TOPIC: The "Secret" to Winning with Technology

Lunch will be provided.

Description:
In this forward-looking session presented by the Pittsburgh chapter of the ALA (PLAA), attorney Bill Ramsey and legal technologist Phil Hampton will reveal the winning formula for successfully utilizing the latest tech gadgets, apps and tools. Bill and Phil will explore the myriad choices for mobile technology (both devices and apps) that can help you transform the way you work in and out of the office. No longer tethered to the office via a phone cord, mouse and keyboard, agile legal professionals and their clients are taking advantage of smart technology enabling them to transact business anywhere.

The presenters will survey the latest innovations in mobile and office technology in this fast-paced and entertaining presentation. Emphasis will be placed on sound policies for the use of these technologies in the workplace for both corporate-owned devices as well as the popular BYOD model. They will also focus on the "hostile", or disrupting, quality of new technology and how to adapt to the change as well as navigate landmines that will set your team back in the rough and tumble world of innovative technology. Most of all, Bill and Phil will undoubtedly leave with you several new technology plays that you will want to add to your team's playbook.

CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in Legal Industry/Business Management

Registration is free to members of PLAA and ILTA, and $40 for non-members.

Presenters:
Bill Ramsey, Attorney
Phil Hampton, Legal Technologist

Location:
Clark Hill/Thorpe Reed
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 14th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attendees should be prepared to show photo ID at the security desk upon arrival.

Host: Sandy Mikita
(412) 566-1250
smikita@eckertseamans.com

TOPIC: Handling Change in the Legal Landscape

Lunch Sponsor: Digital Voice Systems

Description:
Escape the ordinary lunch meeting at the office and join us for this session at Hooked, courtesy of Digital Voice Systems.

Today's legal landscape is constantly evolving in an effort to support firm growth and major restructuring, service a new kind of attorney and adjust to significant changes in staff ratios. We will explore how firms are changing and what challenges can be identified, and discuss proven solutions to help support these changes. How can a centralized workflow be optimized? Dictation solutions have several advantages, but what is the best for option for your firm? Where is the technology in speech recognition? What is the advantage of a digital dictation solution? We will cover:

• Changes in the legal landscape
• Supporting staff ratios
• Maximizing attorney efficiency
• Speech recognition
• Working with a specialist

Presenter:
Jared Combs, an Account Executive with Digital Voice Systems, is a certified Philips Enterprise Digital Dictation and Dragon Speech Recognition Specialist. He helps law firms improve document turnaround time and reduce support costs with more efficient workflows. For nearly 50 years Digital Voice Systems has provided dictation and transcription solutions to legal, healthcare and insurance providers throughout the Southeast, with a focus on the latest technology and phenomenal customer service and support.

Location:
Hooked Restaurant (formerly Surin downtown)
2100 3rd Ave. N
Birmingham, AL 35203

Host: Leanne Bains
(205) 254-1110
leanne.bains@maynardcooper.com

TOPIC: The Latest Technologies in Hosting Capabilities

Lunch Sponsor: LexisNexis

Description:
Join us for this presentation of the latest technologies in hosting capabilities and learn how to reduce your risk, increase business performance and provide cost savings for your firm. We will also explore the VBlock, which is the product of a unique alliance between LexisNexis and VCE to provide large law firms with a robust and cost-effective way to deploy their own cloud-based systems for handling large-scale electronic discovery projects.

Presenter:
Teresa Loccisano is a Hosted Technology Specialist at LexisNexis, which is a premier trusted hosting partner with over 35 years of extensive experience in the legal industry. She has held several positions there since 1999 and has a wide range of experience, including assisting library teams and professors at several law schools with creating curriculum and instructing students on performing online legal research; working with law firms on the strategic use of docketing information for matter management, business development and industry knowledge; and supporting clients with their in-house EDRM-centric workflows. Currently, Teresa works with East Coast-based Am Law 200 firms, litigation boutiques, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and litigation service bureaus on their cloud computing and e-discovery hosting needs.

