08:55 AM – 09:00 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Opening Remarks

09:00 AM – 09:09 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Keynote Address 1

Key Drivers of Legal Innovation in Canada

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• Shedding light on the current legal landscape

• Learning curve and effective implementation of legal innovation is difficult

• Overcoming barriers and pain points to adapt to new technology efficiently

• Technology makes the process more complicated and less efficient?

• Legal innovation is costly affair?

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Manny Sahota

Director,

Legal & Compliance |

Modern workplace,

Microsoft, Canada

09:12 AM – 09:22 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Keynote Address 2

How Legal Technology is Paving the Way for the Future Corporate Legal Department

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The way lawyers work has been changing for years, but the sudden shift to remote work in 2020 has accelerated the digital transformation in corporate legal departments across the globe. iManage will take a look at how companies are managing these changes, and how legal technology is providing ways for legal professionals to increase efficiency and collaboration while maintaining the requisite work product security.

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Sponsored By

Robert Wagner

Corporate Account Executive,
 iManage,
 Canada

09:25 AM – 09:49 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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The Convergence of Compliance: The Rising Tide of Global Anti-bribery and Corruption Enforcement

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• Identify compliance risk before it impacts your core business

• Mitigating risk associated with anti-corruption & anti-bribery laws

• Evaluating adequate compliance, business ethics, anti-bribery and anti- corruption framework

• Protecting businesses from bribery and corruption

• Anti-corruption risks in the context of M&A and joint ventures

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Shana Cochrane Smith

Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary,
NII Holdings, Inc.,
USA

Lily Tsen

General Counsel,
Amcor,
Singapore

Paul Jonathan Saguil

Deputy Head, Global Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Program,
TD, Canada

09:52 AM - 10:12 AM

(EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Virtual Break and Q&A Session

10:15 AM – 10:55 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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Challenges in Contract Management and Adoption of Best Practices

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With advent of smart technologies, many corporations have adopted unique contract models to plan and execute contracts. Thus, while the business is focusing on establishment and growth, future challenges await them. 

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• Prepare, strategize and implement contract models to combat future technological challenges

• Identify, collaborate and adapt the new normal 

• Embrace the right technology – smart contract management software solutions

• Engage, involve and evolve with stakeholders

• Adopt best practices to mitigate business and financial risks

• Importance of record management

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Debolina Partap

General Counsel,
Wockhardt,
India

Zameer Nathani

Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
UFO Moviez I.Limited,
India

Neera Sharma

CEO./CLO,
Sistema Smart Technologies Limited, India

10:58 AM – 11:13 AM

(EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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e-Discovery & Confidence: Legal Leadership in Times of Pandemic

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• e-Discovery challenges surfaced by covid-19

• Remote work communication and data management challenges

• The changing landscape of document review

• Preparing for new data storage and collection challenges

• How pandemic times impact the courts: e-Discovery Trends?

• How to strengthen your e-Discovery processes to be pandemic & recession ready?

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Susan Wortzman

Partner,
McCarthy Tetrault,
Canada

11:16 AM – 11:28 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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Risk, Security & Compliance Issues: Evaluation and Strategies for Mitigation

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• How to address old threats and emerging risks?

• Cloud compliance- so, who’s looking at GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) for the Cloud?

• Risks, security and confidentiality issues in dealing with overseas vendors

• Tech forward solutions to privacy challenges

• Evolving approach to multi-jurisdictional litigation – Canada prospective

• What legal counsel needs to know about their marketing department and marketing's roll on risk & security

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Jennee DeVore

Senior Corporate Counsel,
Exelixis,
USA

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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Integrating Tech: A Practical Guide for Choosing the Right Legal Technology

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How do you ensure your legal tech choices are the right fit for your organization's needs? Experts will explore:

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• Key considerations and steps required before evaluating any legal technology

• What are the key success or failure factors that have influenced whether a technology has been adopted?

• Identify those critical questions you need to ask vendors as you evaluate various product offerings

• Understanding your partners or clients needs and how this influences your decision

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Cheryl Curran

Director, e-Discovery,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, 
Canada

11:40 AM – 12:00 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Virtual Break and Q&A Session

12:00 PM – 12:18 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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CCPA Now in Effect: Where Are You?​

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Thomas Hamilton

Chief Privacy Counsel - Legal, Global Regulatory and Privacy, Boston Scientific, USA

12:20 PM – 12:55 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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Artificial Intelligence, Litigation and the Law of the Future

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Donna Haddad

Executive Global Technology Legal Counsel, IBM, USA

Srinivas Kotni

Founder & Managing Partner, LEXport, India

12:58 PM – 01:38 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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Using innovation intelligence to unlock the COVID-19 crisis

Sponsored By

John Paul Keeler

Director - Solutions Consulting, Patsnap, UK

01:40 PM – 01:59 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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Ethical Obligations & Duties of Competence in Technology

Joanne Fischlin

Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft, UAE

02:02 PM – 02:53 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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Internal Audits & Investigations

Daniel Rupprecht

Director, Europe,

iDiscovery Solutions Ltd, UK

Timothy LaTulippe

Director, Europe,

iDiscovery Solutions Ltd, UK

Sponsored By

02:55 PM – 03:15 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Joint Case Study Presentation

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

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Mediation and Arbitration: The Process of Enforcement

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• Can mediation be effectively used in connection with arbitration? If so, at what stage? How effective is mediation generally? In what circumstances or jurisdictions is it most effective?

• Should companies include mediation clauses in their standard commercial contracts?

• Advantages/disadvantages of arbitration over the courts

• Arbitration: An Alternative to Litigation for Dispute Resolution

• In-House Counsel's Role in ADR and Litigation

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Matthew Walker

Partner, K&L Gates LLP, UK

Srinivas Kotni

Founder & Managing Partner, LEXport, India

03:18 PM – 03:34 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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How Oxygen Forensic Detective Integrates with the EDRM? (Looking at the EDRM from a mobile data perspective)

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The presentation discusses the EDRM stages through the eyes of Oxygen Forensic Detective. While Information Governance “is what it is” for all ESI, Oxygen Forensic Detective can start applying specific workflows and abilities in the ESI identification stage of things. This discussion will compare the continued stages of the EDRM against OFD technology.

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• Identification: Documenting relevant ESI mobile applications including their local device data as well as connections to cloud-based data sources – including access credentials.

• Preservation | Collection: Utilizing OFD Device Extractor and Cloud Extractor to perform data extraction from identified applications and cloud platforms – including maintaining data integrity.

• Processing, Review, Analysis: After collection, leveraging OFD analytics and review technology to reduce bulky data sets to relevant review packages while maintaining scope and context.

• Production: Leveraging OFD export technology to provide Relativity-based work product, and / or using OFD review technology to provide review teams their “reduced-for-review” datasets.

• Presentation: Leveraging OFD export technology to display relative mobile data in near native view – including travel planning and routes, chat conversations, pattern-of-life data, restricted access confirmation, camera-based recordings and more.

Sponsored By

Keith Lockhart

Director of Training, Oxygen Forensics, USA

03:37 PM – 04:00 PM (EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Exclusive Case Study Presentation

(Service Provider makes Exclusive Case Study Presentation)

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Road Map of an Effective Compliance Program

Alizeh Iqbal Haider

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Fine Hygienic Holding, UAE

04:00 PM

EST -  TORONTO TIME)

Closing & Thank You Note