I received an invite today to register for the 2nd annual electronic evidence and e-discovery forum.
I attended the 1st Forum last year and the focus then was mostly related to forensic stuff and presentations from top notch e-discovery vendors offering solutions/services based on the edrm.
Judging by the agenda, a mixed bag of themes and topics are planned for Oct 2008.
Heh! Incidents, investigations, readiness all sounds like fun to me. However I doubt if any of the technical and legal presentations will be fun.
Maybe the organiser will prove me wrong and comes up with 2 days packed with fun learning.
Anyhow, the listed agenda:
- Provide a wealth of practical information and examples of best practice on building proactive capabilities for disclosure and discovery requests
- Explain how best to contain costs while ensuring a high degree of forensic and litigation readiness
- Investigate how to strike the perfect balance when deploying in-house capabilities and using the services of external service suppliers
- Detail what the perfect e-discovery crisis response team should look like, which departments should be involved internally, and explain how to ensure your organisation can react quickly and cost-efficiently
- Highlight pitfalls to watch out for, and give pointers on how to overcome unexpected problems and hurdles that organisations can encounter during events and incidents
- Offer an opportunity to ensure that your policies are up-to-date with those of your competitors and peers
- Ensure you are aware of the issues you may encounter if you face a forensic or litigation engagement and are not prepared
Key themes and scenarios for 2008 include:
- Internally generated events
> Fraud and theft
> Investigations into employee activity
> Employee disputes
> Whistle blowing - Compliance issues
> Investigation by the government or regulatory body
> Data privacy when discovering data in different jurisdictions - Information leakage
> Insiders divulging information (e.g. about mergers and acquisitions)
> Espionage