Presenters

Paula Adamson, Chief Executive Officer, Wrays
Paula is the CEO of Wrays, bringing extensive experience from senior roles in both the public and private sectors. Previously, she served as Deputy Director General for IP Australia, overseeing the administration of IP rights, and was the Commissioner of Patents and Registrar for Trade marks. Paula also held a position in the Prime Minister and Cabinet Department focused on critical technology policy. She is passionate about supporting Australia’s innovation economy, collaborating with research institutes and start-ups to protect intangible assets and foster economic growth.


Sophie Dawson, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery
Sophie is a Media, Entertainment and Technology partner with extensive intellectual property, privacy and disputes experience.  Sophie’s copyright experience includes acting for Nine Entertainment in litigation in which it successfully resisted an interlocutory injunction application by another media organisation in relation to a reality television cooking show,  acting for two of the world’s leading computer games companies in relation to authorisation by modders of copyright infringement by end-users of popular computer games. She has also acted for IT companies in relation to strategic intellectual property issues arising in contentious matters.  Sophie also acted for Samsung in relation to its 3G Telephony patent claim against Apple. Sophie is recognised as a leading TMT: Media lawyer in directories including Legal500 and Chambers AsiaPacific.  She is co-author of Thomson Reuter’s Media & Internet Law & Practice, and is a member of the advisory board of the UTS Centre for Media Transition.