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CGOC Summit 2007

February 7-8, 2007, Scottsdale, Arizona

3rd Annual CGOC Summit Sets the Tone for the Year

Each year, CGOC launches with a Summit for corporate stakeholders in retention and litigation. With the advent of the new Federal Rules, this year’s Summit moves beyond planning to focus squarely on retention and legal holds practices. With expert speakers from Citigroup, Prudential, Halliburton, TD Bank and other companies, the 2007 Summit will provide case studies on legal holds practices, reducing legacy data and costs, working models for retention, and preparing for discovery conferences and disclosures.

  • A legal holds practices panel with Prudential and Halliburton
  • Mock preparation of IT and records witnesses with AlixPartners
  • Turning legacy data and retention schedules into cost savings with Citigroup
  • Legal holds project management for attorneys with TD Bank
  • Critical discussion on accessibility, data sources, and disclosure requirements
  • Delegates dinner February 7th and breakfast, lunch and dinner February 8th are included

Full program brochure and agenda

The 2-day event will be held February 7th and 8th in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch. Networking activities are available for attendees including golf and a guided desert walk.

Cost: $399 for corporate practitioners and includes full program and all meals. Special room rates are available at the Hyatt for attendees.

 

Wednesday, February 7  

 

“Birds of a Feather” Morning Activity (Golf, Desert Hike)

12:45pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks, 2007 Steering Committee

Deidre Paknad, CEO, PSS Systems, Founder, CGOC
Tom Allman, Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
Harry Pugh, Managing Director, Operations & Technology Policy Coordinator, Citigroup, Inc.
Laura Kibbe, Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer, Inc.
Jane Rushton, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Prudential Financial, Inc.

1:00pm

Keynote: The Federal Rule Revisions

Tom Allman, Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

2:00pm

Legal Holds Practice Models — Panel

Moderator: Cecil Lynn, Director of Industry Relations, LexisNexis Applied Discovery

Liz Schimmel, Legal Holds Coordinator, Halliburton Company
Mark Reichenbach, Director, Discovery and Regulatory Response Team (DARRT), Office of General Counsel, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Tom Lidbury, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

3:30pm

Mock Preparation of IT and Records Witnesses

Laura Kibbe, Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer, Inc.
Matt Cohen, Director, AlixPartners LLP

4:30pm

The Role of Sedona

Jonathan M. Redgrave, Chair, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP
Chair of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Document Retention and Production

 

Dinner Under The Stars, evening sponsored by AlixPartners

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Thursday, February 8  

8:00am

Breakfast hosted by Ryley, Carlock, & Applewhite

8:45am

Turning Legacy Data and Legacy Retention Schedules into Current Cost Savings

Harry Pugh, Managing Director, Operations & Technology Policy Coordinator, Citigroup, Inc.

10:30am

Pragmatic Approaches to Retention and Introducing the Notion of Custody to Records Management

Richard Gomes, CISA, CISSP, SVP Citigroup Corporate Center, Operations & Technology/ IT Risk Management Organization; Senior Policy Coordinator, Citigroup, Inc.

11:30am

Mock Judicial Interviews of Records and IT Staffers

Kevin Brady, Partner, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP
Jim Wright, Litigation Support & E-Discovery Specialist, Halliburton Company
Bruce Martin, Vice President, Product Strategy, PSS Systems, Inc.

 

Lunch — Small Group Discussions on CGOC Topic Tracks

1:15pm

Project and Process Management 101 — What Every Attorney Needs to Know

Rob Gerbrandt, Senior Project Manager, Legal Department, TD Bank Financial Group

2:30pm

Communicating FRCP Changes to Management & Determining What Practices to Change (and What Not to Change)

Bruce Whitney, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

3:30pm

Linking Legal Holds, Data Sources, and Retention Programs

Deidre Paknad, President & CEO, PSS Systems, Inc.; Founder, CGOC

6:00pm

Dinner