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Leading Through Minefields, Disruption & Risk:
The GC as The Board's Futurist

Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Time: 4:00pm – 8pm MST
Approved for three (3) Colorado CLE Credits!


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Location:
Denver Country Club
1700 E. First Avenue, denver, co 80218
AGENDA

4:00pm                Registration & Networking: Apps, Drinks, Desserts 

5:00pm                Welcome and Introductions

5:15pm                Panel Discussion: The Expanding Department of Legal and Business Affairs and the Role of the General Counsel

6:00pm                Breakout A: Minefields in Fiduciary Obligations

6:30pm                Breakout B: External Constituencies Partnership Between the Board and GC

7:00pm                Panel Discussion Breakdown and Q & A

7:45pm                Closing Remarks

8:00pm                Conclusion

Heavy Appetizers, Drinks, and Dessert will be served before and between sessions.

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We are seeing a world in which the pace of change and disruption is causing the evolution of the role of the General Counsel and law departments. General Counsel are in a distinct position to anticipate change and guide their companies through the minefields of new technology, regulation, and social change from both a business and legal perspective. These challenges affect not only today’s companies but also a broad multitude of stakeholders and constituents. The Association of Corporate Counsel of Colorado (ACC) and NACD Colorado invite you to discover how the most proactive legal officers and departments are evolving beyond traditional practices, leading partnerships across the enterprise that identify and address expanded business risks and complex challenges arising in this new world.

In a combination of panel discussions and rotating breakout sessions, this fast-paced, extended program format will offer the opportunity for board members, ACC members, and NACD sponsors to engage in conversations on very topical governance issues facing boards from the headlines, emerging technologies, regulation and social issues. Panels and breakouts will include the following topics:

  • Why today’s General Counsel and law departments are evolving to the roles of strategist, oracle, operator and compass, and the impact and  benefits
  • Recognizing, analyzing and responding to surprising minefields in fiduciary obligations to a wide group of stakeholders, e.g., conflicts in law governing interstate business law; your duty as a director to know – or not; examples from the headlines
  • The pressure points in the relationship between the board and the GC: who does the GC represent and when; in-house and external counsel in the boardroom; conflicts, use of confidential information, privilege; relations with former directors
  • Artificial Intelligence in the boardroom: challenges and questions you never thought to ask. AI’s impact past and present in the board room; why Generative AI is different; regulatory, privilege and other boardroom issues

Join us for a fast-moving, fun, and information packed evening.

PANELISTS
(BIOS)
Sondra Barbour, VP & General Counsel, United Launch Alliance, LLC
Rasmani Bhattacharya, EVP, General Counsel, CSG Systems International
Sherin Sakr, General Counsel, WellBiz Brands
Lee Reichert, Colorado Deputy Attorney General and Former GC, Molson Coors
Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez, NACD.DC
John Elofson, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs
Jonathan Bush, Senior VP/General Counsel/Corporate Secretary, ModivCare
Damon Barry, Managing Partner, Ballard Spahr
Mashenka Lundberg, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, COBank
Marwan Fawaz, Former Executive Advisor, Google, and Alphabet, Nest CEO
Ryan Arney, Partner, Nodal Law


 

 
 
India’s Growing Role in AI Innovation: Notes for In-house Counsel
Pakhi Garg
17 pages

This article discusses India's rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem, including some key areas where AI is likely to have the greatest impact and strategies for in-house counsel.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Artificial Intelligence, Commercial and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: India, Global
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EU-US Data Privacy Framework: USA is (at least for the time being) a safe EU data recipient (Dentons)
Dentons
3 pages

Learn about the European Commission's July 10, 2023 confirmation of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and its possible upcoming implications.

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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: European Union, United States
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Singapore releases discussion paper on the risks associated with Generative Artificial Intelligence (Dentons)
Dentons
2 pages

Learn about the risks and key takeaways regarding Generative AI in Singapore, as discussed in a paper released by the Infocomm Media Development Authority.

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Interest Area: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: Singapore
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Iowa jumps ahead with protecting consumer data with its own general data protection regulation (GDPR) (Dentons)
Dentons
3 pages

Learn about changes to Iowa privacy law, effective January 1, 2025, to protect consumer data.

