7th - 8th February 2017 | The Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxfordshire
Increase business output, drive efficiency and manage risk through
technology and innovation
• The Alternative In-House Technology Summit is a free-to-attend, invitation-only event for General Counsel, Heads of Legal and Heads of
Legal Operations
• The Summit will demonstrate how technology and innovation in the legal department can improve the legal team’s contribution to the business
• The Summit will provide GCs with the tools you need to put forward the business case for innovation and to secure investment in new technology
“I invite you to join us at the UK’s first event focused exclusively on how technology and innovation can help the in-house team provide ‘best in
class’ support to the businesses you serve. At this special networking conference, you will meet GCs and heads of legal who are passionate about
technology and its potential to optimise operational effectiveness, meet your business’s needs, manage external spend and drive through change. ”
Julia Chain, Director, RPC Perform and Chair, Alternative In-House Technology Summit
Hear from the following legal leaders, including:
Bjarne P.
Tellmann
Glenn Quadros
Richard Given
Richard Tapp
Maria Passemard
SVP and General
Counsel, Pearson
General Counsel
Enterprise Technology
Solutions, Unilever
Deputy General
Counsel, HSBC
Company Secretary
and Director of Legal
Services, Carillion
Head of Legal Projects,
John Lewis Partnership
Dr Solomon
Osagie
Sarah Barrett-Vane
Julia Chain
Karl Chapman
Sarah Spooner
Mo Zain Ajaz
Chief Legal Counsel,
TSYS International
Director of Legal
Operations, Royal Mail
Group
Director, RPC Perform
and Chair, Alternative
In-House Technology
Summit
Chief Executive Officer,
Riverview Law
Head of Legal –
Corporate & External
Affairs, Vodafone
Group Head of
Legal Operational
Excellence,
National Grid
Nilema Bhakta-Jones
Vanessa French
Martin Bowen
Jeff Eneberi
Chris Newby
Ingrid Cope
General Counsel,
Wolseley UK
Group General
Counsel, Dyson
General Counsel,
Just Eat
General Counsel EMEA,
AIG
Senior Legal Advisor,
Pernod Ricard UK
Group Legal Director,
Ascential Group Ltd
Headline
Sponsor
Co-Sponsors
Apply here for your complimentary place and overnight stay
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Vanessa
Cowling
General Counsel,
VentureFounders
Sponsor
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The Summit agenda will be written by GCs, for GCs. All content will be provided by
GCs and Heads of Legal sharing what’s worked, and what hasn’t, through case studies
and hosted discussions.
The Summit will:
Demonstrate how GCs can make
the business case for technology
Benchmark in-house teams to uncover what others are
doing, spending and achieving (and compare by size of
team, level of spend, volume of work and industry sector)
Highlight how to use technology
to manage risk (and the risks of not
having a technology strategy)
Showcase technology solutions for data protection,
corporate registers, spend management and more
Help in-house leaders to evaluate what
technology is out there and how to use it
Shed light on emerging new roles in in-house
and the ideal make-up of the legal team
Provide case studies on high-performing in-house legal
teams and how their GCs have secured budget for innovation
Advise GCs on how to make the CFO
and the CTO your best friend
Demystify AI, big data, cyber threats and emerging
technologies and their impact on the legal department
The Summit’s excellent networking environment will help GCs tackle head-on the
internal cultural challenges facing in-house departments. You will leave with the tools
you need to make a strong business case for innovation.
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Day One, Tuesday 7th February 2017
09.30
Registration and morning coffee
10.00
Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks
Julia Chain, Director, RPC Perform
10.05
Opening keynote: The vision for a transformed legal service
• the challenge of the GC role in an era of exponential change
• what needs to change and why?
• a framework for building outstanding legal teams
Bjarne P. Tellmann, SVP and General Counsel, Pearson
10.35
Keynote panel discussion: Making the business case for technology investment
You put your neck on the line when pitching for IT investment for the legal
department. How can you prove that technology investment will add value to the
business? How can you be sure that the time and outlay invested will make a
demonstrable difference? What are the most important benefits for your business:
cost savings, or efficiency, or risk mitigation? What if your project doesn’t deliver?
