The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association
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www.iltanet.org 76 Peer to Peer inside ilTA N ext year's annual educational conference will be "ILTA 2010: Strategic Unity," which recognizes that law firms and legal departments need to unite technology and the practice of law further and in different ways than they have in order to survive and thrive in the future. Conference sessions will focus on these concepts and will offer attendees ideas and options for creating unification strategies in their own organizations. SNEAk PEEk AT ThE PROGRAM Sunday — Our program begins on Sunday afternoon with our Communities of Interest, where you can join your peers to talk about focused issues. This is followed by our Conference Orientation, which provides a road map for a successful week and the Opening Reception where you begin the very important networking with peers. Monday through Thursday — Start with high-powered keynote Monday morning and SuperSessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. You can choose from 160 educational sessions running in 10 concurrent timeslots over the four full days with engaging topics and amazing speakers right up to the last session on Thursday afternoon. ILTA U, our hands-on sessions, provides training opportunities all week. There are networking events throughout the week, so you can meet with peers from all walks of ILTA life to help build those connections that continue the value of conference through the year. AREAS OF FOCuS We're focusing the session planning around four main functional areas in law firms and law departments: Applications and Desktop, Organization Management, Information Management and Technology Operations. Watch for future announcements around the specific sessions our Conference Committee will be developing. CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE We've recruited 29 ILTA members with a wide variety of ILTA conference participation to join the Conference Committee. They will develop the exceptional educational content of ILTA 2010. We'll tell you all about the committee in the next Peer to Peer. SPEAkERS Once we've settled on the session topics for the conference, we'll look to ILTA member attendees to participate as the majority of our speakers. Watch for an announcement about the application process for member and vendor speakers before the end of the year. TIMELINE conference Registration opens March 1 • conference Program will be published May 31 • save the date for ilta 2010: august 22-26, 2010 Gaylord opryland Resort and convention center nashville, tennessee Gearing Up for ILTA 2010: Strategic Unity Maureen Babcock & Meredith Williams ILTA 2010 Co-Chairs