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To Be Left Behind?" Our distinguished panelists, including Master Whitaker of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, talked about the various implications of innovation in litigation, including the impact of technology on issues of ethics and practice management. Day two started with a keynote from Vicky Pryce who gave a tour de force presentation on the state of the global economy with particularly insightful comments about her home country, Greece. She explained in clear terms all the obstacles and barriers to a full global recovery, but left us all with a sense of hope that the world is slowly trading back to a stronger position. Delegates on day two then enjoyed content associated with emerging technologies, innovation and strategy, and service and process support. Sessions started off with an all-star panel of large-firm CIOs addressing the question "To Innovate or Not To Innovate?" It was clear from this discussion that firms differ widely in their approaches to technology innovation as a differentiator in the delivery of legal services and the philosophy of technology as an investment in the practice versus technology as a necessary expense associated with the practice. Several sessions on day two also highlighted specific implementations of leading-edge technology in law firms, including the change management issues associated with such implementations. Sessions featured case studies on adoption of new litigation support technologies, deployment of an internal social network to drive KM and collaboration, and early adoption of Office 2010. These sessions provided practical guidance in terms of best practices and avoiding pitfalls with the featured technologies. The co-chairs, Janet Day of Berwin Leighton Paisner and Gareth Ash of Allen & Overy LLP, and Michele Gossmeyer, President of ILTA, wrapped up the conference with comments on ILTA's activities on a global basis and some personal highlights and anecdotes from the two days. For those who were unable to be there, audio recordings of the INSIGHT keynotes and sessions, as well presentation materials from most of the sessions, are available at http://INSIGHT.iltanet.org. THE LEGAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 IN CHICAGO Information Governance – Strategic Transformation through Collaboration ARMA International and ILTA are once again hosting the premier event on legal technology and information policy and governance — LIT-Con 2012. In just one interactive, action-packed day, you'll receive the education needed to continue the transformation of your firm's information governance — and maintain a competitive edge. General Session Moderators of the six breakout sessions will participate in a TED-style presentation of the topics that will be covered during the day. Breakout Sessions: • Social Media + ECM + KM = Redefinition of "Record" • Mobility vs. Information Governance: Is There a Yellow Brick Road to Oz? • Information Governance and Information Security: Risky Business • Using GARP To Build an Information Governance Framework for Law Firms Janet Day, IT Director at Berwin Leighton Paisner (London), has worked in legal IT virtually all of her working life (even her MBA specialty was "Competitive Advantage in the Legal Profession"). After working in administration at Allen & Overy, Janet set up a specialist consultancy practice looking at technology services for legal firms. She joined Berwin Leighton Paisner about 14 years ago, initially as a consultant before becoming their IT director. In 2005, Janet won the BCS award for IT Director of the Year. Janet also serves as ILTA's European Regional Vice President. She can be reached at janet.day@blplaw.com. • The Final Frontier: Re-Engineering Your Records Staff and Function to Make the Voyage to a Bold New World • Predictive Coding/Analytics/Email Management: Leveraging Technology for Risk Mitigation and Efficiency ILTA members enjoy a discount to LIT-Con and the ARMA conference. www.arma.org/conference/2012/LitCon.aspx Peer to Peer 117