2020 Content in the Works

What is in the works for 2020? During Ascend, the six content coordinating teams identified the big trends and what they will be working hard to deliver virtual programming on this year!

If any of these topics speak to you or are of interest and you would like to be involved in contributing to the topic, please contact Nicole at nicole@iltanet.org. This is a great way to get involved with ILTA on an introductory level. Nicole and her team are always looking for experts to share their insight and knowledge on a wide range of topics.

Q & A

Corporate

Team Coordinator: Will Pett

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

One of the big trends is more companies bringing eDiscovery in-house, as outlined in a recent Gartner article. Another big trend is the expansion of data analytics/data science in corporations. Information governance, particularly in relation to the move to the cloud.

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

We felt that eDiscovery coming in house is a perfect topic for the Corporate White Paper in June. We are planning a “data science for dummies” session aimed at outlining effective ways to explain data science to attorneys. For Information Governance, we are planning programs around where to store your data in the cloud and how this is impacted by various privacy laws, as well as how O365 impacts information governance efforts.

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

We are looking forward to providing programming that outlines issues faced by corporate and government members, and collaborating with our law firm peers on both educational and ILTACON programming.

Knowledge Management and Marketing

Team Coordinator: Daniel Wood

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

Continued focus on innovation within and across the legal industry.

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

Numerous sessions on innovation, across a variety of deliverables.

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

Numerous deliverables, including a webinar on cleaning up data prior to undertaking innovative projects, a roundtable discussion on managing innovative ideas, a webinar discussing new and innovative ways to track requests to marketing departments, and a podcast series on global legal innovators.

Litigation and Practice Support

Team Coordinator: Ann Halkett

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

• Managing diverse platforms
• Analytics/TAR

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

Developing content around existing software and tools, as well as programming around new software hitting the market. We are also reflecting on real world examples and incorporating that in our annual programming.

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

Round tables, Peer to Peer articles, Blogs, Podcasts, Ted talks, Webinars (pre recorded and live), Matrix, Checklists

Practice Management

Team Coordinator: Tracey Pardo

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

Data analysis/analytics, supporting data analysis. Also, the evolving roles in the legal field.

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

We are looking at 30-minute webinars, trying the new micro-learning, as well doing a twitter format where people can attend and ask questions of a person live on twitter.

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

We are looking forward to displaying data in new and transformative ways and experimenting with new and diversified formats to present our content to ILTA members, such as micro-learning and twitter casts.  

Security and Compliance

Team Coordinator: Joshua Johns

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

Security and Information Governance seem to be the 2 main areas of interest this year.  Specifically the areas of tracking, logging and preparation.

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

Here are some but not all of the major areas we are covering.

•  Moving from a Prevent to a Detect mindset
• From the Ashes - Gaining IG Traction in a Firm with Limited Administrative Capacity
•  Internal Audit - Penetration / Vulnerability Scan Remediation Reports
• IG Keeping track of the overlap
•  Smart Phone OS updates...N-2 Standard, Smart Devices in Firm.
•  Documentation Evolution - Guiding your Department toward a more mature documentation practice
•  Basics of Information Security Policy - what policies are needed for a minimum of coverage and what do they cover?
• Dark data - what is it and how we will deal it?
• Future of Client Audits
• Germany Privacy Act in an EMEA / Global setting
• Using current tools to assist in inventory (CIS control #1)
•  Data Loss Prevention and compensating controls
•  Analytics and Reporting: Quantitative approach to Security
• What to expect during an ISO27001 audit
•  Leveraging the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in your Information Governance Policies

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

•  LegalSEC Workshop on Risk Management
• New International blog and grid for security and compliance procedures (with possibly a session at ILTACON Europe). 

Technology Solutions

Team Coordinator: Cindy Foellmer

What is the big trend/theme we will see in 2020? 

• Office 365/M365
• Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Automation
• Privacy/GDPR

What content is your team developing to address the trend?

Office 365/M365

• Office 365 -- So much, so little time/overview of O365 and M365 licensing and the difference in the applications
• Uses for Microsoft Endpoint Management/Intune/SCCM
• M365 Security Management
• M365: Information Protection
• M365: Identity & Access Management

Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Automation

• Data Science: Generating Predictive Analytics/Data Analytics: Insight Extraction or Visualization
• Natural Language Processing: Extracting Data and Assessing Key Values/Data Analytics: Reporting - "NLG" Natural Language Generation/There's Gold in Them There Servers! :  Leveraging the Data you Own to Drive Success
• Robotic Process Automation: Extracting Data and Assessing Key Values
• Data Analytics: Data Governance in Legal

Our team worked it out and we are looking forward to providing these deliverables to our ILTA peers:

White paper - best practice in the industry; guidance and best practices for moving to the cloud.