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2024 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

*Subject to Change*

DAY ONE | 13 NOVEMBER 2024

8:45 AM: Breakfast Interest Group Conversations10:15 AM: Welcome: In-House–Law Firm Collaboration in an Age of New Opportunities

With remarks from

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council


Damian Taylor

Director of Clients & Markets, UKIME

Dentons

10:30AM: Keynote: AI Adoption in the Legal Enterprise: Three Ways AI Can Drive Immediate Value

 

Jean Yang

Vice President, AI Center of Excellence

Onit

  

Matt DenOuden

Senior Vice President of Sales

Onit

11:00 AM: Conversation Break

11:20 AM: O Shaped Principles for Law Firm Tendering: A GC Case Study With Surprising Lessons Learned

Heather Key

Chief Legal Counsel

Serco

Dan Kayne

Founder

O Shaped

12:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM: AI-Driven Legal Spend Management: How Syngenta is Shaping Law Firm Pricing Strategies


Suha Gehrer

Group Legal Operations Lead

Syngenta


Alex Kelly

Co-Founder & COO

Brightflag

1:30 PM: Breaking News: AI Use Cases from Real Life – What's Working, and What Are We Learning?

Barry Rodick

Legal Transformation Manager

TD SYNNEX

1:45 PM: Conversation Break

2:00 PM: Proposals, Pricing, & Performance: Optimizing the Full Lifecycle of Legal Vendor Management

Janice D'Costa

Legal Operations Manager, EMEA Lead

Meta

Jen McIver

Director, Legal Operations & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer

2:30 PM: Workshop:  Topic-Based Discussions & Coffee

Orazio Difruscolo

Director, Head of Claims & Legal Enablement

Swiss Re

Jean Yang

Vice President, AI Center of Excellence

Onit

David Halliwell

Partner

Pinsent Masons Vario

3:15 PM: The New Frontier: Preferred Panel Programs for Your ALSP Portfolio


David Halliwell

Partner

Pinsent Masons Vario

3:45 PM: Afternoon Refreshments

4:15PM: ESG & DEI: The Latest Challenges & Exciting Opportunities Ahead


Daniel Winterfeldt MBE KC (Hon)

Managing Director & General Counsel, EMEA & Asia

Jefferies

5:00 PM: Reception: Hosted at Dentons


DAY TWO | 14 NOVEMBER 2024

8:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM: Leading the Legal Department in the Age of AI

Sean Weller

Director

Buying Legal Council

General Counsel

Fortune 200 Company

9:30AM: Value Levers in Legal Services: Choosing the Right Provider for the Right Work

Sue Manik

Head of Supplier Performance, Legal

Standard Chartered Bank


Senior In-House Leader

Fortune 50 Company

10:00AM: Industry Group Conversations

10:45AM: Break

11:00AM: Scaling Up to "Giant-Size": Blueprints for the Biggest Legal Departments

 

Chris Grant

Head of Legal Market Engagement

HSBC

Hannah Wilson

Law Firm Panel & Spend Manager

Aviva

11:30 AM: Bridging Procurement and Legal to "Level Up" Legal Sourcing

 

Natasha Williams

Group Procurement Senior Manager

Capita

12:00 PM: LUNCH

1:00 PM: Workshop: From Idea to Implementation

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

   

Steven Kelts

Lecturer on AI & Ethics

Princeton University

Jessica Williams

Board Member

Buying Legal Council


2:15 PM: Transforming Dinosaurs Into Gazelles: Paths to the Future of the Legal Industry

Fiona Meany

Head of Global Litigation

JLL

Chris Grant

Head of Legal Market Engagement

HSBC

Note: Programme is subject to change