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ARK National Summit
May 23-24, 2023
Westin Hotel New York Grand Central, NY

Agenda

Tuesday - May 23, 2023

7:45 AM 9:00 AM

6:45 AM 8:00 AM

5:45 AM 7:00 AM

4:45 AM 6:00 AM

1:45 PM 3:00 PM

Registration Desk Opens and Networking Breakfast

7:45 AM 6:30 PM

6:45 AM 5:30 PM

5:45 AM 4:30 PM

4:45 AM 3:30 PM

1:45 PM 12:30 AM

Exhibit Hall Open

8:00 AM 9:00 AM

7:00 AM 8:00 AM

6:00 AM 7:00 AM

5:00 AM 6:00 AM

2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Women in Legal Networking Pre-Conference Session: Breakfast Fireside Chat: Overcoming Bias and Barriers: Women's Experiences in the Legal Profession

  • Discuss the disparities in pay, promotions and representations for women in legal technology 
  • Address the challenges that women face in balancing professional and personal responsibilities 
  • Highlight what you can do as an individual to create a diverse workplace and empower others to succeed

 

 Moderator

Kate Cain, Senior Director of Knowledge and Innovation Delivery

Fenwick & West LLP

 

Panelists

Andrea Markstrom, CIO

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

 

Joy Heath Rush, CEO

ILTA

 

Shawn M. Swearingen, Chief Innovation Officer

Faegre Drinker

 

9:15 AM 9:25 AM

8:15 AM 8:25 AM

7:15 AM 7:25 AM

6:15 AM 6:25 AM

3:15 PM 3:25 PM

Chairperson Welcome & Opening Remarks

Rod Wittenberg, North America Vice President of Financial Productivity  


BigHand 

9:25 AM 10:10 AM

8:25 AM 9:10 AM

7:25 AM 8:10 AM

6:25 AM 7:10 AM

3:25 PM 4:10 PM

Keynote Address

Meredith Williams-Range, Chief Client Strategy & Growth Officer  

Shearman & Sterling LLP 

10:10 AM 10:55 AM

9:10 AM 9:55 AM

8:10 AM 8:55 AM

7:10 AM 7:55 AM

4:10 PM 4:55 PM

Expert Panel Discussion: Lessons learned from 08/09 economy and how to prepare for pending recession

  • Examine budgeting and monitoring the revenue stream: planning in an uncertain market
  • Ensure you are a part of your firm’s financial wellness
  • Hear how to best capitalize on the uncertain economic picture when it comes to staffing and human capital
  • Discuss how to better leverage technology that is already in the firm – doing more with less and being your firm’s best training advocate

 

Moderator:

Sara Miro, Managing Attorney and Director of Knowledge

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

Panelists:

Elisabeth Cappuyns, Director of Knowledge Management

DLA Piper LLP (US)

 

Michael Ertel, Practice Innovation and Knowledge Attorney

Paul Hastings LLP

 

Tricia G. Thomas, Director of Research Services

Akerman LLP

 

10:55 AM 11:15 AM

9:55 AM 10:15 AM

8:55 AM 9:15 AM

7:55 AM 8:15 AM

4:55 PM 5:15 PM

Networking Break

11:15 AM 12:00 PM

10:15 AM 11:00 AM

9:15 AM 10:00 AM

8:15 AM 9:00 AM

5:15 PM 6:00 PM

Data Ready Legal Departments and Law Firms - Where Should You Be by 2030

  • Learn how democratizing data positively impacts your firm’s business, insights and results
  • Understand the impact of ownership, accountability, and education in a decentralized data management environment
  • Ensure the required processes are in place to leverage your data infrastructure and software investment
  • Consider if your firm’s data strategy is capable of surviving changes in state and global privacy laws

 

Moderator:

Barry Solomon, Vice President of M&A Integration

Litera

 

Panelists:

Madison C. Henry, Business Intelligence & Analytics Manager

Troutman Pepper LLP

 

Joshua Fireman, Founder, Managing Director

Fireman & Company

 

Othiel Glover, Global Data Innovation Manager

Mayer Brown

 

Josh Blandi, CEO and Co-Founder

UniCourt

12:00 PM 12:45 PM

11:00 AM 11:45 AM

10:00 AM 10:45 AM

9:00 AM 9:45 AM

6:00 PM 6:45 PM

Gain Insight into How Lawyers are Using The Cloud to Drive Innovation and Collaboration

  • Discussion of the pros and cons of security and the cyber risk considerations for Law firm and legal departments who are on a cloud adoption journey
  • Evaluate where data can be stored - how to leverage collaboration and integration tools to support innovation by lawyers
  • Understand client guidelines and insurance requirements - addressing cloud risks through audits and compliance.

