The Chamber held the fifth and last Young Leaders Program session for 2017 with the Hon. Dr. Annabelle Bennett AO SC, hosted by AICC State Sponsor The Star Sydney.

The Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett AO SC is a retired Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was an additional judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT, having previously practised as a Senior Counsel specialising in intellectual property. She is currently Chancellor of Bond University; an Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Member of the Board of Directors of the Garvan Institute; Member of the Advisory Council of Questacon; Member and past President of Chief Executive Women; and Member of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr Bennett is a President of the NSW Anti Discrimination Board and President of Landservices SA; Member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Panel of Arbitrators (ICSID), a Member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Mediation and Arbitration List of Neutrals, a Member of the indicative List of Government and Non-Governmental Panellists for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Process and a Pool member of the NBN Co Dispute Resolution Panel.