2008 North America Regional Conference

January 31-February 2, 2008

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AGENDA

All events will be held at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel unless otherwise indicated.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Registration Open
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m. -10:15 a.m.	Practice Group Meetings
	Agribusiness Antitrust, Competition and Trade Energy and Natural Resources Sports Law
9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Women and the Law Committee Workshop
	Seven Habits of Effective Women Rainmakers Sara Holtz, Founder, ClientFocus Sara’s business development and training is based on a three-pronged philosophy:   • There is no one “right” way to market.  Each individual needs to discover his or her personal strengths. •  Effective business development requires a clear focus. •  Consistent follow-up is key. Learn the habits of effective rainmakers and how to make them work for you during this interactive workshop.
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Practice Group Meetings
	Global Technology and Outsourcing Government Affairs Insurance/Reinsurance International Tax
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Buffet Lunch
12:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Partner Editing: Its Causes and Cures
	Prof. Timothy Terrell, Emory University School of Law This “legal writing” program is unusual:  It is not actually a “writing” program because it does not contend that partners in successful law firms produce defective or inadequate documents.  Instead, the program’s theme is that even the best law firms suffer from a particular inefficiency. While good firms always contain many good writers, virtually none of these people know why they are good writers.  Partners, as a consequence, are regularly unable to effectively communicate their writing skills to those they supervise.  In turn, and too frequently, they respond to document drafts not by requesting another effort by the author, but by rewriting the document themselves.  To make matters worse, whatever feedback a partner does deliver is usually unintelligible to the associate, and thus the same mistakes regularly reappear.
1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Practice Group Meetings
	Business Crimes Cross-Border Transactions Diversity Committee Intellectual Property Media and Entertainment
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Practice Group Meetings
	Environmental Health Care Immigration Real Estate
5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Presentation and Dinner Reception in cooperation with the South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America
	5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: Technology, the Internet and the Practice of Law A panel of Lex Mundi’s Client Advisory Council members, moderated by Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, General Counsel and Secretary, Cisco Systems, Inc., will discuss the impact of technology and the internet on the practice of law and, in particular, on the working relationship between inside counsel and outside law firms. Panelists include: Hans Peter Frick, Group General Counsel of Nestle SA Madeleine Kleiner, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hilton Hotels Corporation Martin Wagener, General Counsel, Audi AG Barton Showalter, Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Department, Baker Botts L.L.P. (Texas)
	Opening Dinner Reception at Loews Miami Beach  6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: The reception will be held in a relaxed setting on the Americana Lawn at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.  The event will be a networking opportunity for Lex Mundi colleagues and members of the South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration Open
7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.	Sponsor Breakfast Buffet and Presentation - Global Solutions
	Rodolfo “Rudy” Rivera, Vice President International Operations, Global Solutions, will present “Cultural Issues Related to the Use of Translators in Cross-Border Transactions Litigation”.
7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Welcome
	Samuel Nolen, Chair, Lex Mundi, and Director, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Delaware)
8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Client Advisory Council Forum- Compliance: The Client Perspective
	A panel of Lex Mundi’s Client Advisory Council members will talk about the challenges they face in driving compliance in their organizations around the globe (and how their outside law firms help them meet their challenges). Panelists include: Alexandre S. D'Ambrosio, General Counsel and Executive Director Votorantim Industrial Jeffrey Hurd, Senior Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of AIG Investments  Jim Jenkins, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Deere & Company Kazumichi Matsuki, General Manager Legal Department, Mitsubishi Corporation Gloria Santona, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, McDonald's Corporation Moderators:  George Lynn (Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC, Alabama) and Alan Silberman (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Illinois)
10:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Accompanying Persons Tour and Lunch - Vizcaya
	Vizcaya, a National Historic Landmark as well as a museum, is known as a serene and stunningly beautiful retreat in the heart of Miami.  Built by agricultural industrialist James Deering in 1916, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens feature a main house, ten acres of formal gardens, a hardwood hammock, and a soon-to-be-restored historic village. The cost per person is $60, which includes a guided tour of the museum and gardens, as well as a buffet lunch.   Please meet in the lobby at 10 a.m., the bus will depart at 10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Social Entrepreneurs: The Path to Positive Social Change
	What are "social entrepreneurs?"  How have they been an effective force for positive social change?  What is the role of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation?  In this freewheeling discussion, leaders of the social entrepreneurship movement will use examples to answer these questions.  They will chart the state of the movement--its opportunities, its challenges and its explosive growth - and they will provide advice on how the Foundation and the Lex Mundi member firms can help social entrepreneurs carry out their objectives.  Panelists are members of the Board of Advisors of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation and include: Moderator: Barry White, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Mary Chaffin, General Counsel of MercyCorps Charlie Brown, Ashoka' Changemakers Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Avina, and Chairman, INCAE in Costa Rica Ann MacDougall, General Counsel of Acumen Foundation Cheryl Dorsey, Echoing Green Kurt Hoffman, Shell Foundation
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch with Speaker; Leadership in an Uncertain Future
