The Foundation of AI and Machine Learning - What They Are (and Aren't) and How to Tell the Difference

Ms. Hoffman serves as the Global Co-Leader for the IBM Cognitive Legal Practice driving global strategy and execution across clients, legal markets and internal groups. She was certified as an IBM Thought Leader in the capability of Consulting in 2015 and has a patent pending for Detecting Clusters and Relationships in Large Data Sets (END920160377US1). She also co-authored the book “eDiscovery Plain & Simple” (ISBN-13:97814394079) and is the Co-Founder of Women in eDiscovery. In 2017, Ms. Hoffman became an Advisory Board Member for Integra Ledger and became a pioneering member of the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium and the MIT Legal Forum for AI & Blockchain.

As her give back to her local community, Ms. Hoffman co-founded and serves on the Board of the Community Hope Center of Osceola County which has helped over 20,000 homeless families since its inception. The Community Hope Center has received multiple awards and most recently was presented with the Bob Allen Award from the Walt Disney Company and the Good Neighbor Award from Bank of America for the fight against homelessness.

Her specialties include: Cognitive, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Watson, Big Data & Analytics, Box, MobileFirst, Business Strategy, eDiscovery, Computer Forensics, Records Management, Information Governance, Defensible Disposal, Litigation Readiness, Brexit, Consulting, Negotiations, Sales, and Diversity in the Workplace.

Brian Kuhn is the Co-Founder and Co-Leader of the Cognitive Legal practice and creator of the IBM Outside Counsel Insights solution. As a former practicing financial services attorney, Brian is responsible for defining and growing the Cognitive Legal brand worldwide. Together with Shawnna Hoffman, Brian is also responsible for defining the intersection of legal artificial intelligence and blockchain for law for IBM.

Brian speaks frequently at legal industry events in North America, Europe and Asia. He has lead over 100 workshops with legal clients to help define where cognitive capabilities intersect with client needs.

Hampton is the Director of Practice Technology and Discovery Services at Canon Business Process Services, Inc since 2014.

I am an experienced litigator and the founder of Digitory Legal (now part of BigHand), an award-winning cost analytics company that helps law firms and legal departments leverage data to succeed in an evolving legal market. Digitory Legal was purpose-built to reduce tension between lawyers and clients through data-driven pricing, cost transparency, and effective project management. With that goal in mind, I help our customers - both law firms and legal departments - bridge the divide between the practice of law and the business of law, facilitating legal service delivery models that serve business needs without sacrificing quality of service. I am also passionate about data-driven DEI and have designed programs and analytics that leverage data to promote inclusive allocation career-advancing work.

Before founding Digitory Legal, I practiced law at top-tier firms - first at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and then at Orrick, where I was a litigation Partner. I am an accomplished trial lawyer with extensive experience representing global corporations in a wide variety of high-stakes litigation matters. I am also a frequent speaker and recognized thought leader on legal technology, litigation practice management, cost analytics, and the use of artificial intelligence and data in law.

Since founding Digitory, I have received a number of accolades recognizing our groundbreaking work in legal technology and the advancement of the legal industry. In 2022, we were recognized by CLOC as a Legal Innovation in Operations project recipient. In 2021, Digitory Legal was awarded the InnovAction award for our work with Kaiser Permanente on data-driven diversity and inclusion programs. In 2020, I was elected to be a fellow of the prestigious College of Law Practice Management, and Digitory was named 2020 Disrupter of the Year by the Changing Lawyer. In 2019, I was an American Bar Association "Women in Legal Tech" honoree and was named to the Fastcase50 list "honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, & leaders." I also received CloudNow's 2019 Top Women Entrepreneur in Cloud Innovation award and was the 2018 winner of "The Pitch", an international legal technology competition.

Kevin oversees the legal function of the Marketing Cloud and Communications and Retail Global Business Units at Oracle. He is responsible for all corporate and commercial activities, including acquisitions, strategic alliances, partnerships, and the spectrum of technology transactions (software, cloud/SaaS, hardware, consulting, outsourcing). He also partners with executive management and key stakeholders to support the product development lifecycle, monitor and mitigate organizational risks, ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements worldwide (including data privacy), and resolve disputes with customers, partners, and vendors.

Kevin has focused on the telecommunications, media, technology, and financial services industries during his career. He has significant knowledge of the challenges and opportunities faced by companies in these heavily regulated and highly competitive industries, including in new and emerging markets. In addition, his tenure at Oracle has provided in-depth insight into disruptive technologies such as cloud computing, big data/analytics, e-commerce, and social media, as well as the data privacy and security issues implicated by their rapid adoption.