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Sunday 29 October 2023 · Paris

Paris

Hosted at the offices of Gide Loyrette Nouel, 15 Rue de Laborde, Paris.

  1. 8:45am
    other
    Registration and networking, light breakfast
  2. 9:15am
    other
    Welcome remarks
    • Stephen Revell — Co-Chair, IBA Law Firm Management Committee
    • Nadège Nguyen — Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel
  3. 9:30am
    keynote
    Tech Talk 1: Establishing your firm and lawyers as thought leaders
    • Cam Dobinson — Passle
  4. 9:40am
    panel
    Session 1: Marketing and Business Development Leadership Panel
    • Brian Gribben — CMO, Arendt & Medernach
    • Paul Mazloum — Director Business Development & Marketing, Gide
    • Julie Stott — Chief Marketing Officer, Travers Smith
    • Yuriko Wakamatsu — BD & PR Associate Director, Nishimura & Asahi
    • Moderator: Elisabeth Houtman — Head of Marketing, Houthoff
  5. 10:40am
    keynote
    Tech Talk 2: The intertwined future of AI and legal BD
    • Gary Kalaci — Alexa Translations
  6. 10:50am
    break
    Coffee break
  7. 11:10am
    keynote
    Tech Talk 3: Leveraging your existing data to win business
    • Gareth Thomas — Pitch Perfect — Pinnacle
  8. 11:20am
    workshop
    Session 2: The Fishbowl

    This interactive session dives into the topics currently on the minds of CMOs in the rapidly-changing global landscape, including team composition, emerging skills, the impact of AI and more. Be ready to participate in polls and to jump in and out of the fishbowl discussion — we have a lot to learn from each other!

    • Moderator: Rachel Hussey — Clients and Markets Partner, Arthur Cox
  9. 12:20pm
    keynote
    Tech Talk 4: How AI & automation are reshaping law firm–client relationship dynamics
    • Ben Chiriboga — Nexl
    • Philipp Thurner — Nexl
  10. 12:30pm
    meal
    Networking lunch
  11. 1:30pm
    keynote
    Tech Talk 5: From new concept to indispensable — how to successfully make tech do the work
    • Katie Dignan — Lexington Consulting
  12. 1:40pm
    panel
    Session 3: General Counsel Panel
    • Jeff Davis — Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
    • Samia Guessabi-Colombijn — VP Legal Excellence Northern Europe, Compliance, Risk & Governance, Accor
    • Alberto Mata Rodriguez — Partner, CMS; former Head of Legal Iberia, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
    • Moderator: Melissa Davis — Founder and CEO, MD Communications
  13. 2:40pm
    other
    Preparing for IBA 2024 — Mexico City
    • Hugo Peña — Director of Business Development, Gonzalez Calvillo
  14. 2:50pm
    other
    Closing Remarks
    • Katherine Hutchinson — Chair of The High Tide
  15. 3:00pm
    social
    Cocktail reception
  16. 5:00pm
    other
    Event concludes