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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: United States, North America
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Integrating privacy into surveillance technology in retail (Dentons)
Dentons
8 pages

Learn about trends in privacy related to AI in retail businesses and privacy law in Canada.

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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: Canada, North America
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As technology continues to shape the legal landscape, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is emerging as an efficient and cost-effective solution to empower in-house legal teams to streamline and resolve disputes. ODR offers an automated, accessible, and collaborative platform where parties can participate in proceedings from anywhere, effectively managing cross-border disputes in a less confrontational environment.

Join ACC HK and eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre for a lunch time seminar to explore in practical terms what ODR means for in-house counsel, for insight into the uptake of ODR across Asia, why ODR is efficient and cost-effective, and the benefits of ODR when resolving cross-border disputes. To bring ODR to life, eBRAM will also demonstrate their online arbitration and mediation platform.

Chair: Sharyn Ch’ang, PwC NewLaw Leader

We look forward to welcoming you to this unique event specifically curated for ACC Hong Kong members.

Speakers:

Emmanuelle Pui-Ki Ta, Chief Executive Officer eBRAM

With over 15 years of experience in international arbitration and case management, she has supervised hundreds of international arbitration cases in a wide range of jurisdictions and economic sectors.

As Counsel of the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, Asia Office in Hong Kong (2016-2021), she was responsible for managing the Hong Kong team, including administration of Asia-related arbitration cases. She was appointed as Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) from 2016 to 2019.

Prior to that, she worked as Deputy Counsel of the Secretariat of the ICC Court in Paris and was one of the founding members of the ICC Court Secretariat’s first overseas case management team based in Hong Kong (2008).

She holds a Masters degree in International Business Law from the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the University of Marne-la-Vallee (France). She is qualified to practice at the Paris bar.

Jacob Sin, ODR Director eBRAM

Jacob is the ODR Director of eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited. He coordinates efforts at eBRAM to make dispute resolution more accessible to all by drawing upon his experience in ADR (alternative dispute resolution) and his knowledge in technology.

Prior to joining eBRAM, Jacob was a member of a leading international law firm for seven years. He was part of its international arbitration practice. He was also a core member of its Digital Law Group.

Jacob read law at the City University of Hong Kong and is a Hong Kong-qualified solicitor, currently non-practising.

Sharyn Ch’ang, PwC NewLaw Leader

Sharyn Ch’ang is PwC Hong Kong’s NewLaw Leader and a founding Director of PwC’s Asia Pacific NewLaw team. She is responsible for driving the development of the NewLaw business across the Asia Pacific region for multinational and domestic clients. NewLaw services include strategic consulting, legal technology and outsourcing solutions for in-house legal departments and law firms.

Sharyn has a 30 year career including as a law firm partner and general counsel, and specialises in working with Chief Legal Officers, General Counsels and other stakeholders in the legal ecosystem, to assist them to deliver high value legal work, whilst being innovative, efficient and cost-effective. These outcomes are achieved by reimagining the future of legal practice and law as a business, leveraging the right transformative processes and legal technology to resolve key pain points. She brings a distinctive blend of legal and business experience with a true appreciation for being a practising lawyer, and the operational realities, challenges and expectations of delivering in-house legal services.

When Sharyn was in-house, she served on the ACC Hong Kong Board for a decade including as President.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date:

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Time:

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm - Registration and Light Lunch

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Seminar Presentation 

Location:

Room 205-207, 2nd floor, West Wing, Justice Place, 11 Ice House Street, Central

(Queen Road’s Central Entrance)

CPD Point(s):

Hong Kong qualified lawyers are eligible to receive 1 CPD point for this seminar, subject to approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Management rights vs. privacy rights: The implications of electronic monitoring in the workplace (Dentons)
Dentons
3 pages

Learn about post-Covid privacy issues and takeaways for employers in recent Canadian court cases.

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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: Canada, North America
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Future regulation of AI and employment law considerations (Dentons)
Dentons
3 pages

Learn about the UK's proposed regulatory framework as outlined in it's policy paper "A pro-innovation approach to AI", published in March 2023.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: United Kingdom, Europe
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