PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA*

CLE – How COVID-19 Has Impacted Managing & Protecting Intellectual Property & Related Technology Assets
What impact has COVID-19 had on Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the world of the New Normal? How do you manage confidential and related trade secrets’ assets in a work-from-home or hybrid environment? How do you manage protection of trademarks efforts globally? What enforcement issues have arisen? As the pandemic has forced some companies to either pivot their business models or accelerate existing models, this panel will provide unique insights as to these emerging IP issues.

Moderator:
Ahmed Davis, Partner – Fish & Richardson

Speakers:
Auma N. Reggy, Chief Trademark Counsel – McKesson
Jennifer Prioleau, Assistant General Counsel – HP, Inc.
Valerie Calloway, Senior Counsel & Global Trademark Leader – IBM
Ted Gizewski, Deputy General Counsel – ZOOM

CLE – Employment Law Update: COVID-19, DOL, New Presidential Administration, and More
Current events continue to shape the challenges facing employers. Join our in-house and outside counsel labor and employment law experts as they share their industry specific insights on COVID vaccine mandates, remote and return to work policies, reasonable accommodation issues, and recent litigation trends. The panel will also address events in Washington, DC, while providing some insight about what is on the horizon for employers during the Biden administration.

Moderator:
Stephen Hart, Partner – Ogletree Deakins

Speakers:
Keith Thornton, SVP, Deputy GC, Employment – Truist
Michelle Miller, Chief Employment Counsel – Medtronic
Rita Srivastava, Employment Counsel – McDonald’s Corp.
Kendric Cobb, Managing Counsel – Morton Salt
Sean Herring, Partner – Jackson Lewis

CLE – Hot Topics in Litigation
From court closures to virtual depositions, the practice of litigation was certainly upended in 2020. Novel legal claims and theories, difficult questions surrounding reopening, and uncertainties at courthouses across the country marked a year of change and turmoil for litigators and their clients. A year in, however, trends are starting to form the “new normal” offering insights into best practices for the present and future.

Moderator:
Jennifer Coates, Partner – Bowman & Brooke

Speakers:
JP Kelly, Assistant General Counsel – Delta Air Lines
Leslie Luck, Senior Vice President & Assistant General Counsel – Global Payments
Duvol Thompson, Partner – Holland & Knight
Robin Nunn, Partner – Morgan Lewis & Bockius

CLE – Acceleration of New Technologies in Healthcare – the Rise of AI-Based Solutions and Telemedicine
In the new world of work from home, quarantine and new obstacles to access to health care that have been grafted on to pre-existing challenges/opportunities limits on healthcare resources, technology-based healthcare solutions abound. These new technologies present interesting legal issues for both health and technology specialists and for general and in-house counsel in advising our clients. Please join our distinguished panel of health care industry vendors, consumers and private practice and in-house, experts to learn more about how the increasing number of Artificial Intelligence and telemedicine solutions are changing the legal landscape as the intersection of healthcare and technology. This panel will touch on impacts on health privacy, regulation, and the impact of diversity in the design and development of AI, among other legal issues.

Moderator:
T. Reed Stephens, Partner – Winston & Strawn LLP

Speakers:
Sheea Sybblis, Associate General Counsel – Nestle HealthCare Nutrition, Inc.
Tara Johnson, Associate General Counsel – UnitedHealthCare
Izu Emeagwali, Vice President Assistant General Counsel – JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Malini Moorthy, Vice President and Chief Deputy General Counsel – Medtronic
LaDale George, Partner – Perkins Coie

CLE – Corporate Restructuring Trends and M&A Issues Facing Companies in the Era of COVID-19
The unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to impact the global economy and many businesses continue to explore strategic ways to navigate the ever-changing landscape. This panel will explore the various ways impacted businesses have managed the pandemic and economic downturn of 2020 through the filing of bankruptcy cases and the pursuit of creative out-of-court solutions that result in strategic partnerships, generate liquidity, address maturing debt obligations, and create sufficient runway to survive the pandemic. Our panelists include the nation’s top legal minds in M&A and bankruptcy law and they will provide unique insight on out-of-court options a distressed company can utilize, the State of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and lessons learned from recent bankruptcy cases, and best practices for both in-house and outside counsel who are solving the financial challenges facing many industries today.

