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Program | September 5

1:00PM Registration

Networking

1:30PM Welcome & Legal Procurement Trends

Peter Sanchez-HSBC, Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein-Buying Legal Council

2:00PM Keynote: Legal Spend Management: Go your Own Digital Way!

Dr. Benno Quade-Software AG

2:45PM Workshop: Airing Grievances: “I Hate It When Law Firms/Clients ___”

Justin Ergler-GSK & Keith Maziarek-Katten Muchin

3:30PM Afternoon Break

Networking

4:15PM Talk: It's not a snowflake! Using task-level benchmarks to control high-stakes litigation costs.

Catherine Krow-Digitory Legal

4:30PM Talk: Beyond the Numbers: What Pricing Professionals Can Learn From a Decade of Legal Industry Benchmarking

Ari Kaplan-Ari Kaplan Advisors

4:45PM Talk: Relationships Aren't Dead

Adam Severson-Baker Donelson

5:00PM Workshop: How Design Thinking Has Helped National Grid Optimize Running the Legal Function

Mo Zain Ajaz-National Grid

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

Program | September 6

8:30AM Breakfast

Networking

8:45AM Welcome Back, Brief Recap & Info about the Buying Legal Guide

Usman Qureshi-HSBC, Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein & Simone Claudia-Buying Legal Council

9:00AM Keynote: Seizing the Moment: Why Now is the Time to Push Big Law Hard for Lower Rates

Hugh Simons-Simons Advisors

9:45AM Talk: What eDiscovery Really Costs: Total Cost of Ownership

Jeff Ikejiri-UnitedLex

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

10:45AM Day 1 Survey Insights: Why Use Contract Attorneys

Sarah Bahmani-Tower Legal Solutions

10:55AM Morning Break

Networking

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

3:00PM Talk: Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry: "Uber" Yourself or be "Kodaked"

Neil Sahota-University of California, Irvine & IBM

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

5:00PM Final Thoughts

Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein-Buying Legal Council

5:15PM Drinks

Networking

Buying Legal Council presents

Legal Procurementconference

North

America

5 & 6 September 2018 in New York

Program

Photo credit: Michael Discenza unsplash.com

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Tickets

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

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.

partner & Sponsors

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Address

Address

Host: HSBC Bank

452 Fifth Avenue (corner of 40th Street)
New York, NY 10018

D +1 800 975 4722

Hotel

Hotel

Even Hotel-Midtown East

221 E 44th St, New York, NY 10017

New York, NY 10017

D +1 212 239 0002

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.

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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