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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Maha Abboud
Territory Manager – Legal Professionals,
Thomson Reuters MENA,
UAE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Maggie Ledbetter
Director of Client Services,
Exterro,
USA
Ahmad Saleh
Partner & Head of Patents,
Al Tamimi & Company,
Dubai, UAE
Mohamad AlDarwish
Legal Director - Middle East,
Carrier,
UAE
Yasser Abo Ismail
General Counsel and Compliance Officer, MENA
Schindler Group,
UAE
Frederic Paquay
GCC Regional Manager,
Cedar Rose International Services Ltd,
UAE
Key Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Offering Manager,
OneTrust,
UK
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Rosalie Tordoir
Head of Client Services – HighQ
Thomson Reuters,
Australia
Kris Klinkerman
Senior Technology Consultant,
Exterro, USA
Rawd Al-Sayed
Group Head of Legal,
Obegi Chemicals Group,
Dubai, UAE
Manoj K Singh
Founding Partner,
Singh & Associates,
India
Neeraj Dubey
Partner- Corporate
Singh & Associates,
India

Zubair Islam
Business Information Services,
Canon Emirates,
UAE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Stephen Murphy
Digital Transformation Director,
iManage,
Spain
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Raj S.Kuppusamy
Head Of Compliance - Group Compliance Officer,
Sapura Energy Berhad,
Malaysia
Sandeep Sangwan
Associate Director - Counsel, CIPP-Asia
CBRE,
India
Feras El Hajjar
Founder & CEO,
App4Legal
Andrii Nikolaienko
Head Of Legal,
AAL Group Ltd,
UAE
Alizeh Iqbal Haider
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer,
Fine Hygienic Holding,
UAE
Mahmoud Shaarawy
Group Legal Director,
Elsewedy Electric,
Egypt
Ahmed Kandil
Regional Head Ethics and Compliance- TMEA,
Bausch Health Companies Inc.,
Dubai, UAE
Richard Milchior
Partner,
Herald LLP,
France
Peter Paroczi
Compliance Officer,
QAFCO (Qatar Fertiliser Company),
Qatar
Phil Farrelly
Co-Founder and Executive Director APAC
LegalCraft Solutions Pte. Ltd., Australia
Smitha Chandrashekar
Legal Director,
HARMAN International,
India
Peter Vrzal
IT Director,
Al Tamimi & Company,
UAE
Dinchu Oommen
Senior Legal Counsel, MEA
Johnson Controls,
UAE
Srinivas Kotni
Founder & Managing Partner,
LEXport,
India
aGENDA
08:28 AM – 08:30 AM (Dubai Time)
Opening Remarks
08:48 AM – 09:11 AM (Dubai Time)
Keynote Address 2
Tech and Innovation: Shaping the UAE & Middle East Legal Ecosystem
In an increasingly competitive market, practitioners are turning to legal technology (Legal Tech) and innovation to deal with the commoditisation of legal services and the emergence of alternative legal service providers. To what extent are Arab law firms embracing legal technology and what lessons can be learned from other jurisdictions?
Sponsored By
Hussain Hadi
Head of Middle East Publishing,
LexisNexis,
UAE
09:11 AM – 09:34 AM (Dubai Time)
Keynote Address 3
Building a Global Privacy Program CCPA, GDPR, LGPD and the World's Privacy Laws
The GDPR changed the way people and businesses think about privacy. With its extraterritorial scope and high noncompliance fines, it forced companies to implement ongoing, operational and privacy-focused initiatives by design into their businesses, changing the way companies interact with customers, employees and vendors. Since its enforcement date, the regulation has been a catalyst for new data protection laws across the globe: including ground-breaking new regulations in California, Brazil, India and others, meaning global businesses will need to reassess their privacy compliance across a growing matrix of regulatory requirements. In this session, we will discuss the current state of the global privacy environment and how companies can build programs that address the overarching requirements of various data protection laws.
Key issues to discuss:
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Gain an understanding of the current regulatory environment Learn the strategies and tactics for managing a global privacy program
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Take away a roadmap and action plan for compliance across the globe’s privacy regulations
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Understand the implications of the GDPR, CCPA and other global privacy laws
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Build a privacy program that addresses the overarching requirements of various data protection laws
Sponsored By
David Longford
Offering Manager,
OneTrust,
UK
09:34 AM – 09:48 AM (Dubai Time)
Keynote Address 4
Enabling Corporate Legal Departments – Tackling Change and Paving the Way to the Future with Legal Tech
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How changes in the current work environment have driven change within Lawyers and the way they work
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What are the key changes in companies approach to technology architecture, processes, and tools for legal departments?