Moderator:
Taisha Lewis, Partner – Fasken

Speakers:
Adine Momoh, Partner – Stinson LLP
Calvina Bostick, Partner – K & L Gates
Stacey Meisel, Judge – United States Bankruptcy
Candace Arthur, Partner – Weil
Jamila Willis, Partner – DLA Piper

Welcome and General Counsel Roundtable
A lively discussion featuring our Honorary Co-Chairs discussing how to “Turn Action Into Impact.” The lively discussion will include discussions around navigating the pandemic, being intentional with diversity, and making an impact both within their organizations and with utilization of outside counsel.

Moderator:
Kwamina Thomas Williford, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP

Speakers:
Emanuel Alves, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, John Hancock
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons, Senior EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Enterprise, Diversity and Inclusion, Truist Financial Corporation
Kimberley D. Harris, EVP of Comcast Corporation and General Counsel of NBCUniversal
Tricia Thompkins, General Counsel, Shoe Show, Inc.

CLE – The Corporate General Counsel Response to Black Lives Matter
In the wake of the COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter pandemics, there has been an increasing interest in corporate diversity and inclusion outreach, including many company D&I initiatives and recent hires of key executive diversity officers and board members. From the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, to the most recent “phone incident” profiling by Miya Ponsetto and the contrasting approach taken by the police regarding the January 6th insurrection – there has been a growing sentimental recognition by the mainstream media that “black lives matter.” Our esteemed General Counsel panelists will discuss how they have been impacted by and responding to (publicly and internally) the Black Lives Matter movement from a corporate perspective, whether the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied or triggered more attention to diversity interests, and whether and how corporate diversity efforts are becoming more intentional and sustainable long-term.

Moderator:
Mike Jackson, Assistant GC, Sr. Dir., Workplace Investigations Team, Cpl & Ethics – Microsoft

Speakers:
Carlos M. Brown, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer – Dominion Energy, Inc.
Natalie Lamarque, Senior VP and General Counsel – New York Life
Sharon Barner, VP and General Counsel – Cummins Inc.
Keith Williamson, President – Centene Charitable Foundation

Moderator:
Doug Minor, Partner – Holland & Knight

Speakers:
Yusuf M. Mohamed, Deputy General Counsel – Tesla
Kwame Satchell, Senior Counsel/Diversity & Inclusion and Professional Development – Chevron U.S.A.
Natasha Fapohunda, Senior VP and Lead Counsel – Mastercard Enterprise Partnerships
Kamla Alexander, Senior Managing Counsel, Commercial Transactions – The Coca-Cola Company
Nikki Lewis Simon, Shareholder and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer – Greenberg Traurig
Pedro Pavón, Global Policy Director for Ads and Fairness – Facebook, Inc.

Moderator:
John Lewis, Partner – Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Speakers:
Dev Stahlkopf, Corporate Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary – Microsoft Corporation
Brad Lerman, General Counsel – Medtronic, Inc.
Rhonda Ferguson, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary – The Allstate Corporation and Allstate Insurance Company
Rhonda Powell, General Counsel – BuzzFeed, Inc.

Moderator:
Richard Albert, Professor – University of Texas – Austin School of Law

Speakers:
Anthony Morgan, Manager, Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit – City of Toronto
Kori Carew, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer – Seyfarth
Sandy Broadus, Legal Management Consultant; Anti Racism Educator
Angelique Strong Marks, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary – Ree Automotive

Moderator:

Rashida MacMurray Abdullah, Esq., Chief Diversity Officer, Wiley

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sunny Hostin, Media Personality/Co-Host, ABC’s The View

Signature Panel – Wellness (Men)
Thriving in the Practice: Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of a Pandemic, Racial Injustice and Political Insurrection