LIF Salons 2026: NYC, LDN, D.C.

NORTH AMERICA

New York City

MAY 19, 2026 + OCTOBER 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NOVEMBER, 2026

EUROPE

LONDON

OCTOBER 7, 2026

OVERVIEW

Organizations are navigating an unprecedented era defined by a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, a second draft of globalization, the accelerating impacts of the AI revolution, and major generational shifts. To survive, thrive, and innovate, risk-focused leaders need an entirely new toolkit and network—one that will help give their organizations a sustainable, competitive advantage in an era of disruption.

LIF salons provide a content- and network-driven platform for those leaders to learn, debate, and connect with peers facing similar challenges in their respective sectors. Each salon will focus on a critical subtopic related to strategic foresight—how leaders are navigating the new business of risk in a new world order. Themes address urgent issues such as the accelerating impact of AI and the new risk landscape, operating in a risk-on geopolitical environment, and driving innovation in the face of rapid change.

purpose

Held in leading global centers under Chatham House Rule, this invitation-only experience offers an intimate forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of business, risk, and law.

STRUCTURE

  • Networking, discussions and dinner at an exclusive venue: Salons will run from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at a highly prestigious location in each city: ambassadorial residences, leading cultural institutions, or private dining rooms at top-tier restaurants.
  • Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 30 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations and institutions, and professional services firms.
  • Thought-provoking keynote speaker: A 30-minute keynote from a recognized thought leader (e.g., an academic, policy maker, leading journalist, or successful entrepreneur) delivering an impactful, theme-driven address.
  • Intimate roundtable discussion: A 60-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring highly structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited (5 tables maximum, 6 participants per table) with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
  • High-value networking: A focused reception hosted before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

audience

Attendance at LIF salons is by invitation only and is limited to a maximum of 30 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 jacquie@adbinsights.com

or

LIF Salon NYC | Navigating what’s next: Delivering legal services in an AI-infused ecosystem

partners

NON-PROFIT PARTNER

OVERVIEW

The Legal Innovation Forum Salon Series looks at how organizations steer through geopolitical shifts, a rewired global economy, and technology that routinely outpaces policy.

For senior legal leadership and their outside counsel, the AI conversation has been more noise than signal. “Would be” or purported guidance is seemingly everywhere, a range of tools is spreading, and the business faces unfocused pressure to adopt these tools or be left behind.

LIF Salons aim to cut through the noise and elevate the conversation. They convene leading thinkers and practitioners to surface the right questions. Here, the point of inquiry is: where is legal technology going and, more importantly, for what purpose? And how should legal leaders respond?

The keynote fireside chat for our inaugural LIF Salon brings together a compelling trio: Ray Brescia, an Albany Law professor and author focused on law, access to justice, and economic change; Sateesh Nori (The Augmented Lawyer on Substack), a legal futurist who researches and writes on AI and legal practice—including measured outcomes in legal aid; and moderator David Rosen, a former banking and fund counsel and a co-founder in legal tech.

**Attendees of this salon will earn 1.5 hours of NYS CLE credit in Ethics.**

PURPOSE

Held under Chatham House Rule, LIF salons offer an intimate forum for innovation-focused leaders to explore new ideas at the intersection of business, risk, and law.

THEMES

Navigating what’s next: 
Delivering legal services in an AI-infused ecosystem

What’s different this time and why? The typewriter, email, and comparison tools have all sped things up, but the way many lawyers work is still much the same as it was 20–50 years ago. How is this moment different, and how can AI change the role and impact of lawyers in law, business, and society?

Scale, access, and transfer: Lawyers worry about the potential need for fewer lawyers, yet society and business need legal services more than ever. How can AI expand capacity while democratizing access? 

A different lens on AI and legal ethics: We are moving from “not using AI” as brag to red flag. Beyond the trivial of what not to do with AI, what are the bar’s obligations now?  While much of the conversation tends to focus on the risks of using AI, this conversation will cover the practical, legal, and ethical implications of not adopting AI in effective and efficient ways.

