004   Santiago  
2003   Kyoto  
2002   Paris  
2001 Nov 10 - 11 Phuket  
2000 Nov 4- 5 Bali  
1999 Oct 30 - 31 Lani Island, Hawaii  
1998   Singapore  
1997 Oct 30 - Nov 1 New Delhi  
1996   Seoul  
1995 Oct 28 - 29 Jakarta  
1994 Nov 13 - 14 Bangkok  
1993   Kuala Lumpur  
1992 Nov 14 - 15 Manila  
1991 July 6 - 7 Bangkok