Connecting Legal & Compliance Experts:
Navigating Risk, Innovating Boldy & Mastering Global Complexity
6 - 7 October 2025 |
Hotel Palace Berlin, Germany
Day 2: 7 October 2025
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration & Coffee
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Chairperson’s Opening Address
8:40 am - 8:45 am
Live Polls
8:45 am - 9:30 am
Panel Discussion: Integrated Protection - Aligning with Operational Risk for a Cohesive Defence
Xavier Zeno -
General Counsel & Ethics Officer,
Equans France
Gabriela Gutierrez - Group Head of Ethics and Compliance, Veon B.V.
Hugues Brunet - Group Compliance Director, Kubota
In today's complex business environment, risk extends far beyond traditional legal and compliance concerns. Cyber threats, supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical instability all present significant operational risks that can impact legal and compliance obligations. Recognise how these risks interconnect and understand how integrated risk management platforms can enable your organisation to break down silos and create a cohesive defence.
- Learn how to identify the dependencies and cascading effects of different risk types.
- Foster enhanced communication between legal, compliance, IT, security and other departments involved in risk management. Explore practical strategies for breaking down silos and sharing information effectively.
- Recognise the actionable insights and informed decision-making that integrated risk management tools provide through advanced data analytics and AI, streamlining your risk management operations.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Presentation: AI in Action - Successful AI Adoption in the Legal Function
Move beyond the hype and explore a real-world example of successful AI implementation in a legal team. Hear practical insights, lessons learned, and quantifiable results from collaborative AI implementation, showcasing how AI can drive efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance strategic decision-making.
- Discover steps for success in how AI can address due diligence reporting, by alleviating time-consuming compliance burdens.
- Prepare yourself for navigating AI implementation challenges, securing buy-in and integrating AI with existing systems.
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Think Tank: AI Boundaries in the Workplace - Understanding the EU AI Act's Implications on Chatbots
Navigating the legal and ethical boundaries of AI is essential as the EU AI Act continues to take effect for organisations operating in the EU. Understanding the practical implications of the Act on workplaces will help to ensure that AI usage aligns with regulatory requirements, avoiding unintended legal risks and fostering responsible innovation within your organisation.
- Gain clarity on compliance obligations and potential risks associated with the usage of AI Chatbots within your organisation.
- Strategies for coordinating AI governance between technical teams, HR and C-Suite stakeholders.
10:05 am - 10:35 am
1-to-1 Business Meetings
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Roundtable: Smart Contracts & MICA - Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Regulations
10:40 am - 11:10 am
1-to-1 Business Meetings
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Think Tank: Cybersecurity - Adapting to DORA Regulations for Robust Digital Resilience
With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) now effective, financial sector cybersecurity has become more critical than ever. This session will dissect the key requirements of DORA and discuss best approaches for adapting to DORA regulations to ensure robust digital resilience and navigate cross-border governance under new EU data access regulations.
- Discover new strategies for cyber threat preparedness and proactive risk management to safeguard your organisation against evolving cyber threats.
- Hear diverse approaches on how to integrate cybersecurity into your overall risk management framework, such as adopting a proactive approach to identify and mitigate emerging threats early on.
11:15 am - 11:45 am
1-to-1 Business Meetings
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Presentation: Navigating the Grey Areas - Legal and Ethical Approaches to Employee Monitoring
Employee monitoring has become an essential tool for organisations to ensure productivity, security, and compliance in the modern workplace. However, it raises significant legal and ethical concerns, particularly regarding employee privacy, trust, and well-being. How should your legal team approach monitoring whilst addressing employee privacy concerns?
- Address privacy invasion risks, data misuse, and employee stress caused by excessive monitoring.
- Strategies to avoid eroding trust while maintaining compliance in monitoring practices.
- Develop detailed and transparent monitoring policies that define purpose, scope, and procedures.
12:55 pm - 1:25 pm
Think Tank: Talent Magnet - Strategies for Retaining and Developing Top Legal & Compliance Professionals in an Employee-Driven Market
In a competitive employee landscape, retaining and developing top legal and compliance talent is more critical than ever. Explore actionable strategies for attracting, engaging and retaining high-performing individuals in order to build an effective and trustworthy team, driving legal superiority and significant cost-savings.
- Identify key drivers that are most important to legal and compliance professionals to attract and retain talent.
- Explore opportunities of motivating your team to experience unforeseen career growth and professional upskilling.
- Hear insights from your peers as to effective ways of facilitating a positive and inclusive work environment, including leading by example as a leader and creating a speak-up culture, encouraging transparency and high-performance cultures built on trust.
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm
1-to-1 Business Meetings
12:55 pm - 1:55 pm
Lunch
1:55 pm - 2:25 pm
Think Tank: Working with Work Councils - Developing Strategic Relationships with Stakeholders to Accelerate Innovation
External stakeholders, such as Works Councils (Germany) pose large obstacles to driving through innovative legal tech contracts and positive change. Develop strategies for reducing internal resistance and lengthy approval processes to your decisions by establishing strategic relationships with third parties.
- Identify and discuss how to effectively eliminate friction points in legal tech adoption.
- Champion top-down support and bottom-up buy-in for innovative resources to transform your legal operations,
- Discuss effective communication and negotiation strategies for engaging with Works Councils in addressing their concerns regarding employee monitoring.
1:55 pm - 2:25 pm
1-to-1 Business Meetings
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Presentation: Building Resilient Legal Departments - Strategies for Adaptability and Innovation
Volker Weisshaar -
General Counsel EMEA,
Sonos
In a volatile environment, your legal department must adapt to remain effective and relevant by considering innovative strategies to enhance your teams' agility, leveraging diverse talent, strategic restructuring, and technological integration. Focus on pragmatic initiatives within your control to drive change and position your legal team for a future full of surprises.
- Examine how embracing a more flexible and multidisciplinary approach to your team can drive efficiency, foster innovation, and position legal departments as key enablers of business success.
- Discover how to effectively integrate professionals from diverse non-legal disciplines, such a technology, to drive innovation and efficiency within your teams.
- How to best structure and train your team to take advantage of changing environments and look for business opportunities.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Presentation: The Talent Equation - Balancing Legal Tech Investment with Human Expertise
Maximise your legal team’s potential by strategically allocating resources between legal technology and human capital to optimise team performance and drive ROI. Discuss with peers where the balance should lie to get the best out of your people and derive the most efficiency from your technology.
- Explore how legal teams are leveraging tech to automate routine tasks, enhance efficiency and improve decision making
- Discuss the invaluable skills that is brought to the table by your team, irreplaceable by automation technology.
- Recognise synergies that arise when legal teams work alongside technology to develop a future-proof competitive advantage for your organisation.
