TIME / THEME
SESSION DETAILS
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
08:30 - 09:30
Refreshments and pastries
09:30 - 11:00
Plenary sessions
09:30 - 10:15
Part 1: Anti-money laundering: The crossroads between financial crime and legal regulationÂ
Keynote: Mark Francis, Director, UK Financial Conduct Authority
Commentators:Â
Noah Arshinoff, Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Dr Niall Connors, Director of Regulation, Law Society of Ireland
Guest speaker and moderated discussion on emerging trends in AMLÂ
10:15 - 11:00
Part 2: Follow the money?
How external money is changing legal practice, from private equity/MSO to third party litigation funding and what that means for legal regulators.Â
Chair: Juliet Oliver, Founder and Managing Director, Passmore & Oliver
Speakers: Crispin Passmore, Founder and Chair, Passmore & Oliver
Gareth Hunt, Senior Managing Director,  Guggenheim Securities
Ken Fowlie, Executive Chairman and CEO, Stowe Family Law
11:00 - 11:30
Morning coffee
11:30 - 12:45
Deep dive discussions
Education & Training
Not just vanilla?: Where do other legal professionals fit into the market?
The role for holders of specialist titles (conveyancers, costs lawyers) and part qualified professionals (authorized community justice workers, regulated paralegals etc)
Panellists: Ankur Doshi, General Counsel, State Bar of Oregon
Neil Stevenson, CEO, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
Claire Richardson, Head of Authorisations, Council for Licensed Conveyancers England & Wales
Education & Training, standards, regulation
Reforming legal education
There are a number of important jurisdictions around the world looking at making significant reforms in legal education. This session will look at what’s happening, what we can learn from each other and how we might achieve synergies across jurisdictions
Usama Malik, Director, Directorate of Legal Education, Pakistan
Eimear Brown, Dean, King's Inns Law School, Ireland
Delphine Loo, Chief Learning and Legal Officer, Singapore Academy of Law
Regulation, IT, internal organisationÂ
Cyber risk and the legal sector – the legal regulator’s nightmare!
Joe Boyle, CEO, Salt Communications
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 14:15
Keynote
International co-operation, rule of law, lawyer competence, ethicsÂ
Introducing the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts
International co-operation between courts and what that means for legal regulators and educators
Keynote speaker: Sir Robin Knowles, Designated Judge of the Financial List, High Court of Justice (King’s Bench Division)
Session Chair: Alison Hook, Hook Tangaza
14:15 - 15.30
Practical workshop sessions
Education & Training, AIÂ
Closing the Experience Gap: Using Technology to Develop Legal Skills That Can't Wait for Real Cases
How can regulators have confidence that legal professionals have developed judgement about situations they may rarely encounter or in dealing with vulnerable or difficult clients, when getting it right is critical?
Wendy Edie, CEO eCom Learning Solutions
Social issues, supervision, complaintsÂ
Managing mental health and wellbeing in the legal professionÂ
A workshop session addressing the tools and levers available to regulators. Led by trained psychotherapists working in the legal sector.Â
Workshop Leaders: Lucinda Soon, Legal Ethics and Policy Consultant, Lucinda Soon Consulting
Alexis Caught, Consultant, Therapist and Faculty at O Shaped Lawyer
Kerri-anne Millard, Director, Policy and Outreach, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner
Admission standardsÂ
Fitness to practice?Â
How do we determine good character? What to do when previously disbarred lawyers request readmission?
Panellists: Nadia Musclow, Director, Litigation Services Law Society of OntarioÂ
Rachel Tan, Executive Director, Singapore Institute of Legal Education
Gareth Smith, General Manager, Professional Standards, The New Zealand Law Society
15:30 - 16:00
Afternoon tea
16:00 - 16:45
Lightbulb session: Law's Poison, Legal Ethics and the Rule of Law
Richard Moorhead, a leading academic voice on lawyers' ethics and author of Frail Professionalism will explain how legal culture and 19th Century advocate-centric notions of  ethics poison the rule of law, good governance, and access to justice.  He will examine how and why regulators should do more and different things to challenge their regulated communities and work with other stakeholders to reverse this trend. He will draw in examples from around the World and suggest both stretching and plausible ways forward for reform.
Keynote: Professor Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law, University of Exeter
Session Moderator: Alvin Chen, Executive Director and Chief Legal Officer, Law Society of Singapore
16:45 - 16:50
End of the day wrap up
* Programme subject to final confirmation.