Microsoft at ILTA '09August 24-27, near Washington D.C.International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) 2009The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is growing worldwide and providing services to a more diverse community of legal professionals. Microsoft is proud to have been a participating sponsor of the ILTA '09 conference! Educational sessions provided in the Microsoft Peer Group and other ILTA conference tracks focused on: - Microsoft Office Collaboration Platform
- Office Deployment Strategies that are best for your firm
- Innovative Uses of SharePoint in Law Firms
- Managing Firm Performance using Microsoft Business Intelligence Tools
- Leveraging Microsoft Software + Services
- Saving money with Office Communications Server, Live Meeting, Roundtable and More!
Microsoft and Windows 7At ILTA, Microsoft demonstrated how Windows 7 is the easiest, fastest and most efficient version of Windows yet! Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Faster and more reliable performance means your PC works just the way you want it. Featured Microsoft and partner sessionsMonday, August 24 |
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| 10:30am | Greening the Law Office: Why It Makes CentsSpeaker: Joan Krajewski - Microsoft Corporation There are many ways a law office can reduce energy use and waste of limited natural resources while also decreasing operating costs. We cover simple to complex strategies that any size firm/entity can apply whether you are a building owner or in a leased space. We also review programs that are specifically available for law offices. To get you started, you will learn some key statistics, examples and options that will challenge you to realize benefits for your business while preserving the environment. Room: Woodrow Wilson D |
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| 10:30am | Office 2003, 2007, 2010: The Jumping PointSpeaker: Sherry Kappel - Microsystems Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010: firm leadership may not know which version of Office supports its business strategies, but you should. Gain insight into implementation approaches of the world's largest law firms and ways in which their technology teams gained alignment to the firm's business drivers. The archetype of the desktop is changing; look past features and functionality to evaluate technology that will be the foundation for the next decade. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 10:30am | Using SharePoint 2007 to Deliver Communications and Content Across the FirmSpeaker: Robert Beach - XMLAW With all of the tools available, how can we leverage SharePoint 2007 lists and libraries to deliver news, events, policies and other information to the right people at the right time. Our focus group allows CIOs, knowledge and project managers and developers information on how to build a content-tagging framework and understand the features of SharePoint, as well as construct a content management site for publishing documents, media, information or other firm content. Room: Maryland B |
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| 1:00pm | Managing Firm Performance Using Microsoft Business Intelligence ToolsSpeakers: A.J. Mee - Microsoft Corporation; Norm Thomas - Microsoft Corporation As firms have increasingly outgrown labor-intensive ways of creating budgets and monitoring performance, updating financial planning and analysis processes is fast becoming a more visible priority. See examples of how firms have shifted their efforts from administering the solution to interpreting and acting on the data coming from the solution. In many cases, using technology they already owned, they developed a list of business goals for new finance and analysis solutions which: provides the information needed to plan and manage their business efficiently and effectively, on demand, and in an easily understood format; and relieves the finance department's burden of responding to requests for additional data, while ensuring that everyone received the data they needed, whenever they needed it. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 2:30pm | Office 2007 Deployment Tools: Best Practices and Lessons LearnedSpeakers: Joy Heath Rush - Sidley Austin LLP; Christopher Ross - Microsoft Corporation Every implementation of Microsoft Office 2007 begins with a deployment plan. Join us as we review the benefits of the deployment tools Microsoft freely provides, as well as those that are included with Software Assurance. This session is designed to provide guidance, resources and tools that will prove helpful as you prepare for your deployment. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 4:00pm | SharePoint Innovator of the YearSpeaker: Jeffrey Roach - EncoreTech, Inc. SharePoint can be many things, but how are firms best leveraging the technology to serve clients and bring value to the firm. Join us as we select ILTA's favorite SharePoint environment. Room: Woodrow Wilson A Top of page |
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Tuesday, August 25 |
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| 1:30pm | Handshake Software PageGuruSpeaker: Douglas Horton - Handshake Software Handshake Software's new PageGuru delivers an easy-to-use SharePoint personalization environment that allows the user, with no SharePoint training, to select what they want to see and organize information exactly how they want to see it on any SharePoint page! With hundreds of pre-built "Gadgets" for Elite, ADERANT, eDOCS, iManage and other legal applications plus standard portal gadgets for weather, news, videos, stocks and Microsoft SharePoint lists including Calendars and Announcements, users can easily customize portal pages with no SharePoint training. Room: Annapolis 3&4 Top of page |