And what are the risks of not investing?
A5
Lessons learned from buying technology off-the-shelf
First-hand experiences of buying and tailoring systems for corporate legal.
How can tech be adapted to the needs of the in-house team?
Andrew Dey, Independent Consultant / RPC Perform
A6
Influencing the team when implementing transformative technology
projects
What works and what doesn’t? Bringing along the rest of your team when
implementing new ways of working. How can you “identify” the team?
What is the best way to implement technology if your team is made up
only of lawyers?
Horia Selegean, Head of Revenue Assurance, BT Global Services
15.15
Networking break
15.45
Facilitated round table discussions – session B
B1 – B6: Each session will start with a 10 minute case study followed by group
discussion. There will be two 40 minute sessions with a 5 minute change-over.
11.20
Networking break
11.50
AI at G-Force Speed: What happens when Formula 1 analytics hits
professional services
• how cognitive automation is helping KPMG drive better service in audit and tax
• what are the opportunities for AI to assist our legal team in matter
management and knowledge management?
• with machines doing the work, what are the implications and opportunities
for professional services?
• can AI improve the provision of professional services to GCs?
Jeremy Barton, General Counsel, KPMG
Sarah Barrett-Vane, Director of Legal Operations, Royal Mail Group
Effective AI for in-house legal
How it works in practice, outcomes and cost savings.
A7
General Counsel from a range of businesses will discuss how they put forward
the business case for innovation, what convinced the board, and what the
projects achieved.
Sarah Barrett-Vane, Director of Legal Operations, Royal Mail Group
Martin Bowen, Group General Counsel, Dyson
Jeff Eneberi, General Counsel, Just Eat
Klaas Evelein, Head of Legal Operations, Unilever
Chris Newby, General Counsel EMEA, AIG
Dr Solomon Osagie, Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International
A4 Triage - one of the most powerful words in the in-house dictionary
Vanessa French, General Counsel, Wolseley UK
B1 Working with panel firms to ensure that your systems and their systems
add up to more than the sum of their parts (start-up perspective)
What are the options for working with private practice? How can the in-house
team best work with panel firms when you lack size and scale?
Vanessa Cowling, General Counsel, VentureFounders
B2 Building a business case to get budget and to prove savings and
payback time (smaller team perspective)
How can you build a business case that will persuade all corporate
stakeholders to invest in technology for the legal team? How can
you prove that the investment will provide the necessary savings, risk
reduction and or efficiencies?
Richard Tapp, Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services,
Carillion
B3
Taking advantage of key trends (including use of alternative
providers and technology) to help move the in-house team up the
value chain and position them as truly strategic partners.
Glenn Quadros, General Counsel Enterprise Technology Solutions,
Unilever
Preview of results from pre-event benchmarking study
Before the event, we’ll complete a detailed benchmarking study of legal leaders’
thoughts and present a preview of the results to you here, with the full report
sent to all delegates after the Summit:
• technology effectiveness and return on investment
• does technology make life in the mid-tier easier or harder?
• what do we want next from technology?
• benchmarking legal departments and tech, who is doing what, what are they
spending, what are the results in terms cost, savings, efficiencies?
Nilema Bhakta-Jones, Group Legal Director, Ascential Group Ltd
12.45
Networking lunch
13.45
Facilitated round table discussions – session A
The hosted round table discussions will focus entirely on practical examples of how
technology can help the legal team to help the business. You’ll learn something
new in each session about peer-rated efficiencies and cost savings. And you’ll leave
with tangible, practical takeaways that you can apply immediately.
Charles Drayson, Director, Drayson Law
12.30
Discussions will indicate the size of the facilitator’s company, team and budget to
enable participants to choose the topics that are most relevant to their business.
A1 – A7: Each session will start with a 10 minute case study followed by group
discussion. There will be two 40 minute sessions with a 5 minute change-over.
