LIF Salon Toronto | Control, Govern, Protect: An Executive Salon on Digital Sovereignty

OUR PARTNERS

OVERVIEW

Across financial services, healthcare, energy, and the public sector, general counsel and chief legal officers are confronting a new category of risk: the possibility that the digital tools and infrastructure their organizations depend on—including AI—may fall outside their legal, technical, or geopolitical control. The U.S. CLOUD Act extends American jurisdiction to data held by U.S.-based cloud providers, regardless of where that data physically resides. For Canadian corporations and institutions with fiduciary and regulatory obligations around client, employee, and operational data, this is no longer a theoretical conflict-of-laws question—it is an active compliance and liability exposure.

The LIF Salon Series convenes senior legal, privacy, risk, and technology leaders to move past issue-spotting and into strategy. In Toronto, we’ll examine what a defensible data sovereignty position requires—contractually, operationally, and organizationally—and how leading Canadian legal and compliance functions are advising their organizations to build one.

The goal here is to begin mapping the sovereign infrastructure that Canadian organizations need to compete, comply, and lead with confidence.

purpose

Held under Chatham House Rule, LIF Salons offer an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of capital, policy, energy, and law — and to build the relationships that will shape the next industrial era.

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at The Vintage Conservatory: The salon runs from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at the VC Yorkville.
Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.
High-calibre speakers: A 60-minute interactive fireside chat with recognized thought leaders.
Intimate roundtable discussion: A 90-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
High-value networking: Focused receptions before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

Speakers

Chair

Senior Director, Enterprise Marketing,
Clio

CEO, ThinkOn

Senior Fellow, Munk School of
Global Affairs & Public Policy

KEY THEMES

Drivers and trends in digital sovereignty and what they mean for Canadian businesses navigating a shifting geopolitical landscape

Defining and executing a sovereign digital strategy: How organizations can move from policy awareness to operational clarity

Collaborating to innovate: Why strong partnerships, internal and external, are essential to digital sovereignty success

audience

Attendance is by invitation only and limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

Corporations / Institutions

General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)/ Data Privacy Officer (DPO)
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Head of Compliance

Professional Services Firms

Partners leading Technology, Investment, Regulatory & Tax Practices
Heads of Innovation
MDs from financial services firms

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

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LIF Salon Atlanta | The Future Legal Operating Model: How AI is Reshaping the Legal Ecosystem

This program has been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 1:00 CLE hour

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

OVERVIEW

Artificial intelligence is reshaping not just legal work, but the design of the legal function itself. The central question is not how to implement AI, but how legal departments and law firms must evolve—in their operating models, leadership, governance, talent, and partnerships—to create lasting business value in an AI-driven ecosystem.

The Atlanta salon explores what the next generation legal operating model looks like and how to prepare for it. Through an expert panel discussion and facilitated roundtable dialogue, participants will examine practical strategies and leadership skills for building AI-enabled firms and legal departments that are more agile, collaborative, and aligned with the evolving needs of the business.

PURPOSE

The Legal Innovation Forum Salon Series moves beyond the headlines to explore the strategic issues shaping the future of legal and business.

Held under Chatham House Rule, the LIF Salon Series offers an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas—and build the relationships that will shape the next phase of enterprise AI transformation.

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at an exclusive venue: The Salon runs from 5:30 to 9:30 PM. at a premier Atlanta venue, bringing together senior legal and business leaders for an evening of insight, dialogue, and peer networking.

Exclusive audience: Attendance is limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from leading corporate legal departments, law firms, and legal technology providers.

Expert panel discussion: A 45-minute moderated panel featuring senior legal and business leaders who will explore how AI is reshaping legal work, organizational design, and the future legal operating model.

Intimate roundtable discussion: A 60-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring a structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.

High-value networking: Curated networking receptions before and after dinner provide opportunities for meaningful conversations and relationship building among an influential group of legal leaders.

THEMES + AGENDA

5:00 - 5:45 pm | CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION

5:45 - 6:35 pm | Panel - The Future Legal Operating Model: How AI is Reshaping the Legal Ecosystem

In association with:

Artificial intelligence is transforming more than legal work—it is redefining how legal organizations are structured, how they collaborate, and how they create value. This timely discussion brings together senior legal and business leaders to examine the strategic, technological, and leadership shifts required to build the next generation legal enterprise.

