 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration and refreshments | ||||||
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Welcome and introduction David Lee | ||||||
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Opening Keynote: How is technology changing legal practice? Marie Bernard, Europe Director of Innovation, Dentons | ||||||
| 10:20 - 11:00 | How have other industries reacted to comparable technological change? David Ferguson, CEO, Nucleus Financial | ||||||
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Mid-morning tea and coffee break | ||||||
| 11:20 - 12:00 | AI: What is it used for, what can it be used for and what will it change? Dr. Catrina Denvir, Director, Legal Innovation Centre, Ulster University | Cloud computing: Improving services for lawyers and clients John McKinlay, Partner, Head of UK Intellectual Property and Technology, DLA Piper | |||||
| 12:00 - 12:05 | Room transition | ||||||
| 12:05 - 12:45 | Can big data aid legal decision making? Emily Foges, CEO, Luminance Burkhard Schafer, Professor of Computational Legal Theory, Director, SCRIPT Centre for IT and IP Law, University of Edinburgh | Providing legal advice to tech firms: What services are they looking for? Carolyn Jameson, Chief Legal Officer, Skyscanner Sinead King, Barrister, The 36 Group | |||||
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Lunch and networking | ||||||
| 13:30 - 14:10 | How can law firms generate insights from the data they hold? Vasilis Tsolis, Co-founder, Cognitiv Plus | How are advances in legal technology changing the courts and improving access to justice? Robin Somerville, Online Dispute Resolution Consultant, Mishcon de Reya Craig McCorkindale, Director for Civil Courts Reform, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Wendy Betts, Director, eyeWitness to Atrocities | |||||
| 14:10 - 14:15 | Room transition | ||||||
| 14:15 - 14:55 | How can the legal profession make use of blockchain technologies? Sam Moore, Legal Technologist (qualified solicitor), Burness Paull LLP | Cybersecurity: Managing the risks posed by phishing and ransomware attacks Dave Davison, Net Defence LTD. | |||||
| 14:55 - 15:10 | Afternoon tea and coffee break | ||||||
| 15:10 - 15:50 | Collaborative opportunities: Working with universities and tech firms to utilise and develop legal technologies Professor Bill Buchanan, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University Joshua Ryan-Saha, Skills Lead, Data Lab | ||||||
| 15:50 - 16:30 | What challenges and opportunities will technological change pose to the legal profession and how should we react to them? Siobhan Kahmann, Senior Associate, Covington & Burling LLP Jack Diggle, VP, Global Head of Consulting, Elevate | ||||||
| 16:30 - 16:40 | Closing remarks: What the Law Society of Scotland is doing to support the legal profession John McKinlay, Partner, Head of UK Intellectual Property and Technology, DLA Piper | ||||||
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Law and technology conference 2017 |
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| Friday, 13 October 2017 |
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