A1
Value creation in the legal department – how the Danske Bank legal
team became the bank’s most valuable business unit
• becoming a business partner, not a cost centre
• how technology helped us to reach this point
• the challenges we faced and what we think other legal teams can learn
from our experience
B4
Ingrid Cope, Senior Legal Advisor, Pernod Ricard UK
A2
Working with panel firms to ensure that your systems and their systems
add up to more than the sum of their parts (larger team perspective)
What are the options for working with private practice? How can you work with
panel firms to help them develop their systems in a way that works for you as a
client? Does linking tech-wise to private practice embed you too much?
Mo Zain Ajaz, Group Head of Legal Operational Excellence, National Grid
A3
Adding value and increasing control with e-billing and legal spend
management
How spend management systems can help the in-house team:
• quickly access information on every matter including overall internal
and external spend
• ensure transparency and control over who you work with and where
• create reports that can clarify your risk exposure and help you justify
legal spend to manage risk
Matthias Möhle, General Counsel, VDM-Metals Holding, GmbH
B5
Cloud solutions for lawyers – an expedient route to technology
advances or a risk too great for in-house lawyers?
The discussion will centre on the typical concerns of both law firms and in-house
lawyers when they enter the market for cloud solutions, and will incorporate
some feedback from the cloud suppliers who specialise in the legal sector.
B6 Preparing for GDPR compliance
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May
2018 and will have wide ranging implications for all UK businesses. Join this
informative roundtable to find out about the key requirements of GDPR and
the systems and process changes you will likely need to make. May 2018
isn’t far away so now is the time to formulate your GDPR compliance plan.
David Cox, Senior Solicitor, Carillion
17.15
Keynote debate: Civilisation 2030 – what does the near future hold for the
delivery of legal services?
How will changes in the global economy affect the provision of law? How will
developments in technology and working practices impact professional
services? And how will clients, their in-house teams and private practice
respond to the changing needs of the others in the next 10-15 years?
Vanessa French, General Counsel, Wolseley UK
Richard Given, Deputy General Counsel, HSBC
Mike Polson, Partner, Co-Head of Innovation and Director, Ashurst Advance
Derek Southall, Partner and Head of Innovation and Digital, Gowling WLG
Chaired by: Tony Williams, Principal, Jomati Consultants
18.00
Chairman’s closing remarks and end of day one
19.00
Drinks reception, dinner and overnight stay
You are invited to join us for a complimentary overnight stay. Take this
opportunity to relax with peers and colleagues over drinks, dinner and an after
dinner speaker. To reserve your place, please contact us on
www.alternativeinhousetech.com. Hotel accommodation is INCLUDED for all
delegates.
Malene Stadil, Senior Vice President, Group Legal, Danske Bank Group
Using an app to automate volume contracts
We’ll look at how Pernod Ricard UK created an app, with minimal resource,
that has enabled the sales team to manage volume contracts in the field.
The app generates valuable analytics, is replicable for different and larger
markets and is a great example of how automation in legal can solve a
specific problem for the business.
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Day Two, Wednesday 8th February 2017
09.30
Registration and coffee
10.00
Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks
Julia Chain, Director, RPC Perform
10.10
Technology review for in-house: practical takeaways on what’s out there
and how to use it
• a changing world - emerging technology which may impact in-house legal
teams
• which technologies have the greatest potential to help the in-house team?
• how can you sensibly approach this area? Prioritisation and tips for success
Derek Southall, Partner and Head of Innovation and Digital, Gowling WLG
12.10 What every general counsel should know about cybersecurity
10.40
Keynote panel discussion: Harnessing the power and insight provided by
management information, dashboards and data
Jon Doyle, Chief Operating Officer Legal, Barclays
Mike Naughton, Senior Manager, Legal Services Global Center of
Hywel Evans, Co-General Counsel, Global Banking & Markets, HSBC Bank Plc
Facilitated by: Karl Chapman, Chief Executive Officer, Riverview Law
11.10
Networking break
11.40
In-house legal – the time to start “teching-up” is now
In-house lawyer numbers have tripled since the early 2000s. Larger numbers,
access to corporate IT and working in a culture that gets change means that the
legal group is well placed to harness AI, BI, and data to enhance reach, efficiency
and value add. How do you leverage these advantages and get buy-in for tech
investment? What do you want to achieve, where do you want to take your team
and how can you use technology to get there? With network effects for legal
services tech platforms on the horizon, how do use your technology to partner
strategically with your law firms’ platforms?