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What are the processes and technologies Legal Departments have and can implement to deliver efficiency, productivity, security and collaboration working remotely or in the office?
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Best Practices for how to make that transition from just managing and storing documents and other information to getting creating greater value from using modern technology
Sponsored By
Stephen Murphy
Digital Transformation Director,
iManage,
Spain
09:48 AM – 10:00 AM (Dubai Time)
Keynote Address 5
Risk, Security, Compliance & Privacy: Evaluation and Strategies for Mitigation
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Reforming the Dubai approach to Data Protection and Privacy
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How do you get started with your compliance program?
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Does ensuring compliance ensure your cyber security defenses are robust?
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From Spreadsheets to Streamlined: Automating the Third-Party Vendor Risk Lifecycle
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Realities of Internal Risk Management & Fraud Awareness
Raj S.Kuppusamy
Head Of Compliance - Group Compliance Officer,
Sapura Energy Berhad,
Malaysia
10:00 AM – 10:25 AM (Dubai Time)
Exclusive Case Study Presentation
Scaling Access to Justice through Technology: Making justice easier, cheaper and scalable to the law-seekers, law practitioners and legal institutions alike:
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Role of internet
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Internet opens possibilities to end to end provision from diagnosis to resolution
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Integration with emerging Court technologies
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ODR is the new ADR
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Future is interactive and mobile
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Post Covid
Sponsored By
Phil Farrelly
Co-Founder and Executive Director APAC
LegalCraft Solutions Pte. Ltd., Australia
10:25 AM – 10:45 AM (Dubai Time)
10:45 AM – 11:03 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
Data Breach & Data Protection in International Arbitration
Key issues to discuss:
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Why is International Arbitration prone to data breaches?
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Challenges in seeking to raise the level of cybersecurity and address data breach risks
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Who should take the lead in seeking to address data breach risks?
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Role of different stakeholders – parties, arbitrators, institutions
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Use of joint task force on data protection in International Arbitration proceedings
Lily Tsen
General Counsel,
Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific,
Singapore
Sandeep Sangwan
Associate Director - Counsel, CIPP-Asia,
CBRE,
India
Sponsored By
11:03 AM – 11:23 AM (Dubai Time)
Exclusive Case Study Presentation
Data Retention is Critical Under Global Privacy Laws: How to Limit Exposure and Minimize Your Risk
Over-retention of data is a major data privacy risk. Global regulations from US, Europe and MENA specifically require that companies ensure their retention standards are up-to-date and enforced, and that all obsolete records containing regulated sensitive data are disposed of promptly. By implementing defensible data minimization strategies across your organization you can significantly reduce your costs and risks.
In this 20 minute product demonstration, learn:
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How to best implement data minimization strategies that protect your company's data and your organization;
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The vital role technology plays in automating and identifying the right data to delete
Maggie Ledbetter
Director of Client Services,
Exterro,
USA
Sponsored By
Kris Klinkerman
Senior Technology Consultant,
Exterro,
USA
11:23 AM – 11:54 AM (Dubai Time)
Exclusive Case Study Presentation
International Commercial Arbitration: Facets and Challenges in India (Focus sectors: Infrastructure, Real Estate and Renewable Energy)
The Indian economy has been on a growth trajectory over the last decade with rapid strides across new age industries like Information Technology, IT enabled services, and Pharma to name a few. Today, India is the third largest economy in the Asia economics by GDP PPP (purchasing power parity), seventh largest country in the world by area and second largest by population and there is ample reason for India$B!G (Js viability as a destination for foreign investment).
Advantage India: Major Trading Relationship with UAE, Foreign Investments, Physical and Economic Infrastructure, Financial System and Legal System.
Key Takeaways-
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Business in India: The tug of war between regulations and ease
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Role of Singh & Associates (S&A) in Dispute Resolution (Focus on International Arbitration)
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FDI, FEMA, Labour Law and Company Law
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GST, Customs, International Trade and Double Tax Avoidance Agreements
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IP registration and enforcement process in India
Manoj K Singh
Founding Partner,
Singh & Associates,
India
Neeraj Dubey
Partner- Corporate,
Singh & Associates,
India
Sponsored By
11:54 AM – 12:15 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
Automation in Litigation & Contract Management: Transforming Information, Delivering Insight
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How is technology creating opportunities in the legal community?
