13 May 2021
Virtual event
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Join the LEGALTECH Innovation Conference for the latest insights, innovations and trends in legal technology!
The virtual conference will bring together top entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors and legaltech experts, sharing their visions and unique insights on the nature of legal technologies and their relationship with data, IoT, AI, cybersecurity and blockchain as well as ethical considerations of the technological advancement and future projections.
The LEGALTECH Innovation Conference 2021 in a nutshell
One-day live-streamed event
20+ expert speakers
Virtual meeting rooms with networking opportunities
Free access to all content
Conference recordings
Opening remarks
Opening remarks & keynote speech by I. Stephanie Boyce, President, The Law Society
Panel
Transforming the practice & business of law through DLT & smart contracts
Panel
How legaltech and AI are transforming access to justice
Fireside Chat
Sarah Woodland, Head of Digital Banking & Marcus UK Legal Team, Goldman Sachs
Panel
Open legal data - international comparisons
Panel
Overview of the European legaltech landscape
Panel
Global business of legaltech - Founders' perspectives
The LEGALTECH Innovation Conference follows the launch of the The LEGALTECH Book and will feature many of the Book’s expert authors as speakers and guests.
The LEGALTECH Book, published by Wiley in 2020, is the first crowdsourced book on legal technologies and innovations focused on the financial services sector.
Find out more about The LEGALTECH Book.
Artificial Intelligence is poised to disrupt lives, businesses, economies and even the international geopolitical order.
As such, it has never been more important to have a clear understanding of what AI is and the ramifications of its mass adoption, particularly in the financial services sector.
Join our global industry experts and influencers at the xAI Conference 2020 for a deep dive into the current capabilities and future possibilities of AI for financial services.
Meet the speakers
susanne chishti
Founder and CEO
FINTECH Circle
Sophia Adams Bhatti
Head of Strategy and Policy
Simmons Wavelength
Akber Datoo
Founding Partner
D2 Legal Technology
Drago Indjic
Managing Director
Oxquant
Stephanie Boyce
President
The Law Society of England and Wales
Rastko Petakovic
Senior Partner
Karanovic & Partners
Sarah Woodland
Head of Digital Banking and Marcus UK Legal Team
Goldman Sachs
Jenifer Swallow
Director, LawtechUK
Tech Nation
Holger Zscheyge
President
European Legal Tech Association
Laura van Wyngaarden
COO & Co-founder
Diligen
Mike Bennett
Standards Coordinator
IOTA Foundation
Alexis Natalie Chun
Co-founder / Recovering Lawyer
Legalese
Brian W. Tang
Founding Executive Director, LITE Lab@HKU
The University of Hong Kong
Grégoire Miot
Board Member & Treasurer
European Legal Tech Association
Anne Rose
Managing Associate & Co-Lead Blockchain Group
Mishcon de Reya
Luigi Telesca
Co-Founder & CEO
Trakti
Charlotte Gerrish
Founding Lawyer
Gerrish Law
Dana Denis-Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Obelisk Support
Paul Massey
Founder and CEO
Tabled.io
Maeve Storey
Head
CrowdJustice
Dr Anna Elmirzayeva
National Lead for Legal Technology and Innovation
The University of Law
Agenda
Susanne Chishti, Founder and CEO, FINTECH Circle & Editor in Chief, The LEGALTECH Book
I. Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales
- Principles of smart contracts, standard digital forms and self-executing agreements
- From repapering to paperless, automated law and decentralised autonomous organizations
- Blockchain analysis – regulation, interoperability, and standardisation
- Codifying legal contracts and legal prose
- Legal frameworks for cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
Panellists:
Anna Elmirzayeva, Senior lecturer, University of Law
Anne Rose, Managing Associate & Co-Lead Blockchain Group, Mishcon de Reya
Luigi Telesca, CEO, Trakti
Moderated by Akber Datoo, Founding Partner, D2 Legal Technology
Collaboration between ITN Productions and FINTECH Circle. The first global film on fintech, green finance, ESG, sustainability and the future of digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
- Are online courts, dispute resolution platforms and e-notary here to stay?
- What are the economic and social impact of legal design?
- How can open legal improve access to justice for all?
- AI and the rule of law – should humans always be judged by humans?
- Ethical implications – where does liability lie when the tech goes wrong?
Panellists:
Rastko Petaković, Senior Partner, Karanović & Partners
Maeve Storey, Head, CrowdJustice
Jennifer Swallow, Director, LawtechUK, Tech Nation
Moderated by Sophia Adams Bhatti, Head of Strategy and Policy, Simmons Wavelength
Top scaling tips
Nathalie Boevink & Glenn P Burgess, Scale4You
Sarah Woodland, Head of Digital Banking and Marcus UK Legal Team, Goldman Sachs
Susanne Chishti, Founder and CEO, FINTECH Circle & Editor in Chief, The LEGALTECH Book
- Identity policies, regulatory & technical standards – biometrics, verification, authentication & fraud prevention
- Reconciling increased data security need with trends in open-data, WFH & BYOD
- Tooling for personal data management and data protection compliance
Panellists:
Mike Bennett, Standards Coordinator, IOTA Foundation
Alexis Natalie Chun, Co-founder & Recovering Lawyer, Legalese
Charlotte Gerrish, Founding Lawyer, Gerrish Law
Moderated by Drago Indjic, Managing Director, Oxquant
Grégoire Miot, Board Member & Treasurer, European Legal Tech Association
Holger Zscheyge, President, European Legal Tech Association
Susanne Chishti, Founder and CEO, FINTECH Circle & Editor in Chief, The LEGALTECH Book
- Impact of COVID on legaltech adoption
- Experience with legaltech incubators/ accelerators
- VC fundraising for legaltech
- Marketing legaltech AI
- Who are better legaltech founders – lawyers or technologists?
- Point solutions in a world of emerging platforms
- Competition against incumbents
Panellists:
Dana Denis-Smith, CEO, Obelisk Support
Paul Massey, CEO, Tabled.io
Laura van Wyngaarden, Co-founder & COO, Diligen
Moderated by Brian W. Tang, Founding Executive Director, Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Lab, The University of Hong Kong
Subject to change. All times in BST.
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Location
The AI Book launch event and The xAI Conference will take place at:
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33 Holborn
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