LEADING THE WAY IN INNOVATION

June 12, 2024 | ARCADIAN TORONTO

#LegalTechCA

This event has been approved for 5 hours and 15 mins of Professionalism Content by Law Society of Ontario.

ABOUT


The world of legal tech is constantly evolving, and professionals wishing to stay at the forefront of the industry need to be informed on the most pressing developments in the industry.

The LegalTech Summit Canada is a future-focused event dedicated to providing legal professionals with modern innovations to their most challenging, tedious problems. This event is a unique opportunity to explore the latest technologies, products, and strategies with senior lawyers and legal tech authorities alike.

Leading experts will discuss important considerations for identifying and rolling out the right technology, including ways to align legal tech with overall strategy, factors to consider in adopting new legal tech, laying the right groundwork and preparing data for implementation, and change management best practices

Join us and hear insights from Google, Coca-Cola, Uber, Danone, Sunlife, Norton Rose Fullbright, Gowlings and many more.

Why attend?

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    Gain insight into the latest legal tech trends and practical applications from industry pioneers

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    Connect with leading figures from law firms, corporate legal departments, and innovative tech companies

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    Learn actionable strategies for deploying new technologies within your organization

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    Keep updated on essential developments to boost efficiency and navigate the evolving legal landscape

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    Engage in-person with senior lawyers, firm leaders, and legal tech experts

What you will learn?

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    Learn how to harness the latest technologies revolutionizing legal workflows, with a focus on contract management and legal research automation

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    Discover key strategies for adopting technology that enhances efficiency and aligns with your firm’s strategic goals, including client-focused transformation

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    Explore the shift to cloud-native platforms, their benefits for law firms, and best practices for secure, efficient cloud migration

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    Delve into the impact of Generative AI on the legal profession, covering its applications, ethical considerations and future potential

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    Understand the critical role of cybersecurity in protecting client information and maintaining trust in a digitally evolving legal landscape

SPEAKERS


Sona Bedrossian
Sona Bedrossian

General Counsel & Compliance Officer
FlightHub

Michael Bowmile
Michael Bowmile

Senior Legal Counsel
Coca-Cola Canada

Mirka Snyder Caron
Mirka Snyder Caron

Assistant Vice President, Privacy and Compliance
Foresters Financial

David Cohen
David Cohen

Senior Director, Client Service Delivery
McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Alejandro Davila
Alejandro Davila

Senior Manager – Knowledge Management and Strategic Enablement
TD Bank Group

Pratima Enjati
Pratima Enjati

Director, Legal Technology and Process, Legal, Governance & Compliance
Sunlife

Rahim Esmail
Rahim Esmail

Senior Counsel, Legal Services
TELUS

Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans

AVP, Legal Knowledge Management, Education, Technology and Transformation
TD Bank Group

Maura Grossman
Maura Grossman

Research Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, affiliate faculty member of the Vector Institute, and eDiscovery attorney and consultant in Buffalo, New York

Al Hounsell
Al Hounsell

Director – Strategic Innovation and Legal Design
Norton Rose Fulbright

Marlon Hylton
Marlon Hylton

Senior Counsel & CEO
INNOV-8 Data Counsel & INNOV-8 Legal Inc.

Rustam (Rusty) Juma
Rustam (Rusty) Juma

General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Privacy Officer
Volkswagen Group Canada Inc.

Andrew Kaikai
Andrew Kaikai

Senior Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer
Danone

Mitchell Kowalski
Mitchell Kowalski

Senior Counsel
Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Arun Krihnamurti
Arun Krihnamurti

Senior Counsel
Google Canada

Ginevra Saylor
Ginevra Saylor

Director, Innovation and Knowledge Programs
Gowlings

Bianca Thomas
Bianca Thomas

Senior Manager, Legal Excellence Program and Senior Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Compliance
BMO Financial Group

Tara Vasdani
Tara Vasdani

Managing Partner
Remote Law

Keri Wallace
Keri Wallace

Legal Director
Uber Freight

Susan Wortzman
Susan Wortzman

Partner, President
MT>3

AGENDA


  • Registration and breakfast
  • Opening remarks from the Chairperson
  • Panel: Practical implications of generative AI for law firms and departments: Experiences to date

    The rapid evolution of generative AI is dramatically impacting the practice of law, as emerging technologies are transforming legal work by reducing costs, increasing efficiency, improving data insights, and boosting client satisfaction. However, how to respond to this shift can be daunting for law firms and departments. In this session, early adopters of the latest technologies will provide insights into best practices for moving forward 