 

Moderator:

Zorik Pesochinsky, Global Client Director 

Thomson Reuters 

 

Panelists:

Emily Rushing, JD, MIS, Director of Competitive Intelligence

Haynes Boone

 

Lawrence Baxter, CTO

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

Torben Pedersen, Director of Enterprise Architecture

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

 

12:45 PM 1:00 PM

11:45 AM 12:00 PM

10:45 AM 11:00 AM

9:45 AM 10:00 AM

6:45 PM 7:00 PM

Tools & Technology Spotlight

Leading service providers will showcase their offerings in a quick-pitch setting. Evaluate the latest and greatest tech tools to bring back to your organization. 

 

Matt James, VP, Sales Advisors & Engineers

Litera

1:00 PM 2:00 PM

12:00 PM 1:00 PM

11:00 AM 12:00 PM

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Networking Lunch

2:00 PM 2:45 PM

1:00 PM 1:45 PM

12:00 PM 12:45 PM

11:00 AM 11:45 AM

8:00 PM 8:45 PM

Deep Dive - Client Expectations and Improving Client Experience with Outside Counsel

  • Gain insight into client expectations given the changing market legal technology landscape
  • Understanding workflow management and delivery from the clients’ perspective
  • Best practices on improving the clients’ experience with outside counsel
  • Discuss what tools, processes, and strategies firms need to become more client-centric

 

Moderator:

Dan Pulka, Chief Client Experience Officer

Troutman Pepper LLP

 

Panelists:

Sukesh Kamra, Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer

Torys LLP

 

Christy Bentz, Chief Client Value and Innovation Officer

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

 

Maria Liu, Litigation Counsel

Uber Technologies, Inc.

 

Cailin Heilig, VP External Legal Services 

TD Bank 

 

2:45 PM 3:30 PM

1:45 PM 2:30 PM

12:45 PM 1:30 PM

11:45 AM 12:30 PM

8:45 PM 9:30 PM

Session to be Announced

Speaker to be announced

BigHand

3:30 PM 3:50 PM

2:30 PM 2:50 PM

1:30 PM 1:50 PM

12:30 PM 12:50 PM

9:30 PM 9:50 PM

Networking Break

3:50 PM 4:35 PM

2:50 PM 3:35 PM

1:50 PM 2:35 PM

12:50 PM 1:35 PM

9:50 PM 10:35 PM

Case Study: Eversheds Sutherland - A Look at Law Firm Structures and Spin Offs

  • Define the current landscape and market conditions of law firm ALSPs 
  • Understand Global and future implications for your business and clients 
  • Learn about Eversheds Sutherland’s global strategy and their alternative legal service provider, Konexo  

Scott Bailey, Director of Research and Knowledge Services
Eversheds Sutherland

Carmen Brun, Head of Konexo (US)
Konexo US, A Division of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

4:35 PM 5:20 PM

3:35 PM 4:20 PM

2:35 PM 3:20 PM

1:35 PM 2:20 PM

10:35 PM 11:20 PM

Redesigning Firm Culture in the New Work Environment

  • Apply practical solutions to overcome complex challenges posed by remote work, adjusted priorities, quiet quitting, and other 2023 challenges
  • Develop best practices for career development at all levels
  • Make cohesion, inclusion and engagement more than just buzz words

 

Moderator:

Moderator to be announced

 

Panelists:

Kelli Wight, Chief Operating Officer

Koskie Minsky

 

Tiffany O’Neil, Director, Knowledge Management & Technology Innovation

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

 

Daniel Dellacona, Chief People Officer

Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

5:20 PM 5:30 PM

4:20 PM 4:30 PM

3:20 PM 3:30 PM

2:20 PM 2:30 PM

11:20 PM 11:30 PM

Chairperson Closing Remarks

Chairperson to be announced

5:30 PM 6:30 PM

4:30 PM 5:30 PM

3:30 PM 4:30 PM

2:30 PM 3:30 PM

11:30 PM 12:30 AM

Networking Cocktail Reception

Join us for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and face-to-face networking with peers.

Wednesday - May 24, 2023

7:45 AM 9:00 AM

6:45 AM 8:00 AM

5:45 AM 7:00 AM

4:45 AM 6:00 AM

1:45 PM 3:00 PM

Registration Desk Opens and Networking Breakfast

7:45 AM 1:15 PM

6:45 AM 12:15 PM

5:45 AM 11:15 AM

4:45 AM 10:15 AM

1:45 PM 7:15 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

8:00 AM 9:00 AM

7:00 AM 8:00 AM

6:00 AM 7:00 AM

5:00 AM 6:00 AM

2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Mid-Sized Law Firm Breakfast Session: Panel Session - Maximizing Efficiency and Profitability in Mid-Sized Law Firms 

  • Implement process improvement initiatives to identify and eliminate inefficiencies, reduce costs and increase productivity
  • Leverage technology and automation to streamline tasks, improve communication and collaboration with the ultimate goal of enhancing client services
  • Develop and implement data-driven pricing and pricing strategies, to maximize profitability and better meet client needs

 

Moderator

Sarah Andrews, Director of Knowledge Management
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

 

Panelists

Joe Morford, Managing Partner

Tucker Ellis LLP

 

John W. Sterling, Chief Strategy and Practice Development Officer

Chapman and Cutler LLP

 

Cheryl L. Priddy, Senior Financial Analyst

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC

 