STRUCTURE

  • Networking, discussions and dinner at an exclusive venue: Salons will run from 5:30 – 9:30 pm at a highly prestigious location in each city: ambassadorial residences, leading cultural institutions, or private dining rooms at top-tier restaurants.
  • Exclusive audience: Limited to a maximum of 30 senior decision-makers from large, innovative corporations and institutions, and professional services firms.
  • Thought-provoking keynote speaker: A 30-minute keynote from a recognized thought leader (e.g., an academic, policy maker, leading journalist, or successful entrepreneur) delivering an impactful, theme-driven address.
  • Intimate roundtable discussion: A 60-minute, Chatham House Rule discussion over dinner, featuring highly structured and facilitated debate. Tables are strictly limited (5 tables maximum, 6 participants per table) with a thought leader moderating each conversation, guided by pre-set discussion points.
  • High-value networking: A focused reception hosted before and after the dinner to facilitate targeted peer connections among senior executives.

audience

Attendance at LIF salons is by invitation only and is limited to a maximum of 30 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

partners

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact victor@adbinsights.com

or

The Business of Personal Injury Symposium: Toronto

The Law Society of Ontario: This program contains 3 hours and 20 minutes of Professionalism Content

Founding Partner
Host Sponsor
GOLD SPONSORS

OVERVIEW

Personal injury law in Canada is undergoing significant transformation. Competitive pressures, client expectations, and emerging technologies are reshaping how firms operate and grow. Lawyers who embrace innovation, sound business management, and forward-looking leadership will be best positioned to thrive in this new environment.


This symposium will bring together leaders from across the personal injury ecosystem to explore how lawyers and firms can adapt their business models, strengthen operational resilience, and capture opportunity in a fast-changing legal marketplace.

STRUCTURE

  • A half-day, in-person symposium featuring:
  • Opening remarks and scene-setting on the evolving business of personal injury law
  • A panel on financial and operational strategies for modern PI firms
  • A panel on technology, AI, and innovation in the PI ecosystem
  • A panel on navigating talent expectations and building leadership pipelines
  • A closing discussion on reimagining business models and client service
  • A networking reception to foster connection and collaboration among peers

WHO'S ATTENDING

  • Managing partners and senior lawyers from personal injury firms
  • Legal operations and finance leaders
  • Technology and innovation executives in the PI sector
  • Industry partners and service providers driving change in personal injury law

THEMES + AGENDA

12:00 - 12:30 PM | REGISTRATION

12:30 - 12:40 PM | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

12:40 - 1:30 PM | Panel 1 | Talent for tomorrow: Building succession and leadership pipelines

As the PI sector evolves, firms must rethink how they attract, develop, and retain talent while planning for leadership succession. This panel will explore strategies to build resilient teams and ensure continuity for the next generation of leaders.

  • Evolving talent expectations: Navigating talent shortages and the shifting priorities of younger lawyers
  • Leadership development: Building clear pathways for leadership growth and succession
  • Creating a robust succession plan: Protecting your clients and preventing business disruption
  • Culture + collaboration: Creating a firm culture that supports mentorship, talent retention, and sustainable growth

1:35 - 2:25 PM | Panel 2 | Financial foundations: Strengthening management and unlocking growth opportunities

Personal injury firms operate in a capital-intensive environment, making strong financial management essential to long-term success. This panel will explore how firms can strengthen financial discipline, manage risk, and structure their operations for sustainability and growth.

  • Case economics: Understanding the real costs of personal injury litigation
  • Managing disbursements: Best practices for controlling expert reports, expert witnesses, and other contingency-based expenses
  • Cashflow + operations: Navigating billing, payroll, and financial pressures to maximize firm performance
  • Structure + strategy: Rethinking firm structure and identifying new growth opportunities in an increasingly competitive landscape

2:25 - 2:30 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH: BRIDGEPOINT FINANCIAL

2:30 - 2:55 PM | NETWORKING BREAK

3:00 - 3:50 PM | Panel 3 | The tech-enabled firm: Leveraging AI, automation, and analytics

New technologies are reshaping how personal injury firms manage cases, analyze evidence, and deliver services to clients. This discussion will highlight practical ways to deploy AI, automation, and analytics to enhance efficiency and drive business success.

