SKILLS 2024

(Eastern Time; subject to change)

10:00 Introduction by Oz Benamram

10:10 GenAI – One Year In The Trenches 

• Panelists: Lydia Petrakis, Microsoft; Darth  Vaughn and Whitney Stefko, Ford Motor, moderated by: Casey Flaherty, LexFusion

10:50 GenAI Showcases moderated by Lucy Dillon

    1. AI-powered Law Practice: From data to innovation

• Katherine Lowry and Elaine Dick, Baker Hostetler

    2. A law firm’s generative AI journey 

• Barbara Taylor, Elisabeth Cappuyns, Sunny Bane, and Emily Florio, DLA Piper

    3. Redefining Knowledge Search with Generative AI you can trust

• David Oser, Homburger, and Paulina Grnarova, DeepJudge

11:30  20-minute Breakout Room Discussion (not available on livestream)

11:50  10-minute Break

12:00  Eliminating Interruptions and Streamlining the Employee Experience

• Kate Orr, Orrick, and Nicole Bradick, Theory & Principle

12:15  Data-Driven Innovation Showcases moderated by Tanisha Little

   4. Goodwin Catalyst- Our Data-Driven Approach to Client Service 

• Maria Koury, Goodwin

   5. Dynamic Dashboards: Putting your data to work

• Sunny Bane, DLA Piper 

    6.  How to use KPIs and data analytics to tell your success story

• Hayley Harris, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP)

12:55 20-minute Breakout Room Discussion (not available on livestream)

1:15 30-minute Interactive Networking Lunch, including a review of the full SKILLS survey results (livestreamed)

1:45 Trial, Fail, Better: Improving Legal Tech Adoption in Law Firms

• Cem Ucan and Angela Cairns, Baker McKenzie 

 2:00  Adoption, Automation & Innovation Showcases moderated by Nick Pryor

    7. Robots vs. AI: The Future of Document Automation at Dechert

• Thor Alden, Dechert and  Samuel Smolkin, Office & Dragons 

    8. APIs plus AI = Next-Gen Dinger System

• Evan Shenkman and  Jennifer Mendez, Fisher Phillips

    9.  Unlocking Success: How Burges Salmon Revamped Their KMS

• Carol Aldridge, Burges Salmon, Karl Johnson, Alex Smith, Jack Shepherd, iManage  

    10. Harnessing AI for Enhanced Experience Data Collection

• Kristina Bakardjiev, Cozen O'Connor, Sean Monahan, and Sarah Happy, Harbor

2:50  Breakout Room Discussion (not available on livestream)

3:10  Closing Remarks and Networking Hour

4:00  End