The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published details of its annual conference and dinner, which is taking place on 7 December at Chelsea Football Club in London.

The conference entitled, ‘21^st Century Conveyancing for 21^st Century Clients’, is headlined sponsored by CA Affiliate member, Infotrack, and will offer delegates a range of presentations and debates designed to outline the future for the industry and how conveyancing firms can make the most of the forthcoming changes and opportunities that will exist.

The full programme of conference sessions has been published and includes a number of presentations including:

• Matt Prior from the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) will open the conference presenting feedback on the Government’s research into conveyancing, its plans for the future and what it means for the conveyancing industry.
• John Abbot, director of digital at HM Land Registry, will outline its research and the vision it has for digital conveyancing in 2030.
• Ian Hendey from Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) will detail how PEXA transformed the Australian conveyancing process via an end-to-end digital conveyancing system and how conveyancers there have adapted to this‘brave new world‘.
• Professor Stewart Brymer will reveal how the Law Society of Scotland introduced secure digital signatures and CA operations director, Lloyd Davies, will show how Proof of Identity is integral to the ‘Digital Deed’ process in England & Wales.
• Stephen Ward, director of strategy & external relations at the CLC, will give the regulator’s view on all things digital and how conveyancing might evolve to deal with these changes.
• Scott Bozinis, CEO of conference Headline Sponsors Infotrack, will demonstrate how 21^st century conveyancing does not have to be difficult and that many of the answers are already available to conveyancing firms.
• Finally, the CA’s director of delivery, Beth Rudolf, will provide an update on our White Paper/Strategic Plan work streams, the progress that has been made this year and what the future holds for the CA, its members, and the whole conveyancing industry.

The conference will be followed by the annual dinner, sponsored this year by the ESTAS and Searchflow, to which the CA is inviting all delegates to attend and has a chosen charity, Prostate Cancer UK, which it will be raising funds for.