Agenda 2022
- The ‘Luminance’ Crown Stage
- The ‘Sinequa’ Chancery Stage
- The ‘Xapien’ Tech Hub
- The ‘DISCO’ Operations Stage
- The Lockwood Room
The ‘Luminance’ Crown Stage – Led by Prof. Stephen Mayson, will explore the future of legal services and the effect that ongoing uncertainty is having on, leadership, performance, and regulation within the legal profession.
Key speakers will address the challenges of leading in a time of exponential change and discuss how this could shape firms of the future. The Stage will explore how challenging traditional models can be the elixir firms need to cultivate growth within the hybrid working environment. In addition, speakers will delve into and ask how prepared are you? – How should leaders inspire action within their teams whilst evolving businesses in the face of cultural, the need for regulatory reform, economic and global disruption.
The ‘Sinequa’ Chancery Stage – Led by Ian Jeffrey – Consultant, Jeffrey Advisory will address the continuous evolution and ‘change management’ methodology, strategic leadership, business performance and more. The 2022 stage agenda will also discuss the ‘all changing’ disruption to Law Firm culture, the evolution of traditional roles such as the combination of the CFO & COO as the role becomes more centralised and deliver into the strategic guidance of the C-Suite in supporting the future of the firms.
The sessions will explore automation to innovation, whilst outlining how to achieve value in pricing when faced with an increasing automated competition as well as the rise of digital services as a key firm driver.
Time | Schedule | Speakers | |
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10:30 |
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Ian Jeffery – Consultant, Jeffery Advisory (Stage Chairperson) |
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10:35 |
The Changing Nature of Work: Recognising the Individual Experience Eleanor Tanner – Director of People, Shoosmiths
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11:00 |
Become Information Driven in Order to Drive Productivity and Improve Operational Efficiency Dominic Mensah – Head of Sales UKI & Nordics, Sinequa
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11:15 |
All Change Law Firm Culture Disruption (Fireside Chat) Sarah Walker-Smith – CEO, Ampa & Shakespeare Martineau
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11:40 |
How Law Firms Can Benefit From a Legal GRC Strategy Rebecca Perry – Director of Strategic Partnerships, Exterro
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11:55 |
Hybrid CFO - Driving Firm Wide Business Success and Growth Mike Giles – Finance Director, Fieldfisher
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12:15 |
7 Habits of Highly Effective Automation Andy Shelford – UK Director of Customer Success, Everlaw
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12:30 |
Stage Break |
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13:30 |
Value Creation: Delivering Price Value James Brown – Managing Partner, Simon – Kucher & Partners |
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13:55 |
How to Prepare Your Firm for a Visit From the SRA in Relation to Your Law Firm's AML Obligations Kate Burt – Head of Risk & Compliance, Legl
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14:10 |
Automation to Innovation Ana-Maria Norbury – Global Director of Service Design, Baker McKenzie
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14:35 |
The Importance of Innovation And Digitalisation For Law firms – How to Better Protect Your Law Firm From Financial Crime Through Market Leading AML Solutions Colette Allen – Chief Operating Officer, Smartsearch |
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14:50 |
The 'Sinequa' Chancery Stage Wrap-up: All the Highlights & Takeaways From the Day Ian Jeffery – Consultant, Jeffery Advisory (Stage Chairperson) |
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15:00 |
Stage Close |
The ‘XapienAI‘ Tech Hub – Led by Andrew Powell & Sarah Chipping, will explore various new hybrid models, technologies and leadership measures that can advance firms in the hybrid environment. In addition, the 2022 speakers, will evaluate how innovation is paramount for firm competitive advantage.
Thought leaders will look at the impact and opportunities of increased supplier collaboration to further strengthen the firm position in an ever-changing sector. The sessions will debate how the legal community can take advantage of technological advancements, including disruptive innovations for value creation, whilst ensuring up-skilling in the face of security challenges touching on the ‘non-binary human’. In addition, speakers will discuss, the ever-evolving role of the CTO and having the leadership needed to steer businesses into the next generation.
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09:30 |
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Andrew Powell – CIO, Macfarlanes (Stage Co-Chairperson) |
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09:35 |
Work Anywhere, Automate Everything: Create. Introducing a New Business Technology Triad And How To Adopt It Jon Grainger – Chief Technology and Information Officer, CTIO101.COM
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10:00 |
The Next Generation in Document Review Rebecca Perry – Director of Strategic Partnerships, Exterro
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10:15 |
What Makes For Good Supplier Relationships Stephen Brown – Consultant and Head of Project Services, Lights-On Consulting
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10:40 |
A Boundless Research Resource. What Will You Use it For? Chris Green – Chief Commercial Officer, XapienAI
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10:55 |
Behavioural Pressures; The Non-Binary Human in Cybersecurity Tash Norris – Head of Cyber Security, Moonpig
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11:20 |
The Connected Firm: Delighting Clients With Data Driven Collaboration Chris Turk – Regional Vice President, EMEA, Intapp
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11:35 |
AI Readiness in Law Firms Hilary Smyth-Allen – Senior Research Fellow – NextGen Services, Oxford Brookes Business School & Executive Lead, SuperTech
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12:30 |
Stage Break |
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13:30 |
The Strategic Importance of Digital Transformation and Legal Tech Nigel Tranter – CTO, Pinsent Masons
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14:00 |
The Positive Asymmetry of Digital Transformation Niket Desai – VP of Product, Time by Ping
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14:15 |
The Reinvention of the Legal Workplace Dale Hodgkinson – Head of Strategy and Architecture at Slaughter and May
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14:40 |
How Humans Can Predict the Next Cyber Attack Through AI-Driven Intelligence Joseph Ikhalia – Cyber Engineer, Risk and Threat Management Lead, Riela Cyber
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14:55 |
The 'Xapien' Tech Hub Wrap-up: All the Highlights & Takeaways From the Day Andrew Powell – CIO, Macfarlanes (Stage Co-Chair) |
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15:10 |
Stage Close |
The ‘DISCO’ Operations Stage (Tech / Management) – Led by Chris Bull, will address the continuous evolution of internal operations, performance management, business performance and more.