Location:
Moore & Van Allen
100 N. Tryon Street
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202

Host: Apryle Kohut
(704) 331-3640
aprylekohut@mvalaw.com

TOPIC: Security Policies

Lunch Sponsor: Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard

Description:
Security is essential in today's law firm, and security policies are a key element to maintaining it. Are your firm's policies up to the challenge? Join us as we discuss security policies as they apply to the following:

• BYOD
• HIPAA
• PCI
• Passwords
• Encryption

Presenter:
Michael Reese is the Director of Information Technology at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard. With 20 years of experience in IT, as well as 11 years in law enforcement, he has a deep understanding of security issues. Michael can be contacted at mreese@kmtg.com.

Location:
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard
400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Host: Michael Reese
(916) 321-4500
mreese@kmtg.com

TOPIC: The Latest Technologies in Hosting Capabilities

Lunch Sponsor: LexisNexis

Description:
Join us for this presentation of the latest technologies in hosting capabilities and learn how to reduce your risk, increase business performance and provide cost savings for your firm. We will also explore the VBlock, which is the product of a unique alliance between LexisNexis and VCE to provide large law firms with a robust and cost-effective way to deploy their own cloud-based systems for handling large-scale electronic discovery projects.

Presenter:
Teresa Loccisano is a Hosted Technology Specialist at LexisNexis, which is a premier trusted hosting partner with over 35 years of extensive experience in the legal industry. She has held several positions there since 1999 and has a wide range of experience, including assisting library teams and professors at several law schools with creating curriculum and instructing students on performing online legal research; working with law firms on the strategic use of docketing information for matter management, business development and industry knowledge; and supporting clients with their in-house EDRM-centric workflows. Currently, Teresa works with East Coast-based Am Law 200 firms, litigation boutiques, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and litigation service bureaus on their cloud computing and e-discovery hosting needs.

Location:
McNair Law Firm
1221 Main Street
18th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201

Host: Mike Kirton
(803) 753 3435
mkirton@mcnair.net

TOPIC: Philadelphia Summer Social

Food and Beverage Sponsor: Soundpath Legal

Description:
Take a break from the daily grind; it's summertime! Join us for a fun evening at Smith's Restaurant to meet, mingle and network with your peers and representatives from Soundpath Legal.

We hope to see you there!

Location:
Smith's Restaurant
39-41 S 19th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 546-2669

Host: Jeffrey McShane
(856) 661-2282
jeffrey.mcshane@flastergreenberg.com

Topic: Governing Information in the Cloud

Lunch Sponsor: HP Autonomy

Description:
Please join us for this presentation on the drivers and benefits of cloud-based archiving solutions. These solutions offer compelling capabilities, helping organizations simultaneously reduce expenses and address organizational challenges. Areas of focus will include disaster recovery, litigation support, records management, privacy and security, risk management and strategic planning.

Presenter:
Eric Crespolini is part of HP Autonomy's Information Governance Executive Team, and has over a decade of experience in building and leading teams of industry experts to deliver e-discovery solutions. He has led multiple teams involved in complex e-discovery efforts for both litigation and investigatory matters, and has worked on several large engagements from multiple perspectives, giving him expertise in operations, technology and business process re-engineering. Eric is also experienced in computer forensics, litigation management, IT management and consulting.

Location:
Kelly Services
999 W Big Beaver Rd
Troy, MI 48084
(248) 362-4444

Host: Suzanne Alfastsen
(248) 312-5487

TOPIC: Washington, DC Summer Social

Food and Beverage Sponsor: Soundpath Legal

Description:
Take a break from the daily grind; it's summertime! Join us for a fun evening at BlackFinn to meet, mingle and network with your peers and representatives from Soundpath Legal.

We hope to see you there!

Location:
BlackFinn
1620 I St. NW
Washington, DC 20006

Host: Chad Papenfuss
(202) 824-6971
chad.papenfuss@kirkland.com

WELCOME COMMITTEE AT CONFERENCE

It's exciting to have our annual conference in the Middle Atlantic Region this year! If you can be onsite on Sunday, August 17th between 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., please join us in providing a good old-fashioned Nashville welcome. We'll be manning Welcome Areas and need your enthusiasm as we greet those arriving for conference. Even if you are not planning to attend conference, be part of the welcome committee and we will get you a pass to stay for the opening reception. You'll also be provided a day pass for the Monday sessions if you'd like, though we won't be able to provide you a meal ticket for that day. Please 'register' at the link below so we'll know how many of you will be available to help.