    • Which technologies and tools are having the greatest impact on the legal sector based on experience to date 
    • Implementation and testing best practices: Adoption trends and the use of pilot projects and testing  
    • Developing an AI roadmap: Crafting a strategy that aligns with your firm’s overall strategic plan and data strategy, laying the groundwork for successful AI implementation  
    • Lessons learned from early adopters: Best practices for overcoming the challenges of integrating the latest tools across different platforms  
    • Real-life insights into tool selection and partnering with a vendor: Evaluating AI solutions to maximise investment returns 
    • Adapting existing technology vs. purchasing new: How to leverage your current technology platform to meet future business needs 
    Michael Bowmile
    Michael Bowmile

    Senior Legal Counsel
    Coca-Cola Canada

    Ginevra Saylor
    Ginevra Saylor

    Director, Innovation and Knowledge Programs
    Gowlings

    Susan Wortzman
    Susan Wortzman

    Partner, President
    MT>3

  • Panel: Impact of technology on the legal profession: The role of lawyers and revenue models

    The rapid evolution of AI has many lawyers questioning their future roles as well as its impact on the legal business model and how legal services are delivered. No longer consumed by as many mundane, labour-intensive tasks, their time will be available for higher-value work. This session will look at the longer-term implications of AI for legal practitioners when it comes to issues such as the pricing of work, staffing problems, and training/mentoring practices. 

    • Technology’s impact on the practice of law: Emerging trends and how to prepare for them 
    • How AI could influence the development of new lawyers as it starts to handle entry-level work usually done by junior associates 
    • How law schools are adapting their curricula to train tomorrow’s lawyers  
    • Technology’s impact on current payment methods: Is it the end of billable hours? 
    • What will lawyers’ “higher-value work” consist of, and how can a price be put on it?  Value-based billing models vs. fixed fee models 
    • The role AFAs (alternative fee arrangements) will play moving forward 
    David Cohen
    David Cohen

    Senior Director, Client Service Delivery
    McCarthy Tetrault LLP

    Rahim Esmail
    Rahim Esmail

    Senior Counsel, Legal Services
    TELUS

    Tara Vasdani
    Tara Vasdani

    Managing Partner
    Remote Law

  • Networking coffee break
  • Tech Talk: LexisNexis
  • In-House Counsel Roundtable: The changing relationship between legal and outside counsel: Achieving collaboration

    Having a strong relationship between in-house and outside counsel is invaluable to legal teams, as seamless coordination between law departments and their counsel is a critical factor in maximizing potential successes. If leveraged effectively, legal technology can be used to transform this relationship to improve efficiencies and outcomes for all involved.  This session will explore best practices for building winning relationships between legal and outside counsel, while utilizing the latest technological advancements. 

    • Best practices for in-house legal Operations departments to use legal technology to better collaborate with law firm innovation teams 
    • How law departments and outside counsel can most effectively leverage new technology to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and cost savings 
    • Reassessing payment arrangements with outside counsel in an age of AI-generated work 
    • The impact of the latest legal tech on legal departments: How departments adapting their practices 
    • How to make a convincing business case for investing in legal tech 
    • Real-life experiences in driving innovative legal tech initiatives to achieve greater efficiencies in time and money and improved collaboration 
    Moderator
    Bianca Thomas
    Bianca Thomas

    Senior Manager, Legal Excellence Program and Senior Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Compliance
    BMO Financial Group

    Panelists
    Sona Bedrossian
    Sona Bedrossian

    General Counsel & Compliance Officer
    FlightHub

    Andrew Kaikai
    Andrew Kaikai

    Senior Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer
    Danone

    Mitchell Kowalski
    Mitchell Kowalski

    Senior Counsel
    Greater Toronto Airports Authority

    Arun Krihnamurti
    Arun Krihnamurti

    Senior Counsel
    Google Canada

  • Networking lunch
  • Panel: Preparing for the future of legaltech: Why integration is key

    Although we have glimpsed the power of AI and some early entry tools in the legal space, we haven’t yet seen the full impact of the capabilities of generative AI. There is work still to be done by industry vendors to connect the dots between what generative AI can do and the legal workflow tasks that exist within current legal text software. This session will examine where legal tech is heading, and what can be done to prepare for a massive industry shift. 

