18:30

Welcome Dinner:
Welcome Dinner
ZED451 Restaurant

8:00

Registration Opens:
Registration Opens

8:30 / 9:30

Spousal Breakfast:
Spousal Breakfast

9:00 / 9:15

Welcome:
Welcome
Dykema
Husch Blackwell LLP
Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Ulmer Berne LLP
World Services Group

9:15 / 10:30

Guest Speaker:
The New Collaboration Experience
New business collaboration tools help people work together to solve problems, make decisions, reduce and avoid costs, accelerate time to market, and transform entire industries faster, no matter how far apart the participants happen to be.

Guest Speaker:
Jeff Day, Senior Manager, Strategy and Planning, Cisco

10:30 / 10:45

Coffee Break:
Coffee Break

10:45 / 12:00

Panel Discussion:
Professional Collaborations and Relationships – The Bottom Line
The panel will discuss the collaborative process from the perspective of clients which seeks to create efficiency and cost-effectives through outside counsel. Alternatively professional services firms seek to create and maintain strong relationships with all of their clients. The panel will discuss the process that drive increasing the level collaboration and add to the bottom line of both the client and the professional services firm.

Moderator:
Eric Iskra, Labor & Employment Chair, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Panelists:
Evelyn H. Brantley, DuPont Legal’s Global Managing Counsel – Operations and Partnering, DuPont Legal Network
Wade Clark, Chief Growth Officer, Carr Riggs & Ingram
Silvia Coulter, Vice President, Client Development Practice, LawVision Group

12:00 / 13:45

Luncheon:
Luncheon

14:00 / 15:45

Panel Discussion:
Anticorruption – Enforcement has Gone Global!
In every part of the world, enforcement efforts to contain corruption are front page news on a daily basis. Many well-known global companies have been prosecuted in the last few years for engaging in corruption and bribery. New legislation is in effect in many locations and new government agencies and international organizations fight the battle throughout the world. How effective are these efforts? This panel of experts in different fields and geographic locations will address new legislation and stepped-up enforcement efforts. The discussion will provide real life examples of how even good companies can get tangled up in the regulations costing them significant amounts of money in fines, penalties, legal fees, and potentially paying too much for acquisitions of companies that have a history of paying bribes. Information provided by this panel will arm you with critical information to better advise your clients.

Moderator:
Linda Tiller, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP

Panelists:
Maxwell Carr-Howard, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
Andrew Pickin, Partner, Shoosmiths
Ryan Pisarik, Director, Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Alexander Zharskiy, Partner, ALRUD Law Firm

15:45 / 16:00

Coffee Break:
Coffee Break

16:00 / 17:00

Regional Meetings:
Regional Meetings

19:00

Cocktail & Dinner Reception:
Cocktail & Dinner Reception
Art Institute of Chicago

8:30 / 9:30

Networking Breakfast:
Networking Breakfast

9:30 / 11:15

Panel Discussion:
Global Automotive Outlook – Evolution to Revolution
Although in existence for over a century, the automotive industry has moved from gradual evolution to something closer to revolution. In the last three years we have witnessed bankruptcies, near bankruptcies, consolidation and global growth. Rising fuel costs and environmental concerns have made hybrids and electric vehicles increasingly more attractive from economy to luxury models. Connected vehicles, loaded with telematics communicating with and navigating through the surrounding environment, will soon be on our streets. Original equipment manufacturers and their tiered suppliers seeking to survive and thrive must become truly global, with production and profits shifting to countries, like China, where demand The automotive session will feature a discussion is steadily increasing.

The automotive session will feature a discussion of the latest trends in the global automotive industry – including challenges and opportunities. Speakers will include specialists in performance enhancement and strategic planning, investment banking and attorneys from Asia, Europe and North America addressing legal issues facing the industry.

Moderators:
Michael Benson, Managing Director, Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Paul M. Laurenza, Managing Member, Dykema

Panelists:
Jim Gillette, Principal Analyst - Financial Services, Automotive, IHS Inc.
Kyu Wha Lee, Partner, Lee & Ko
Dr. Mathias Schröder, LL.M., Partner, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

11:15 / 11:30

Coffee Break:
Coffee Break

11:30 / 12:30

Guest Speaker:
Risk and Opportunities in Today's Capital Markets

Guest Speaker:
Bob Browne, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer,
Northern Trust Global Investments

12:30 / 13:00

WSG Annual Meeting:
WSG Annual Meeting

13:30

Wrigley Field Luncheon:
Luncheon
3639 Wrigley Field Rooftop