  • AI in practice: Practical use cases for AI and automation across PI litigation workflows
  • Data-driven strategy: Leveraging analytics and data to support case strategy and decision-making
  • Operational efficiency: Streamlining intake, case management, and documentation through technology
  • Responsible innovation: Navigating ethical and professional considerations when adopting AI tools.

3:50 - 3:55 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH: SUPIO

4:00 - 4:50 PM | Panel 4 | The innovative PI firm: Reimagining business models and client service

Competitive pressures and evolving client expectations are prompting personal injury firms to reconsider how they operate and deliver value. This panel will examine how firms can evolve their business models and client service strategies to remain competitive.

  • New operating models: Exploring emerging business models and operational structures in personal injury law
  • Client experience: Enhancing service delivery through technology, communication, and process innovation
  • Strategic expansion: Expanding into new practice areas to meet demand and grow in a competitive market
  • Risk management + future-proofing: Positioning your firm for long-term success in a rapidly evolving legal marketplace

4:50 - 4:55 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH: TRACUMENT

5:00 - 5:05 | CLOSING REMARKs

5:05 - 6:00 PM | NETWORKING RECEPTION

FOUNDING PARTNER

HOST SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSORS

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Andrew Bowyer at: andrew@adbinsights.com

The Legal Innovation Forum Toronto 2026

Under consideration for CPD accreditation by The Law Society of Ontario

PRESENTING SPONSOR

OVERVIEW

The Legal Innovation Forum returns to Toronto on June 2, 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

300+ 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

Tables of eight are available for purchase. Located in a premium area of the conference venue, tables offer convenience, flexibility and a significant discount relative to individual tickets. For more information contact victor@adbinsights.com

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

8:00 - 8:40 AM | REGISTRATION + NETWORKING BREAKFAST

8:50-9:35 AM | THE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE: SKILLS, CULTURE, AND GOVERNANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION

In association with:

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

9:35 - 9:40 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 1: HARVEY

9:45-10:25 AM | 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

10:25 - 10:30 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 2: clearyx

10:45-11:00 AM | NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 - 11:05 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 3: ALEXA TRANSLATIONS

11:05 - 11:50 AM | BUILDING A RESILIENT LEGAL TECH STACK: SYSTEMS, DATA, AND ARCHITECTURE FOR THE FUTURE

In association with:

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

11:50 - 11:55 AM | ELEVATOR PITCH 4: LUMINANCE

12:00 - 12:45 PM | THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF 2030: STRATEGIC, DATA-DRIVEN, AND EMBEDDED ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

In association with:

Legal departments are moving from reactive risk managers to proactive strategic partners. This discussion explores how legal teams are using data, technology, and new operating models to embed legal insight across the business.

  • Strategic positioning: Legal’s expanding role in enterprise decision-making
  • Data and metrics: Using dashboards and analytics to demonstrate value and manage risk
  • Enterprise integration: Aligning legal with finance, compliance, procurement, and operations
  • Talent and resourcing: New skill sets, roles, and flexible delivery models

Chair

Nicole Lee
Nicole Lee

Legal Counsel and Legal Operations Professional

12:45 - 12:50 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 5: CO-FLO

12:50 - 1:40 PM | NETWORKING LUNCH

1:40 - 2:30 PM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

In association with:

2:35 - 3:15 pm | THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI: REDEFINING LEGAL WORK, DECISION-MAKING, AND CLIENT DELIVERY

In association with:

Autonomous, agent-based systems are moving AI beyond task support to actively shape legal workflows and decisions. This panel examines the current state of AI and explores the potential of agentic AI to transform legal work and add value across law firms and legal departments—while balancing ethical, regulatory, cybersecurity, and data privacy obligations.

