March 14, 2024 In-Person GC/CLO Summit

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast

Session 1 - 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
"Pumping the Brakes on the Slippery Slope of AI"
Presented by Fisher Phillips

When Henry Ford introduced the first automobile, it did not have brakes.  Right now, that’s AI.  AI is dominating our international conscience.  While AI has a lot of promise, it also has many dangers. AI is growing at an unprecedented rate as every day there is a new tool, platform or service that promises to help businesses. But like Henry Ford’s firs automobile, AI needs brakes.  Governments, organizations, and international bodies are trying to keep pace to establish frameworks to govern the development and deployment of AI. These efforts are driving the developing area of AI governance – the brakes for AI.  This presentation will explore questions like:  what is Ai governance; what does it involve; how do companies currently employ principles of AI governance; how does current AI regulation incorporate these principles; and how will AI governance shape future regulation?  In answering these questions, we will cover topics such as privacy, transparency, accountability, data provenance, and bias mitigation.

Speaker:

• David Walton, Partner, Fisher Phillips
• Jennifer McGlinn, Vice President and General Counsel, Eurofins NSC US, Inc.
  

Session 2 - 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
"Emerging and Diverging State ESG Requirements" Presented by Cozen O'Connor

ESG has become a polarizing topic in today’s corporate world. While sustainability and ESG, especially S, gained significant focus after the events of George Floyd’s murder and the Covid-19 pandemic, the anti-ESG movement has gained traction. This panel will explore various ESG-related regulations being introduced by different states, their impacts on businesses and industries, and the potential challenges and opportunities they present. The panel will also explore how companies and investors are navigating these differing requirements and the potential implications for long-term business practices and available investment strategies.

Speakers:

• Sarah Schlossberg, Of Counsel, Cozen O’Connor
• Angela Curry, VP, Chief Compliance Officer, Bentley Systems
• Julia Fish, Investment Specialist, Sustainable & Impacting Investing, Managing Director, Glenmede
• Jessica Milner, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, UGI Corporation

Session 3 - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"When the Government Comes Knocking: How to Engage with Regulators"
Presented by Dechert LLP

Does your team know how to respond when faced with a subpoena, inquiry, or knock on the door? Join us as we examine current areas of regulatory focus and discuss strategic steps to successfully guide an institution through a government inquiry. We will address risk mitigation, documentation, evaluation of policies and procedures, best practices for managing employees, and reputational risk. This session will include an interactive exercise geared toward identifying best practices in resolving high stakes investigations with minimal cost or reputational risk to the company.

• Clare Pozos, Partner, Dechert LLP
• Maria Carrillo, Associate General Counsel, Regional Compliance Counsel – Americas, Global Ethics and Compliance, Jabil
• Matt Hogan, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Government Affairs Compliance, Aramark

Lunch Discussion
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

We are taking a new approach to our lunch programming.  Instead of having a speaker, each table will select a “table topic” to discuss among themselves that is related to any number of issues that are relevant to General Counsels.