Agenda 2025

The iManage Main Stage – Led by Professor Richard Susskind OBE KC (Hon), will set the scene for the day with a ‘view from the CDO’ who will explore the current landscape including key innovators and disruptors within the firm and the sector.

The In-House Stage – led by the distinguished Jenifer Swallow, who will guide thought leaders in addressing the unique challenges faced by in-house legal teams. This stage will provide a platform for in-depth discussions and innovative solutions tailored to the needs of the in-house community.

Join the evolutionary journey of in-house legal teams, tracing their development from past practices to future trends. Key speakers will explore and pinpoint the integration of AI within in-house legal teams, evaluate the future of AI within billing, debate the gap in service profession offerings from the legal vendor community, and discuss key stake holder provisions for embedding advanced technological system. In addition, key sessions will deep dive into how AI tools are currently being utilised to enhance legal practice, streamline workflows, and support decision-making processes for in-house lawyers.

The Key To More Tech Adoption = Stop Talking About Tech + Focus on Humans + Their Behaviour + The Science Behind It

Workshop Hosts

Lucia Elizalde-Bulanti – Associate Director of Innovation, Dechert
Wendy Jephson – CEO & Co-Founder, LetsThink®

Session Overview

The best way to understand what Behavioural Science is and why it matters for legal tech is by experiencing it firsthand. In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll dive into the fascinating world of understanding human behaviour to design, socialize and implement technology that lawyers and legal professionals actually use.

By actively working on a fictional, yet inspired-by-real-life, project, you’ll gain practical insights into how you can apply behavioural science in your organizations, your teams and your innovation projects.

Who should attend

• The Self-Starters – Those who love rolling up their sleeves, suspending their usual selves, adopting different personas, putting themselves in other people’s shoes & trying new approaches to law, innovation & legal tech
• The Intellectually Curious – Those who might not fully understand what we’re talking about when we talk about behavioural science in law & why it matters, but yet are eager to find out, put insights into practice & take something meaningful home beyond a conference badge.
• The Ones Who Dare to Think Differently – Those who are bored to death of attending legal tech conferences where the same topics are covered over & over, & want to be part of a new, exciting, challenging, at times uncomfortable & provoking conversation around the importance of reclaiming the humans in legal tech.

The Longer Term Impact of AI

Workshop Host

Prof Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon)

Session Overview

This workshop invites legal professionals and business leaders to explore the deeper, long-term implications of artificial intelligence beyond immediate efficiencies. As AI continues to evolve, its influence will extend far beyond automation—reshaping structures, strategies, and even the core beliefs that underpin professional practice.

The session is designed to spark strategic thinking, encourage open dialogue, and equip participants with the insight needed to navigate, and shape the future of AI in their organisations.

This workshop will explore:

• What might the long term look like?
• From automation to innovation & elimination
• Radical structural change
• First & second generation innovation
• Core beliefs.

Saving a Secret Agent – Using AI in Sticky Situations

Workshop Hosts

Becca Windsor De Taboada –  Head of Legal Consulting, Jylo
Aaron Kirk –  Artificial Intelligence Analyst, Jylo

Session Overview

We’ve received a brief from MI5. It’s Agent Bones. John Bones. He’s missing. There’s a threatening letter, 60 minutes on the clock, and a veritable mountain of paperwork.

Becca Windsor De Taboada and Aaron Kirk will guide you through this interactive workshop, using the Jylo tool to speed up looking for those factual needles in that document haystack when the pressure is on.

This is a great chance to see the power of AI up close, whilst taking a breather from the legal specifics.

Participants will be able to:

• Engage in an interactive Scenario
• Experience the power of AI in high-pressure situations
• Interact with the Jylo tool to quickly find crucial information in documents.

Inside Out – Making Law Firm AI Work For You 

Sponsored by Airia

Workshop Hosts

Jenifer Swallow –  Strategic Advisor, JeniferSwallow.com
Joe Cohen – Director of Advanced Client Solutions, Charles Russell Speechlys

Session Overview

In-house counsel are under pressure to deliver at unprecedented rates.  AI offers a range of real opportunities, yet many in-house teams are yet to see the benefits of AI adoption from their external advisors. This workshop is about changing that and increasing the collaboration between in-house teams and outside counsel to achieve it.

Wherever you are on your AI journey — from exploration to implementation — this session will help you take the next step with your outside counsel. Together, we’ll explore how to unlock greater value through collaboration, smarter service design, and more aligned expectations.

In this power hour, you will:

• Pinpoint where AI-powered innovation from your external firms can deliver the most value
• Shape a practical ask or proposal to take to your preferred firms
• Learn how to frame, price, & maximise the opportunity to deliver real results.

Build, Buy or Partner? Crafting an Enduring AI Strategy for Legal Leaders

Sponsored by iManage

Workshop Host

Uwais Iqbal – Founder & CEO, Simplexico
Jack Lees – Senior Product Manage, iManage

Session Overview

AI practitioner turned founder of legal AI consultancy Simplexico, Uwais has designed this workshop to provide clarity, due to senior leaders in law firms and legal teams being under increasing pressure to show meaningful progress on AI.

The market is crowded with options and noise, the technology is evolving rapidly, and the stakes, client expectations, competitive positioning, internal credibility have never been higher.

Yet despite the growing number of tools available, what’s often missing is a clear, confident strategy.

Whether you’re in the early stages of exploring AI or already piloting solutions, you’ll leave this workshop with sharper decision-making tools and a clearer path forward, along with the confidence to bring others with you.

Together, we’ll tackle the core strategic question every legal team is now facing:

Should we build, buy, or partner when it comes to AI? And how do we do it in a way that avoids costly missteps, unlocks real value, and builds lasting advantage?

In this workshop, we will:

• Explore the strategic trade-offs of building, buying, or partnering on AI within a legal context.
• Use a simple visual framework to assess real use cases & surface the best approach for each.
• Explore what a sustainable business-aligned AI roadmap looks like in practice—across technology, people, & data.
• Help you walk away with one clear priority, a next step, & the language & frameworks to align colleagues behind your decision.

Securing AI in Legal Practice: Essential Risk Management for Senior Leaders

Workshop Host

Christian Toon – Founder, Alvearium Associates

Session Overview

 This intensive 60-minute interactive workshop is designed specifically for senior executives navigating AI implementation whilst maintaining robust security and operational integrity. Led by Christian Toon of Alvearium Associates, a legal sector-focused consulting firm specialising in technology, AI, and cyber security support for business leaders, the session will provides strategic clarity on AI security frameworks and practical risk assessment skills through hands-on exercises.

Participants will engage with real-world scenarios including AI-powered contract analysis systems, learning comprehensive threat identification using the MITRE ATLAS framework whilst developing actionable governance and monitoring systems for both public AI tools and private AI solutions.

The workshop delivers immediate strategic value through practical risk evaluation techniques, security control implementation, incident response planning, and third-party vendor risk management—all presented in accessible terms without requiring deep technical expertise.

Attendees leave equipped with practical tools to transform AI uncertainty into strategic advantage, ensuring their firm’s AI adoption journey remains secure, technically sound, and operationally effective through proven security-first implementation approaches tailored specifically for legal practice environments.

Participants will be able to:

• Evaluate security risks specific to AI implementations in legal environments
• Design appropriate security controls for both public & private AI solutions
• Understand regulatory requirements & compliance obligations
• Apply practical risk assessment techniques to AI projects
• Develop governance frameworks for secure AI implementation
• Create incident response strategies for AI-related security events.