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AGENDA

9:30 AM GMT

Chairperson's Welcome

09:45 AM GMT / KEYNOTE

Mitigating Risk: Understanding Ethics and AI Governance

AI governance is essential for upholding ethics and professionalism within the legal profession, ensuring AI tools align with established standards, and mitigating risks. With AI ethics embedded, how can firms develop strategies that drive improved processes, training, and education?

Key areas of focus include: 

• Ethicality and Professionalism: How do we enforce AI governance frameworks to maintain the ethical standards and professionalism expected in legal practice while ensuring AI systems uphold client trust and confidentiality?
• Rules-Based vs. Non-Rules Outcomes: How do we differentiate between AI-driven decisions that adhere strictly to legal rules and those requiring discretionary judgment while ensuring transparent and justifiable outcomes?
• Professional Privilege Solutions: How are firms developing strategies to safeguard professional privilege in AI applications, creating workarounds that protect sensitive client information while leveraging AI efficiencies?
• Identifying and Managing Ethical Risks: How do we ensure responsible AI deployment while reducing exposure to legal liabilities and protecting reputations in an increasingly AI-centric legal environment?

Lisa Webley / Professor of Legal Education and Research / University of Birmingham

10:30 AM GMT / PRESENTATION

Legal Standards Meets AI: How Firms Should Chart a Path to Improved Governance

AI is intersecting with legal standards. How should you align your firm's AI practices with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requirements, ensuring compliance while fostering innovation within your legal team?

• Standards and Ethical Considerations: Examining ethical implications and embedding ethics into governance, integrating AI in legal practices, and navigating complex issues such as privacy, bias, and accountability are critically assessed.
• Guidance for Compliance: Practical advice on ensuring firms comply with legal and ethical standards when utilizing AI technologies, reducing the risk of ethical violations or legal challenges in their practice.
• Strategic Planning: Aligning legal ethics with AI implementation, how lawyers can strategically position their firms to leverage technological advancements while upholding professional integrity, enhancing client trust, and maintaining regulatory compliance.

Jessica Clay / Partner – Regulatory / Kingsley Napley

11:15 AM GMT - 11:45 AM GMT

Networking Break

11:45 AM GMT

PRESENTATION

Implementing AI and Overcoming Internal Organizational Inertia

This session, led by Michael Borrelli (AI & Partners), will highlight practical and actionable strategies for overcoming resistance to AI adoption within your firm. It will empower you to lead initiatives that drive innovation while aligning with your firm's long-term objectives and client expectations.

• Accelerating Efficiency: Strategies for implementing AI technologies within their organizations to streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall efficiency, enabling them to handle caseloads more effectively and deliver higher quality legal services to clients.
• Overcoming Resistance: Addressing common barriers and challenges faced by law firms in adopting AI, providing insights and tactics to overcome internal resistance, skepticism, and inertia among stakeholders, thus facilitating smoother integration and acceptance of AI-driven initiatives.
• Staying Competitive: Building a competitive advantage by proactively embracing AI technologies and overcoming organizational inertia, positioning firms as innovative leaders in the legal industry, being better equipped to meet evolving client demands, and staying ahead of competitors.

Michael Borrelli / CEO / AI & Partners

12:30 PM GMT

PRESENTATION

De-Risking your AI Service Contracts

How do you effectively draft AI service contracts that mitigate risk, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards while protecting your firm and clients from potential liabilities?

• Robust Agreements: Practical strategies and best practices for drafting comprehensive and enforceable AI service contracts that clearly define the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of all parties involved, thereby minimizing the likelihood of disputes and ensuring adequate protection for both service providers and clients.
• Client Protection: Negotiating favorable terms and conditions on behalf of their clients, ensuring that AI service contracts effectively address key legal concerns and provide sufficient safeguards to mitigate risks, ultimately enhancing client protection and satisfaction.
• Future-proofing AI service contracts: Ensuring alignment with evolving regulations and technological advancements, safeguarding your firm's reputation and client relationships.

Roch Glowacki / Managing Associate / Lewis Silkin 

1:15 PM GMT

Networking Lunch

2:1 PM GMT

Managing and De-Risking AI in a Complex Legal World

AI governance is crucial for mitigating risks and ensuring the responsible use of AI. How do you navigate the complexities of AI integration while safeguarding ethical and legal standards?

Key strategies include:

• Compliance and Accountability: Establishing frameworks to ensure AI systems comply with legal standards and maintain accountability for their actions, reducing the risk of malpractice and legal liabilities.
• Transparency and Explainability: Implementing policies mandating transparent, interpretable AI decision-making processes to facilitate legal scrutiny and enhance trust among practitioners and clients.
• Bias and Fairness Mitigation: Developing mechanisms to detect and correct biases in AI algorithms, promoting fairness and protecting against discriminatory practices in legal proceedings. 

Matthew Lavy KC / 4 Pump Court

3:00 PM GMT

Implementing Gen AI: Stay organized and share information via cross-functional tools

Deploying Gen AI unlocks the potential to streamline your legal practice, as well as offer enhanced collaboration using cross-functional tools. Empower your firm with the right AI governance strategies, with these action points:

•  What are the key legal and ethical issues that Legal should be considering?
•  Taking a firmwide approach
•  Identifying and selecting use cases
•  Preparing for launch

Karen Battersby / Director of Knowledge, Industries & Clients / Baker McKenzie

3:45 AM GMT

Networking Break

4:00 PM GMT

Delivering AI Across the Company: Guidance for In-House Counsel

Effectively integrating AI within an in-house team drives up compliance and optimizes usage. This session will explore best practices for advising stakeholders on AI-related legal issues, helping in-house counsel facilitate cross-departmental collaboration, and ensuring AI initiatives are legally sound and strategically aligned. Important considerations include:

• Strategic Planning: Strategies to address legal risks and compliance challenges specific to AI, empowering in-house counsel to support responsible AI deployment across various departments.
• Existing Frameworks: Leverage current data protection regulations to guide AI deployment, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other relevant standards.
• Education and Engagement: Educate all stakeholders on benefits, risks, and governance, fostering a culture of informed and ethical AI use.
• Data Utilization: Emphasize the importance of using data responsibly, ensuring data minimization practices are in place to protect privacy and mitigate risks while harnessing AI capabilities.

Dan Rhodes / Senior Director, Legal & DPO / Granicus

4:55 PM GMT

Chairpersons Closing Remarks 

5:00 PM GMT

Networking Reception