Keep your eyes peeled as the full agenda is coming soon...
| Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | |||
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| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | IP - Gin, cider and caterpillars: The power, perils and pitfalls of lookalike products | This workshop will be facilitated by Morrison Foerster. | Commercial & Compliance |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Employment - Workplace Investigations: in-house lawyer perspectives and practical considerations | This workshop will be facilitated by Travers Smith. | Contentious |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Governance - How to work effectively with your Board from the Governance seat | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Corporate & CoSec |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Legal as a strategic business partner - aligning your work with the organisation’s priorities | This workshop will be facilitated by Norton Rose Fulbright. | Legal Ops |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Agentic AI - The legal dimension: what it is, and how to empower and protect your business | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Tech & Data |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Employment law for non-employment lawyers - HR, tribunals & more | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Commercial & Compliance |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Insolvency / corporate - Avoiding the abyss: In-house lawyer’s guide to turnaround situations | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Contentious |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Share options and other management incentives - common pitfalls and market practice | This workshop will be facilitated by Orrick. | Corporate & CoSec |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Problem statements - before “people, processes & technology”, what challenge are you trying to solve? | This workshop will be facilitated by Konexo. | Legal Ops |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | SRA Guidance for in-house solicitors - what it means for you | This workshop will be facilitated by Fox Williams. | Tech & Data |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Competition law - What you need to know: Market trends, practical problems, and their solutions | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Commercial & Compliance |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Shareholder disputes - What to anticipate & do before, during, & after | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Contentious |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Corporate - How big things get done: Getting ready for your next corporate transformation | The facilitator for this workshop is to be announced. | Corporate & CoSec |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Agentic AI - The practical dimension: How to empower and accelerate your legal team | This workshop will be facilitated by Wordsmith AI. | Legal Ops |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Privacy for non-privacy lawyers - Market trends, practical problems, and their solutions | This workshop will be facilitated by Alvarez & Marsal. | Tech & Data |
| Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | |||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration & breakfast | Kick start the day by connecting with others over some hot coffee and delicious breakfast. | |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | A Crafty welcome | Hat Stage | |
| 9:35 AM - 10:15 AM | Zelda Perkins - Keynote | Zelda Perkins is an advocate for NDA reform and a powerful voice in the global conversation about workplace ethics and accountability. As co-founder of the "Can't Buy My Silence" campaign, Zelda has been instrumental in driving legislative changes regarding NDAs in several countries, including the UK, Ireland, and Canada. Join us on the Hat Stage for a very special morning keynote in which Zelda will share her story, and changes in policies at both corporate and governmental levels that are helping to stop the use of NDAs to cover up criminal activity. | Hat Stage |
| 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM | Tip your hat to your neighbor: Let’s play a game | It’s time to play a game! Our Head of Community, Toby Hornett, will lead attendees in a structured networking activity. | Hat Stage |
| 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Lean Legal - Roundtable | Calling all smaller legal teams and solo attendees! We’re dedicating three roundtables across the morning in the Lantern tent to Lean legal – join the discussion and swap insights with fellow sole counsels and team members from smaller legal functions. | Lantern Tent |
| 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Digits & Dollars - Roundtable | From banking to investments to fintech, we’re calling all attendees who work in ‘Digits and Dollars’ to come and connect over a roundtable discussion. | Lantern Tent |
| 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Governance - Roundtable | Whether you're a double-hatter, a company secretary, or any other type of governance professional, come and join our Governance-focused round tables! | Lantern Tent |
| 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM | Foraging for insights: A data-led approach to measuring success - Breakout | We kick off the morning in the Compass stage with a session focusing on how legal teams can measure (and communicate) their wins. We’ll explore questions like: What kinds of qualitative and quantitative data can someone in a legal function use to demonstrate their impact on their wider business’s success? How could technology help teams track different metrics? What insights might our team be missing out on? | Compass Stage |
| 10:55 AM - 11:50 AM | TBA - Breakout | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this breakout session. | Hat Stage |
| 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM | TBA - Breakout | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this breakout session. | Hat Stage |
| 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM | The hat trick of cross-functional working - Breakout | In this breakout, we’ll look outside of the legal function, and we’ll consider the ways in which cross-functional working can benefit not only in-house counsel, but their wider businesses as a whole. | Hat Stage |
| 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Networking & coffee break | ||
