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Networking is another powerful benefit at conference. At breakfast, talk with your colleagues by geographic region. During lunch, focus your conversations among topic-based peer groups. During the evening networking events, use the connections you have made during the day to meet a broader group of your professional peers. You'll be able to turn to someone just about every minute of the day to find out what their firm/ department is doing, how they are doing it or why they aren't doing it. The connections you make here keep giving all year! This conference is the result of close-knit teamwork of ILTA member volunteers including the Board of Directors, Conference Vice Presidents, Conference Committee, Regional Vice Presidents, City Representatives, Peer Group Vice Presidents and their Steering Committees. Last, but definitely not least, are the year-round contributions of our remarkable ILTA staff. The ILTA conference grows and adapts each year due to your comments. Flag down any member of the ILTA volunteer team — note the colored ribbons on their name tags — or communicate via our numerous electronic options (session evaluations, email, Twitter, etc.). We'd like to hear from you! The greatest value of ILTA is the collective contributions of its membership. We encourage you to share your ideas and even your time. We hope that you enjoy the networking, educational and vendor-based opportunities this week. Attendees, let's get plugged in to ILTA 2012! Kathy Lentini and Rachelle Rennagel 2012 Conference Vice Presidents Kathy Lentini — Director of Information Systems at Brown Rudnick, LLP Kathy is responsible for managing the firm's network, desktop, training and user support groups. She is also the Data Security Manager for the firm. Kathy has been with Brown Rudnick LLP for over 20 years, where she has filled various roles within the IT department. She is in her second year as the ILTA Conference Co-Chair, and she previously served on the conference committee for three years. Rachelle Rennagel — Director of Legal Services at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP Rachelle oversees the firm's practice support, paralegal, library and managing clerk's offices, and she is responsible for the firm's knowledge management initiatives. This role not only calls on her technology skills, but as a former practicing attorney, she acts as an intermediary between the firm's attorneys and its IT organization. Rachelle is a frequent lecturer on a broad range of technology and legal issues, including electronic discovery, data management, universal search, CRM, ELM and intranet/extranets. ac2dc 2012 Program Guide 5