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STREAM A: Strategic law firm management |
STREAM B: Information technology management |
08:15 |
Registration and refreshments |
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09:00 |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Reviewing the UK 's changing legal market • Examining the impact of the Legal Services Act; assessing the opportunities and threats • Evaluating trends in the market: the growing presence of US firms in London , mergers, international strategies, volume spin-offs • Taking a long-term view of your firm's future in the changing business environment • Surviving increasing consolidation and commoditisation Bob Heslett, Partner, BEACHCROFT LLP and Deputy Vice President, LAW SOCIETY |
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09:40 |
Maximising your firm's profitability • Identifying the optimum business model for your firm; aligning business and financial plans • Reviewing pricing structures and their impact on profitability • Focusing on cost management and driving cost reduction • Ensuring resources, including your human capital, are used to maximum effect Arthur Ferry, Chief Financial Officer, BAKER & MCKENZIE
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Web 2.0: a software revolution? • What are Web 2.0 and social software and what do they do? • What place does Web 2.0 have in a law firm? • Benefits for engaging the younger workforce • Leveraging innovative uses of social media Damien Behan, IT Director, BRODIES LLP |
10:40 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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11:10 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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11:40 |
Reviewing the trend for outsourcing • What are firms outsourcing and why? • Demystifying the TUPE process • Effective consultation with staff, partners and clients • Assessing and quantifying the benefits in terms of costs, time, service levels etc David Smellie, Partner, FARRER & CO LLP |
Deploying enterprise search to facilitate information retrieval • Reviewing the performance of your existing search tool • Developing an integrated search tool for internal and external resources • Understanding how people search and creating a user-friendly interface • Digitising and classifying information for easy retrieval Fiona Evans, Head of Know-how, NORTON ROSE LLP |
12:40 |
One-to-one business meeting/ networking |
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13:10 |
Lunch |
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14:10 |
Harnessing innovation to stay ahead of the game • Why do law firms need to be innovative? • Encouraging innovation in a traditionally staid and precedent-based environment • Innovation in product development • In what other ways can you innovate? Martin Lewis, Director, Business Management, LINKLATERS LLP
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Managing the challenges and benefits of mobile working • Keeping abreast of developments in the functionality of PDAs • Addressing the cultural issues of encouraging the workforce to work remotely • Allowing remote document retrieval • Managing the security issues around remote working and portable devices • Maximising the business benefits of mobile working; measuring savings of cost, time and space Abby Ewen, IT Director, SIMMONS & SIMMONS
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15:10 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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15:40 |
One-to-one business meeting/networking |
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16:10 |
PLENARY SESSION: Managing change effectively • How to generate change in a consensus-based, partnership environment • Engaging the workforce in change or transition; the importance of communication • Minimising pain, maximising incentives Neville Eisenberg, Managing Partner, BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP |
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17:00 |
End of day one Cheese and wine tasting |
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