Hope to see you there!

Date and Time:
Sunday, August 17, 2014
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location:
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
(Meet in the Cascades Lobby)
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37214

Directions

TOPIC: Pre-Conference Party

Food and Beverage Sponsors: Premier Technology Solutions and Advantage Enterprises, Inc.

Description:
It's time to get into shape for "Imagine 2014" in Nashville with a happy hour social mixer in midtown Manhattan! Sponsored by two of your favorite vendors -- Premier Technology Solutions and Advantage Enterprises, Inc. -- this is going to be an event you won't want to miss. We hope to see you there!

Raffle Prizes: Four Yankees tickets

Please register by 5:00 PM, Monday, July 28th.

Location:
The Perfect Pint
203 East 45th Street
New York, NY
(Between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)

Host: Lawrence Gianneschi
(212) 310-3018
lawrence_gianneschi@colpal.com

About our Sponsors:
Premier Technology Solutions, Inc. is the leading provider in the planning, development, implementation and support of technology. We were instrumental in the initial implementation of HP Autonomy's document management solutions. Our expertise is derived from many years of delivering successful information systems -- specifically document/email management as well as custom infrastructure, server, desktop and application solutions. We hold some of the highest affiliations with companies such as Microsoft Gold, HP Autonomy WorkSite and LexisNexis. It is our goal to help firms use technology for a competitive advantage through effective design, deployment, training and support. We support our clients 24/7 on a nationwide basis.

Premier Technology Solutions, Inc.
232 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 576-1600
www.premiertechnology.com

Advantage Enterprises provides outsourced management of desktop printing and scanning as well as helpdesk support for regional and national organizations. After 26 years serving legal IT professionals, we remain a leader and innovator in outsourced managed services. As a business built on anticipating our customers' needs, our high-touch preventive service model sets us apart from our competitors by reducing service events by two-thirds and increasing uptime while eliminating unnecessary expenses. This allows our customers' IT staff to focus on their highest and best purpose without the unnecessary burden of mundane helpdesk and printer/scanner support demands. We specialize in working in professional environments having time-critical deadlines and where printing is mission-critical. Advantage is a long-term supporter of ILTA.

Advantage Enterprises, Inc.
(212) 744-1947
www.advtg.com

TOPIC: The Evolving Role of the Legal Secretary

Lunch Sponsor: Traveling Coaches

Description:
Evolving law firm models call for new legal secretary workflows and skill sets. Join us as we discuss the core competencies today's legal secretaries need. We will share our insights and recommendations based on the latest theories and our recent performance consulting engagements. Topics to be covered include:

• What's driving the evolution
• Why new technologies matter
• Lawyers' changing expectations
• Secretaries' changing expectations
• Reimagining the team

Presenter:
Joe Buser is the Director of Business Development at Traveling Coaches. With a contagious enthusiasm for life and for his work, and over 24 years of IT experience, he has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporate legal departments around the world, crafting unique solutions to meet their educational and technology requirements. Joe is a regular presenter at local, regional and national events, speaking on topics ranging from the evolving job roles in today's legal environment to project management methodologies.

Location:
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana, Suite 2300
Houston, TX 77002

Host: Kirk Scruggs
(713) 221-1290
c.kirk.scruggs@bgllp.com

TOPIC: Mission Inbox Zero: Email Management Roundtable

Lunch Sponsor:LexisNexis

Description:
It's Monday morning and you already have 50 new email messages in your inbox, adding to the hundreds or thousands of old messages still sitting there. You know there's got to be a better way. What do we need to do to get to 'inbox zero'?

Whether you're struggling with this mission or have already accomplished it, please join us for this roundtable discussion to ask and answer questions about all things email management. Take this opportunity to teach, learn and network with your peers as we tackle this topic. Please come prepared to participate in what is sure to be a lively discussion.

