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2025 BUYING LEGAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 30 - 0CTOBER 1, 2025



ESTEEMED SPEAKERS

 

Mark Smolik

DHL

Vishal Anand

DISNEY

 

Matt Rubbelke

PAYPAL

Milly Parekh

J&J 

 

Stacy Walsh

TRAVELERS

Adam Minielly

SUN LIFE

 

Andrea Webster

NOVARTIS

  

Norie Campbell

THOMSON REUTERS


TIMELY TOPICS



AI


OUTSIDE COUNSEL


GOVERNANCE

COSTS


DATA


STRATEGY


TECH


VOLATILITY


AGENDA

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WELCOME: SEPTEMBER 29

4:00PM - 8:00PM WELCOME RECEPTION

DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 30

8:00 AM BREAKFAST

8:45 AM WELCOME

Kristi Gedid

EY Americas & Global Life Sciences Law Leader

EY

Jason Winmill

Chair

Buying Legal Council

9:00AM AGENTIC AI: EMPOWERING LEGAL TEAMS TO LEAD WITH INTELLIGENCE


Jean Yang

VP, AI Center of Excellence

Onit


10:00AM ELEVATE YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT FROM A COST CENTER TO A STRATEGIC VALUE DRIVER

Norie Campbell, Chief Legal Officer and Company SecretaryNorie Campbell

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

Thomson Reuters

Laura A. Clayton McDonnel, President, CorporatesLaura Clayton McDonnell

President, Corporates

Thomson Reuters


10:30AM NAVIGATING THE LEGAL TECH MAZE: THE POWER OF THE PROCUREMENT-LEGAL COLLABORATION

Haylley Watson

Regional Category Manager, Legal & IP

Syngenta

Deji Amusan

Global eDiscovery Lead

Syngenta

11:00AM CONVERSATION BREAK

11:30AM AI AGENTS & ORCHESTRATION: WHY ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER FALLS SHORT


Jennifer O'Gara

Sr. Director, Marketing

Tonkean

Michael Kaplan

Implementation Architect

Tonkean

Gregg McConnell

Global Director Legal Ops. & Innovation

Corteva Agriscience



12:00PM LUNCH

1:00PM ARE YOU HIRING THE LAW FIRM OR THE ATTORNEY? WHY THE ANSWER DOESN'T MATTER WITHOUT DATA

Jen McIver

Assoc. Director, Legal Ops. & Industry Insights

Wolters Kluwer

Vishal Anand

Director, Legal Operations

The Walt Disney Company

1:30PM WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY? LEVERAGING LEGAL TECH TO EXTRACT DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS

Milly Parekh

Sr. Manager Litigation Operations

Johnson & Johnson

Naomi Morris

Executive Director, Firmwide Innovation

Morgan Stanley

Veronica Berruz

Senior Counsel, Technology

Johnson & Johnson



2:00PM BREAK

2:15PM ALIGNING AND DELIVERING FINANCIAL IMPACT

Kristi Gedid

EY Americas & Global Life Sciences Law Leader

EY

Marcus Homeyer

Managing Director

EY-Parthenon

2:45PM BREAK

3:30PM WORKSHOP: RUDERMAN'S RULES OF DELIVERING RESULTS, 5 INDUSTRY GROUPS

Dan Ruderman

Director Strategic Alliances

LexisNexis


4:30PM RESULTS-DRIVEN, COST-CONSCIOUS: LEGAL LEADERS ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT

Stacy Walsh

AVP Legal Operations

Travelers

Adam Minielly

Director, Legal Ops. & Recruiting

Sun Life

Matthew Rubbelke

Sr. Manager, Outside Counsel Management

PayPal




5:15PM RECEPTION

7:30PM POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

DAY 2: OCTOBER 1

8:00AM BREAKFAST

8:45AM TRANSFORMING VENDOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT WITH AI

Memme Onwudiwe

AI Evangelist, Evisort Founding Team

Workday

To Be Announced

In-House Legal Operations Leader

Top OTA Travel Company

9:15AM GCS GUIDE TO DELIVERING RESULTS: FINANCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND PLAYBOOK ADVICE

Mark Smolik

CLO, Supply Chain Americas

DHL

10:00AM TOPIC-BASED DISCUSSIONS



 Financial Management


Technology Use

 

Playbooks

10:45AM HOW ARE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS TACKLING LATEST GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES?

Industry Expert

To Be Announced

Dilitrust

11:15AM COFFEE BREAK

11:30AM BEYOND THE THEORETICAL: HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT AND ADOPT A NEW TECHNOLOGY

Robin Snasdell

Senior Managing Director

Morae



12:00PM LAW FIRM PANEL ONGOING MANAGEMENT: WHAT'S WORKING

Christina Bucker

Director, Legal Operations

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Andrea Webster

Associate Director of Legal Innovations & Operation

Novartis


12:30PM CLOSING AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

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*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE*