The fourth edition of the LawTech Europe Congress runs next week in Brussels, Belgium on the 26th and 27th of October. I am on the advisory board of the Congress and I will be leading two panels which are described below.
The event has become a "must attend" for the e-discovery community in Europe. Attendees will be engaged throughout with advanced topic presentations, panel discussions, and an array of the latest solutions from "A List" exhibitors.
And there is still time to register. For information about registering for the LawTech Congress
click here. If you wish a discounted admission ticket please email us at the address at the bottom of this post.
And if you are a law student or discovery contract attorney/jurist, I still have a limited number of free admission tickets. Email us at the address below.
The keynotes
Ralph Losey serves as the Keynote Speaker for day 1 of the LawTech Europe Congress in Brussels on 26 October. His Keynote is entitled "The Future of the Law: the impact of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies on the search for truth and justice."
Ralph notes that
"the advent of Big Data Analytics is changing all aspects of modern culture, including the legal profession. There is so much information available today that it is now almost always possible to reconstruct what happened in the recent past by analysis of the digital trails. The enormous volume of information is both an opportunity and a problem. The needles of truth are there, but they can be hard to find in the ever growing clouds of haystacks. Hard, but not impossible".
On day 2 of the Congress,
Markus Hartung will be the Keynote Speaker. His Keynote will focus on "Technology and trends in the legal market: disruption, evolution or - just hype? Perspectives from the European market."
Markus observes that
"lawyers don't look at technology in a consistent way. Either they over value it, or they under value it. The rapid changes and developments make it even worse. The purpose of our study was to shed light on the role of technology and the importance of alternative service providers. They are playing such an important role today, and their role will be even more important if not essential in the coming years."
The Project Counsel Media team will have a video studio at the event and we will be doing a video interview with Ralph and Markus after their keynotes, as well as other event speakers and attendees.
I am leading two panels ...
Prosecuting The Unspeakable: How eDiscovery Aids War Crimes Trials
Monday 26 OCT
2.30pm
For those of us involved in the commercial sector of eDiscovery it can be a most banal experience, having an irredeemable dullness. But the United Nations war crime tribunals work embody every extreme and special circumstance when it comes to eDiscovery challenges and requirements. It is thrilling - and gruesome - stuff, with every trial having its own complexities involving data formats, scalability, language support, rules of procedure, etc.
I am joined by an all-star cast: Mark Dillon and Jude Dugan who lead forenics and e-discovery at the International Criminal Court will address the difficulties and differences of what they do from the commercial sector. Plus Johannes Scholtes of ZyLAB will join to describe the depth of the technical and operational issues addressed by the UN Information Management team in the Office of the Prosecutor.
Mobile Devices and BYOD/CYOD: the eDiscovery Challenges
Monday 26 OCT
5:00pm
The growing number and models of mobile devices and their associated operating systems, as well as the increase of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies and Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) policies, is a business trend adding a layer of complexity with regards to the collection and identification of user-created data and is the hottest topic in the eDiscovery market place.
I am joined by: mobile forensic expert
Rob Moody of Forensic Data Services who will review the complexities and nuances of mobile collections, and
Eric Laurent-Ricard of eCosiX in Paris who will tell us the challenges and differences in France. Plus
John Kapp of Shearman & Sterling who will address the ever vexing information governance issues of managing this data.
For the full Congress session agenda and more information please click here.
I hope to see you next week.