Location:
Akerman LLP
495 N Keller Road
Maitland, FL 32751

Host: Josh Lazar
(407) 418-6754
josh.lazar@lowndes-law.com

TOPIC: Moving Exchange to the Cloud

Lunch Sponsor: EarthLink Business

Description:
Please join us for this presentation about hosted Exchange (Exchange in the cloud) and the impact it has on law firms. We will also discuss business continuity and disaster recovery based on hosted Exchange offerings.

Presenter:
Mike Shamus is a Senior IT Solutions Consultant for the technology solutions group at EarthLink Business. He has broad knowledge of the computing industry, spanning hardware, manufacturing, security, software and services. Mike brings more than 30 years of technology industry leadership to his role with EarthLink Business.

Location:
Carolina Ale House
708 Lady Street
Columbia, SC

Host: Mike Kirton
(803) 753-3435
mkirton@mcnair.net

TOPIC: Cloud Firewall Services

Lunch Sponsor: Integra Telecom, Inc.

Description:
Join us for this overview and demonstration of Cloud Firewall Service from Integra, one of the largest facilities-based providers of communication and networking services in the western United States. Cloud Firewall Service safeguards against unauthorized access to your network infrastructure, prohibits access to inappropriate web content, restricts downloads of infected files and enables secure use of your network. Learn how it can help you:

• Slash capital costs by eliminating outlays for premise based firewalls
• Prevent data loss and enhance performance through protection from malicious access
• Ensure compliance
• Get better protection at lower costs

Speaker:
Dan Meihls is an Acquisition Enterprise Account Executive at Integra. Connecting businesses of all sizes with advanced technology solutions, the company owns and operates an enterprise-class network consisting of a 5,000 mile long-haul fiber-optic network, 3,000 miles of metropolitan fiber and a nationwide IP/MPLS network. Dan has a strong background in sales, business development, managing, leadership and marketing. Contact him at dan.meihls@integratelecom.com.

Dan will be joined by a member of Integra's senior engineer team.

Location:
Integra Telecom, Inc.
265 East 100 South, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Host: Dan Meihls
(801) 746-2000
dan.meihls@integratelecom.com

TOPIC: Manitoba Roundtable

Please bring your own lunch.

Description:
Please join us for this brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion as we consider current trends, issues and topics of interest to Manitoba area ILTA members. Bring your topics and questions to the table for what is sure to be a lively discussion. We hope to see you there!

Discussion Moderator:
Trevor Yakel

Location:
D'Arcy & Deacon
2200 - One Lombard Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0X7

Host: Trevor Yakel
(204) 977-0332
tyakel@darcydeacon.com

TOPIC: Conference is Coming...Are You Ready?

Please bring your own lunch.

Description:
The ILTA 2014 conference will be here before you know it. Are you prepared to make the most of the experience?

• Is this your first time going to conference or are you a seasoned pro?
• Are you bringing an empty suitcase for all of the swag?
• Have you heard about vendor bingo?
• Do you have a vendor-planned event lined up for Wednesday night?
• Are you prepared to network with your fellow attendees?
• Have you downloaded the app?

Please join us for this brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion to talk about what we can do to prepare for conference. We welcome your questions and answers, and hope to see you there!

Location:
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
300 N. Meridian Street
Suite 2700
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Host: Kristen Atteberry
(317) 237-8228
kristen.atteberry@faegrebd.com

TOPIC: Successful Onboarding: Two Dimensions of Laterals

Lunch Sponsor: HBR Consulting
 
Description:
In this session, we will focus on the issues many IT administrators face with new lateral hires, including how to streamline the process of importing existing documents from CDs, DVDs and/or shared drives into WorkSite workspaces. We will talk through the tools and processes available today, and discuss how to reduce risk and assure successful file transfers.

Presenters:
Jack Youngblood is a Senior Consultant in the Information & Technology Services Practice at HBR Consulting. He focuses on document and records management system installation, design, data migration and deployment, and has nearly 10 years of experience deploying HP Autonomy's WorkSite software suite. Jack is a certified WorkSite System Engineer, Docs Open Professional and Hummingbird Professional DM5, and has also completed the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Microsoft Certified Database Administrator and Oracle Certified Associate certifications. Contact him at jyoungblood@hbrconsulting.com.

