LegalWeek Connect 2017 | ALM Media, LLC | 29 November 2017 | The IET, Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Pl, London WC2R 0BL, UK

LegalWeek CONNECT will act as a unique catalyst to drive engagement across internal functions and externally, between law firms and their clients. It is the first event of its kind that will connect all stakeholders who are empowered to drive change in their respective firms.

With content being at the heart of the summit, the agenda is informed by an influential and prestigious advisory board, ensuring that attendees have only the most relevant and useful event experience.

Hosting over 450 law firm attendees including firm leaders, technology and innovation teams, marketing and business development staff and other integral members of the company structure over the two day event.

Attendees will have the opportunity to create their own bespoke programme as they navigate from world class keynotes to one of the three tenets that are driving innovation, disruption and change in the legal profession; LegalTech, LegalEngage and LegalTalent.

2017 Speakers:

Ahmed Shaaban
Managing Director, Fulcrum Global Technologies

Alison Dennis
Partner, Fieldfisher

Andrew Garard
Group Legal Director & Company Secretary, Itv

Antoine Blondeau
Co-founder & Chairman, Sentient Technologies

Azeem Ibrahim
Entrepreneur,investor & Philanthropist, Baroness Harding Of Winscombe, Former Chief Executive, Talktalk

Bas Boris Visser
Global Head Of Innovation & Business Change, Clifford Chance

Ben Allgrove
Partner, Baker Mckenzie

Bill Carter
Ceo, Alm

Brian O’gorman
Managing Partner, Arthur Cox

Caroline Hill
Editor, Legal It Insider

Charles Martin
Senior Partner, Macfarlanes

Chris Bull
Executive Director, Kingsmead Square

Clint Evans
Director Of Brand & Talent, Rpc

Clive Woodward
England's Rugby World Cup Winning Head Coach 2003, Team Gb Director Of Sport Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010, London 2012

Corey Stoughton
Advocacy Director, Liberty

David Cunningham
Chief Information Officer, Winston & Strawn

Debbie Evans
Global Legal & Commercial Director, Clearswift

Deborah B. Farone
Strategic Marketing Advisor, Farone Advisors

Dominic Carman
Writer, Journalist & Consultant

Dr Kishore Sengupta
Associate Professor And Director Of Executive Education, Judge Business School, University Of Cambridge

Dr Sandie Okoro
Senior Vice-president & Group General Counsel, World Bank

Elliott Portnoy
Global Chief Executive Officer, Dentons

Georgina Stanley
Editor-in-chief, Legal Week

Gerald Ratner
Former Ceo, Ratners Group

Gina Passarella
Editor-in-chief, The American Lawyer

Greg Williams
Editor-in-chief, Wired

James Libson
Partner, Head Of Private, Mishcon De Reya

James Mayer
Director, Legal Week Intelligence

James Palmer
Senior Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Jamie Woodruff
Cyber-safety And Security Adviser, Europe’s No.1 Ethical Hacker

Janet Mccarthy
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Santa Fe Group

Jeremy Barton
General Counsel, Kpmg

John Malpas
Publishing Director, Legal Week

Joshua Kubicki
Chief Strategy Officer, Seyfarth Shaw

Kate Burns
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Notonthehighstreet.com

Kirsty Cooper
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Aviva

Lee Ranson
Co-ceo, Eversheds Sutherland

Lesley Wan
Former Commercial Real Estate Counsel, Lloyds Banking Group

Lisa Mayhew
Managing Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner

Louise Pentland
Evp, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Paypal

Marc French
Chief Trust Officer, Mimecast

Mark Smith
Market Development Director, Lexisnexis

Martin Telfer
Senior Vice President & Emea Chief, Fulcrum Global Technologies

Michael Chissick
Managing Partner, Fieldfisher

Mike Polson
Co-head Of Innovation, Ashurst

Mike Rebeiro
Global Head Of Technology & Innovation, Norton Rose Fulbright

Milos Kresojevic
Former Ibm Research Lab & Silicon Valley Innovation Professional

Mr Justice Knowles
Judge Of The High Court, England & Wales

Naga Munchetty
Journalist And Bbc Newsreader

Nathan Furr
Professor Of Strategy And Innovation, Insead

Neil Cameron
Founder, Nccg

Nicholas Bruch
Senior Analyst, Alm Intelligence

Nick Pryor
Head Of Client Service Technology (Litigation & Corporate Risk), Berwin Leighton Paisner

Nick West
Chief Strategy Officer, Mishcon De Reya

Nik Gowing
British Television Journalist

Paddy Harverson
Managing Partner, Milltown Partners

Penelope Warne
Senior Partner & Chairman Of The Uk Board, Cms

Priti Shetty
Head Of Legal, Icici Bank

Richard Given
General Counsel & Company Secretary, 10x Future Technologies Limited

Richard Waddington
Chairman, Ema

Sabine Chalmers
Former Chief Legal Officer, Anheuser-busch Inbev

Sarah Barrett-vane
Director Of Legal Operations

Simon Harper
Co-founder, Lod

Sophie Schwass
Head Of Legal Operations, Lloyds Banking Group

Susan Bright
Managing Partner Uk & Africa, Hogan Lovells

The Hon. Sir William Blair
Professor Of Financial Law & Ethics, Qmul

2017 Sponsors:

• Accenture
• Allied Irish Bank (GB)
• Decipher
• eSentio
• Everlaw
• Fulcrum Global Technologies
• GittingsLegal
• InfoTrack
• Intapp
• LexisNexis
• Luminance
• Mason & Cook
• Mimecast (NASDAQ: MIME)
• Pure Events
• SpeechWrite Digital