  • Current applications: Where AI adoption stands today, what’s working, and the limitations of today’s assistive tools
  • The rise of agentic AI: How autonomous systems differ from traditional AI and how they can impact legal workflow and decision-making
  • Client service implications: How autonomous systems are changing pricing and delivery models
  • Governance, cybersecurity & data privacy: Frameworks for deploying AI responsibly, including managing data risk, protecting sensitive information, and ensuring robust cybersecurity controls

3:15 - 3:20 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 6: LITERA

3:25 - 3:30 PM | GOODLAWYER DRAW

3:30 - 3:45 PM | NETWORKING BREAK

3:45 - 4:15 PM | FIRESIDE CHAT | INNOVATION IN ACTION: REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES

In association with:

A candid conversation with legal leaders, revealing how innovation is being applied in practice across law firms and legal departments. Our speakers will share real-world experiences, hard-earned lessons, and practical insights on turning innovation strategy into measurable results.

  • The challenges driving change: Key pressures, constraints, and barriers shaping legal innovation today
  • From strategy to results: Real-world examples of innovation delivering measurable impact
  • Across the legal ecosystem: Bridging law firm and in-house perspectives on change and collaboration
  • Turning innovation into action: Practical lessons and takeaways for integrating technology, data, and new operating models into everyday legal work

4:15 - 4:20 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 7: LEGORA

4:25 - 5:10 PM | ESG REIMAGINED: A NEW PARADIGM EMERGES

In association with:

ESG is evolving rapidly as the nature of sustainability shifts and new risks emerge. Our expert speakers will examine how ESG is being redefined—and what legal leaders must do to navigate heightened scrutiny, uncertainty, and stakeholder expectations.

  • The new ESG landscape: How ESG priorities are changing amid volatility and fragmentation
  • Risk and governance: How are the risk-management tools developed for climate and societal issues now ingrained in business culture?
  • Regulatory divergence: Navigating inconsistent global ESG standards and reporting
  • Operational integration + data: Embedding ESG and climate data into strategy decision-making, and controls

5:15 - 5:55 PM | THE LAW FIRM OF 2030: HOW SHIFTING MODELS, ECONOMICS, AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OPERATING MODEL

In association with:

Client demands, pricing pressure, talent dynamics, and technology are forcing law firms to rethink how they operate. This panel explores how the law firm business model is evolving—and what successful firms will look like by 2030.

  • Economic transformation: Alternative pricing, financial pressures, and new revenue models
  • Workforce evolution: The impact of AI and automation on hiring, talent retention and career paths
  • Governance and structure: Rethinking partnership models and firm leadership
  • Client value: Augmenting traditional legal expertise to deliver impact through outcomes and experience

5:55 - 6:00 PM | ELEVATOR PITCH 8: LEXISNEXIS

6:00 - 7:00 PM | CLOSING REMARKS + NETWORKING RECEPTION

OUR PARTNERS

PRESENTING SPONSOR

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

GOLD SPONSORS

LUNCH SPONSOR

PRE-EVENT RECEPTION PARTNER

NETWORKING RECEPTION PARTNER

KEYNOTE SPONSORSHIP

EXHIBITOR PARTNER

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: YACHT PARTY DRAW

With your in-house counsel Ticket to The Legal Innovation Forum: Toronto 2026 you enter the draw to win 1 of five pairs of tickets to the Goodlawyer Yacht Party on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Canada’s largest invite-only gathering for in-house legal leaders celebrates Canada hosting the summer’s biggest international soccer tournament with chef-led food stations and live entertainment aboard a multi-level yacht. 

COMMUNITY PARTNER

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact victor@adbinsights.com

or

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Mining + Metals NYC 2026

host sponsor

Clifford Chance

GOLD SPONSOR

OVERVIEW

Turning geopolitical tides have highlighted the essential nature of the mining ecosystem, lying as it does at the intersection of national security and global energy demands. At this crucial juncture, collaboration among nations is essential to building the secure, value-added supply chains needed to drive their rapidly shifting economies. Great strides are being made, but much remains to be done to bolster the Western world’s mining, processing, and supply chain capabilities and secure its economic future.

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Metals + Mining takes a deep dive into the key forces—geopolitics and policy, industry trends, economic drivers, capital markets, and technological innovation—shaping the global mining ecosystem. Through focused panels and presentations, we’ll explore the forces driving global minerals demand, the strategies that governments and industry are deploying to build resilient supply chains, the cutting-edge innovations transforming mining and processing operations, and the creative financing mechanisms required to turn strategic vision into operational reality.