Leigh Isaacs is the Director of Records & Information Governance at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and has over 25 years of combined legal and information management experience. Her expertise includes deployment of enterprise programs, development of information management programs, onsite and offsite storage considerations (including outsourcing, process improvements, evaluation and implementation of technology solutions), and the disposition of information for dissolved entities. Leigh is also the Vice President of ILTA's Information Governance peer group. She can be contacted at lisaacs@orrick.com.

Location:
Gray Robinson
401 East Jackson Street, Suite 2700
Tampa, FL 33602

Host: David Hancock
(813) 273-5150
david.hancock@gray-robinson.com

TOPIC: Pre-Conference Roundtable

Lunch Sponsor: Ice Miller

Description:
The ILTA 2014 conference will be here before you know it. Are you prepared to make the most of the experience?

• Is this your first time going to conference or are you a seasoned pro?
• Are you bringing an empty suitcase for all of the swag?
• Have you heard about vendor bingo?
• Do you have a vendor-planned event lined up for Wednesday night?
• Are you prepared to network with your fellow attendees?
• Have you downloaded the app?

Please join us for this roundtable discussion to talk about what we can do to prepare for conference. We welcome your questions and answers, and hope to see you there!

Location:
Ice Miller
250 West Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Host: Tim Eckenrode
(614) 462-2265
tim.eckenrode@icemiller.com

TOPIC: Taking Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) From Good to Great

Lunch Sponsor: Helient

Description:
Join us for this interactive session to learn how the latest technologies remove the barriers that have historically prohibited wide-spread VDI adoption:

• Infrastructure costs
• User experience
• Scalability
• Linear performance

The Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform is Citrix-ready and VMware-ready, and delivers predictable and cost-effective infrastructure for XenDesktop, XenApp, Horizon View and Horizon Workspace. With a simple scale-out architecture, Nutanix can power hundreds of virtual desktops on a single 2U appliance and can seamlessly scale to thousands in a single environment. It is the industry's leading infrastructure solution -- integrating computer and storage resources into a single appliance, utilizing the same technologies that power Google and other leading clouds.

See how Nutanix, Citrix and Helient take VDI from good to great!

Presenters:
Jamie Engelhard, the CTO at Helient Systems LLC, is an industry leading systems architect, business analyst and technical visionary. One of the founding partners of Helient Systems, he has an immense range of IT knowledge in several areas such as fully redundant virtual desktop infrastructures, application integration, document management and Exchange 2010. Jamie has provided leadership to several consulting firms and scores of clients over his 20 year career in IT.

Will Fulmer is the Chief Engineering Officer at Helient Systems LLC. With over seven years working exclusively with the legal community and 12 years with the professional services industry, he has extensive experience in implementing infrastructure solutions including storage architecture, server virtualization, Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange as well as VDI technologies. Will's certifications include MCSE, MCSA+ Messaging, VMware VCP, Citrix CCA, NetApp NCDA and Nutanix NPP.

Andrew Schmidt is a Senior Engineer and Instructor in the solution center at Ingram Micro, the world's largest technology distributor. He is certified across Citrix's product lines, regularly teaches a desktop virtualization course on their behalf and was recognized by Citrix at their annual conference for his contributions to Ingram Micro. Andrew's personal interest and experience in technology adds to his ability help customers best utilize technology and develop solutions that solve business problems.

Tim Federwitz is a Senior Systems Engineer for Nutanix and has over 16 years of experience in IT. Before joining Nutanix, Tim was a consulting architect for VMware on the Global End User Computing Center of Excellence, where he created intellectual property and education collateral for the VMware field teams and their partners, provided feature guidance and feedback on product development and helped formulate combined solutions from disparate products.

Location:
Pyramid Club
1735 Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Host: Kerry Boll
(215) 702-8336
kerry@ksbllc.com

TOPIC: Annual Arkansas ALA Business Partner Forum

Continental breakfast provided.
 
Description:
You and other members of your firm are cordially invited to attend the Association of Legal Administrator's (ALA) 2014 Business Partner Forum. This informative event is a great opportunity for you to network with legal market business partners as they showcase their products and services. We look forward to seeing you there!

Location:
DoubleTree Hotel
424 W. Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72201