ACEDS Vancouver Chapter

Emerging Data, Evolving Tactics: Practical Strategies
2024-12-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Stikeman Elliott, 666 Burrard Street #Suite 1700, Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8, Vancouver, V6C 2X8, CA
Join us for eDiscovery Day – Thursday, December 5, 2024 for an engaging and timely presentation by Tiana Van Dyk, Managing Director, Canada

Join us for a session designed to elevate your eDiscovery practices with expert tips and strategies for planning, processing, and managing emerging data sources. With the increasing complexity and volume of data types, traditional document review methods are transforming, integrating innovative techniques like storytelling to drive better case outcomes.
Join us for eDiscovery Day – Thursday, December 5, 2024 for an engaging and timely presentation by Tiana Van Dyk, Managing Director, Canada Legal Solutions Epiq

Learn how to:
· Plan and adapt your eDiscovery processes for emerging and nontraditional data.
· Improve document review workflows with actionable tricks and technology-driven solutions.
· Leverage storytelling techniques to craft compelling narratives from data, transforming document review into a powerful tool for case strategy.

Generative AI – Navigating eDiscovery
2024-09-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Deloitte – 410 W Georgia St, 410 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1Z3, Vancouver, V6B 1Z3, CA
Join us as Deloitte showcases how they have harnessed Generative AI in eDiscovery review.

Join Greg Sullivan and Matt Maslow from Deloitte, as they showcase how they have harnessed Generative AI to overcome some of the most persistent challenges in eDiscovery review. Drawing from their experience building a custom solution for their eDiscovery team, they will demonstrate how Generative AI can be tooled with existing eDiscovery technology to conduct relevance and privilege review, identify PII, extract content, create document summaries, and more. This session promises to be a deep dive into the transformative potential of Generative AI, illuminating its role as a game-changer in the legal industry.

Meet your presenters:

Greg is a Partner and the National Co-Leader of Deloitte’s Discovery and Legal Project Solutions team. He regularly advises clients on matters relating to the eDiscovery process and oversees teams of project managers and contract legal professionals on complex document review, due diligence, and investigation matters. Greg has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 as one of the leading eDiscovery experts in Canada. He is also the recipient of the 2022 Lexology Client Choice Award for eDiscovery Practitioners in Canada. Greg is the Past Chair of the Ontario Digital Evidence and eDiscovery Working Group and a member of the Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Ontario Civil Rules Committee.

Matt is a Director and the eDiscovery Innovation Leader at Deloitte Canada. He regularly consults with clients on complex matters, including the use of Generative AI and machine learning in litigation, regulatory issues, investigations, and data extraction. With over 10 years of experience in legal project management, Matt specializes in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to address novel use cases. Matt serves as the Chair of the Ontario Digital Evidence and eDiscovery Working Group and is a drafting team member for the Sedona Canada Commentaries on Discovery of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence
Matt is Certified eDiscovery Specialist, and a licensed lawyer in both the United States and Canada. Matt’s dual legal and technical expertise allows him to offer a unique perspective on the application of technology solutions in the legal field.

Event Sponsor:

ARMA Canada Information Conference
2024-05-12 - 2024-05-14

What's in your smartphone?
2024-03-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Gotham Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar, 615 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3K3, Vancouver, V6B 3K3, CA
Join ACEDS Vancouver and OpenText Legal Tech for an interactive lunch-and-learn.

NOTE: 11:45 arrival and lunch ordering, 12:00 -1:00 p.m. presentation and questions, 1:00-1:30 networking
As in personal life, mobile devices and AI are now ubiquitous in eDiscovery. Join ACEDS Vancouver and OpenText Legal Tech for an interactive lunch-and-learn to see what data can be extracted from smartphones and how that data can be used in eDiscovery. Realize how you can use smartphone forensics and AI tools to take your review or investigation to the next level. Learn tips and best practices that can help improve and prepare your organization and practice for mobile device eDiscovery from policy crafting to legal technology implementation.