THEMES

Redesigning the legal operating model: How AI is changing legal workflows, organizational structures, and the delivery of legal services
Building connected legal ecosystems: How law firms, legal departments, technology providers, and alternative service providers are collaborating to manage risk and improve efficiency, resilience, and business outcomes
Creating the foundations for AI at scale: The role of technology platforms, data, governance, and interoperability in enabling sustainable transformation.
Leading organizational change: The leadership capabilities, culture, and governance frameworks required to build AI-enabled firms and legal departments that can adapt and thrive.

Shareholder & Atlanta Office Managing Partner, Polsinelli

Deputy General Counsel, Global Payments

VP, Legal, Cox Enterprises

Lead Legal Engineer, Harvey

6:35 - 7:00 pm | fireside chat - Beyond the Hype: AI’S NEXT IMPACT ON BUSINESS, SOCIETY + THE PRACTICE OF LAW

As AI capabilities accelerate, the implications extend far beyond how lawyers perform legal work. Autonomous agents, massive investment in AI infrastructure, and growing pressure to demonstrate ROI are reshaping how businesses operate, make decisions, manage risk, and compete.

This fireside chat takes a step back to examine the macro forces shaping the AI era—and what they mean for lawyers advising businesses through the next phase of transformation

THEMES

From AI tools to autonomous agents: As AI moves from assisting humans to acting autonomously, what does this mean for oversight, accountability, governance, and risk—and how should lawyers prepare?
The scaling hypothesis + the accelerating AI economy: The premise that AI will become more capable as more compute is applied is driving massive investment in data centres, energy, and infrastructure. What does this trajectory mean for business, society, and the legal and regulatory risks ahead?
The enterprise ROI imperative: As pressure grows to demonstrate returns on AI investment, how can organizations move from experimentation to production without compromising privacy, cybersecurity, and governance—and how can lawyers help balance innovation, risk, and value?

Chair

Founder + CEO, ADB Insights

Shareholder, Polsinelli

Co-Founder & President, Data Science Connect

7:00 - 8:00 pm | DINNER + ROUNDTABLES

8:00 - 8:15 pm | CLOSING DISCUSSION

audience

Attendance at LIF salons is by invitation only and is limited to approximately 40 senior decision-makers from leading corporations, law firms, and professional services organizations.

Corporate Legal Departments

General Counsel
Deputy/Associate General Counsel
Heads of Legal Operations
Chief Risk Officers
Compliance Leaders

Law Firms

Managing Partners
Innovation Leaders
Practice Group Leaders
Chief Operating Officers
Chief Information Officers

Technology & Professional Services

Legal technology executives
AI and transformation leaders
Consulting partners
Strategic service providers

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

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LIF Salon London | Taking the Long View: Building a Future-Forward Enterprise AI Strategy

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

OVERVIEW

The next phase of enterprise AI won’t be defined by adoption. It will be defined by economics and cybersecurity.

For legal departments, law firms, and the broader enterprise, AI is becoming a significant recurring operating expense that will reshape the next generation of innovation. It is also creating new risks. To survive and thrive, organizations must make more deliberate decisions about where AI creates meaningful business value, and become more proactive to guard against a new class of cybersecurity risks.

Our fall salon features a keynote discussion exploring the evolving economics and security considerations of enterprise AI—and the strategic decisions organizations and their legal departments, law firms, and alternative legal service providers should be making in response.

Participants will then join a facilitated roundtable discussion to examine practical strategies for maximizing the ROI of their AI investments, governing adoption, guarding against risk, and building flexible, sustainable AI strategies in the era of rising costs.

PURPOSE

The Legal Innovation Forum Salon Series moves beyond the headlines to uncover what comes next. Through expert-led discussions and collaborative dialogue, it convenes senior leaders from across sectors to examine the issues that will define the next generation of technology, governance, and business innovation.

Held under Chatham House Rule, the LIF Salon Series offers an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas—and build the relationships that will shape the next phase of enterprise AI transformation.

