Agenda 2022

Conference Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law (Conference Chairman)

Where Law Meets Technology: A Managing Partner's View

Speaker To be Announced

Top Level View From the CIO

Speaker To be Announced

• The Journey
• Changes
• Challenges
• Impacts
• The Future.

Sponsor Showcase

Tony Pepper – CEO & Co-Founder, Egress Software Technologies

Interview with Prof. Richard Susskind

Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law
Joshua Rozenberg QC – British Solicitor, Legal Commentator & Journalist

• Increasingly capable technologies – from telepresence to artificial intelligence
• Reshape justice for the benefit of the public.

STAGE BREAK

Human Power - Thriving in an Age of Technology & Turmoil

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger  – Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute

• What humans can do vs what data and machine learning can't do.
• Better symbiosis between technology
• Imagination with a purpose
• Finding the right combination or imaginative piece to give you the right solution, computers cannot do this.

Event Partner Showcase

Speaker TBC – Tessian

Step Inside the Metaverse

Dr Mark van Rijmenam – The Digital Speaker, Future Tech Strategist

Keynote Panel - Q&A

Prof. Richard Susskind OBE, interviews the panel on the information, issues & opportunities raised during the keynote. During this discussion, audience members are offered an opportunity to submit questions to the panel.

Dr Mark van Rijmenam – The Digital Speaker, Future Tech Strategist
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger  – Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute
Eleanor Weaver – CEO, Luminance
Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law (Chair)

Conference Chairman's Closing Remarks

Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law (Conference Chairman)

• A summary of the issues & opportunities presented during 'The British Legal Technology Forum 2022'.

STAGE CLOSED

Stage Chair’s Opening Remarks

Christina Blacklaws – Managing Director, Blacklaws Consulting

Legal Tech: Fairytale vs Dystopian Tale

Simon McArdle – Commercial Partner, Shoosmiths

• Expectation of an on-line hub presence
• Lawyer to Lawyer collaboration – learning to work together
• Understanding the Augmented Lawyer, keeping the people but using legal tech to enhance the process
• Client relationships & expectation.

Stage Sponsor Showcase

Jon English – Solicitor, LexisNexis

2030: Security Leadership in Professional Services

Christian Toon – CISO, Pinsent Masons 

• Our history that has lead us here
• Mental Health, our own & that of our teams
• Technical Capability, knowing your AI from your LA
• Management Abilities, the 3 P’s
• Recognition & Remuneration, the war on talent.

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC –  Intapp

Fireside Chat: Balancing Innovation With Client and User Demand vs Balancing The Needs of Hybrid Teams

Andrew Powell – CIO, Macfarlanes
Karen Jacks– CTO, Bird & Bird
Christina Blacklaws – Managing Director, Blacklaws Consulting (Chair)

• Challenges
• Hybrid
• Supply Chain
• Legacy.

STAGE BREAK

PANEL: In-House Legal Tech - Don't be Fooled by The Sales Cycle

Kerry Westland  – Head of Innovation and Legal Tech, Addleshaw Goddard (Facilitator)

• Challenges of bringing in new tech & implementing it firm-wide successfully
• Understanding time & resource constraints of in-house teams
• In-house vs private practice in terms of tech lifecycle.

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – Relativity

PANEL: Innovation - Universities (up and coming innovation)

Panel To Be Announced
Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law (Chair)

PANEL: Legal Operations

Janice D’Costa – Head of Legal Operations, Meta
Ian Gilbert – Director of Legal Operations, Herbert Smith Freehills
Professor Richard Susskind OBE – President, Society for Computers & Law (Chair)

• Cost controls; billable vs alternative fee arrangements
• Optimize Performance; improving management of legal spend
• Increase internal specialisation.

Stage Chair's Closing Remarks

Christina Blacklaws – Managing Director, Blacklaws Consulting

• A summary of the issues & opportunities presented on the 'Lexis+' Lounge Stage.

STAGE CLOSED

Stage Chair's Opening Remarks

David Fazakerley – IT Director, Saffery Champness

2030: A Coming Decade in Connectivity: High Performance Computing, Quantum and the Future of Law

Eric Hunter – CTO, Bradford & Barthel

• Supercomputing & connectivity ramifications over the coming decade
• SpaceX, Starlink, 5G & the business ramifications within coming evolutions in connectivity
• Systems & behavioural evolutions within the global legal practice & the business of law.

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – PracticeEvolve

Digital Cultural Transformation

Speaker TBC

• Optimising data as a growth & innovation enabler to drive customer experience

Stage Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC, iManage

Blue Sky Thinking or Reality: We Are Living it

Lisa Forte – Partner, Red Goat Cyber Security
Jake Moore – Global CyberSecurity Advisor, ESET
Sarah Armstrong Smith – Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft
David Fazakerley – IT Director, Saffery Champness (Chair)

• Ransomware
• The Threat Landscape
• Humans & Culture.

STAGE BREAK

PANEL: An Era of Transformational & innovative Change – The Vendor Perspective

iManage Representative
LexisNexis Representative
Newgen Representative
David Fazakerly – IT Director, Saffery Champness (Chair)

• Debate the potential of digital disruption in law & opportunities for growth
• Consider how the legal sector can future proof
• What market demands they are seeing & what challenges they are facing
• What the future landscape looks like & how to work with vendors in an agile world.

