Make the Case
As you prepare to build or bolster your case for conference attendance, you have abundant resources from this site to support you.

• Mini-MBA and Themes
• Conference Session Overview and Detailed Session Agenda
• Session Search: A search by keyword "SharePoint" brings back 10 sessions that deal with SharePoint; by target audience, by track
• Topics supporting initiatives: If your firm is in the midst of researching or implementing any of the following initiatives in the next 18 months, there are educational sessions at ILTA '09 that will provide you with background, ILTA member case studies and general knowledge that should be valuable in your plans:
  • Conversion to Office 2007
    • Untangling the Office 2007 Ribbon
    • Designing Templates for Office 2007 with Visual Studio
    • Customize your Office 2007 Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar and More
    • Office 2003, 2007, 2010: The Jumping Point
    • Office2007 Deployment Tools - Best Practices and Lessons Learned
    • MS Office Collaboration Platform
    • From The Trenches - Office 2007 Deployment Lessons
  • Virtualization of Servers, SANs
    • Virtual Server Cage Match
    • Virtualization: Benefits and Pitfalls
  • SharePoint Development for Intranets and Extranets, Integration with Financial or Document Systems
    • SharePoint Development Best Practices
    • SharePoint for Small Firms Discussion Forum
    • SharePoint for Large Firms: Integration, Customization, Client Collaboration and Search
    • Using Sharepoint to Present Information, Aggregate Data and Add Value
    • Using SharePoint 2007 To Deliver Communications and Content Across the Firm
    • Building Blogs and Wikis in SharePoint 2007
    • Law Firm Extranets: Some Different Approaches
    • SharePoint Innovator of the Year
    • Open Text CLM Services for MS SharePoint: What Can SharePoint Do for You?
  • Workflow/Business Intelligence Tools
    • ADERANT: Business Intelligence - Unleash the Power of Information
    • Automation, Automation, Automation: Business Process Management and Workflows
    • Law Department Roundtable: Everything BUT E-Discovery
    • Managing Firm Performance using Microsoft Business Intelligence Tools
    • Thomson Elite: Elite Tools for Business Intelligence
  • Infrastructure Changes: Moving or Centralizing Data Center, Co-Location
    • Intrusion Detection/Prevention Technologies
    • Taking a VoIP System To the Next Level: What Else Can VoIP Do For You?
    • TDM vs. VoIP: No One Walks Out Alive
    • Data Center Centralization and Relocation - Lessons From the Field
  • Records Management
    • Lateral Lawyers are Playing Musical Law Firms!
    • IT and Records Roles in Legal Holds, Subpoenas/Destruction Orders
    • Retention - It's More Than Just A Records Management Issue
    • Winning the War on Retention
  • Thin Client
    • Software as a Service: Running Your Lawfirm on the Cloud!
    • Applying Virtualization Technology to the Local Desktop
    • Virtual Desktop Technologies
    • Disaster Recovery: Cloud Computing Changes Everything
    • Leading technology in the Cloud: Leveraging MS Software + Services to Optimize Your Business Values
    • Mobile Device Management: Can You Afford (Not) to Go It Alone?
    • Remote Application Strategies and Technologies
    • Beyond the Walls: Remote Tools and Applications to Extend Your Office
  • KM and/or Enterprise Search
    • iManage - Universal Search Case Study
    • Search Technologies in Law Firms
    • Selling Enterprise Search to Your Organization
    • Crossing the Chasm: How KM Can Work with IT and Others To Develop Resources that Deliver More Value to Internal and External Clients 
    • Harnessing Matter-Centricity to Maximize Knowledge Sharing
    • Creative Adoption Techniques for KM Initiatives
  • Social Networks/Web-Conferencing/Audio Visual Upgrades
    • Web Conferencing Solutions: The Next-Best Thing to Being There
    • Blogs: A Discussion of Current Trends, Benefits and Pitfalls
    • Wikis: A Practical Case Study
    • Social Networking, Practical Uses for You and Your Firm
    • Leveraging Audio Visual Technology - Achieving Maximum Efficiency for Executives
    • Social Networking Policies and Legal Implications
    • Building Blogs and Wikis in SharePoint 2007
  • Document Management Upgrade or Implementation
    • iManage - 8.5 Early Adopter Case Study
    • Transition To DM 5.2 - Are You Still Running DocsOpen 3.x or 4.x or DM 5.1.05?
    • Open Text - eDocs DM & Office 2007: Case Study
• Come Back a Star: So, you've been chosen to represent your firm at ILTA '09. Given the economic times it's a big responsibility. You are expected to come back having had a valuable experience and armed with knowledge and contacts to benefit your firm in the year ahead
• ROI: Results of ROI analysis done with first time attendees