THEMES

Taking the Long View: Building a Future-Forward Enterprise AI Strategy

The economics of AI: From adoption to value
As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, organizations are balancing growing investment with rising token and operating costs—and increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable ROI. The next phase of AI adoption will be defined by disciplined investment decisions about where AI delivers the greatest strategic, operational, and commercial value.
The portability problem: Protecting your AI investment
As organizations make larger, longer-term AI investments, strategic flexibility becomes increasingly important. Are they inadvertently locking themselves into proprietary AI ecosystems? How should leaders think about portability, interoperability, and the growing switching costs that AI vendors may deliberately build into their platforms?
Preparing for the new AI economy and what it means for legal
What happens as organizations shift their AI strategies? How will this shift reshape infrastructure and technology projects, cybersecurity considerations, and the pace of innovation itself? How should legal departments, law firms, and the businesses they work in and with position themselves for an environment where AI success is defined not by the scale of deployment, but by the value it creates in an environment where security is paramount?

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at an exclusive venue: The salon runs from 6:30 to 10:00 pm at The Ned.
Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.
High-caliber speakers: A keynote address followed by an interactive fireside chat with recognized thought leaders.
Intimate roundtable discussion: A 90-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
High-value networking: Focused receptions before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS & speakers

Author and Financial Times Contributing Editor

Director, Radiant Law

Professor of Economics, Imperial College London

Policy Manager, The Law Society

audience

Attendance at LIF salons is by invitation only and is limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

Corporations/Institutions

General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
CFOs
Risk Leaders
Heads of Corporate Development/Strategy
Heads of Innovation
Heads of Legal Operations

Professional Services Firms

Partners leading AI, Digital or Transformation Practices
Heads of Innovation
MDs from financial services firms

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

or

Convergence Summit London | Unlocking Europe’s Resource and Industrial Potential

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

OVERVIEW

Turning geopolitical tides have placed critical resources — metals, materials, and energy — at the center of national security and global economic strategy. Building secure, value-added supply chains for these resources now requires coordination across governments, industry, and capital markets — and an honest accounting of how much work remains to strengthen the Western world’s mining, processing, and energy capabilities.

The Convergence Summit London 2026 takes a deep dive into the forces reshaping demand for critical resources — and the response from capital, policy, and industry.

Through focused panels, presentations, and fireside chats, the forum will map the current landscape across sectors and chart a course for how Western governments and industry can build the infrastructure needed to secure their economic future.

The purpose of this event is to inform, connect, and frame a narrative for an entire ecosystem — from the hyperscalers, data centres, and defense contractors driving demand, to the miners, processors, and energy companies meeting it.

STRUCTURE + audience

Format: Half-day (afternoon) event followed by a networking reception, hosted at Clifford Chance’s offices in London.
Sessions: The agenda will feature a mix of panel discussions, fireside chats, and keynote presentations focused on the forces driving demand for critical resources and the response from capital, policy and industry.
Attendees: Expect ~100+ senior attendees from across the ecosystem: industrial and resource executives, government and policy officials, capital markets and financing players, strategy consultants, and legal and financial advisory firms. This diverse audience of stakeholders ensures a rich exchange of insights and connections across value chains.
Objective: The purpose of the forum is to take a deep dive into the AI-driven industrial revolution, uniting key players across mining, energy, policy, and capital markets to map out the current landscape across sectors and chart a future course for Western governments and industry.

THEMES + AGENDA

2:30 PM | REGISTRATION

3 PM - 3:10 pm | OPENING REMARKS

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: EUROPE AT A CROSSROADS

3:35 PM - 4:20 PM | REENGINEERING THE BASE: THE INNOVATION IMPERATIVE FOR EUROPEAN INDUSTRY

How miners, refiners, recyclers and power producers are meeting the demand for materials and energy being driven by the AI boom, the clean energy transition, and the need for greater defence sovereignty.

Feeding the machine: How the rapid expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure—combined with the evolving needs of other industries—is driving an unprecedented surge in the demand for energy and critical materials
Uneven ground: The opportunities for miners, refiners, recyclers and power producers and the critical bottlenecks that remain to be solved
The deal-driven fix: The mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and offtake agreements poised to strengthen Europe’s materials security

Chair

Partner, Clifford Chance

Head of Portfolio Strategy, New Business Ventures, BHP

Senior Vice President, Neo Performance Materials | President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada

4:25 pm - 5:10 pm | A New Strategy for a New World: Financing Solutions for a Sovereign, Secure Europe

How governments and capital markets are supporting the advancement of strategic capabilities in mining, refining, energy infrastructure to power European growth and security.

