10th October 2017 - Manchester

12th October 2017 - London

 

Register now and confirm your place/breakout sessions at this year's event!

Breakout Sessions

Please select a breakout session for each of the timeslots below. Places at each session are limited and priority will be offered to guests who have pre-registered for sessions.

  Stream 1: Lawyer Efficiency Stream 2: Operational Excellence Stream 3: Delivery/User Adoption
Session 1
2:00
BigHand Speech Recognition & SmartNote - Driving efficiency using Voice Modernise your legal support teams – starting Now! Get the most from your IT investment: how to drive user adoption for your existing or new BigHand products
Session 2
3:00
BigHand Speech Recognition & SmartNote - Driving efficiency using Voice Addressing the changes in the production of documents using BigHand Create and BigHand Hyperstyles Be operationally excellent: BigHand Now masterclass from setup to success
Session 3
4:10
Maximise lawyer efficiency - The value of delegation Modernise your legal support teams – starting Now! Get the most from your configuration: BigHand System Admin & BigHand Hub
Hover/tap a session for details

BigHand Speech Recognition & SmartNote - Driving efficiency using Voice

Law firms are increasingly looking to technology to achieve efficiency and become more profitable.

Document turnaround, client service and lowering the internal cost of providing legal services is becoming even more important in a very competitive legal market. Automating the production of specific documents has had a huge impact for some firms.

This session reviews two different types of speech recognition and the benefits to different user types and roles, focusing on the impact on the user, and a broad look at the benefits to a law firm in general is, after its introduction.

For: Lawyers, Operational Managers, Business Managers, Office or Practice Managers, IT Managers, HR Managers, Project or Programme Managers, Transformation Managers

Modernise your legal support teams – starting Now!

Learn how law firms are changing the structure, processes and management tools of their support teams to deliver excellent service at controlled costs.

This session will demonstrate the latest updates to Now & Capacity Manager and show how digitising your support workflows can yield substantial process improvements and powerful management information.

For: Operations Managers, Document Production Managers, HR, Business Transformation, Business Relationships, Practice Managers

Get the most from your IT investment: how to drive user adoption for your existing or new BigHand products

Value from technology is only possible if usage is high. Beyond traditional training and floorwalking what else should be done to maximise the return on any IT investment?

This session takes a broader look at how we can work with you to ensure high levels of user adoption.

For: IT teams, Training, HR Managers, Project or Programme Managers, Transformation Managers, Application Specialists

BigHand Speech Recognition & SmartNote - Driving efficiency using Voice

Law firms are increasingly looking to technology to achieve efficiency and become more profitable.

Document turnaround, client service and lowering the internal cost of providing legal services is becoming even more important in a very competitive legal market. Automating the production of specific documents has had a huge impact for some firms.

This session reviews two different types of speech recognition and the benefits to different user types and roles, focusing on the impact on the user, and a broad look at the benefits to a law firm in general is, after its introduction.

For: Lawyers, Operational Managers, Business Managers, Office or Practice Managers, IT Managers, HR Managers, Project or Programme Managers, Transformation Managers

Addressing the changes in the production of documents using BigHand Create and BigHand Hyperstyles

The workflow for producing documents in Microsoft Word includes multiple users, internally and externally, at a variety of skill levels. Proper use of MS Word can be quite complex and training time is typically quite limited.

This session will look at some of the strategies and solutions through the use of templates and formatting tools to achieve maximum efficiency.

For: Document Production Managers, Practice Managers, HR, Business Transformation, Business Relationships

Be operationally excellent: BigHand Now masterclass from setup to success

As law firms seek operational excellence, BigHand Now is one tool that is available. Getting the most from the technology starts well before the implementation does.

This session shares the best lessons from other BigHand Now implementations to maximise your investment.

For: Lawyers, Operational Managers, Business Managers, Office or Practice Managers, IT teams, Training, HR Managers, Project or Programme Managers, Transformation Managers, Application Specialists

Maximise lawyer efficiency - The value of delegation

In a world where the need for efficiency, speed and profitability is running at an all time high. Law firms need to ensure relevant work is delegated effectively so that work gets to the right place at the right time.

This session looks at some tools and skills to enable effective lawyer delegation.

For: Lawyers, Operational Managers, Business Managers, Office or Practice Managers

Modernise your legal support teams – starting Now!

Learn how law firms are changing the structure, processes and management tools of their support teams to deliver excellent service at controlled costs.

This session will demonstrate the latest updates to Now & Capacity Manager and show how digitising your support workflows can yield substantial process improvements and powerful management information.

For: Operations Managers, Document Production Managers, HR, Business Transformation, Business Relationships, Practice Managers

Get the most from your configuration: BigHand System Admin & BigHand Hub

Configuring BigHand is the best way to optimise the usage and value from the solution. As the technology changes, keeping abreast of how to administer it effectively is critical.

This session takes you through the key changes and updates, and refreshes on how to administer your BigHand set-up quickly.

For: IT teams, Training, Application Specialists