For stakeholders, the innovation imperative at this critical juncture is clear. The purpose of this event is to inform, connect and frame a narrative for the ecosystem’s future. 

STRUCTURE + audience

  • Format: Half-day (afternoon) event followed by a networking reception, hosted at Clifford Chance’s offices in New York.
  • Sessions: The agenda will feature a mix of panel discussions, fireside chats, and keynote presentations focused on the evolving mining and metals ecosystem and the innovation imperative driving change within it.
  • Attendees: Expect ~100+ senior attendees from across the ecosystem: policymakers and government officials, mining and mineral processing company executives, battery technology and manufacturing leaders, OEM leaders, capital markets leaders, and professional services. This diverse audience of stakeholders across the ecosystem ensures a rich exchange of insights and connections across the value chain.
  • Objective: The purpose of the forum is to take a deep dive into the key forces—geopolitics and policy, industry trends, economic drivers, capital markets, and technological innovation—shaping the global mining ecosystem.

THEMES + AGENDA

11:45 AM – 12:50 PM: REGISTRATION + NETWORKING LUNCH

12:50 – 1:00 PM: OPENING REMARKS

1:00 – 1:50 PM: Panel DISCUSSION The advancement of minerals & materials security in the U.S.

  • Demand drivers: The data center boom, the pullback on green technology and clean energy, the modernization of America’s defense and aerospace infrastructure, and other trends shaping the outlook for minerals and materials demand in the Western world
  • Shifting tailwinds: The key opportunities and challenges emerging from the shift in emphasis from price to policy in the materials industry
  • Growth strategies: How global mining companies are diversifying their portfolios and competing with China for market share
  • Renewed global supply chain cooperation: How the U.S. administration is navigating allied cooperation and trade negotiations for greater supply chain resilience in the Western hemisphere
  • Our neighbor to the north: Canada’s value proposition in the mining ecosystem

1:55 – 2:45 PM: Panel DISCUSSION | The forces shaping Western supply chains for minerals & materials

  • A new geopolitical paradigm: The impact of government initiatives to build parallel supply chains—including procurement policy, stockpiling, public-private partnerships, and bilateral and multilateral agreements
  • Strategic realignment: The evolving business case for mitigating exposure to Chinese-controlled refining and processing and the strategies being successfully deployed to that end
  • Deregulation: Where executive orders are moving the needle for mining projects in the U.S.
  • Pax Silica: The impact of characterizing technology supply chains as strategic assets
  • R&D: The progress being made to build circular pathways and shorten supply chains

2:45 – 3:05 PM: break

3:05 – 3:55 PM: Panel DISCUSSION | THE FUTURE OF mining & processing

  • Dueling imperatives: How ex-Chinese mining companies are managing to meet Western production standards while competing with China
  • Operational excellence: The technologies and strategies being used to increase capital productivity and improve sustainability in mining & refining
  • Homegrown ventures: The projects positioned to increase North America’s market share in mining, processing, and recycling
  • Building the value-added ecosystem: How government and industry are addressing funding gaps for emerging processing & recycling technologies

4:00 – 4:50 PM: Panel DISCUSSION | Innovation in financing

  • A new era for mining: The financing structures proving most effective for de-risking mining projects and drawing capital back into the space
  • The visible hand: How companies are leveraging government support to finance mining projects and establish integrated supply chains
  • Innovative financing: Hybrid capital and other financing solutions to support the buildout of Western and Western-aligned mines and processing facilities
  • Canadian capital markets: How flow-through shares, royalty and streaming, and the TSXV provide miners with unique financing opportunities

4:50 – 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks

5:00 – 6:00 PM: NETWORKING RECEPTION

host sponsor

Clifford Chance

GOLD SPONSOR

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact victor@adbinsights.com

or

The Legal Innovation Forum Atlanta 2026

Atlanta

OVERVIEW

The Legal Innovation Forum returns to Atlanta on September 30, 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

REGISTRATION + NETWORKING BREAKFAST

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

kEYNOTE SPEAKER

THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI: REDEFINING LEGAL WORK, DECISION-MAKING, AND CLIENT DELIVERY

Autonomous, agent-based systems are moving AI beyond task support to actively shape legal workflows and decisions. This panel examines the current state of AI and explores the potential of agentic AI to transform legal work and add value across law firms and legal departments—while balancing ethical, regulatory, cybersecurity, and data privacy obligations.

