The annual conference of the property investment profession
PIPA National
Summit
Where the future of property investment is defined. Two days of education, argument and evidence for the people who advise Australians on property.
Property investment advice is unregulated in Australia, which means the standard is set by the people in the sector who choose to hold themselves to one. The Summit is where those people spend two days together.
The Summit is not a trade show with a keynote attached. It is the working meeting of a profession that is still deciding what it wants to be.
The format
What two days at the Summit is.
The Summit has run in this shape every year.
Two full days
A residential format rather than a morning of talks. The value of the Summit is as much in the two days of conversation between sessions as in the sessions themselves.
Education first
Sessions are built to change how members practise, not to sell to them. Content is chosen for the adviser in the room who has to give better advice on Monday.
The whole sector
Buyer’s agents, property investment advisers, brokers, accountants and financial planners in one room, which is where the cross disciplinary problems in property advice actually get argued out.
Counts toward CPD
Attendance contributes to a member’s continuing professional development, which is a requirement of PIPA membership rather than an optional extra.
June 2026, Brisbane
The first two day Summit, in numbers.
PIPA had run a conference before. It had not run this.
- 2
- days at Rydges South Bank
- 11
- sessions, five of them panels
- 20
- CPD points for the full program
- 4
- partners backing the event
The 2026 program
What was actually argued about.
Negative gearing, capital gains tax, artificial intelligence, lending, the Olympics and the law. The program is published here because it is the clearest statement of what the Summit is for.
Day one
Tuesday the 23rd of June
- The state of property investment practice in Australia Cate Bakos, PIPA Chair
- The decision making crisis: why more information does not mean better decisions Evan Lucas
- On the world stage: the Brisbane 2032 Olympics Anthony Ryan, moderated by Kieran Clair
- How AI is rewriting the rules Panel
- Leadership keynote Eric Bailey
Day two
Wednesday the 24th of June
- Winning at auction Panel
- The new lending reality Aaron Christie-David
- Housing policy in Australia Panel
- Staying on the right side of the law Panel
- Future proof your business John Knight
- National market outlook Panel
Two days in Brisbane
The 2026 Summit, in pictures.
Two days at Rydges South Bank on the 23rd and 24th of June 2026: the sessions, the arguments, the reception above the river, and the advisers who came from every state to be in the room.
Welcome reception
The first evening, above the river at South Bank.
On stage
Two days of sessions on what is changing in property investment advice, and what it asks of the people who give it.
In conversation
Panels and moderated discussion across both days.
In the room
Working sessions, the breaks in between, and the organisations that backed the Summit.
The delegates
The profession PIPA represents, in the room for two days.
47 photographs from the 2026 PIPA National Summit, 23 and 24 June 2026, Rydges South Bank, Brisbane.
PIPA has just celebrated its first two day Summit in Brisbane, and it was exciting to meet new members, catch up with familiar friends, and enjoy a fantastic line up of speakers and panellists.
Cate Bakos, PIPA Chair, writing in issue 39 of the PIPA Adviser. The same edition records that PIPA appeared in more than 200 media stories in the months around the Summit, and that the Chair and Director Veronica Morgan met the Federal Shadow Housing Minister in the same period.
The 2026 Summit was backed by
- Hotspotting by RyderPlatinum partner
- Image PropertyPlatinum partner
- MCG Quantity SurveyorsGold partner
- Insurance Insights AustraliaGold partner
PIPA may receive financial or in kind support from sponsors. Sponsorship supports the activities of the association and does not constitute an endorsement of a sponsor’s products or services.
Where the Summit is today
The 2027 Summit is ahead
22 and 23 June 2027. The venue and the program are being confirmed, and both are published here as soon as they are. Registration opens to the interest list first.
Next
2027 opens to the interest list first.
2026 was the first Summit to run over two full days, and it filled the room. The 2027 Summit runs on the 22nd and 23rd of June. The venue and the program are still being confirmed and are published here as soon as they are settled. Places are limited by the venue, and members on the interest list are contacted before registration opens publicly.
Tell us you want to be there and you will hear the venue, the program and the registration date before they are announced publicly. If you are a prospective partner or speaker, the same form reaches the right person at PIPA.
- 2027 dates
- 22 and 23 June 2027
- 2027 venue
- To be confirmed
- Format
- Two day conference
- Who attends
- PIPA members and invited guests
- CPD
- Attendance counts toward member CPD
- Registration
- Opens to the interest list first
Our partners
Hotspotting by Ryder
Platinum partner
Property market research and location analysis
hotspotting.com.au
Image Property
Platinum partner
Property management and sales
imageproperty.com.au
MCG Quantity Surveyors
Gold partner
Quantity surveying and tax depreciation schedules
mcgqs.com.au
Insurance Insights Australia
Gold partner
Insurance broking for property investors
ii-a.com.au
Gameplans
Strategic partner
Financial planning and property strategy
gameplans.com.au
Lawlab
Conveyancing partner
Conveyancing and property law
lawlab.com.auPIPA may receive financial or in-kind support from sponsors. Such sponsorship supports the activities of the association and does not constitute, and must not be represented as constituting, endorsement, approval or recommendation of any sponsor or of any product or service supplied by a sponsor.
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