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Effective Case Management: How to Control Litigation Outcomes and Costs?
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Is litigation management software hitting a tipping point?
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Enterprise Contract Management in the Cloud
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Why GC’s need CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management Solution)?
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What challenges are driving corporate legal towards matter management?
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Cloud Computing: risk & rewards for your IT and legal teams
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Protecting your documents and ensuring confidentiality
Yasser Abo Ismail
General Counsel and Compliance
Officer, MENA
Schindler Group, UAE
Mahmoud Shaarawy
Group Legal Director,
Elsewedy Electric,
Egypt
Richard Milchior
Partner,
Herald LLP,
France
Sponsored By
12:36 PM – 12:55 PM (Dubai Time)
Exclusive Case Study Presentation
Customer Success Story with Al Tamimi: How iManage Share changed the way of working with clients today
Martijn Tekelenburg
Sales Director,
IRIS Nederland

Zubair Islam
Business Information Services, Canon Emirates,
UAE
Peter Vrzal
IT Director,
Al Tamimi & Company,
UAE
Sponsored By
12:55 PM – 01:15 PM (Dubai Time)
Virtual Break and Q&A Session
Joining Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4376050091704264459
01:15 PM – 01:36 PM (Dubai Time)
Exclusive Case Study Presentation
Data is the New Oil: Challenges and Solutions to Access Data in the MENA Region
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Difficulty to access and information to data in the MENA region
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Open-Data strategy in the MENA region
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Causes and consequences of dealing with bad data in compliance processes
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How technology supports risk management and compliance teams to access data
Frederic Paquay
GCC Regional Manager,
Cedar Rose International Services Ltd, UAE
Sponsored By
01:57 PM – 02:20 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
Managing Internal Investigations
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Handling a regulatory investigation
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Scenario based look at the various considerations
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Focus on the overlap between regulatory issues and anti-competitive practices.
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AI and proactive AML systems
Elvis Angyiembe
Director, Ethics & Compliance,
Corporate Counsel,
Panasonic Avionics Corporation,
Dubai, UAE
Ahmed Kandil
Regional Head Ethics and
Compliance- TMEA,
Bausch Health Companies Inc.,
Dubai, UAE
Mohamad AlDarwish
Legal Director - Middle East,
Carrier,
UAE
Sponsored By
02:20 PM – 03:22 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
Integration of Technology and Legal Function: Is It a Perfect partnership?
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How to increase corporate legal departments/ law firm’s efficiency and productivity?
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How to Leverage machine learning to meet compliance requirements reduce or eliminate false positive compliance concerns?
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AI & Blockchain in International Arbitration: new challenges, new advocacy skills
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How technology help mitigating risks during the litigation process?
Ahmad Saleh
Partner & Head of Patents,
Al Tamimi & Company,
Dubai, UAE
Dinchu Oommen
Senior Legal Counsel, MEA
Johnson Controls,
UAE
Smitha Chandrashekar
Legal Director,
HARMAN International,
India
Srinivas Kotni
Founder & Managing Partner,
LEXport,
India
Sponsored By
03:22 PM – 03:36 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
COVID-19: Now, Next and Beyond for Legal Industry – Governance, Risk & Compliance Considerations
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Governance & Risk Management considerations
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Strengthening resilience during a pandemic crisis
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Regulatory compliance trends and considerations
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Managing treasury and short-term finance risks
Karim Soliman
Director Of Legal,
DAMAC Properties,
UAE
Sponsored By
Peter Paroczi
Compliance Officer,
QAFCO (Qatar Fertiliser Company),
Qatar
03:36 PM – 04:00 PM (Dubai Time)
Experiential Learning Session
(Individual Knowledge Sharing Session: Each speaker shares insights for about 07-10 mins.)
The In-house Counsel Perspective – How Can Law Firms & Legal Service Providers Raise the Bar on Legal Services?
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What can law firms & legal service providers do to improve the quality of their legal services?
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Are they responding quickly enough to clients?
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What kinds of value-add can lawyers bring to the table?
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With growing competition in the legal services industry, how to fulfill client’s expectation?
Andrii Nikolaienko
Head Of Legal,
AAL Group Ltd,
UAE
Rawd Al-Sayed
Group Head of Legal,
Obegi Chemicals Group,
Dubai, UAE
Sponsored By
04:00 PM - 04:22 PM (Dubai Time)
Virtual Break and Q&A Session & Thank You Note
Joining Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9121102472534722062