Greet old friends, start to make new ones and meet our solution partners

Chris Ford, CXO, and Co-Founder, Legaltech Hub and the MC for the event, opens the day

Professor Daniel Martin Katz, Professor of Law, Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law & Co-Founder @ 273 Ventures

Daniel Martin Katz is a scientist, technologist, and professor who applies an innovative polytechnic approach to teaching law - helping create lawyers for today's biggest societal challenges. Both his scholarship and teaching integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  As Professor of Law at Illinois Tech Chicago-Kent College of Law and Director of The Law Lab, Daniel teaches courses on Artificial Intelligence & Law,  Blockchain & Cryptocurrency and Legal Ethics. He also serves as Academic Director of the Bucerius Center for Legal Technology & Data Science and is a Visiting Professor at Singapore Management University.   Daniel co-founded 273 Ventures who is building the open source KAOS - Kelvin Agentic Operating System. Previously, he co-founded LexPredict (acquired 2018 by Elevate) and the ReInvent Law Laboratory at Michigan State University.  In 2025, the Financial Times named him one of the top 20 legal market shapers of the past two decades for his academic and commercial work advancing AI in law.  

Moderator: Stephanie Wilkins, Director of Content, Legaltech Hub
Speakers: 
John Tertan, CEO & Founder, Narrative
Michael Bruckner, Chief Information Officer, Duane Morris
Fred M. DiStefano, Director of Revenue Technology, Gunderson Dettmer
Elaine Dick, Lead Practice Innovation Attorney, BakerHostetler
Shawn McClurg, Director of Practice Solutions, Miles & Stockbridge

A fishbowl is a dynamic panel. Speakers will begin and kick off the discussion, but audience members will be encouraged to swap in for panelists whenever they wish to contribute to the discussion. In this panel, legal experts and thought leaders explore how the value of legal services will be determined in the future, exploring the power dynamics as clients become more sophisticated in their use of AI, the shift in pricing dynamics as productivity gains become more apparent.

Short, practical demonstrations of technology solutions that are changing the way law is practiced.

Moderator: Conan Hines, Global Head of Innovation and Knowledge, Fried Frank
Panelists:
Sara Miro, Director of Knowledge and Innovation, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Rebecca Pasternak, Director, AI Integration & Enablement, Littler

In this panel, catch the AI wave and ride it all the way to the coast. This gnarly session will get you up on the board and drop you into the art of the possible with vibe coding. So grab your (key)board, hang loose and shoot the curl for what will be a fun-filled immersive experience.

Moderator: Nikki Shaver, CEO, Legaltech Hub
Panelists: 
Kate Simpson, Senior Director, Knowledge + Innovation, Epiq
Ilona Logvinova, Chief AI Officer, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Lewis Bretts, CEO, Telon Labs

Short, practical demonstrations of technology solutions that are changing the way law is practiced.

Presenter:
Amy Monaghan, Senior Counsel, Director of KM and AI Enablement, Policy & Legal Ops, Ford Motor Company

We're All Da Vinci Now: Law in the AI Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci was the OG vibe coder — tinkering in notebooks, prototyping by curiosity, iterating on observation long before any of it had a name. Lawyers are doing the same with AI today. This session reframes generative AI in legal practice not as a revolution, but as a Renaissance — one that demands new ways of seeing, learning, and producing knowledge before any real transformation in how law is practiced can take hold.

Presenter:
Stephanie Wilkins, Director of Content, Legaltech Hub

How to Be the Final Girl in Your AI Story
In every horror movie, there’s one character who makes it to the end—the Final Girl. She’s alert, adaptable, always one step ahead, and she’s learned how to work with the arbitrary rules imposed upon her. The survival scenario in today’s professional AI landscape isn't much different: adapt, use your head, and be ethical—or be left behind. This session will draw parallels from classic horror movie survival tropes to thriving in the age of AI.

Short, practical demonstrations of technology solutions that are changing the way law is practiced.

A panel of founders of AI native firms of different models showcasing how they work, their business model, why they started this and what the future looks like
Moderator: Stephanie Wilkins, Director of Content, Legaltech Hub
Panelists:
David Perla, Co-Founder of Fairplay
Ryan Walker, Co-Founder & CEO, General Legal
Logan Brown, Founder of Soxton AI, Harvard Law, Marshall Scholar

Risks and how to manage them, how to build / deploy, real work stories from firms / legal departments that have built them
Moderator: Horace Wu, CEO, Syntheia
Panelists:
Tony Capecci, Director of Practice Innovation, Haynes Boone
Darby Green, Senior Practice Innovation Advisor, Ropes & Gray LLP

Short, practical demonstrations of technology solutions that are changing the way law is practiced.

Skyline Lounge,
4th floor, Faculty House, 
Columbia University
(64 Morningside Drive)