2026 SKILLS Showcase

9:00 Virtual Networking Hour (for registered attendees only)

10:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks - Oz Benamram

10:10 From Hype to Habits: Operationalizing AI in Legal Practice

The Next Chapter: How AI is Reshaping the General Counsel-Law Firm Dynamic - 

Moderated by Laura Safdie - Thomson Reuters, with Amy Monaghan - Ford Motor Company, Blake Rooney - Husch Blackwell, and Emily Colbert - Thomson Reuters

          Showcases

1. From Impossible to Operational: Custom AI Workflows Powered By Search - Kristina Bakardjiev - Cozen O’Connor and Yannic Kilcher - DeepJudge
2. Copilot is Not the Only Game in Town: Leveraging a Suite of Private ChatGPTs - Lisa Mayo Haynes, Ian Lopez, Jason Rogers - Ballard Spahr
3. AI Agents in Practice - Hanna Canning - DLA Piper and Maged Helmy - Newcode.ai

11:25  Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)

11:45 Break (15 min)

12:00 From Workflows to Wisdom: How Collaboration Turns Data into Intelligence

2026 SKILLS Survey Report - Oz Benamram, Ab Saraswat, and Rebecca Pasternak

          Showcases

1. Collaborative Innovation: Fried Frank + Centari Redefine Executive Comp Review - Andrew Brinkman - Fried Frank, Kevin Walker and Naomi Swalve - Centari
2. Real-Time Intelligence for Trusted Relationships | at Debevoise & Plimpton - Matt Kelly - Debevoise, Alon Dolev - Maeven
3. From 5 Million Documents to Measurable Results: How Cravath Redefined High-Stakes Document Review with AI - Scott Reents and Andrew Weiner - Cravath, and Pablo Arredondo and J.P. Mohler - Thomson Reuters

12:55 Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)

 1:15  Lunch Break (25 min)

 1:40 Interactive Break - SKILLS Online, Job Posting (20 min)

 2:00 From Insight to Impact: Building a Culture That Makes AI Stick

Agents Training the Next Generation of Lawyers | Simulated M&A - Megan Ma and Pierce Kelaita - Stanford Law School;  Thor Alden and  Yasmeen Bakht - Dechert

         Showcases

1. Client Co-Creation Lab: Building AI Solutions Alongside 50+ Clients in Real Time - Andrea Alliston - Fasken; and Christian Lang - Lega
2. Orchestrating Firmwide Embrace of GenAI at Reed Smith - Rich Robbins, Jonathan Talbot, Brian Blaho - Reed Smith; Mahshad Vakili Hall - Harvey
3. A White & Case Partner's Perspective | Demonstrating ROI with Legal Technology - Radek Kraus - White & Case and Daniel Porus -Legatics

 2:55 Breakout Rooms (20 min, no broadcast)

 3:15 Closing Remarks + Winner Announcement

 3:20 Virtual Networking Hour (for registered attendees only)