ILTACON 2025 is one of the legal industry’s best opportunities to connect, learn, and explore the future of legal technology. It’s also one of the biggest events of the year with thousands of attendees, dozens of sessions each day, and hundreds of exhibit hall booths. Whether you’re a first-time or long-time attendee, planning ahead is essential to maximizing the value you get out of the event.
If you’re ready to build your agenda for ILTACON 2025, start here. We’ve selected 10 must-see sessions that stand out. These sessions (presented in chronological order) are sure to spark new ideas and meaningful conversations as you aim to sharpen your team’s skills, explore practical AI use cases, and optimize your legal tech strategy.
1. Ethics and accountability in AI & legal technology
Date: Monday, August 11, 2025 – 2:30 PM
Speakers: Nathaniel Baker (Jus Mundi), Marcin Krieger (Reed Smith LLP), Priti Saraswat (Levenfeld Pearlstein)
ILTACON session overview
AI is transforming the legal industry—from predictive coding to contract analysis—this session will dive into the ethical and regulatory challenges that accompany rapid adoption. Speakers will explore bias in algorithms, data privacy risks, the importance of transparency, and the role of human oversight in legal decision-making powered by AI.
Why it’s a must-see session
Questions around the ethical use of AI in legal work are no longer theoretical. Legal professionals need to stay current on best practices and ethical considerations. This is especially important as AI continues to shape and streamline legal workflows. In addition, ensuring awareness and education on ethical use can help build user confidence and adoption. As a leading provider of AI-enabled litigation software, we’re always keen to hear real-world perspectives on this topic.
2. The human element: Digital legal skills evolution
Date: Monday, August 11, 2025 – 2:30 PM
Speakers: Jamie LaMorgese (Holland & Hart), Shana Pederson (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
ILTACON session overview
Technology can streamline tasks and surface insights, but it’s people who bring context, judgment, and nuance to legal workflows. This session will explore how legal professionals can evolve their skillsets alongside emerging technology—balancing technical fluency with the ethical and strategic thinking that defines trusted legal counsel.
Why it’s a must-see session
As the use of AI becomes increasingly commonplace, reinforcing the importance of human expertise is crucial. While technology can assist and enhance, it cannot replace human judgment and real-world legal expertise. We’re looking forward to this session because it aligns with Opus 2’s philosophy of developing solutions that ensure, through our design choices, that humans remain in control.
3. AI in legal practice: From theory to practical solution
Date: Monday, August 11, 2025 – 4:00 PM
Speakers: Tim Fox (Ogletree Deakins), Lisa Mayo Haynes (Ballard Spahr LLP), Kate Orr (Orrick), Jill Schornack (NetDocuments)
ILTACON session overview
This expert panel will move beyond the hype and into the trenches, focusing on how firms are putting AI to work in real legal workflows. Speakers will share lessons from piloting and scaling AI initiatives, selecting use cases, tracking impact, and managing adoption challenges like data readiness and internal change.
Why it’s a must-see session
Legal technologists are under pressure from law firm leadership and clients alike to deliver tangible results from AI. Our team believes that identifying and prioritizing high-value AI use cases is the best way to maximize ROI and accelerate user adoption. Whether you’re piloting your first AI use case or refining existing workflows, this session offers insights to help you turn ideas into real outcomes.
4. Navigating the GenAI sea: Organizational journeys
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – 10:30 AM
Speakers: Scott David (Vorys), Chris Emerson (Quarles & Brady LLP), Charles Ottenweller (Cole Schotz P.C.), Sanni Vanttinen (Baker McKenzie)
ILTACON session overview
With GenAI capabilities evolving rapidly, legal organizations are experimenting with how best to adopt and govern this technology. In this session, panelists will share firsthand insights into their implementation journeys, from early pilots to firmwide rollouts. They’ll also cover ethical guardrails, change management strategies, and lessons learned.
Why it’s a must-see session
New AI solutions and capabilities are announced nearly every week. For innovation teams, the market can be hard to keep up with. The speakers will share their firmwide AI rollouts and lessons learned. The session also promises real-world takeaways on selecting the right tools. Featuring experts from Vorys, Baker McKenzie and more, it promises to be a valuable session. However, if you can’t fit it into your agenda, there’s a recent Lexology webinar about this topic that you can watch on demand here: AI everywhere: Questions and considerations to cut through the crowd.
5. Bill(AI)able hours: The debate continues
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – 3:30 PM
Speakers: David Cohen (Reed Smith LLP), Hunter McMahon (iDiscovery Solutions), Catherine McPherson (This Might Help Consulting), Julio Sanchez (Perkins Coie), Zach Warren (Thomson Reuters)
ILTACON session overview
As AI reshapes legal workflows, firms and clients alike are rethinking the billable hour. This panel revisits longstanding debates on alternative fee arrangements through a modern lens—discussing the implications of AI tools on pricing, value delivery, and the future of legal service models.