Navigating the upsurge: How new demand drivers are reshaping the investment profiles of miners, refiners, and power producers
Bridging the funding gap: The capital structures moving projects from early-stage development to large-scale production
The visible hand: How corporates and financiers are leveraging government financing and strategic project designation to de-risk new ventures

Chair

Partner, Clifford Chance

Managing Director, Private Sector Finance, National Wealth Fund

Managing Director, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Managing Partner, NinetyOne

Head of Critical Minerals and Mining (International), UK Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

5:15 pm - 5:40 pm | Seizing the Moment: Advancing Europe's Industrial Future

The policies and initiatives set to usher in a new era of industrial and digital prosperity in Europe and beyond.

From policy to reality: The long-term prospects of current government initiatives to support the build-out of European mining, refining, energy and digital infrastructure
Buffering volatility: The viability of public-private mechanisms to ensure European materials projects remain solvent across price cycles and energy remains affordable and reliable
A fine balance: Addressing the tension between stringent ESG requirements and the need for a rapid expansion of capabilities
New horizons: Building a cohesive geo-economic strategy grounded in industrial reality and global market dynamics

Chair

Partner, Clifford Chance

Managing Director for Public Affairs, Policy and Research, TheCityUK

5:40 - 6:00 pm | plenary discussion

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Closing Remarks + NETWORKING RECEPTION

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with ADB Insights to engage with executives and innovators shaping the future of mining, materials, energy, and AI.

For inquiries, contact rana@adbinsights.com

or

LIF Salon NYC | Taking the Long View: Building a Future-Forward Enterprise AI Strategy

OUR PARTNERS

NON-PROFIT PARTNER

OVERVIEW

The next phase of enterprise AI won’t be defined by adoption. It will be defined by economics and cybersecurity.

For legal departments, law firms, and the broader enterprise, AI is becoming a significant recurring operating expense that will reshape the next generation of innovation. It is also creating new risks. To survive and thrive, organizations must make more deliberate decisions about where AI creates meaningful business value, and become more proactive to guard against a new class of cybersecurity risks.

Our fall salon features a keynote discussion exploring the evolving economics and security considerations of enterprise AI—and the strategic decisions organizations and their legal departments, law firms, and alternative legal service providers should be making in response.

Participants will then join a facilitated roundtable discussion to examine practical strategies for maximizing the ROI of their AI investments, governing adoption, guarding against risk, and building flexible, sustainable AI strategies in the era of rising costs.

PURPOSE

The Legal Innovation Forum Salon Series moves beyond the headlines to uncover what comes next. Through expert-led discussions and collaborative dialogue, it convenes senior leaders from across sectors to examine the issues that will define the next generation of technology, governance, and business innovation.

Held under Chatham House Rule, the LIF Salon Series offers an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas—and build the relationships that will shape the next phase of enterprise AI transformation.

THEMES

Taking the Long View: Building a Future-Forward Enterprise AI Strategy

The economics of AI: From adoption to value
As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, organizations are balancing growing investment with rising token and operating costs—and increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable ROI. The next phase of AI adoption will be defined by disciplined investment decisions about where AI delivers the greatest strategic, operational, and commercial value.
The portability problem: Protecting your AI investment
As organizations make larger, longer-term AI investments, strategic flexibility becomes increasingly important. Are they inadvertently locking themselves into proprietary AI ecosystems? How should leaders think about portability, interoperability, and the growing switching costs that AI vendors may deliberately build into their platforms?
Preparing for the new AI economy and what it means for legal
What happens as organizations become more disciplined about AI spending? How will changing investment patterns reshape software markets, infrastructure projects, legal technology, and the pace of innovation itself? How should legal departments, law firms, and the businesses they work in and with position themselves for an environment where AI success is defined not by the scale of deployment, but by the value it creates?

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at an exclusive venue: The salon runs from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at a prestigious NYC venue.
Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.
High-caliber speakers: A 60-minute interactive fireside chat with recognized thought leaders.
Intimate roundtable discussion: A 90-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
High-value networking: Focused receptions before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

Speakers

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School

Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

audience

Attendance at LIF salons is by invitation only and is limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

Corporations/Institutions

General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
CFOs
Risk Leaders
Heads of Corporate Development/Strategy
Heads of Innovation
Heads of Legal Operations

Professional Services Firms

Partners leading AI, Digital or Transformation Practices
Heads of Innovation
MDs from financial services firms

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

or

Convergence Salon D.C.

