All About Information: 2010 Solo, Small Law Firm Conference
Security in a Wired World
Today I participated in my first teleconference continuing legal education (CLE) seminar. Not only was that a first, but I was with the largest panel of speakers I'd ever experienced at one session and from a variety of backgrounds. The session went smoothly and I picked up a lot of interesting tips and hopefully the content will be useful for the live (and future) participants.
David R. Canton, Harrison Pensa LLP, moderator
Metadata, Electronic File Management and File Destruction
David Outerbridge, Torys LLP
Peter Ruby, Goodmans LLP
Mobile Computing
Candice Low, Info-Tech Research Group
David Whelan, The Law Society of Upper Canada
Cloud Computing
David Whelan, The Law Society of Upper Canada
Garry J. Wise, Wise Law Office
Current and Future Trends
Candice Low, Info-Tech Research Group
Peter Ruby, Goodmans LLP
We discussed everything from internal document and file management to how to deal with hardware destruction, encryption and password protection for laptops, and remote wipes for Blackberry and iPhone users, as well as cloud computing and future trends.
The large cast - 5 substantive speakers plus a moderator - was unusual but it worked well, with pairs of us handling 20 minute segments and others chiming in as they felt comfortable. The full agenda and ability to purchase access/materials is at the Law Society but you can see the quick list and speakers to the right.
There was a particularly good discussion about Software-as-a-Service in particular, and whether lawyers should be using SaaS providers and under what circumstances.
Watching DVDs on Lucid Lynx Ubuntu