Why it’s a must-see session
Discussions around the future (and potential demise?) of the billable hour have been going on for years. The wide range of opinions and predictions mean that these discussions are always lively and interesting. Now, as AI transforms legal workflows and client expectations, the conversation continues. How do law firms stay competitive, retain clients, and maintain profitability while continually investing in cutting-edge solutions? By staying adaptable, embracing AI, considering technology cost-recovery models, and reframing the value they offer. Future-focused firms won’t want to miss this session.
6. Travelling circus: Challenges of case teams on the road
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – 3:30 PM
Speakers: Kim Bookout (Opus 2), Michael Perkins (Fisher Phillips), Melissa Rennirt (Gray Ice Higdon)
ILTACON session overview
When legal teams hit the road for trials, depositions, and hearings, their work doesn’t stop. This session will discuss best practices for managing logistics, technology, and communication when working away from an office. Topics include remote access to case materials, secure collaboration tools, and tips for maintaining continuity during high-stakes proceedings.
Why it’s a must-see session
Featuring our own Kim Bookout, this session highlights a topic many litigation professionals know all too well: how to stay productive when working on the road. It’s a practical look at mobile case management and the evolving needs of modern litigation teams. This session will also be useful for litigation-focused firms as well as firms with hybrid teams and geographically dispersed matters.
7. Sailing the AI seas: Navigating innovation in eDiscovery
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 – 11:00 AM
Speakers: Stephen Dooley (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP), Andrew Kent (Pillsbury), Daryl Shetterly (Orrick)
ILTACON session overview
This session will explore how AI is transforming eDiscovery—from improving document review workflows to driving case strategy. Panelists will share real-world examples of how advanced analytics are accelerating insights, reducing costs, and uncovering connections across large data sets.
Why it’s a must-see session
As eDiscovery becomes more data-heavy and strategic, AI is taking on a growing role in organizing information and shaping case narratives. We’re excited to hear the real-world stories and lessons learned from the panel, including Stephen Dooley, who was recently featured in an ACEDS webinar offering advice on shaping the perfect litigation management tech stack.
8. Actionable AI strategy & policy
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 – 2:00 PM
Speakers: Laura Hodgson (Linklaters), Sukesh Kamra (Torys LLP)
ILTACON session overview
Legal organizations seeking long-term success with AI need more than just the right tools—they need the right strategy. This session will walk through how firms can define core AI principles, prioritize use cases, build business cases for investment, and establish governance frameworks to guide ethical, scalable implementation.
Why it’s a must-see session
Ideally, AI policy precedes AI adoption. However, facing pressure to compete, many firms have taken an ad hoc approach to AI. This session offers timely and practical guidance to crafting and implementing a more strategic approach. Featuring insights from the innovative team at Linklaters who recently adopted Opus 2’s AI, the discussion promises to be insightful.
9. Mastering bottlenecks, new tech, and team upskilling
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025 – 2:00 PM
Speakers: Daniel Glezer (K2 Services), Sue Keno (K2 Services), Julie Schulte (Bricker Graydon)
ILTACON session overview
Legal IT leaders must continually deploy new technologies, eliminate silos, and ensure their teams have the skills to use modern solutions. Through a series of microlearning segments, speakers will share real-world strategies for improving cross-department collaboration, managing complex tech rollouts, and building an upskilling culture that prepares teams for what’s next.
Why it’s a must-see session
Whether you’re introducing a new platform or evolving your tech stack, the barriers to adoption are often human, not technical. The panel will offer practical insights for tackling those challenges head-on. This session is especially relevant for firms planning a cloud migration, adopting AI tools, or upgrading their case management software.
10. The message of metrics: Communicating value in an AI landscape
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025 – 2:00 PM
Speaker: Carrie Remhof (Troutman Pepper Locke LLP)
ILTACON session overview
Legal teams are collecting more data than ever but analyzing that data communicating effectively is where real influence lies. This panel will explore how to craft compelling data narratives for different audiences, from firm leadership to cross-functional teams. Panelists will also examine how new AI tools are changing the metrics that matter.
Why it’s a must-see session
Measuring ROI or trying to drive internal adoption? Strong data storytelling is a critical skill for both.This session will help teams move beyond dashboards and KPIs to build narratives that resonate. It will be highly relevant for firms looking to demonstrate outcomes in a rapidly evolving, highly competitive tech landscape.
Conclusion
With so much packed into just a few days, ILTACON 2025 will fly by. Thoughtful planning is the best way to make the most of it. Our team is looking forward to the event. And we would be happy to connect to share ILTACON tips before the event or plan a meeting while you’re there.
We’ll also be sharing photos and updates throughout the week, so follow us on LinkedIn for all the latest.