OUR PARTNERS

NON-PROFIT PARTNER

OVERVIEW

The AI economy has moved fast enough that its exposure — financial, technological, and political — is now as significant as its promise. But each of these pressure points could also herald the next wave of innovations. The question now is who manages the risks well enough to capture the advantages of the technology.

The Convergence Series: Washington, D.C. brings together a small, invitation-only group of policy experts and business leaders for a focused conversation about where the AI build-out is most exposed — and where that exposure creates room to lead.

PURPOSE

Held under Chatham House Rule, Convergence Salons offer an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of capital, policy, and industry — and to build the relationships that will shape the next industrial era.

The purpose of this event is to create a candid, off-the-record space for a small group of principals to exchange views on the business and policy decisions that will define the next phase of the AI build-out.

THEMES

Market Confidence: Valuation Risk and Investment Discipline
What a correction in hyperscaler valuations would mean for the broader build-out — and how market scrutiny is speeding the maturation of AI financing.
Cyber Risk and the Case for Resilience
The cybersecurity exposure created by AI systems themselves, and the opportunity for the U.S. to lead on the standards, safeguards, and resilience architecture that make large-scale AI deployment trustworthy.
License to Compute
How to achieve greater social license and mitigate the political risks of the AI buildout.

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at an exclusive venue: The salon runs from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at a prestigious D.C. venue.

Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

High-caliber speakers: A 60-minute interactive fireside chat with recognized thought leaders.

Intimate roundtable discussion: A 90-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.

High-value networking: Focused receptions before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

Speakers

MORE DETAILS COMING SOON

audience

Attendance at Convergence Salons is by invitation only and is limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

Corporations & Institutions

Head of AI Infrastructure / Chief Technology Officer
Chief Risk Officer (CRO) / Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
Head of Compliance / Head of Regulatory Affairs
Energy, Mining & Critical Minerals / Grid Operations Executives

Professional Services & Capital

Partners leading Technology, Investment, Regulatory & Tax Practices
Infrastructure Private Equity & Venture Capital Partners
Managing Directors from financial services firms
Global Legal Lead Architects

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with ADB Insights to engage with executives and innovators shaping the future of mining, materials, energy, and AI.

For inquiries, contact rana@adbinsights.com

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The Legal Innovation Forum Chicago 2026

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

GOLD SPONSORS

BRANDING PARTNER

OVERVIEW

The Legal Innovation Forum returns to Chicago on November 12, 2026, bringing together leaders from law firms, legal departments, technology providers, and the broader business community for a full-day event packed with critical insights and networking opportunities.

This year’s edition of our flagship annual forum is anchored by a bold, overarching theme: The 2030 mandate: Leading transformation in the global legal and business ecosystem.

As the pace of change accelerates, the legal function stands at a critical inflection point. Advances in AI, mounting economic pressure, regulatory divergence, geopolitical volatility, and evolving client and stakeholder expectations are fundamentally reshaping how legal services are delivered—and how risk and value are managed across businesses.

This year’s forum will explore what it takes to build resilient, data-driven legal departments and firms capable of thriving through 2030 and beyond.

PURPOSE OF THE FORUM

Examine the critical forces reshaping the global legal and business ecosystem and how these dynamics will redefine law firms and legal departments on the road to 2030
Explore emerging business and operating models transforming legal services, and learn how firms and legal departments can adopt agile, future-ready strategies
Share best practices from law firms, legal departments, and third-party partners on building resilience through innovation, technology, and data-driven decision-making
Cultivate a connected community of legal and business leaders committed to exchanging insights, accelerating transformation, and driving meaningful change across the legal ecosystem

Who’s attending

150+ high-level decision-makers from legal departments, law firms and third party partners from across Canada, the US and overseas

Legal departments:
General counsel, associate / assistant general counsel, in-house counsel, legal operations professionals

Law firms:
Heads of innovation and knowledge management, senior partners, COOs, CIOs, chief client officers

STRUCTURE

Through a series of high-impact panels and discussions, we’ll examine how technology, data, operating models, and leadership must evolve to meet the demands of a rapidly advancing global landscape.

