08:55 AM – 09:00 AM (BST)

Opening Remarks

09:00 AM – 09:57 AM (BST)

Keynote Address 1

Pitfalls of Successful Contract Management System

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• Does your "contract management" system really manage your contracts?

• How can you get what you paid for? (using "document cracking" and analytics to make full use of your rights and remedies)

• Same words, different meaning. How can your contract management system help you to understand your rights and remedies in different jurisdictions?

• How can you transform contract management from occasion-based to risk-based?

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Kevin Athow

Head of Legal & Compliance, BSH Home Appliances Limited

Malcolm Dowden

Legal Director,
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP

10:00 AM – 10:26 AM (BST)

Keynote Address 2

Contract Obligations during COVID-19 and “Force Majeure”

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• Obligations Defined – what is meant by a contractual obligation.

• Why obligations matter – some empirical data to share

• Obligation frequency, initiation and evidence – what one needs to be successful

• What to do if business debts are unpaid

• Leveraging automation for improved compliance

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Narinder Sanotra

Legal Director.
OYO Rooms

10:28 AM – 10:43 AM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Contract Process Evolution and Lessons Learned

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Helen Afford

General Counsel,

IMI Critical Engineering

10:45 AM – 11:07 AM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Technology, Remote Offices & Virtual Teams: Are they the Future of the Legal Profession?

No one could have anticipated that 2020-21 would be the year that the legal profession went virtual. Today, Legal industry all across the world have embraced and implemented technologies and new working practices. This transformative shift for the legal profession has brought new opportunities and risks for legal industry.

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• Sharing best practices for managing a remote workforce and what are the long term implications

• What obstacles and risks did we have to overcome along the way?

• Dealing with cyber attacks and keep data secure

• Identifying the opportunities for the future

• Roadmap to drive productivity and inclusivity, over the digital platforms

• Lessons learnt and key successes from this transformation process

Amit Pandey

Legal Director,

Honeywell Automation India Ltd

11:10 AM – 11:30 AM (BST)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

Automating Legal Operations

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Join this session with Legal operation experts Conga, who will show you: 

• How to optimize existing processes and streamline operations to increase efficiencies

• The tools you need to mitigate risk and reduce cost

• Practices to report on key operational metrics 

• How you can collaborate with cross-functional teams including sales, support, service, business development, regulatory, IT, and finance and more.

Sponsored By 

Howard Wassall

Director Sales Engineering

EMEA North, Conga

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM (BST)

Virtual Q&A Session

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM (BST)

Meetings: Networking Lounge & Exhibition Area

12:00 PM – 12:21 PM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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eContracts: Managing Collaboration, Visibility & Control Over Your Contracts

Explore key contract management solutions and understand how eContracts drive CLM productivity & success:

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• E Contracts: everything you need to know

• Automating contract lifecycle by eliminating paper and manual tasks

• Enabling secure collaboration using review, approvals and signature workflows

• Improving contract visibility thorough search, alerts and reporting

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

President (Legal) & General Counsel, Hinduja Group

12:23 PM – 01:02 PM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Contract Management - Best Practices in the New Normal.

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• Implement best practices for a digital contract management strategy and navigate the business through unexpected and dramatic change

• Identify, track, and manage your obligations across the entire business

• Automate contract workflows to enable your team to be flexible and handle immediate needs

Marina Mills

Head of Contract Management,

Hitachi Zosen Inova

Kanishka Singh

Director Legal,

Veolia

01:04 PM – 01:55 PM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Contract Management - 12 Challenges and Practical Solutions

Zameer Nathani

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, UFO Moviez Limited

01:57 PM – 02:27 PM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Bring Litigation & Contract Management In-house & Deliver Value with Technology

The legal industry is embracing technological innovations to remain competitive by working more efficiently, effectively and accurately. Learn why law firms and corporate legal departments are evaluating their IT infrastructure and looking towards new options such as cloud-based processes and legal software applications to leverage technology to its fullest potential.

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• Transition from legal advisor to strategic partner

• How is technology creating opportunities in the legal community?

• Effective case management: how to control litigation outcomes and costs?

• How technologies help mitigating risks during the litigation process?

• How can in-house counsel make the business case for a better contract management system?

• Increase legal productivity

• How to do more with less through self-serve legal automation?

Hongming Liu

Senior IP Counsel,

Tencent America

Minh Hoang Merchant

General Counsel,

Genome Medical, Inc

Ksenia Takhistova

Co-Chair, Director and Legal Counsel, CME Inc

02:27 PM – 02:50 PM (BST)

Joint Case Study Presentation

(General Counsel/Law firm Partner/Service Provider: Everyone speaks for about 10 mins.)

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Debashish Josh

Senior Counsel,Wipro Limited

02:50 PM – 03:15 PM (BST)

Virtual Break and Q&A Session & Thank You Note