  • Current applications: Where AI adoption stands today, what’s working, and the limitations of today’s assistive tools
  • The rise of agentic AI: How autonomous systems differ from traditional AI and how they can impact legal workflow and decision-making
  • Client service implications: How autonomous systems are changing pricing and delivery models
  • Governance, cybersecurity & data privacy: Frameworks for deploying AI responsibly, including managing data risk, protecting sensitive information, and ensuring robust cybersecurity controls

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
  • Investment decisions: Build vs. buy trade-offs

THE LAW FIRM OF 2030: HOW SHIFTING MODELS, ECONOMICS, AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OPERATING MODEL

Client demands, pricing pressure, talent dynamics, and technology are forcing law firms to rethink how they operate. This panel explores how the law firm business model is evolving—and what successful firms will look like by 2030.

  • Economic transformation: Alternative pricing, financial pressures, and new revenue models
  • Workforce evolution: The impact of AI and automation on hiring, talent retention and career paths
  • Governance and structure: Rethinking partnership models and firm leadership
  • Client value: Augmenting traditional legal expertise to deliver impact through outcomes and experience

THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF 2030: STRATEGIC, DATA-DRIVEN, AND EMBEDDED ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

Legal departments are moving from reactive risk managers to proactive strategic partners. This discussion explores how legal teams are using data, technology, and new operating models to embed legal insight across the business.

  • Strategic positioning: Legal’s expanding role in enterprise decision-making
  • Data and metrics: Using dashboards and analytics to demonstrate value and manage risk
  • Enterprise integration: Aligning legal with finance, compliance, procurement, and operations
  • Talent and resourcing: New skill sets, roles, and flexible delivery models

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

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 management
  • Data and interoperability: Enabling insight through connected systems and partners
  • Service delivery networks: The evolution of multi-provider operating models

FIRESIDE CHAT | INNOVATION IN ACTION: REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES

A candid conversation with legal leaders, revealing how innovation is being applied in practice across law firms and legal departments. Our speakers will share real-world experiences, hard-earned lessons, and practical insights on turning innovation strategy into measurable results.

  • The challenges driving change: Key pressures, constraints, and barriers shaping legal innovation today
  • From strategy to results: Real-world examples of innovation delivering measurable impact
  • Across the legal ecosystem: Bridging law firm and in-house perspectives on change and collaboration
  • Turning innovation into action: Practical lessons and takeaways for integrating technology, data, and new operating models into everyday legal work

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

CLOSING REMARKS + NETWORKING RECEPTION

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

GOLD SPONSORS

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact jacquie@adbinsights.com

or

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Mining + Metals London 2026

host sponsor

Clifford Chance

OVERVIEW

Turning geopolitical tides have highlighted the essential nature of the mining ecosystem, lying as it does at the intersection of national security and global energy demands. At this crucial juncture, collaboration among nations is essential to building the secure, value-added supply chains needed to drive their rapidly shifting economies. Great strides are being made, but much remains to be done to bolster the Western world’s mining, processing, and supply chain capabilities and secure its economic future.

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Metals + Mining takes a deep dive into the key forces—geopolitics and policy, industry trends, economic drivers, capital markets, and technological innovation—shaping the global mining ecosystem. Through focused panels and presentations, we’ll explore the forces driving global minerals demand, the strategies being deployed by governments and industry to build resilient supply chains, and the creative financing mechanisms required to turn strategic vision into operational reality.

For stakeholders, the innovation imperative at this critical juncture is clear. The purpose of this event is to inform, connect and frame a narrative for the ecosystem’s future. 

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 evolving mining and metals ecosystem and the innovation imperative driving change within it.
  • Attendees: Expect ~100+ senior attendees from across the ecosystem: policymakers and government officials, mining and mineral processing company executives, battery technology and manufacturing leaders, OEM leaders, capital markets leaders, and professional services. This diverse audience of stakeholders across the ecosystem ensures a rich exchange of insights and connections across the value chain.
  • Objective: The purpose of the forum is to take a deep dive into the key forces—geopolitics and policy, industry trends, economic drivers, capital markets, and technological innovation—shaping the global mining ecosystem.