The Future of Work is Hybrid

Ryan Prins – Business Senior Sales Manager, Philips Dictation

• Work from anywhere at anytime & anyplace - BYOD
• Ensure highest levels of security for your business & customers
• Spend less time on administration & more time with your clients
• Intelligent document creation solutions to support your new way of working
• Solutions to automate your document creation.

5G Transformation on the World of Work

Speaker TBC

• 5G networks the cornerstone of edge computing
• Future of Client Services: better connectivity, higher speeds, & less latency
• Paving the way for developments like smart cities, AI-enabled customer service or personalization systems.

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – Salesforce / Introhive

The Quantum Race is Underway

Speaker TBC

Stage Chair's Closing Remarks

David Fazakerley – IT Director, Saffery Champness

• A summary of the issues & opportunities presented on the ‘iManage’ FutureTech Stage.

STAGE CLOSED

Stage Chair's Opening Remarks

Peter Wright – Managing Director, Digital Law

Future for UK Innovation

Sue Daley – Director of Tech and Innovation, techUK

• Industry 4.0: How we embrace it & how we leverage it
• What this means for businesses
• The talent, ethics & regulation needed to keep pace with the waves of change that will keep coming our way

Connected, Collaborative and in the Cloud: How Innovation in eDiscovery Creates Clarity

Jess Wu – Customer Success Manager, Customer Experience, Everlaw

Stage Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – Moxo

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – Prosperoware

Quantifying ROI on Security Awareness and the Human Factor

Tim Ward – CEO & Co-Founder, Think Cyber Security

• What isn’t working about traditional approaches to awareness
• Approaches that support people too soon, too late & at just the right time
• What the behavioural science tells us we should do
• Actionable insights to deliver measurable secure behaviours & gain that ROI.

STAGE BREAK

Leading Complex Technology Enabled Business Change

Emily Foges – Global Lead Partner for Legal Managed Services, Deloitte 

• Leadership principles in a digitalized world
• Managing resistance to change
• Thinking about innovation in a different way
• Ascertaining value.

Innovation Stage: Why Formulate a Cybersecurity Action Plan?

Andy Lalaguna – Senior Solutions Architect, eSentire

• Who is eSentire - Authority in MDR + how / why do we do MD
• Why do cybersecurity at all - Ransomware & Data Breaches
• Example Incident
• How you will stand your ground together with eSentire.

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – iManage

Sponsor Showcase

Speaker TBC – Access Group

AI-Powered Legal Process Automation: Maintaining Compliance, Driving Profitability and Gaining a Competitive Advantage

Jaeger Glucina – Managing Director, Luminance Technologies

• Find out how Luminance’s AI is helping over 450 law firms & global organisations to enhance & expedite the full spectrum of legal document processing, from taking a first pass review of any incoming contract to understanding key features & compliance within executed agreements through to investigations & litigation
• Discussion on the benefits of automating legal processes & how it allows legal professionals to focus their attention on high-value work & analysis
• Explore how AI can be adopted by legal teams to best effect, with advanced technology helping to maintain compliance, drive profitability & gain a competitive advantage throughout negotiations.

PANEL: The New Generation of Cyber-threats

Toks Oladuti – Dentons
Karl Knowles – Global Head of Cyber and Service Delivery, HFW
Valerie Jenkins – CISO, Clyde & Co
Tash Norris -Head of Cyber Security, Moonpig
Peter Wright – Managing Director, Digital Law (Chair)

• New approaches to cyber defence
• Ensuring business continuity & a proactive stance against emerging threats
• Balancing of risk-taking with risk aversion
• Resilient supply chain; what’s the reality?

Stage Chair's Closing Remarks

Peter Wright – Managing Director, Digital Law

• A summary of the issues & opportunities presented on the ‘Moxo’ Innovation Stage.

STAGE CLOSE

Thomson Reuters LegalTech Vision presented by Kriti Sharma (30 mins + 15 mins Q&A)

Kriti Sharma – Chief Product Officer, LegalTech, Thomson Reuters

• Join Kriti to hear first-hand about the industry trends that have guided her product vision and strategy. She’ll share her ideas for a connected legal ecosystem; one that is centered around a simplified client experience, machine learning and AI that will help you drive actionable insights. Learn how her team are building a more open platform that will fully integrate with a broader range of legal technology.

Why HighQ? – a project showcase with Bird & Bird (30 mins + 15 mins Q&A)

Ben Firth – HighQ Client Management Lead, Thomson Reuters
Kathryn Pearson – Head of Knowledge and Client Service Solution, Bird & Bird
Eric Sham – Legal Tech Solutions Manager, Bird & Bird

• Join Ben Firth, from Thomson Reuters for this enlightening talk with Bird & Bird’s Kathryn Pearson and Eric Sham about their HighQ journey. During this informal chat, Kathryn and Eric will explain why they use HighQ, share their adoption tips and showcase examples of a few of Bird & Bird’s most successful projects.

STAGE BREAK

Cloud First Strategies are the new norm – but do they work? (30 mins + 15 mins Q&A)

Panel to be Announced

• Join our diverse customer panel to hear them discuss the pros and cons of a Cloud first strategy. How has this affected their buying decisions and what impact has this had on their business's operational effectiveness.