The Legal Innovation Forum
2023-11-23 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join ACEDS Vancouver at The Legal Innovation Forum on November 23rd, 2023. PLUS SAVE 20% on registration with code ACEDS_VAN
This year’s forum is centered around its unifying theme: Leading to drive change and deliver value in an evolving legal ecosystem.
Learn More and Register Here

E-Discovery Back to Basics Part II
2023-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Event
Join ACEDS Vancouver Chapter and Epiq who will host eDiscovery webinar, Back to Basics II.

Moderated by Lisa Evenson of Harper Grey, and panelists Tiana Van Dyk of Epiq, Tania Moolla of Alexander Holburn, and Tracy Mettimano of Dentons will discuss and answer questions about culling data (pre and post processing), creating productions for Lists of Documents/Affidavit of Records, and formats of exchanging productions.

The Evolution of Machine Learning and AI – And What’s to Come
2023-10-12 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Harbour Room at Steamworks Brewpub, 375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Vancouver, V6B 1B8, CA
Please join us for an in-person networking event where we discuss where generative AI and similar tools might take us.

The legal industry is once again exploring a new type of technology that is expected to help reduce costs and increase accuracy when investigating large data sets. Previously, the industry wrestled with the risk and utility of email threading, analytics, and machine learning-based document reviews. Now, we are presented with the next generation of artificial intelligence – generative AI.
S﻿peaker:
Sean Lynch is the Director, Client Solutions, for Ricoh North America Legal Services. Sean has worked in the areas of eDiscovery, information governance, and adjacent fields for more than ten years. He acts as the subject matter expert on a range of technology platforms and processes to assist Ricoh’s clients with all stages of the IGRM and EDRM. A former litigator, Sean now focuses on information governance, data management, and litigation preparedness strategies.

E-Discovery Back to Basics
2023-06-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver)
Are you interested in learning about e-discovery? Do you want to know what e-discovery
professionals do?

Do you have any questions on how to deal with difficult productions? Want to learn some tips on processing data? Join us for a panel discussion on the basics of e-discovery.
Moderated by Lisa Evenson of Harper Grey, and panelists Jamie Chan of Deloitte, Tania Moolla of Alexander Holburn, and Veronica MacInnis of Stikeman Elliott will discuss and answer questions on how to get started and trained in e-discovery, how to keep your e-Discovery workflows consistent, tips on organization and communication with the team.

A Practical Guide to Explaining Machine Learning
2022-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | 410 W Georgia St suite 1900, 410 West Georgia Street #suite 1900, Vancouver, BC V6B 1Z3, Vancouver, V6B 1Z3, CA
Do you struggle to get lawyer buy in for machine learning? Find out more about it and how to sell it for the right projects.

Join us for a machine learning presentation followed by a fun practice exercise which will demonstrate the efficiency of machine learning. The right case can greatly benefit from machine learning, especially with regards to the volume of data or time restrictions.
After this in person session you will be equipped to tell the story of how machine learning works, how it can be trusted, and the best times to use it for your projects. Deloitte will provide each person with their own card deck and instruction sheet to run the machine learning exercise in your own offices.
Speakers: Peter Sandford – Partner, Forensic, Deloitte
Please email Peter Sanford (psanford@deloitte.ca) with any dietary restrictions.
Generously sponsored by:

ACEDS Vancouver Chapter Board Meeting
2022-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for the next ACEDS Vancouver Chapter Board Meeting – held virtually. Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 12:00 noon Pacific.

A﻿CEDS Vancouver Chapter regular monthly board meeting. If you are interested in joining the ACEDS board or becoming an ACEDS Vancouver Chapter member, please consider joining us.

The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition
2022-10-13 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us for a discussion of The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition published earlier this year.

Join us on October 13, 2022 at 12 noon PST / 3:00 pm EST for a discussion of The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition published earlier this year.
Since the first edition was published in 2008 and the update in 2015, there have been significant technological and societal changes that have changed how Canadian legal practitioners manage eDiscovery.
Our esteemed panel will discuss these important updates regarding the interplay between eDiscovery and developing privacy regimes in Canada, the role of information governance to facilitate eDiscovery and the ever-growing body of case law.
Panel:

Senior Director at FTI Consulting’s Toronto Office. Michael’s commitment to innovation and technology ensures clients receive cutting-edge and efficient eDiscovery services. He provides advice to clients on a wide range of litigation and regulatory matters, including class actions, Competition Bureau supplementary information requests, investigations, and inquests.