9:15 AM 9:25 AM

8:15 AM 8:25 AM

7:15 AM 7:25 AM

6:15 AM 6:25 AM

3:15 PM 3:25 PM

Chairpersons Welcome Remarks and Day One Takeaways

Chairperson to be announced

9:25 AM 10:10 AM

8:25 AM 9:10 AM

7:25 AM 8:10 AM

6:25 AM 7:10 AM

3:25 PM 4:10 PM

Diversifying the Legal Professional – What is Working Well and What Still Needs to be Accomplished

  • How to convince your firm to formalize DEI initiatives
  • Explore key strategies to recruit more diverse lawyers and professionals
  • Share best practices on development and retention
  • Discuss promotion to leadership roles

 

Moderator:

Deborah Martin Owens, CEO

DMO Strategies LLC

 

Panelists:

Heather J Reid, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

 

Lauren Symington, Chief Talent Officer

Lewis Roca

 

Laura Leopard, Founder and CEO

Leopard Solutions

 

10:10 AM 10:55 AM

9:10 AM 9:55 AM

8:10 AM 8:55 AM

7:10 AM 7:55 AM

4:10 PM 4:55 PM

Carrots and Sticks: Incentivizing Attorneys to Adopt New Tools”

  • Overcome resistance to change and “buying” attorney time that could be used on client work
  • Innovate processes with new and seasoned attorneys
  • Hear about creative roll out strategies that really work

 

Moderator:

David Rueff, Chief Client Solutions Group Officer

Baker Donelson

 

Panelists:

Andrea Alliston, Partner, Knowledge and Practice Innovation
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

 

Andrew Brinkman, Global Director of Knowledge Management

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

 

Andrew Locke, Practice Innovation Analyst

Reed Smith

 

10:55 AM 11:10 AM

9:55 AM 10:10 AM

8:55 AM 9:10 AM

7:55 AM 8:10 AM

4:55 PM 5:10 PM

Tools & Technology Spotlight

Leading service providers will showcase their offerings in a quick-pitch setting. Evaluate the latest and greatest tech tools to bring back to your organization. 

 

Speaker to announced

BigHand

11:10 AM 11:30 AM

10:10 AM 10:30 AM

9:10 AM 9:30 AM

8:10 AM 8:30 AM

5:10 PM 5:30 PM

Networking Break

11:30 AM 12:15 PM

10:30 AM 11:15 AM

9:30 AM 10:15 AM

8:30 AM 9:15 AM

5:30 PM 6:15 PM

KM at the Intersection of Experience and Relationship Intelligence

Emile Van Den Berg, Senior Director of Sales

Litera 

12:15 PM 1:15 PM

11:15 AM 12:15 PM

10:15 AM 11:15 AM

9:15 AM 10:15 AM

6:15 PM 7:15 PM

Networking Lunch

1:15 PM 2:00 PM

12:15 PM 1:00 PM

11:15 AM 12:00 PM

10:15 AM 11:00 AM

7:15 PM 8:00 PM

Case Study: Enough Chit-ChatGPT: The Next Generation of Large Language Models and How to Use Them

  • Deep dive examination of large language model (LLM) AI capabilities in the legal field – its use as a language generation model and use cases (e.g., document summarization, legal research and contract review)
  • Discuss the ethical considerations of using LLMs: bias and accountabilities, IP issues, ownership rights, possible IP infringement and plagiarism
  • Explore ways that LLMs can be implemented – how to integrate it into existing legal software and train it on legal data.
  • Debate what the future holds for LLM neural network (live demo of where it works well and where it falls short)

 

Evan Shenkman, Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer

Fisher & Phillips LLP

 

Scott Bailey, Director of Research and Knowledge Services 

Eversheds Sutherland

 

Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer

Casetext

 

Kate Orr, Global Head of Practice Innovation 

Orrick 

 

 

2:00 PM 2:45 PM

1:00 PM 1:45 PM

12:00 PM 12:45 PM

11:00 AM 11:45 AM

8:00 PM 8:45 PM

Competing and Collaborating with the Big 4, Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) and Legal Process Outsourcing (LPOs)

  • Discussion on how to combine professional and technology services to stand out from the competition
  • Explore ways to maintain and expand your firm’s market share in an ever increasingly competitive environment
  • Examine how law firms and legal departments are partnering and engaging with ALSPs and LPOs to better support clients
  • Providing professional services to increase the opportunity to win cases

 

Moderator:

Jordan Fox, Information Governance Consultant 

InOutsource 

 

Panelists:

David Cambria, Legal Operations Pioneer

(formerly PwC, Baker McKenzie)

 

Eric Wood, Practice Innovations and Technology Partner,

Chapman and Cutler LLP

 

Melissa Miller, EY East Region Legal Technology and Transformation Leader

EY Law

2:45 PM 2:55 PM

1:45 PM 1:55 PM

12:45 PM 12:55 PM

11:45 AM 11:55 AM

8:45 PM 8:55 PM

Chairperson Closing Remarks

Chairperson to be announced

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