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AGENDA
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WEDNESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER
9:00 AM BREAKFAST |
 9:45 AM WELCOME |
Damian Taylor Director of Clients & Markets, UKIME Dentons |  Jason Winmill Chair Buying Legal Council |
10:00AM BREAK
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10:30AM MEET THE NEW AGENT 007: SPEND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI |
Matt DenOuden VP, GTM Strategy & Legal Ops Transformation Onit | 
Industry Expert To be announced Harbor
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11:00AM EFFECTIVELY EMBEDDING FLEXIBILITY INTO THE DELIVERY MODEL - INSOURCING VS OUTSOURCING AND HYBRID MODELS |
Chris McCloy Outside Counsel Management IBM 
Janet Taylor-Hall Founder and CEO Cognia |
Head of Supplier Performance, Legal Standard Chartered Bank |
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Sue Manik
11:30AM LUNCH
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12:30PM WHY DON'T MORE LAWYERS BECOME CEOs? A CONVERSATION ON AMBITION, BARRIERS AND LEADERSHIP
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Pinsent Masons Vario To be announced |  |
1:00PM MANAGING LEGAL SPEND BY BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW FIRM PANELS |
Courtenay Abbott Legal Operations Manager, Law & Policy GE Vernova
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Head of Operations, Law & Policy GE Vernova |
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Lorna Curry
1:30PM BREAK (45min) |
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General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer Klöckner Pentaplast
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Rob Beard Chief Legal & Global Affairs Officer, and Corporate Secretary Coherent Corp.
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Svetlana Walker
3:15PM BREAK (30min) |
3:45PM WORKSHOP: DRIVING RESULTS IN VITAL FOCUS AREAS |
4:30PM DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE: THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S VIEW |
Managing Director & General Counsel, EMEA & Asia Jefferies
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Heather Key General Counsel VIVO Defence
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5:00PM RECEPTION |
7:00PM POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS |
THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER
8:00AM BREAKFAST |
9:00AM BEYOND THE THEORETICAL; IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW |
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Industry Experts To be announced Morae | |
9:30AM PERSPECTIVES ON THE EMEA LEGAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM |
Damian Taylor Director of Clients & Markets, UKIME Dentons |  |
10:00AM BREAK |
10:30AM How GCs Build Stronger Partnerships and Relationships with the Business |
Barry Rodick Legal Transformation Manager TD SYNNEX
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Director of Strategic Alliances LexisNexis | |
Dan Ruderman
11:00AM To Be Announced |
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Industry Experts To be announced PERSUIT |
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11:30AM LUNCH (1 hr) |
12:30 PM OPTIMIZING LEGAL SPEND: SYNGENTA'S IN-HOUSE PLAYBOOK |
Stano Gejdos Category Manager, Legal Syngenta
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Director, Customer Insights Brightflag |
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Sinéad Kenny
1:00PM 2026 LEGAL OPS AND SOURCING HURDLES: OPERATIONALIZING BEST PRACTICES IN A CHANGING SUPPLY BASE AND MARKET |
Suha Gehrer Group Head of Legal Operations Zurich Insurance |
To be announced FanDuel |
1:30PM DRIVING LEGAL TRANSFORMATION: CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN LEGAL TECH ADOPTION |
Legal Technology Adviser LawVu
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Principal Implementation Services Manager LawVu | |
Keilan Tuffy
Sophie Lance
2:00PM CLOSING AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS |
SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER |
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*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE* |