Registration and refreshments

Legal IT's future: Keeping up with rampant consumerism and delivering tech savvy solutions

• The new normal; from BlackBerry to tablets – what comes next?
• Understanding law firm technology mega-trends coming your way
• How to ensure your IT infrastructure remains relevant in a constantly changing techno landscape
• Meeting both internal and external client demands
• The top legal business technology challenges on the horizon

Charles Christian, Editor-in-Chief, Legal Technology Insider, American Legal Technology Insider and The Orange Rag

One-to-one business meeting/networking

One-to-one business meeting/networking

Aligning IT in the business: From reactive to proactive project management

• Understanding your firm's unique challenges and end goals
• Setting your priorities and delivering realistic solutions
• Smart strategic project management – from office relocation to upgrading systems
• Ensuring you are an innovation driver and a trusted advisor
• The art of successfully managing expectations

Stephen Brown, IT Director, Higgs & Sons

Rising to the challenge and delivering desktop virtualisation

• Meeting the demands for increased mobility and flexible working solutions
• Managing the process and making the right choice
• Delivering a secure virtual environment, anytime and anywhere
• Understanding the challenges, and reaping the rewards
• Exploring the impact on your firm

Janet Day, Director Technology and Infrastructure Services, Berwin Leighton Paisner

One-to-one business meeting/networking

Networking lunch break

Case study 1: Field Fisher Waterhouse
Moving to the cloud – risks, opportunities and limitations

• Key considerations for moving to the cloud – what, why and how?
• Facilitating the move to a private and secure cloud
• Disaster recovery and maintaining control
• Adopting a hybrid approach to the cloud and understanding our firm’s requirements

Maurice Tunney, Head of IT Solutions, Field Fisher Waterhouse

Case study 2: Thomson Snell & Passmore
Every cloud has a silver lining

• Catalyst to change – the business rationale behind the move
• Key considerations
• Transforming the business – how the project was implemented
• Lessons learnt

David Bennett, Head of IT, Thomson Snell & Passmore

Joint question time

One-to-one business meeting/networking

One-to-one business meeting/networking

Are you sufficiently protected: Information and data security for law firms

• 2011: The year of the hack – why law firms should be worrying?
• Data protection and privacy – the impact of European regulatory changes ahead
• Adopting standards for best practice such as BCRs or ISO27001
• Improving your security posture – what should you be doing?

Jon Segger, Information Security Manager and Dyann Heward-Mills, Senior Risk Lawyer (Privacy and Communications), Linklaters LLP

Panel: IT as a driver to improve cost efficiencies and streamline business processes

• Each panelist will give insights into their latest technology deployments
• How do you remain relevant and aid in the delivery of strategic goals of the firm?
• How do you identify areas for improvement and moving your firm forward?

Vlad Botic, Group Enterprise Architect, Norton Rose
Graeme Low, Head of Information Services, Mills & Reeve
Richard Hodkinson, IT Director, DWF

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