THEMES + AGENDA

10:30 - 11:00 | REGISTRATION

11:00 - 11:05 | Welcome + introduction

11:05 - 11:50 | INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEMS: HOW LAW FIRMS, LEGAL DEPARTMENTS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE COLLABORATING TO MANAGE THE BUSINESS OF RISK

In association with:

Today’s risk landscape is complex and ever-evolving, requiring integrated management. Discover how interconnected legal ecosystems are emerging, bringing together law firms, in-house legal teams, technology companies, and alternative service providers to share expertise, integrate capabilities, and deliver stronger, more resilient outcomes.

Collaboration models: How are law firms, legal departments and service providers working together to drive innovation
Redefining value: Shared accountability for outcomes and risk—including through the lens of investor expectations on transparency, efficiency, and risk-adjusted performance
Data and interoperability: Enabling insight through connected systems and partners
Capital markets perspective: How investors evaluate scalability, resilience, and execution risk across integrated service ecosystems

11:50 - 12:00 | ELEVATOR PITCH 1: HARVEY

12:00 - 12:40 | Lunch

12:40 - 1:10 | FIRESIDE CHAT: BUILDING A RESILIENT LEGAL TECH STACK: SYSTEMS, DATA, AND ARCHITECTURE FOR THE FUTURE

Legacy systems and fragmented data limit legal’s ability to scale, innovate, and adapt. Discover how organizations can implement resilient, flexible legal tech platforms that support AI, analytics, and long-term transformation.

Platform strategy: Transitioning from disconnected solutions to integrated legal technology ecosystems
Data readiness: The data foundations required for AI, reporting, and decision intelligence
Risk + resilience: Balancing innovation with security and compliance
Change management: Building buy-in in the AI era

1:10 - 1:20 | ELEVATOR PITCH 2

1:20 - 1:30 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: INNOVATION IN ACTION

1:30 - 2:00: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: THE FUTURE OF LEGAL: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RESHAPING LAW FIRMS AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS

Attendees participate in facilitated discussions exploring how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping legal practice, client expectations, and the future of legal service delivery.

2:00 – 2:15 | REPORT-BACK
Group leaders share key findings from the roundtable discussions.

2:15 - 2:25 | ELEVATOR PITCH 3

2:25 - 2:40 | Networking Break

2:40 - 2:50 | ELEVATOR PITCH 4

2:50 - 3:20 | FIRESIDE CHAT: THE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE: SKILLS, CULTURE, AND GOVERNANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION

Technology alone does not drive transformation. Leadership is key. This fireside chat examines the skills, mindsets, and governance structures required to lead legal organizations through a sustainable transformation journey amid ongoing global disruption.

Leadership capabilities: Skills required to lead in an AI- and data-driven environment
Cultural transformation: Building teams that embrace innovation, agility, and learning
Change management: Leading across generations, roles, and operating models
Governance frameworks: Balancing speed, experimentation, risk, and accountability

3:20 - 3:50 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: LEADING THROUGH CHANGE: BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMING LEGAL TEAMS

Attendees participate in facilitated discussions on the leadership skills, strategies, and organizational culture required to build high-performing legal teams in an era of rapid change.

3:50 – 4:05 | REPORT-BACK
Group leaders share key findings from the roundtable discussions.

4:05 - 4:15 | ELEVATOR PITCH 5

4:15 - 4:20 CLOSING REMARKS

4:20 - 5:20 | Drinks & Networking

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

or

LIF Salon Montréal | Control, Govern, Protect: An Executive Salon on Digital Sovereignty

OUR PARTNERS

OVERVIEW

Across financial services, healthcare, energy, and the public sector, general counsel and chief legal officers are confronting a new category of risk: the possibility that the digital tools and infrastructure their organizations depend on—including AI—may fall outside their legal, technical, or geopolitical control. The U.S. CLOUD Act extends American jurisdiction to data held by U.S.-based cloud providers, regardless of where that data physically resides. For Canadian corporations and institutions with fiduciary and regulatory obligations around client, employee, and operational data, this is no longer a theoretical conflict-of-laws question—it is an active compliance and liability exposure.

The LIF Salon Series convenes senior legal, privacy, risk, and technology leaders to move past issue-spotting and into strategy. In Montréal, we’ll examine what a defensible data sovereignty position requires—contractually, operationally, and organizationally—and how leading Canadian legal and compliance functions are advising their organizations to build one.

