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2025 BUYING LEGAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 30 - 0CTOBER 1, 2025 | 3 TIMES SQUARE NYC


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ESTEEMED SPEAKERS

Mark Smolik

DHL


Allen Waxman

DLA Piper


 

Matt Rubbelke

PAYPAL


Vishal Anand

DISNEY

 


 

Stacy Walsh

TRAVELERS


Milly Parekh

J&J


 

Andrea Webster

NOVARTIS

Brian Chebli

JPMORGAN CHASE



TIMELY TOPICS



AI


OUTSIDE COUNSEL



GOVERNANCE

COSTS



DATA


STRATEGY



TECH


VOLATILITY



AGENDA

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WELCOME: SEPTEMBER 29

5:00PM - 8:00PM WELCOME RECEPTION: AT GRAND BRASSERIE, HOSTED BY LITIFY

Welcome reception is at capacity - Contact us to join the waitlist.

DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 30

8:00 AM BREAKFAST

8:45 AM WELCOME

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

Laura A. Clayton McDonnel, President, CorporatesLaura Clayton McDonnell

President, Corporates

Thomson Reuters

9:00AM THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS IN AN AGENTIC AI WORLD


Jean Yang

VP, AI Center of Excellence

Onit

Gregg McConnell

Global Director Legal Ops. & Innovation

Corteva Agriscience

9:30AM COFFEE BREAK

10:00AM ELEVATE YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT FROM A COST CENTER TO A STRATEGIC VALUE DRIVER

Laura A. Clayton McDonnel, President, CorporatesLaura Clayton McDonnell

President, Corporates

Thomson Reuters

Norie Campbell, Chief Legal Officer and Company SecretaryNorie Campbell

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

Thomson Reuters


10:30AM GETTING RESULTS: HOW GCS THINK ABOUT IT

Allen Waxman

Of Counsel

DLA Piper

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Counsel

11:00AM CONVERSATION BREAK

11:30AM AI AGENTS & ORCHESTRATION: WHY ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER FALLS SHORT


Jennifer O'Gara

Sr. Director, Marketing

Tonkean

Michael Kaplan

Implementation Architect

Tonkean

12:00PM LUNCH

1:00PM ARE YOU HIRING THE LAW FIRM OR THE ATTORNEY? WHY THE ANSWER DOESN'T MATTER WITHOUT DATA

Jen McIver

Assoc. Director, Legal Ops. & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer

Vishal Anand

Director, Legal Operations

The Walt Disney Company

Brian Chebli

Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel

JPMorgan Chase

1:30PM FROM DATA TO STRATEGY: EXTRACTING INSIGHTS AND PUTTING THEM TO WORK

Milly Parekh

Sr. Manager Litigation Operations

Johnson & Johnson

Naomi Morris

Executive Director, Firmwide Innovation

Morgan Stanley

Veronica Berruz

Director, GLO Digital Transformation

Johnson & Johnson



2:00PM BREAK

2:15PM ALIGNING AND DELIVERING FINANCIAL IMPACT

Kristi Gedid

EY Americas & Global Life Sciences Law Leader

EY

Marcus Homeyer

Managing Director

EY-Parthenon

2:45PM BREAK

3:30PM WORKSHOP: RUDERMAN'S RULES OF DELIVERING RESULTS; OVERVIEW AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Dan Ruderman

Director Strategic Alliances

LexisNexis


4:30PM RESULTS-DRIVEN, COST-CONSCIOUS: LEGAL LEADERS ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT

Stacy Walsh

AVP Legal Operations

Travelers

Adam Minielly

Director, Legal Operations & Reporting

Sun Life

Matthew Rubbelke

Sr. Manager, Outside Counsel Management

PayPal




5:15-7:00PM RECEPTION

7:00PM POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

DAY 2: OCTOBER 1

8:00AM BREAKFAST

8:45AM TRANSFORMING VENDOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT WITH AI

Memme Onwudiwe

AI Evangelist, Evisort Founding Team

Workday

Karina DeLeon

Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Priceline

9:15AM GCS GUIDE TO DELIVERING RESULTS: FINANCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND PLAYBOOK ADVICE

Mark Smolik

CLO, Supply Chain Americas

DHL

10:00AM FOCUSED INTEREST GROUP TOPIC-BASED DISCUSSIONS

10:45AM HOW TO COMMUNICATE CHANGE: A CHAT WITH A CHANGE MANAGEMENT EXPERT ON WHAT IT IS (AND ISN'T) AND WHY IT MATTERS FOR LEGAL OPS

Rupali Patel Shah

Head of Legal Solutions and Alliances, N. America

Dilitrust

Susan Vendetti

Head of Training and Change Management

Dilitrust

11:15AM COFFEE BREAK

11:30AM BEYOND THE THEORETICAL: HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT AND ADOPT A NEW TECHNOLOGY

Robin Snasdell

Senior Managing Director

Morae



12:00PM HOW TO BUILD AN EFFECTIVE RFP PREFERRED PANEL: INSIGHTS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

Christina Bucker

Director, Legal Operations

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Andrea Webster

Associate Director of Legal Innovations & Operation

Novartis


12:30PM CLOSING AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

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