The sessions will explore the importance of embedding a legal operations mindset within the firm to ensure action is implemented from the top down to further increase business agility in a disruptive market. Speakers will also explore the ever-increasing priority of ESG with realistic suggestions on how to move from commitment to action.
Chris Bull will also guide speakers whilst exploring how to maintain a culture of inclusion and diversity with a look to evolving career paths for future generations, will be the key to the future success of firms. Sessions will additionally discuss the lessons that can be learned from looking at the psychology of the workforce, to unify teams toward a stronger more resilient future for law firm management.
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10:30 |
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Chris Bull – Principal, Edge International (Stage Chairperson) |
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10:35 |
Embedding a Legal Operations Mindset (Panel) Tammy Heydenrych – Managing Consultant, Norton Rose Fulbright
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11:00 |
The Future of Work is Hybrid Ryan Prins – Senior Sales Manager, Philips Speech Processing
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11:15 |
Inclusion & Diversity - Broadening the Talent Pool Jay Connolly – Chief People Officer, Baker McKenzie
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11:40 |
Knowledge Is Power - Don’t Let It Walk out the Door Phil Demetriou – Senior Director of UK and European Sales, DISCO
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11:55 |
From Place to People : A Sustainable Approach For The New World of Work Mark Finlay – Chief Commercial Officer, Moneypenny
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12:25 |
Stage Break |
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13:30 |
Demystifying Deepfakes: How to Navigate the Coming Age of Synthetic Media Henry Ajder – Head of Policy & Partnerships, Metaphysic
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13:55 |
Innovation Sucks David Chapman – Head of Marketing, Zylpha
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14:10 |
Digital Technology is Shifting The Psychology of How We Work Carolyn Freeman – Cyber Psychologist, Cybercology
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14:40 |
Countering Sanctions Evasion through Data & Technology Ted Datta – Head of Financial Crime Compliance Industry Practice Group – Europe & Africa, Moody’s Analytics |
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14:50 |
The 'DISCO' Operations Stage Wrap-up: All the Highlights & Takeaways From the Day Chris Bull – Principal, Edge International (Stage Chairperson) |
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15:10 |
Stage Close |
The Lockwood Room will host three private CPD Masterclass knowledge sessions focused on Leadership and Practice Management for Law Firm Leaders, Positive Pricing Strategies and Running a Super Resilient Organisation.
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10:45 |
Welcome to the Super Resilient Organisation - Sponsored by Schroders Personal Wealth Key ‘takeaways’ from the session: This session builds on Ade McCormack’s ‘It’s time to escape the matrix’ keynote. Preamble: The most successful human operating model across all time is the tribe. This model was, and is, optimised for thriving in the most inhospitable and chaotic environments. In this session we will explore how to harness our natural wiring to create organisations fit for an unknowable future. Specifically, you will discover:
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11:45 |
Fireside Chat: Disruptive Trends Emerging Within The Legal Sector Brexit, a global pandemic, the cost of living crisis and political unrest are just four of the many challenges that the UK (along with the Rest of the World) has faced over the past 24 months. Developing resilience and a toolkit to face into these challenges is essential particularly for the legal sector when looking to attract and retain top talent and manage client expectations. Join us as we discuss; developing an effective wellbeing strategy that supports your workforce, tackling the issue around the efficacy of the existing career progression routes within a modern law firm and the impact of change through the sector on clients. Michael Phillips – Senior Lawyer, Schroders Personal Wealth |
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12:15 |
Stage Break |
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12:50 |
Leadership & Practice-Management Challenges Facing Legal Services Two years ago, the UK’s legal-services businesses were facing an increasingly competitive marketplace, a situation that was posing demanding questions for those leading their businesses on how to develop and thrive. And then came COVID. As the UK seems to be emerging from the pandemic stage, these leaders now have the multi-faceted challenges of identifying how best to operate in a new, fluid and unfamiliar working environment, re-engage with clients and prospective customers, and rediscover success in winning business, growing market share and delivering their service. And they need to do this whilst still facing the market issues that existed pre-COVID, but now in the context of an economy and society that seem to be recovering well but feel rather chaotic and uncertain. How do you cope with these changes, satisfying the needs of the client whilst also engendering positive leadership in others at all levels within the business, underpinned by consistently effective and confident practice management in a new working culture in “the office”?
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14:15 |
Stage Break |
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14:30 |
Having Better Pricing Conversations – Focusing on Value Pricing has more impact on a firm’s profitability than any other factor, so getting it right should be one of the top priorities. As clients become more sophisticated and critical of fees and billing arrangements, pressure on firms is mounting to justify the numbers and convince clients that price equals value. Key ‘takeaways’ from the session:
Led by Stuart Dodds – Principal/Co-Founder , Positive Pricing |