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Program | September 5
1:00PM Registration
Networking
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1:30PM Welcome & Legal Procurement Trends
Peter Sanchez-HSBC, Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein-Buying Legal Council
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2:00PM Keynote: Legal Spend Management: Go your Own Digital Way!
Dr. Benno Quade-Software AG
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2:45PM Workshop: Airing Grievances: “I Hate It When Law Firms/Clients ___”
Justin Ergler-GSK & Keith Maziarek-Katten Muchin
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3:30PM Afternoon Break
Networkingâ
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4:15PM Talk: It's not a snowflake! Using task-level benchmarks to control high-stakes litigation costs.
Catherine Krow-Digitory Legal
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4:30PM Talk: Beyond the Numbers: What Pricing Professionals Can Learn From a Decade of Legal Industry Benchmarking
Ari Kaplan-Ari Kaplan Advisors
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4:45PM Talk: Relationships Aren't Dead
Adam Severson-Baker Donelson
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5:00PM Workshop: How Design Thinking Has Helped National Grid Optimize Running the Legal Function
Mo Zain Ajaz-National Grid
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5:30PM POP QUIZ
Joey Seeber-Level 2 Legal
5:35PM 2018 Legal Procurement Awards & Drinks
Vandana Dhamija-Legal Operations Consulting LLC, Marty Harlow-GSK, Wendy Hufford- Boehringer-Ingelheim & others
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Program | September 6
8:30AM Breakfast
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8:45AM Welcome Back, Brief Recap & Info about the Buying Legal Guide
Usman Qureshi-HSBC, Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein & Simone Claudia-Buying Legal Council
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9:00AM Keynote: Seizing the Moment: Why Now is the Time to Push Big Law Hard for Lower Rates
Hugh Simons-Simons Advisors
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9:45AM Talk: What eDiscovery Really Costs: Total Cost of Ownership
Jeff Ikejiri-UnitedLex
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10:00AM Panel Discussion: Legal Procurement-Moving from the Philosophical to the Practical or"How to move the Needle"
Marty Harlow-GSK, Alan Bryan-Walmart, Vandana Dhamija-Legal Operations Consulting
Moderator: Rebekah Mintzer-Corporate Counsel Magazine
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10:45AM Day 1 Survey Insights: Why Use Contract Attorneys
Sarah Bahmani-Tower Legal Solutions
10:55AM Morning Break
Networking
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11:30AM Talk: Decoding a Decade of Data to Map the LDO Journey
Brad Blickstein-Blickstein Group
11:45AM Workshop: Price Sharing - Are You Up For Real Collaboration?
Richard Burcher-Validatum & Legal Pricing Academy
12:30PM Lunch
Networking
1:30PM Workshop: Templatizing & Tracking Legal Processes: The Key to Costing Legal Projects
Mark Lassiter-Lex Projex
2:00PM Talk: How to Gain Greater Inroads With the Legal Department
Kathy Heafey-BanyanRFP
2:15PM Keynote: Measuring Legal Innovation & Technology Adoption: The Legal Services Innovation Index
Daniel W. Linna Jr.-Northwestern Pritzker School of Law & CodeX-The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
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3:00PM Talk: Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry: "Uber" Yourself or be "Kodaked"
Neil Sahota-University of California, Irvine & IBM
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3:30PM POP QUIZ
Joey Seeber-Level 2 Legal
3:35PM Afternoon Break
Networking
4:00PM Talk: Third Party Risk Management: Procurement vs. the Hacker
Christopher Dorr-SRG Advisory Group
4:15PM Panel Discussion: What Really Moves the Needle
Wendy Hufford-Boehringer Ingelheim, Olivia Knight-Credit Suisse, Andy Krebs-Intel Corporation
Moderator: David Parnell-Forbes
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5:00PM Final Thoughts
Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein-Buying Legal Council
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5:15PM Drinks
Networking
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Buying Legal Council presents
Legal Procurementconference
North
America
5 & 6 September 2018 in New York
Program
Photo credit: Michael Discenza unsplash.com
Speakers
Tickets
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Buyers of Legal & Ancillary Legal Services
Buying Legal Council Members $350
Non-Members $475
Conference plus 1 year Individual Membership (Value $250) $500
Conference plus 1 year Corporate Membership (Value $750) $950
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Providers of Legal & Ancillary Legal Service
Buying Legal Council "Friends" $725
General Admission $800
Conference plus 1 year "Friendship" (Value $400) $900
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Cancellation & Refund Policy: Written requests for registration refunds must be received via e-mail by 5 August 2018. All conference cancellations received on or before that date will receive a full refund less an administrative fee of $150. No refunds for memberships or friendships. No refunds will be made after that date (name substitutions only). Refunds are not given for no-shows.
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Address
Address
Host: HSBC Bank
452 Fifth Avenue (corner of 40th Street)
New York, NY â10018
D +1 800 975 4722
Hotel
Hotel
Even Hotel-Midtown East
221 E 44th St, New York, NY 10017
New York, NY â10017
D +1 212 239 0002
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EVEN Hotel-Midtown East is offering a limited number of rooms at a discounted rate for Buying Legal Conference registrants (September 4-7). Reservations and any questions should be directed to Shirelle McCoy (Shirelle.McCoy@ihg.com). Note: The last day to take advantage of this offer was August 10.
EVEN Hotel Midtown East is conveniently located on 44th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, a 10 minute walk from the conference location and near many New York landmarks including Park Avenue, Grand Central Station, United Nations Headquarters, and the Chrysler Building. The hotel features an array of amenities such as wellness services, work spaces, and free wifi.
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Contact
Contact
For questions, please contact
Dr. Lena Campagna, Conference Director (lena@buyinglegal.com)
Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, Executive Director (silvia@buyinglegal.com)
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