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Wednesday, August 26 |
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| 9:00am | Using SharePoint to Present Information, Aggregate Data and Add ValueSpeakers: Steve Fletcher - Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP; Robert Beach - XMLAW We share examples of exposing and sourcing information on portals and intranets and demonstrate how Microsoft SharePoint has been used to design, maintain and secure data to user communities on a private network. Our experts also discuss some best practices for designing taxonomies, hierarchical presentation, security, presentation style and navigation on portals. Room: Annapolis 1&2 |
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| 11:00am | Microsoft Windows 7 and the Optimized DesktopSpeakers: De'Porres Brightful - Microsoft Corporation; Justin Damelin - Microsoft Corporation Windows 7 is the easiest, fastest and most efficient version of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews help you speed through everyday tasks. Faster and more reliable performance means your PC works just the way you want it. Windows 7 Enterprise includes features like BranchCache, BitLocker-to-Go and RemoteAccess allowing you to securely access files anytime and from anywhere. The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack available to Software Assurance customers includes six powerful tools including Application Virtualization (which allows you to virtualize older and custom applications) and Asset Inventory Service (which helps you monitor compliance and unauthorized applications). Come see why the technology industry is already endorsing Windows 7. Room: Annapolis 3&4 |
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| 1:30pm | Beyond the Walls: Remote Tools and Applications to Extend Your OfficeSpeakers: Whit McIsaac - Client Profiles; Reuben J. Connolly - Allen & Overy LLP We review products and applications utilized by firms to provide better productivity and billable hours, beyond the office walls. Room: Woodrow Wilson B Top of page |
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Thursday, August 27 |
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| 9:00am | MS Office Collaboration PlatformSpeakers: Beau Mersereau - Fish & Richardson, P.C.; Evan Calendar - West Monroe Partners; Norm Thomas - Microsoft Corporation The Office Collaboration Platform is comprised of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office InfoPath, Microsoft Office Groove, Microsoft Office Communicator and Microsoft Office OneNote. We provide examples and discuss how these tools, both in their current and future versions, create a fast, cost-effective foundation for building custom applications as well as make collaboration easier through sophisticated applications that generate forms, build websites, organize data and streamline business processes. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 10:30am | Leading Technology in the Cloud: Leveraging MS Software and Services To Optimize Your Business ValuesSpeakers: Gad Epstein - Microsoft Corporation; Hong Choing - Microsoft Corporation In this economy, we are all looking at ways to reduce costs and increase performance. This session is designed to a deliver greater understanding of the cloud computing landscape and the features and capabilities that Microsoft is delivering as part of a comprehensive Software + Services initiative which includes Azure, Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), Windows Live. We also explore the new ways of coordinating internal on-premise assets and external collaborations. Identity and Access Control technologies promise to change Enterprise economics by lowering the cost of coordinating group action. The discussion includes strategy, frameworks, changing organizational boundaries and sample business scenarios. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 2:00pm | Office Communications Server, Live Meeting, and RoundtableSpeakers: Wes Billingsley - Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Sam Cavaliere - Microsoft Corporation With law firms facing budget restrictions for travel, what can Office Communication Server, Live Meeting and Roundtable do to facilitate team collaboration? Will Exchange 2010 play a role? Hear Microsoft's perspective and hear from an ILTA member how Office Communication Server is the next best thing to being there. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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| 2:00pm | Building Blogs and Wikis in SharePoint 2007Speaker: Robert Beach - XMLAW Bloggers have received justification in the mainstream media, and wikis are becoming the preferred reference media on the Web. Through hands-on interaction with SharePoint 2007, we create, modify and administer blog and wiki Web parts to demonstrate the value of these tools. Room: Maryland B |
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| 3:30pm | Microsoft Point of View: Looking Ahead at Technology and the Legal IndustrySpeaker: Brian Zeve - Microsoft Corporation Microsoft offers law firms unique capabilities for creating business value and lowering costs by connecting professionals, making it easier to deliver services to clients, offering new means for engaging with clients, transforming how expertise may be developed and shared and improving upon performance insight into the business. See new technologies available today while looking ahead at the innovation underway for tomorrow, offering possibilities for improving your firm's business operations and the practice of law. Room: Woodrow Wilson A |
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