THEMES + AGENDA

2:30 PM | REGISTRATION

3 PM - 3:10 pm | OPENING REMARKS

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS

3:35 PM - 4:20 PM | Panel DISCUSSION: The Global MINING & METALS ecosystem in 2026

  • Demand drivers: How trends such as a maturing EV market, a renewed interest in nuclear energy, increased defence spending, and the data centre boom are shaping the outlook for minerals and materials demand
  • Shifting tailwinds: The key opportunities and challenges emerging from the shift in emphasis from price to policy in the materials industry
  • Growth strategies: How global mining companies are diversifying their portfolios and competing with China for market share
  • Regulatory update: The impact of the EU’s latest policy initiatives to bolster the production of critical raw materials in Europe and Western-aligned regions, and of those to curb emissions

4:25 pm - 5:10 pm | Panel DISCUSSION: The forces reshaping Western supply chains

  • A new geopolitical paradigm: The promise and impact of government procurement policy, stockpiling, public-private partnerships, bilateral and multilateral agreements, and other policy initiatives aimed at excluding non-market players from Western supply chains
  • Strategic realignment: The evolving business case for mitigating exposure to Chinese-controlled refining and processing and the strategies being successfully deployed to that end
  • R&D: The progress being made to build circular pathways and shorten supply chains
  • A future-forward ecosystem: How government and industry are addressing funding gaps for emerging processing & recycling technologies

5:10 pm - 5:25 pm | SPOTLIGHT: THE FUTURE OF mining & PROCESSING

High-impact presentations on technologies and services with game-changing potential in mining and metals.

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Fireside chat: Innovation in financing

  • Attracting capital: The financing structures and capital solutions proving most effective for de-risking mining projects and drawing capital into the space
  • Shifting the conversation: How “catalytic” government capital (like the UK’s National Wealth Fund) is acting as a signal for private equity
  • Leveraging government bodies and partnerships: The role of state-led bilateral and multilateral cooperation and co-financing and the effective leveraging of export credit agency (ECA) & development finance institution (DFI) programs for mining projects
  • Innovative financing: How hybrid capital solutions can support the buildout of processing and recycling capacity in the West

Chair

Craig Nethercott

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

host sponsor

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact jacquie@adbinsights.com

or

The Legal Innovation Forum Chicago 2026

Chicago downtown Buildings River

OVERVIEW

The Legal Innovation Forum returns to Chicago on November 13, 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

REGISTRATION + NETWORKING BREAKFAST

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

kEYNOTE SPEAKER

THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI: REDEFINING LEGAL WORK, DECISION-MAKING, AND CLIENT DELIVERY

Autonomous, agent-based systems are moving AI beyond task support to actively shape legal workflows and decisions. This panel examines the current state of AI and explores the potential of agentic AI to transform legal work and add value across law firms and legal departments—while balancing ethical, regulatory, cybersecurity, and data privacy obligations.

  • Current applications: Where AI adoption stands today, what’s working, and the limitations of today’s assistive tools
  • The rise of agentic AI: How autonomous systems differ from traditional AI and how they can impact legal workflow and decision-making
  • Client service implications: How autonomous systems are changing pricing and delivery models
  • Governance, cybersecurity & data privacy: Frameworks for deploying AI responsibly, including managing data risk, protecting sensitive information, and ensuring robust cybersecurity controls

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
  • Investment decisions: Build vs. buy trade-offs

THE LAW FIRM OF 2030: HOW SHIFTING MODELS, ECONOMICS, AND EXPECTATIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OPERATING MODEL

Client demands, pricing pressure, talent dynamics, and technology are forcing law firms to rethink how they operate. This panel explores how the law firm business model is evolving—and what successful firms will look like by 2030.