The goal here is to begin mapping the sovereign infrastructure that Canadian organizations will need to compete, comply, and lead with confidence.

purpose

Held under Chatham House Rule, LIF Salons offer an intimate, invitation-only forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of capital, policy, energy, and law — and to build the relationships that will shape the next industrial era.

STRUCTURE

Networking, discussions, and dinner at an exclusive venue: The salon runs from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at a prestigious Montréal venue.
Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.
High-calibre speakers: A 60-minute interactive fireside chat with recognized thought leaders.
Intimate roundtable discussion: A 90-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited, with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
High-value networking: Focused receptions before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

KEY THEMES

Drivers and trends in digital sovereignty and what they mean for Canadian businesses navigating a shifting geopolitical landscape

Defining and executing a sovereign digital strategy: How organizations can move from policy awareness to operational clarity

Collaborating to innovate: Why strong partnerships, internal and external, are essential to digital sovereignty success

audience

Attendance is by invitation only and limited to a maximum of 40 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations, institutions, and professional services firms.

Corporations / Institutions

General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)/ Data Privacy Officer (DPO)
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Head of Compliance

Professional Services Firms

Partners leading Technology, Investment, Regulatory & Tax Practices
Heads of Innovation
MDs from financial services firms

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with The Legal Innovation Forum to engage senior legal leaders and innovators shaping the future of the industry.

For inquiries, contact christopher@adbinsights.com

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Energy Innovation Forum Houston 2026

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with ADB Insights to engage with executives and innovators shaping the future of mining, materials, energy, and AI.

For inquiries, contact rana@adbinsights.com

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The Convergence Series: D.C. – New York – Houston – London – UAE

OVERVIEW

The race to build the AI economy has transcended the digital sphere, evolving into a fundamental reconfiguration of the global industrial base. This is no longer merely a technology narrative; it is an imperative to realign the architectures of energy, critical minerals, and sovereign infrastructure.

Navigating this structural complexity requires a new level of convergence—uniting the architects of capital, policy, and industry to secure the foundations of the next industrial era.

The Convergence Series aims to shine a light on these themes through an innovative set of programs run globally on an ongoing basis.

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Through half-day forums and invitation-only salons, the Convergence Series provides a unique platform for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of capital, policy, and industry — and to build the relationships that will shape the next industrial era.

ENERGY & SUPPLY CHAIN

Expanding power capacity, streamlining permitting, and reconfiguring grids
Securing critical minerals and materials, hardware supply chains, and other strategic resources

CAPITAL & INVESTMENT

Financing hyperscaler infrastructure
Re-engineering data center & utility project finance
Structuring mega-deals for gigawatts

POLICY & RISK

Navigating regulatory complexity & political volatility
Addressing trade & supply-chain friction
Designing projects to mitigate social and environmental impacts
Answering the call for data sovereignty

audience

The Convergence Series is designed for senior decision-makers from innovative corporations, institutions, and leading professional services firms.

Corporations & Institutions

Head of AI Infrastructure / Chief Technology Officer
Chief Risk Officer (CRO) / Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
General Counsel / Associate General Counsel
Head of Compliance / Head of Regulatory Affairs
Energy, Mining & Critical Minerals / Grid Operations Executives

Professional Services & Capital

Partners leading Technology, Investment, Regulatory & Tax Practices
Infrastructure Private Equity & Venture Capital Partners
Managing Directors from financial services firms
Global Legal Lead Architects

NORTH AMERICA

WASHINGTON, D.C.

November 18, 2026
Policy, Security
& AI

HOUSTON

December 3, 2026
Infrastructure, Grid
& Energy

NEW YORK

February 2027
Capital, M&A
& Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C.

March 2027
Energy, Security
& Trade

HOUSTON

December 2027
Infrastructure, Grid
& Energy

EMEA

LONDON

October 8, 2026
Unlocking Europe's Resource & Industrial Potential

UAE

April 2027
Sovereign Capital, Trade & AI Infrastructure

LONDON

October 2027
Unlocking Europe's Resource & Industrial

SPONSORSHIP

Partner with ADB Insights to engage executives and innovators shaping the future of mining, materials, energy, and AI.

For inquiries, contact rana@adbinsights.com or: