VQ Forum 2018 Program

VQ Forum 2018 takes place at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 17 October. The day starts at 8.30 a.m. with coffee and registration and coffee.  After the final conference session there will be a complimentary cocktail reception starting at  5 p.m. (Scroll down for the  detailed agenda.)

The program for the day will focus on four main topics; how we legal advisers must adapt to and understand their clients new digital reality to provide the best advice, how we can ensure that we are not mesmerized by hyped technological gadgets but develop truly valuable legal solutions, how to use a customer perspective in all parts of the development and how to build a client-centric law firm for the future.

During the day you will inter alia learn about ushering the future of the practice of law, where Andrew Arruda will discuss how humans working with machines can produce better and more affordable services for our clients, in a future where it's not about advanced technology for advanced technologies sake, but where we bring in the best people and the best technology to best serve our clients.

You will also learn about digital transformation via radical customer focus, where Johan Eriksson, Google Sweden, will simplify what surprisingly few digital trends are the core drivers of the impact on our industry and will show how to use a radical customer perspective to navigate the digital transformation journey.

Furthermore, leading chief legal officers such as Eva de Falck and Håkan Broman will discuss how to operate as legal advisers in a business where you must combine increased regulations with technical innovations and digital transformation, and speakers such as Orsolya Görgényi, Hans Schuurman, Paul J Conrey, Christian Sandström and Zarina Virsholm will discuss the future of the legal profession and services and how to ensure profit and process improvement of law firms in all aspects from technology to human resources. Christian Sandström will also moderate a discussion regarding how to not sell legal tech but deliver legal solutions and a customized offer with Andrew Arruda, Lise Alm and Jim Runsten.

Please see the detailed agenda for the day here:

8.30  REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

9.00   WELCOME REMARKS

9.00  Ann Björk and Patricia Shaughnessy: Welcome and introduction

9.15  BLOCK 1 – THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY

9.15  Johan Eriksson: Digital transformation via a radical customer focus

10.00  Eva de Falck: The digital transformation of the banking industry and how lawyers’ work is affected

10.30  DELTEK COFFEE

11.00   BLOCK 2 – LEGAL ADVICE IN A DIGITAL CONTEXT

11.00  Orsolya Görgényi: Strategic approaches when building a client-centric law firm

11.30  Panel Discussion with Eva de Falck, Håkan Broman, Orsolya Görgényi, Zarina Virsholm and moderator Christian Sandström: How to provide legal advice in the new digital world with companies such as Spotify and Uber?

12.15  CSI LUNCH

13.30   BLOCK 3 – LEGAL SOLUTIONS AS PART OF THE LEGAL OFFERING

13.30  Andrew Arruda: I, Lawyer: Artificial Intelligence, Legal Technology and Tomorrow's Lawyer

14.15  Panel Discussion with Andrew Arruda, Lise Alm, Jim Runsten, Carl Georgsson and moderator Christian Sandström: How to not sell legal tech but deliver legal solutions and a customized offer

15.00   LEX247 COFFEE

15.30   BLOCK 4 – THE CLIENT-CENTRIC LAW FIRM OF THE FUTURE

15.30  Hans Schuurman: The lower hourly rate is not always the cheapest solution

15.50  Paul J Corney: What will the future of knowledge-enabled law firms look like?

16.40  Annette MagnussonCrowdsourcing to Solve Legal Challenges

16.45  CLOSING REMARKS

16.45  Patricia Shaughnessy: Wrap up and closing remarks

17.00  IBM COCKTAIL