  • Economic transformation: Alternative pricing, financial pressures, and new revenue models
  • Workforce evolution: The impact of AI and automation on hiring, talent retention and career paths
  • Governance and structure: Rethinking partnership models and firm leadership
  • Client value: Augmenting traditional legal expertise to deliver impact through outcomes and experience

THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF 2030: STRATEGIC, DATA-DRIVEN, AND EMBEDDED ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

Legal departments are moving from reactive risk managers to proactive strategic partners. This discussion explores how legal teams are using data, technology, and new operating models to embed legal insight across the business.

  • Strategic positioning: Legal’s expanding role in enterprise decision-making
  • Data and metrics: Using dashboards and analytics to demonstrate value and manage risk
  • Enterprise integration: Aligning legal with finance, compliance, procurement, and operations
  • Talent and resourcing: New skill sets, roles, and flexible delivery models

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

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 management
  • Data and interoperability: Enabling insight through connected systems and partners
  • Service delivery networks: The evolution of multi-provider operating models

FIRESIDE CHAT | INNOVATION IN ACTION: REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES

A candid conversation with legal leaders, revealing how innovation is being applied in practice across law firms and legal departments. Our speakers will share real-world experiences, hard-earned lessons, and practical insights on turning innovation strategy into measurable results.

  • The challenges driving change: Key pressures, constraints, and barriers shaping legal innovation today
  • From strategy to results: Real-world examples of innovation delivering measurable impact
  • Across the legal ecosystem: Bridging law firm and in-house perspectives on change and collaboration
  • Turning innovation into action: Practical lessons and takeaways for integrating technology, data, and new operating models into everyday legal work

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

CLOSING REMARKS + NETWORKING RECEPTION

OUR PARTNERS

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER

GOLD SPONSORS

SPONSORSHIP

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

For inquiries, contact jacquie@adbinsights.com

or

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Mining + Metals 2026

NORTH AMERICA

NEW YORK CITY

JUNE 17, 2026

EUROPE

LONDON

OCTOBER 8, 2026

OVERVIEW

Turning geopolitical tides have highlighted the essential nature of minerals and materials for national security and global energy demands. At this crucial juncture, collaboration among like-minded nations is essential to building secure, value-added supply chains. Great strides are being made, but much remains to be done to bolster the Western world’s mining and processing capabilities and mitigate the risks of over-reliance on China.

The Commodities Innovation Forum: Mining + Metals 2026 is a series of high-level events bringing together senior leaders from government, industry, and financial services to discuss the latest developments in mining and metals. This independent series examines the technologies, capital flows, and policy frameworks shaping the Western world’s efforts to build secure, value-added supply chains for national security and the world’s energy future.

Join us for engaging presentations and robust discussions on the work being done to enable a robust minerals and materials supply chains as part of an integrated energy security strategy. Forum discussions focus on how emerging technologies, private capital, government policies, and international alliances are shaping the ecosystem.

purpose

The forum aims to facilitate candid dialogue on leading strategies—from price floors and government equity stakes to stockpiling and sovereign wealth funds—by bringing key stakeholders together. The multi-city format allows regional perspectives to inform a holistic view of global opportunities and challenges.

DATES + LOCATION:

For 2026, four forum sessions are planned in major financial and policy hubs (dates to be confirmed):

  • London – May 2026
  • New York City – June 2026

DISCUSSION THEMES:

The forum’s content will be organized around key themes reflecting the emerging issues in critical minerals and the energy transition for 2026.

Themes for 2026:

  • The Evolving Geopolitical and Policy Landscape
  • Securing a Strategically Aligned Supply Chain
  • Innovations in Mining + Processing
  • Mobilizing Capital for the Next  Leap Forward

structure + audience

  • Format: Each forum will be a half- or full-day event followed by a networking reception.
  • Sessions: The agenda will feature a mix of panel discussions, fireside chats, and keynote presentations focused on key themes related to the evolving critical minerals and materials space.
  • Attendees: Expect ~100+ senior attendees per session from across the ecosystem: policymakers and government officials, executives from mining, processing, and recycling companies, OEMs and battery technology leaders, investors and financial services professionals, and partners from consulting firms. This diverse audience of critical minerals stakeholders ensures a rich exchange of insights across the value chain.

For Sponsorship opportunities, please contact jacquie@adbinsights.com. Or visit our SPONSORSHIP page.