| 11:55 AM - 12:20 PM | Unstable terrain ahead: Navigating your way through tricky in-house dilemmas | In-house counsel are often placed in tricky situations. But what if you could have a panel of experienced legal minds help you work your way through incoming dilemmas? In this session, you’ll be asked to help choose the right path forward, and to help your fellow attendees feel a little less lost when they find themselves at a crossroads. | Compass Stage |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Pulling a rabbit out of a hat: The AI behind legal’s magic - Breakout | Behind every magic trick, there’s something very real going on. In this breakout, we’ll explore the mechanics of how AI can help in-house counsel ‘pull the rabbit out of the hat’, and how to win over colleagues that may hesitate to use a power that they don’t fully understand. | Hat Stage |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Thinking under the brim: neurodiversity across the in-house legal ecosystem - Breakout | t’s time to hear from neurodiverse Crafty community members! In this breakout, we’ll explore obstacles, opportunities, and the unique perspectives of neurodiverse in-house lawyers. | Hat Stage |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Please, please don’t look under my hat: in-house imposter syndrome - Breakout | In this interactive breakout, the team from Barbri will lead attendees through the process of conquering their imposter syndrome. Get ready to say goodbye to your self-doubt! | Hat Stage |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Lean Legal - Roundtable | Calling all smaller legal teams and solo attendees! We’re dedicating three roundtables across the morning in the Lantern tent to Lean legal – join the discussion and swap insights with fellow sole counsels and team members from smaller legal functions. | Lantern Tent |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Governance - Roundtable | Whether you're a double-hatter, a company secretary, or any other type of governance professional, come and join our Governance-focused round tables! | Lantern Tent |
| 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM | Digits & Dollars - Roundtable | From banking to investments to fintech, we’re calling all attendees who work in ‘Digits and Dollars’ to come and connect over a roundtable discussion. | Lantern Tent |
| 12:20 PM - 12:45 PM | Don’t overfill your pack: Taking on more responsibility, responsibly | As businesses navigate an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape, in-house legal teams may find themselves called upon to take on more responsibilities or to expand their scope of work. This can be a great opportunity! But it can also put legal teams at risk of overextending, compromising on quality of their work, and burning out their team. In this session, we'll explore how to sustainably take on more work, and tricks and tools that can help along the way -- from technology, to process improvements, to leveraging external providers. | Compass Stage |
| 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM | Lunch | ||
| 12:45 PM - 1:10 PM | TBA | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this session | Compass Stage |
| 2:10 PM - 2:35 PM | Walking a different path: why in-house counsel don't become CEOs | What does the peak of a legal career look like? Why don’t more in-house counsel ascend to CEO roles, or other C-suite positions? In this session, we’re going to be taking a look at in-house legal ambitions, and explore the obstacles and opportunities that might be present for in-house lawyers that are keen to advance to the executive team. | Compass Stage |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | Does the hat fit: Visibility, incentives, humanity, and your external counsel - Breakout | We’re going to explore how clients and law firms can align for impact - and, along the way, pricing models, technology, and perhaps a dose of AI future-gazing… | Hat Stage |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | TBA - Breakout | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this breakout session. | Hat Stage |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | A hat for all seasons: robustness, adaptability, and company governance - Breakout | Calling all company secretaries, double-hatters, and wider governance professionals! Watch this space: we’re in the process of putting together a session focused on robustness, adaptability and company governance. More information on this breakout will be released soon… | Hat Stage |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | Remedies & Reinvention - Roundtable | We’ve set up three roundtable discussions geared towards innovation: from pharmaceuticals and biotech, to tech innovations and disruptive technologies, to SaaS – join us in the afternoon in the Lantern tent to meet other in-house counsel that specialise in ‘Remedies and Reinvention’. | Lantern Tent |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | Bricks & Bulbs - Roundtable | It’s time to bring together our construction, real estate and energy sector in-house counsel! Join us in the Lantern tent after lunch to meet fellow lawyers in these exciting sectors, share insights, and discuss industry-specific challenges and opportunities. | Lantern Tent |
| 2:10 PM - 3:05 PM | TBA - Roundtable | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this roundtable discussion. | Lantern Tent |
| 2:40 PM - 3:05 PM | TBA | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this session | Compass Stage |
| 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM | Networking & coffee break | ||
| 3:25 PM - 3:50 PM | My true north: A showcase of in-house creativity | We’re going to be opening the floor to our talented community members – it’s time to show off what you can do! We’ll be exploring how creativity enriches the professional (and personal) lives of in-house counsel, and our attendees will have the chance to showcase their talents and reflect on how they’ve benefited from artistic expression. | Compass Stage |
| 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM | The feather in your cap: In-house counsel and the power of empathy | We’re running an interactive workshop all on the power of empathy, and how in-house counsel can use it to revolutionize things like contract design, relationships with internal and external stakeholders, dispute resolution, and so much more. | Hat Stage |
| 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM | Bricks & Bulbs - Roundtable | It’s time to bring together our construction, real estate and energy sector in-house counsel! Join us in the Lantern tent after lunch to meet fellow lawyers in these exciting sectors, share insights, and discuss industry-specific challenges and opportunities. | Lantern Tent |
| 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM | TBA - Roundtable | Keep your eyes peeled for more details on what we're planning for this roundtable discussion. | Lantern Tent |
| 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM | Remedies & Reinvention - Roundtable | We’ve set up three roundtable discussions geared towards innovation: from pharmaceuticals and biotech, to tech innovations and disruptive technologies, to SaaS – join us in the afternoon in the Lantern tent to meet other in-house counsel that specialise in ‘Remedies and Reinvention’. | Lantern Tent |
| 3:55 PM - 4:20 PM | The Big Little In-House Pub Quiz | The grand finale of the Compass stage: it’s time for a quiz! The questions asked will all be tailored to the world of in-house legal. We’ve lined up some very special question writers to help us make the quiz suitably challenging… | Compass Stage |
| 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM | A Crafty wrap-up | Join Ben & Toby on-stage for some special community shout outs and reflections on Crafty Fest 2025! | Hat Stage |
| 4:55 PM - 5:35 PM | Jordan Breslow - Keynote | Jordan Breslow is a veteran of technology law and former General Counsel, and his guidance kept a CEO—and one of today’s most influential venture capitalists—out of prison. We close Crafty Fest with his story. Jordan will share how he helped navigate uncharted territory at the intersection of law, leadership, and risk – and his keynote will focus on ethical clarity in high-stakes decisions—the kind where the right answer isn’t always obvious, but the consequences are. | Hat Stage |
| 5:40 PM - 9:40 PM | After-party | Time to enjoy some food, refreshments, and music from a band with an in-house legal connection! | |
