7:45am – 8:30am

Breakfast & Registration

8:30am – 8:35am

Argyle Opening Remarks

8:35am – 9:05am

"Attracting and Retaining Talent in a Legal Department"

As the internal and external legal environments continue to undergo revolutionary changes, corporate legal teams are facing increased pressure to do more with less. In this session, Cameron Findlay, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Medtronic will discuss how to both build and retain a quality in-house team that feels a sense of ownership in the corporation as well as excels in the face of increased demands.

Cameron Findlay 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary 
Medtronic

9:05am – 9:10am

Introducing Charles Wunsch:

Peter Florian
Product Marketing
IntraLinks

9:10am – 9:40am

"Legal Issue Spotting in a Changing World"

Issue spotting is a primary function of a good lawyer. Modern technological change complicates this critical task, sometimes in unexpected ways. Charles Wunsch, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Sprint, will discuss emerging issues of general interest wrought by the revolutionary advances in telecommunications. The discussion will focus not only on some specific issues but also on hidden assumptions in the law undermined by rapid technological change.

Charles Wunsch 
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 
Sprint Nextel

9:45am – 10:25am

Panel Discussion

"Lessons Learned: Looking Back on the Past 24 Months"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:      

        • Examining the internal impact of the recession on in-house teams
        • Managing costs within the legal department: 
             • Alternative fee structures
             • Outsourcing
        • Looking ahead: What changes are permanent and what have been stop-gap measures?

Moderator:
Michael J. Regan
General Counsel | The Americas
CB Richard Ellis

Panelists:
Vivek K. Hatti
Legal Solutions
CPA Global

Robert J. Malone
Associate General Counsel
Accenture

Frank Steeves 
General Counsel, Secrtary & Senior Vice President 
Emerson Electric

10:25am – 10:50am

Coffee Break

10:50am – 11:30am

Panel Discussion

"The General Counsel’s Role in Mergers & Acquisitions"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Examining the legal implications of cross-border transactions
• Due diligence/cost-benefit analysis of acquisitions
• Cost mitigation through contract management
• Protecting corporate reputation during growth periods

Moderator:
Matt Revord 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary 
Potbelly Sandwich Works

Panelists:
Vicki Baue 
General Counsel & Secretary 
COSI

Virginia Henschel 
Vice President, E-Discovery Affairs 
Applied Discovery

Matt Myren 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 
Enesco

Benjamin Wilner 
Director Grant Thornton Forensic & Investigations Practice 
Grant Thornton

11:35am – 11:50am

Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

"China M&A Looking Outward - Geely Acquires Volvo"

Timothy Wilkins 
Partner 
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US

Timothy Wilkins, partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will discuss two recent acquisitions involving Chinese buyers of US assets, including the recent acquisition by Geely of Volvo Car Corporation. He will highlight how state owned enterprises are sizing up US public and private investments and what regulatory hurdles they face - including US national security review. He will also review the growing power of private companies in China and their entrepreneurial strategies for overcoming legal obstacles at home and abroad to expand their global foot print.

11:55am – 12:25pm

"Enhancing the Success of a General Counsel through Executive Development"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Utilizing executive coaches to build out developmental plans
• Increasing efficiency and creating more success for the General Counsel
• Understanding the role of the General Counsel in advancing the global business objectives of a corporation

Tim Geckle 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary 
The Ryland Group

12:25pm – 1:25pm

Lunch

1:25pm – 2:05pm

Panel Discussion

"The General Counsel’s Role in Risk & Cost Reduction"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

        • Legal Matter Valuation & Budgeting
        • Reducing the Cost of Discovery
        • Building an Effective Compliance Team

Moderator:
Paul Neale 
President & Chief Executive Officer 
DOAR Litigation Consulting

Panelists:
Blaine Edwards 
Associate General Counsel 
BJ Services Company

Sarah Padgitt 
Senior Counsel
Baxter Healthcare

Shabbir Wakhariya 
Partner 
Kelley Drye & Warren

2:10pm – 2:25pm

Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by Autonomy

"Social Media & eDiscovery:  Untangling the Tweets for the Trials"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:
The cross roads of social media and eDiscovery are the new lawyer nightmare. With eDiscovery expenses on the rise and data volumes increasing rapidly, eDiscovery can be challenging enough. However, with social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn having 100s of millions of users worldwide, this adds a new dimension to the challenge of managing ESI. Lawyers now must grapple with questions which include:

• Are social media sites discoverable?
• Should your organization be saving every “tweet” and web-page?
• What is reasonable and what could you be held accountable for?
• Can technology help manage these potential data sources?

Jack Halprin 
Vice President of eDiscovery & Compliance
Autonomy

2:30pm – 3:10pm

Panel Discussion

"Building & Protecting Core Assets- Extracting Value from Intellectual Property"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Intellectual Property as an asset versus a copyright
• Managing outside counsel fees and the effect of third party financing litigation
• Managing IP issues in M&A, Divestitures & Strategic Alliances
• Controlling IP Assets in the Global Marketplace

Moderator:
Adam Airhart 
Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property 
Brunswick Corporation 

Panelists:
Frederick Felman 
Chief Marketing Officer 
MarkMonitor

Salvador Karottki
Assistant General Counsel
Tribune Company

Phil Petti 
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel 
USG Corporation

Stephen D. Whetstone
Vice President, Client Development and Strategy & General Manager, Boston and London, eDiscovery/eDisclosure Operations
Iron Mountain

3:10pm – 3:35pm

Coffee Break

3:35pm – 4:05pm

"The True Role of the General Counsel"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Impacting the organization’s culture and strategy
• Engaging the in-house team for high performance
• Preserving shareholder value

Colleen Batcheler 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
ConAgra Foods

4:10pm – 4:40pm

"Forgotten Cornerstone of Enterprise Risk Management: Insurance Contracts and The General Counsel’s Role"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• ERM is a hot topic in and around the boardroom
• But a fundamental platform of ERM—the transfer of risk through solid insurance contracts—is often largely overlooked by senior management
• The General Counsel and the legal staff can make valuable contributions by engaging in insurance contract content and policy procurement

Joseph Bauer 
Vice President & General Counsel 
The Lubrizol Corporation

Interviewed by:
Michael Kerner 
Chief Executive Officer, Global Corporate in North America
Zurich

4:40pm – 4:45pm

Introducing Charles Berardesco:

Ted Best
Director, Product Management
LexisNexis

4:45pm – 5:15pm

"The Role of the General Counsel in Enabling a Culture of Integrity"

The role of the GC goes beyond simply compliance with laws. The GC can, through policies, communications and personal example, enable a culture of integrity, wherein ethical behavior becomes part of the DNA of an organization. In this session, Charles Berardesco, Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Constellation Energy will discuss real-life examples of where a GC can make a difference in an organization’s culture and thereby directly effect decision making on an everyday basis as well as in “unique” situations and in crises.

Charles Berardesco 
Senior Vice President & General Counsel 
Constellation Energy

5:15pm – 5:20pm

Closing Remarks

5:20pm – 6:20pm

Closing Reception