The GDPR - From Implementation to Opportunity
Lunch Sponsor: DocsCorp
Description:
Do you store personal data about EU customers? Do you have EU employees? Does your firm transfer data outside the EU? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, it's time to start preparing for GDPR.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018, which isn't far away. It will have wide ranging implications for not only UK business, but all global companies that store, process or share EU citizens' information. Get ready to formulate your GDPR compliance plan now.
Join this educational lunch and learn session to find out about the key requirements of GDPR and the systems and process changes you will likely need to make:
- Find out more about compliance with GDPR
- Get to know solutions that can improve data discovery and assist in finding dark/hidden data within your document repositories
- Discuss with fellow industry experts - is GDPR a threat or an opportunity for law firms?
- Participate in a round table discussion, where industry experts will share tips and tricks
- Discover the challenges and solutions for data leak prevention and discoverability for GDPR compliance
- Get a free white paper and learn more about "Dark Data: The hidden risk to GDPR non-compliance"
Agenda
12.00 Arrival and networking reception with drinks
12.20 Welcome from ILTA
12.30 The GDPR – a threat or opportunity for law firms? Presentation by Dean Sappey, DocsCorp President and Co-Founder
12.50 Q&A
13.00 Lunch and drinks served
13.15 Data leak prevention and discoverability for GDPR compliance
Round Table Discussion moderated by Ben Mitchell, Vice President EMEA, DocsCorp and Law Firm CIO/IT Director
14.00 End of event
Presenters:
Ben Mitchell, the Vice President, EMEA for DocsCorp, is a frequent speaker at legal tech industry events. In 2016, he spearheaded a series of GDPR thought leadership talks in Dublin, Edinburgh and London. Ben was also a key speaker at the Future of Law and Legal Technology Forum in Dublin, and shared his tips on "Preventing Confidential Information Leakage" at the AIT UK Annual Conference in London. For the past seven years, he has managed all DocsCorp operations in the European region. Ben has an extensive 20-year history of managing and building sales organizations in the technology industry.
Dean Sappey is the President and co-founder of DocsCorp. With a successful 25-year track record in developing new products and technologies, Dean combines technical expertise and business acumen to build products that deliver real workplace efficiencies. His role at DocsCorp sees him lead from the front, speaking at international conferences and forums as well as overseeing the company's international operations. In 1986, Dean founded Perfect Technology, which was later acquired by Solution 6 (ASX:SOH) in 2000.
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