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as white papers, books and other reference materials. additionally, many sessions will offer take-away materials, such as checklists, procedural documents and other valuable content that can be used immediately after sessions to offer instant return on the value of conference attendance. Keynote and Super Sessions We start off the educational sessions with a high-value keynote speaker who will set the tone for the week. Tom Koulopoulos — author, Futurist, leader, and Founder of the delphi group — has a background in technologies that enable business. tom will deliver a keynote completely customized to our conference theme Leading Technology | Optimizing Value. he will focus on helping us make our organizations survive and thrive in these times of uncertainty. tom will fundamentally change the way we look at the role of technology in our organizations and in our lives. Tuesday: • Jason dorsey, the "gen y guy," will teach business leaders how to gain a competitive advantage from their multi- generational workforce (and how to not drive yourself crazy doing it). Wednesday: • richard susskind, pre- eminent legal futurist and author of "the Future of law and the end of lawyers," will share some amazing insights. he demonstrates his view on the great upheaval of the future market for legal services and how technology will play a central role in bringing about this change. Thursday: • Warren brown, founder and owner of cakelove and love café and former host of "sugar rush" on the Food network, tells his compelling story about "Finding your Passion and Following your calling." Warren traded in his life as a prominent attorney to make his mark on the world in a hugely successful baked goods company (stores all over dc and other cities). Themes and Initiatives Ilta '09 launches the "Ilta mini-mba" series. eight topics listed below, specially selected from the business strategy, executive, Finance and leadership tracks, will create a comprehensive program focusing on the advanced business side of legal technology. sessions run through all four days of conference to offer you advanced content throughout the week. speakers in these sessions will have extensive experience, presentation skills and value for legal technology executives or those looking to strengthen their skills to advance to an executive level. although Ilta will not offer cle credit (participants may seek cle credit on their own), an Ilta certificate of completion will be provided. topics include: benchmarking, situational leadership, Improving operational excellence, law Firm economics, Image coaching, International business strategy, critical thinking, and strategic Planning. themes: the conference theme, leading technology | optimizing value, encompasses several targeted themes that cross many sessions. those include: Profitability; Process Improvement; strategy; risk; economic change; sharePoint; office 2007; sQl; virtualization; and Image / marketing. sessions that fall under each of these themes will be designated as such to help members easily identify them. details on each theme, as well as all conference sessions can be found at: http://conference.iltanet.org. Value Proposition attendees will gain insights on how to maximize attorney workflow so that firm management continues to see the value of technology in your organization. this has a direct impact on the value you offer your firm/law department, which translates into efficiency and positive bottom line results. session content is targeted to various levels of technology professionals within law firms and law departments; speakers are August 23 - 27 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Near Washington DC www.iltanet.org 78 Peer to Peer T h e P r e m i e r E d u c a t i o n a l a n d N e t w o r k i n g E v e n t i n L e g a l I T