	President Donna E. Shalala, University of Miami Donna E. Shalala became Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Miami on June 1, 2001.  President Shalala has more than 25 years of experience as an accomplished scholar, teacher and administrator.  In 1993, President Clinton appointed her U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she served for eight years, becoming the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Practice Group and Committee Meetings
	Dispute Resolution Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Labor and Employment Pro Bono Committee Telecommunication
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Practice Group and Committee Meetings
	Bank Finance and Regulation Employee Benefits and Pensions Managing Partners Committee Marketing Committee Toxic Tort and Products Liability
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	First Time Conference Attendee Overview
	This overview for members attending their first Lex Mundi conference will cover Lex Mundi benefits, projects, and ways to become involved.
6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.	Reception and Dinner - Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
	As the focal point of performing arts activity in South Florida, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts serves as a showcase for the finest in established and developing cultural programs.  The Center serves as both a showcase and a laboratory, providing first class accessible facilities for smaller, emerging and developing organizations as well as resident companies.  The Florida Grand Opera Young Artist Performers will entertain us during the dinner at the outside venue, West Plaza for the Arts.  Transportation from the hotel will be provided at 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Registration Open
7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.	Sponsor Breakfast Presentation - Philips Speech Processing
	Rick Gallahan, Director, Business Development will discuss "How to Become a Great `Dictator'–Revisiting the Art of Dictation". This presentation will explore time proven dictation techniques as well as some new tricks, all of which are designed to assist attorneys with their output and increase productivity from their administrative support.
7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Best Practicess in Referral Tracking
	Carl Anduri, President, Lex Mundi Kathleen Pope-Sance, Director of Marketing and Communications, Lex Mundi David Leckie, Partner, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP One of the primary themes of the current strategic plan is to increase referrals among member firms.  This program will discuss the rationale for tracking inbound and managing outbound referrals and will highlight some of the tracking systems used by Lex Mundi member firms.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Lex Mundi Practice Groups - Why Members Should Get Involved
	Moderator: Sandra Shapiro, Lex Mundi Board Liaison to the Practice Groups, and Partner, Foley Hoag LLP (Massachusetts) Panelists: Cheryl Hodder, North America Regional Vice Chair of Government Affairs Practice Group, and Partner, McInnes Cooper (Nova Scotia) Michael Molitoris, Chair of Dispute Resolution Practice Group, Chair-elect of Lex Mundi, and Partner, Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz (Germany) Christel Van den Eynden, Chair-elect of Cross Border Transactions Practice Group, and Partner, Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick (Belgium) Barry Waters, Chair-elect of Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Partner, Murtha Cullina LLP (Connecticut) Sandra Shapiro, Lex Mundi Board Liaison to the Practice Groups, and Partner, Foley Hoag LLP (Massachusetts) Ms. Shapiro will moderate this program along with a panel of practice group leaders. Learn about how Lex Mundi Practice Groups work and about the projects and activities in which practice group members are involved.  Learn how being active in a Practice Group can provide you valuable networking and business development opportunities.
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Latin America: Trends in Foreign Direct Investment
	Roberto Rodrigues, Former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil Carlos Velasquez, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. Mexico Moderator: Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Chair of the International Policy Group and Governmental Consultant, Akerman Senterfitt, Co-Chair of the Ethanol Committee of the Florida FTAA, and Founding Director, the Inter-American Ethanol Commission Chair This program will explore trends in foreign direct investment, focusing on ethanol and alternative energy.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Professional Development at Lex Mundi
	John Claydon, Director of Professional Development, Lex Mundi The first part of this session will consist of a brief overview of the current Lex Mundi professional development enterprise, including Lex Mundi Institute programs and professional development assistance provided to member firms. The second part will be an interactive discussion of how the enterprise can be enhanced to better serve the needs of member firms and their clients.
12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch with Speaker; Latin America in 2015
	Andres Oppenheimer, Latin American Editor and Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Miami Herald His syndicated column, The Oppenheimer Report, appears twice a week in The Miami Herald and more than 40 U.S. and Latin American newspapers, including La Nacion of Argentina and Reforma of Mexico. He is a regular political analyst with CNN en Español, and a frequent guest at PBS' Jim Lehrer News Hour.  Mr. Oppenheimer is co-winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize as a member of The Miami Herald team that uncovered the Iran-Contra scandal.  He is the author of Castro's Final Hour; Bordering on Chaos, on Mexico's crisis; Cronicas de heroes y bandidos, Ojos vendados, Cuentos Chinos and most recently of Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What The U.S. Must Do.
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Biscayne Lady Yacht Excursion
	Join us for an afternoon sail along the Biscayne Bay on the Biscayne Lady, a 111-foot, 380-passenger luxury yacht built using state-of-the-art marine construction technology. The Sky Deck boasts a nearly unobstructed 360-degree panoramic view of the South Florida coastline. The ever-changing view from this top deck is truly spectacular as the journey winds its way along Biscayne Bay’s emerald waterways.  Thre are also some enclosed areas on the yacht.  Casual attire is suggested (nice shorts and polo shirts, boat shoes, sundress, sandals, etc.).  The buses will depart from the hotel at 2:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Closing Reception and Dinner at the Moore Space
	Located in Miami’s Design District, the Moore Space is dedicated to presenting international contemporary art forms.  Since its opening in 2001, the space has generated numerous exhibitions and commissioned artists’ projects, as well as performances, and offers a year-round educational program including lectures and guided tours on contemporary art.  Dinner will be provided within a relaxed Miami Beach lounge environment with individual buffet stations on three floors.  Transportation from the hotel will be provided.  Buses will begin departing the hotel at 7:00 p.m.