The Exigent Mashup: Where analytical thinking and creativity meet.
Like cronuts or your favorite Rolling Stones and Prince music video mashup, this mashup will demonstrate how, by bringing together two diverse perspectives – left brain and right brain; data & creativity and legal teams & the C-suite team – transformative things can happen.
10:30 am
Keynote: In Order to be Innovative and Disruptive, it Starts with Leadership.
Which side of the brain are you and what does that mean for your company, your co-workers and your career?
Utilize personalities and team brain types to understand how to creatively leverage analytics as a unifier within your organization. For example, understanding why data visualization and dashboards work well at board-level.
The reasons why business and legal “mashups” work and how you can unite data and creativity to drive revenue opportunities, process optimization and increase efficiencies.
Speaker:
Crystal Morrison, Founder & CEO (EverRise)
11:30 am
Demystifying Analytics
Absent the invention of a crystal ball, you probably won’t get all of the answers to the world’s (or your business’) problems. Through analytics, however, you can get robust insight that will lead you on the path to success. How do you manage analytics insights to drive practical decision-making for your business? We will show you how analytics insights and innovation go hand in hand.
Speakers:
Eric Eckhardt, Vice President, Legal Solutions (Exigent) I David Holme, CEO (Exigent), Chairman (BrightMinds Capital Partners) I Dan Logan, Legal Data and Innovation Specialist (BrightMinds Capital Partners) I Murat Kristal, Director (Schulich School of Business)
12:30 pm
Paradigm Shifts: Game Changers in Data-Driven Technologies
Lunch – Interactive session
Speaker:
Nicola Stott, Global MD (Exigent), CEO (BrightMinds Capital Partners) I Cindy Chin, Datanaut (NASA)
1:30 pm
Promises and Pitfalls: The Practical Application of Predictive Analytics
We are in the midst of a data revolution. As the internet of things and edge computing drive innovation, it is estimated that over 1.5 MB of data will be created every second for every person on earth in 2020 (www.domo.com). All of this data is useless unless it is applied properly. We’ll discuss practical ways to leverage data and the power of predictive analytics to drive commercial value that has real impact on your bottom line.
Speakers:
Helgi Maki, Consultant (Exigent) I Mona Mann, Assistant Director (Schulich School of Business) I Charles McCarragher, Vice President (TD Bank) I Dan Logan, Legal Data and Innovation Specialist (BrightMinds Capital Partners)
2:30 pm
The Art of Analytics
Finding the right recipe will break your enterprise data off of spreadsheets. Insights become dynamic, living at the heart of every team’s strategy. Knowing which questions to ask and how to leverage your data lake to drive strategy, innovation and cost savings is as much an art as it is science.
Speakers:
Eric Eckhardt, Vice President, Legal Solutions (Exigent) I Tanisha Chea, Vice President of Global Innovation (Krispy Kreme) I Laura Maechtlen, Partner (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
3:30 pm
Beyond the Buzzwords: Actual Applications of AI, Blockchain and Robotic Process Automation in The Real World
Organizations with an aversion to technological advancement will become obsolete, as will those who onboard new technology too frequently. We’ll discuss how to tell the unicorn from the donkey in tech advancement as well as lessons learned from tech adoption failures.
Speakers:
Carl Adams, Global Director of Legal AI (Exigent) I Chip Delany, AI Strategy Associate (NexLP) I Scott Milner, Partner (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP) I Jon Evans, Director of Solutions Architecture (Impact Networking, LLC)
4:30 pm
The Legal Data Revolution
How is digital transformation reshaping the legal role within a business? Unleashing the knowledge and power within the legal structure by turning words on paper into rich data that drives enterprise-wide optimization is bringing the legal practice to the forefront of corporate growth strategy.
Speakers:
Carl Adams, Global Director of Legal AI (Exigent) I John Albright, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer (Hub International) I Herman Schroeder, Senior Counsel (Rabobank) I Peter Whorlow, Former Telstra GM of Contracts and Commercial Management & Independent Consultant (Telstra)
