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°Â±ð’l±ôÌýopen the forum with a concise look at the latest data and research from ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Institute on AI adoption across legal and professional services. This brief grounding session is designed toÌýestablish a shared baselineÌýbeforeÌýshiftingÌýinto deeper discussion and debate for the day ahead.Ìý

Presenters:Ìý

Rawia Ashraf,ÌýHead of Product,ÌýCoCounselÌýTransactional & GCO,Ìý³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵÌýÌýÌý

Bryce Engelland,ÌýEnterprise Content Lead, Innovation and Technology,Ìý³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ InstituteÌý

As AI moves from novelty to embedded capability, leaders face a new challenge:ÌýdeterminingÌýwhich technological shifts will meaningfully reshape client value, operating models, and risk—and which will fade as short‑term hype. This session takes a forward‑looking view of the AI and emerging technology landscape, examining how regulation, platform consolidation, client expectations, and cross‑functional impacts are shaping the next phase of adoption.ÌýPanelists will explore how firms are balancing innovation with accountability, where leaders still see unresolved risk, and what strategic questions firms should be asking now to stay ahead of both market and client demands.Ìý

Moderator:

Johanna Kalb, Dean, School of Law,ÌýUniversity of San FranciscoÌý

Panelists:Ìý

Brooke Daniels,ÌýSVP, Market Lead,ÌýHarborÌý

Thom Hutchison,ÌýDirector of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence,ÌýHusch Blackwell LLPÌý

Jennifer Reeves,ÌýVice President, AI Governance and Integration Lead,ÌýAmerican Arbitration AssociationÌý

Turning AI enthusiasm into measurable resultsÌýremainsÌýone of the most persistent challenges facing firms. In this interactive, hands‑on session, participants will work through realistic professional services scenarios to estimate time saved, value created, and risk introduced through different AI use cases. Facilitator(s) will guide teams as they pressure‑test where automation, agents, and AI‑powered assistants genuinely enhance performance, deciding where human judgment must remain firmly in the loop. Through team-based challenges and rapid debriefs, participants will walk away with a sharper sense of the most efficient AIÌýutilizationÌýtactics. Expect team challenges and a bit of friendly competition as you discern a quantifiable outlook on the role of AI in real client work and internal operations.Ìý

In this candid fireside conversation, our facilitator will sit down with two clients of legal and professional services firms to hear directly how buyers are evaluating AI‑enabled services today. As firms invest heavily in new tools and automation, this session offers a rare look at what clientsÌýactually value, expect, and are willing to pay for. The discussion will focus on how clients assess quality, risk, transparency, and trust in an AI‑augmented environment, highlighting what has strengthened client relationships, what has fallen flat, and what will increasingly differentiate firms as AI becomes table stakes.Ìý

Moderator:

Rawia Ashraf, Head of Product, CoCounsel Transactional & GCO, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ

To close the contentÌýportionÌýof the day,Ìý·É±ð’l±ôÌýturn the floor over to the room. Throughout the forum, attendees will have the opportunity toÌýsubmitÌýpointed, real‑world questions about AI, emerging technology, and professional services, from operating models and client demands to talent, ethics, and vendor strategy. In this moderated fishbowl format, a rotating group of participants will respond to questions live, creating an unscripted dialogue that surfaces practical lessons, divergent perspectives, and unresolved tensions. The goal is not consensus, but clarity: a chance to pressure‑test ideas and assumptions in an open, intellectually honest exchange shaped directly by those in the room.Ìý

Moderator:

Ray Meiring,ÌýCEO,ÌýQorusDocsÌýÌý

Please join us for cocktails and light bites as we bring the day’s conversations to a close.

Rawia Ashraf, Head of Product, CoCounsel Transactional & GCO, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