Richard Kemp, Founder, Kemp IT Law
12.40
If you work for a large company, it’s not a matter of “if”, it’s “when” will you get hacked
– and the in-house legal team will be on the front lines of response to any leak of
sensitive data. In-house counsel must play a proactive role in helping the board to
understand and act on cybersecurity. What can the GC do to help the business clarify:
• where is your most valuable information?
• what are your vulnerabilities?
• what resources does the business need to protect that data?
• what does the legal team need to know in order to prepare a response?
Facilitated round table discussions – session C (including a working lunch)
C1 –C5: Each session will start with a 10 minute case study followed by group
discussion. There will be two 40 minute sessions with a 5 minute change-over
time. A working lunch will be served during the session.
C1
Excellence, Cisco
How much value do ‘value added services’ deliver?
This session will focus on the so-called ‘value added services’ being
offered to clients by law firms. How far are these delivering value to you
and how could they be better targeted to meet your needs? What types
of arrangement can provide a win-win so that both sides benefit? The
Knowledge Management Group of the Society for Computers and Law
is researching this area. The session will discuss the various services
law firms are offering. Your input will help to complete the research and
delegates participating in the discussion will receive a summary of the
findings of the research once it is completed.
Andrew Dey, Independent Consultant / RPC Perform and Melanie Farquharson, Consultant, 3Kites Consulting
C2
How can technology help the GC to manage risk?
Sarah Spooner, Head of Legal – Corporate & External Affairs, Vodafone
C3
Lessons learned from developing legal systems in-house
Why we chose to develop a bespoke system, instead of buying off-theshelf, and how and why that worked for us.
How can technology help the GC to reduce costs and improve
efficiency?
C4
Maria Passemard, Head of Legal Projects, John Lewis Partnership
C5
How can technology help the GC to reduce costs and improve
efficiency?
14.15 Closing remarks and close of conference
How do I reserve my place?
The Alternative In-House Technology is a free-to-attend, invitation-only event for General Counsel, Heads of Legal and Heads of Legal Operations. To reserve your place at
this exclusive networking event, visit www.alternativeinhousetech.com and register your interest. Delegate places include the full conference programme on Tuesday
7th February through lunch on Wednesday 8th February, including dinner, entertainment and an overnight stay. Join this community of like minds, facing many of the
same challenges and opportunities, for two days of inspiring content, frank debate and enjoyable networking.
The Alternative brand is long-established and wholly focused on the UK’s dynamic and fast-changing professional services market. The Summit is based on 8 years of
success with the existing Alternative Legal IT Conference (www.alternativelegalit.com), which has established itself as the pre-eminent event for the mid-market legal IT
community. Over 120 law firm IT Directors repeatedly attend the Alternative Legal IT Conference - a highly effective and enjoyable networking event. In September 2017, we
launched The Alternative Legal Management Summit (www.alternativelegalmanagement.com) specifically for managing partners and CEOs in UK mid-market law firms.
The Alternative In-House Technology Summit (www.alternativeinhousetech.com) offers in-house lawyers an excellent programme and unrivalled networking in an
intimate setting. The programme is completely focused on the challenges facing the legal department and all speakers, case studies and solutions are appropriate to your
challenges and experiences.
Contact us
To attend the Summit, which includes complimentary hotel accommodation, or if you have any queries about the programme or sponsorship opportunities at the
Summit, please contact our directors:
Steve Parrott
01202 651 261
[email protected]
Headline Sponsor
Co-Sponsors
Sarah Katherine Bagshaw
0770 109 1664
[email protected]
Sponsors and Exhibitors
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