    • What to expect in the future of legal technology: AI’s impact on future technology deployments 
    • Building infrastructure to allow technologies and systems to speak to each other to improve efficiency and client service 
    • Current task management tools and how they will be impacted by fully integrated AI capabilities 
    • Incorporating two-way sync integration to streamline operations, automate data updates, and maintain data consistency across integrated platforms 
    • Best practices for law firms and departments preparing for the next wave of tech advancements: training and making use of early forms of software 
    Pratima Enjati
    Pratima Enjati

    Director, Legal Technology and Process, Legal, Governance & Compliance
    Sunlife

    Al Hounsell
    Al Hounsell

    Director – Strategic Innovation and Legal Design
    Norton Rose Fulbright

    Keri Wallace
    Keri Wallace

    Legal Director
    Uber Freight

  • Tech Talk: Realaml
  • Networking coffee break

    Coffee break discussion tables  

    Grab a coffee, choose the topic that matters to you most, and join an informal discussion with your peers. This session’s interactive format enables in-depth peer-to-peer discussions around new applications of legal tech, offering an opportunity to network and exchange best practices. 

  • Data analytics and preparing data to maximize the benefits of AI

    Increasingly sophisticated legal technology is helping corporate legal departments and law firms enhance client relationships and increase efficiencies using evolving data analytics processes. This session will explore how emerging data analytics capabilities enable them to use the vast amounts of data at their disposal to boost both their bottom line and client service. 

    • Key steps in developing and implementing a robust data strategy 
    • Preparing for Gen AI: Best practices for cleaning and organizing data and taxonomies  
    • Implementing strategies and innovations backed by data analytics to improve efficiencies and client services  
    • Creating a data-first culture to enhance performance and the ability to collect new data efficiently and effectively  
    • Key considerations in enabling seamless data exchange and ensuring consistency between different systems  
    • Improving lawyer productivity: How to leverage data analytics to measure the effectiveness of your practice  
    Alejandro Davila
    Alejandro Davila

    Senior Manager – Knowledge Management and Strategic Enablement
    TD Bank Group

    Elizabeth Evans
    Elizabeth Evans

    AVP, Legal Knowledge Management, Education, Technology and Transformation
    TD Bank Group

  • Panel: Best practices for addressing ethical and other concerns with Gen AI and Deepfakes

    Though the potential benefits of Gen AI adoption are undeniable for those within the legal profession, ample consideration must also be given to the risks and ethical implications that arise from its adoption, including the challenge of both AI and Deepfakes as evidence. This session will explore the top ethical and evidentiary issues that law firms and departments should be considering when it comes to Gen AI. 

    • Identification of and strategies for addressing key ethical considerations involving Gen AI, such as bias and hallucinations 
    • Practical considerations with respect to discovery obligations when it comes to Gen AI 
    • Best practices for developing and enforcing policies, procedures, standards, and training on Gen AI 
    • Effective steps in building, vetting, and evaluating AI-enabled solutions 
    • How litigators can proactively address the anticipated evidentiary challenges involving AI and Deepfake evidence 
    Maura Grossman
    Maura Grossman

    Research Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, affiliate faculty member of the Vector Institute, and eDiscovery attorney and consultant in Buffalo, New York

    Marlon Hylton
    Marlon Hylton

    Senior Counsel & CEO
    INNOV-8 Data Counsel & INNOV-8 Legal Inc.

    Rustam (Rusty) Juma
    Rustam (Rusty) Juma

    General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Privacy Officer
    Volkswagen Group Canada Inc.

    Mirka Snyder Caron
    Mirka Snyder Caron

    Assistant Vice President, Privacy and Compliance
    Foresters Financial

  • Closing remarks from Chairperson

SPONSORS


Gold Sponsors

  • Dye & Durham Corporation
  • LEAP
  • Thomson Reuters Canada Limited

Tech Talk Sponsors

  • LexisNexis Legal & Professional
  • Realyou Limited

VENUE


Arcadian Court

  • 401 Bay Street, Simpson, tower 8th floor, Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4, Canada
  • (416) 364-1211
  • Website
  • Parking:

    Connected through the PATH: 110 Queen Street west (Nathan Phillips Square Garage) – $22.00/ day

    More parking options

TRAVEL PLANS

Preferred Accommodation

Preferred Accommodation
Hotel room rates are subject to all applicable taxes and fees. Rooms are subject to availability from
June 11 – June 13. We recommend that you book as soon as possible.

Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre

525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2

Book your group rate via the reservation link

Use the group name Legal Tech Summit Canada to secure the discounted rate until May 7, 2024.

Room rate: $409 per standard room/night
Cut-off date: May 7, 2024
Check in: 4pm Check out: 12pm
Reservation Link: Legal Tech Summit Canada
Phone Number: 416-597-9200
Hotel Parking: $50 per day (on-site) / $60 per day (valet)
Hotel Concessions: Complimentary Wi-Fi

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