As the Manager of Litigation Support & eDiscovery, Gretel oversees the day to day operations of Gowling WLG’s eDiscovery Management Group providing cost effective, proportionate and defensible eDiscovery strategies, advice, case management and litigation support to Gowling and its clients.

Founding Partner in DMG Advocates LLP, a commercial litigation boutique based in Toronto. Kathryn has a broad civil litigation practice that includes large, complex commercial disputes. She has expertise working with digital evidence at all stages of litigation matters from discovery to hearings. Kathryn is a member of the Superior Court of Justice Civil Working Group and sits on the Ontario Civil Rules Committee. She is the Chair of The Sedona Conference Working Group 7, Sedona Canada.
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Vancouver In-Person Social - SAVE THE DATE!
2022-06-13 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | Hydra Estiatorio, 475 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2B3, Vancouver, V6B 2B3, CA
SAVE THE DATE! ACEDS Vancouver Chapter is ecstatic to invite you to our FIRST in-person social event – June 13, 2022!

After years of no face time with our work colleagues, ACEDS Vancouver Chapter is ecstatic to invite you to our Spring Social in-person event, generously sponsored by Reveal|Brainspace.
Please join us between 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday. June 13th for cocktails and appetizers at Hydra Estiatorio Mediterranean restaurant at 825 West Pender Street (in the Exchange Hotel, conveniently located near Waterfront rapid transit).
One lucky attendee will also win an ACEDS membership for a year!
You will also have an opportunity to watch a brief demo of the latest version of Reveal/Brainspace, a very comprehensive document review platform with integrated artificial intelligence . As well, Reveal’s Sr. Vice President, George Socha (co-founder of the EDRM), and other Reveal e-Discovery experts will be in attendance.
Although there is no cost to attend this networking event, we ask that you make every effort to attend if you have RSVP’ed “yes” as capacity is limited!

ACEDS Vancouver – Board Meeting
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
All our ACEDS Vancouver members are invited to attend the next regular board meeting on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 12 noon PT.

E-Discovery in a Post-COVID World
2022-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for a webinar

What does e-discovery look like in a post-Covid world? Although the pandemic is not fully behind us, we are seeing emerging trends such as the need to collect from non-traditional sources like WhatsApp, WeChat, and Teams. Join us for this lively panel discussion as we discuss solutions for collecting, processing and reviewing these types of data, as well as the need for practical solutions to securely transmit large volumes of data for instances where we may have (pre-Covid) delivered or received a USB or portable drive.
Panel
Jasmine Lam is a Law Clerk at SURV, a leading construction law firm with offices in Vancouver and Toronto. Jasmine has significant experience advising lawyers and clients on all matters related to eDiscovery, including collection, review, and production of documents.
Tim Choy is Manager in Deloitte’s Discovery practice, based in Calgary. Tim has significant experience supporting law firms, corporations and government clients in all matters related to eDiscovery and digital forensics. Tim is an innovation leader in our practice, and is an excellent problem-solver for managing non-traditional data sources.
Peter Sanford leads Deloitte’s eDiscovery and Computer Forensic practice in Western Canada. Peter has supported law firms, corporations and government clients on hundreds of litigation and dispute resolution matters, as well as cyber breach, privacy, regulatory compliance, and M&A files. Peter specializes in connecting clients and discovery professionals to deliver on engagements efficiently and effectively.
Sponsored by: Deloitte Canada

AI and Litigation Strategies
2022-03-30 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Exploring AI in legal with George Socha

Join ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for a virtual seminar with George Socha exploring the use of select forms of AI at various stages in the life of a lawsuit. George will offer a pragmatic definition of AI and then demonstrate how unsupervised machine learning capabilities such as communications mapping, sentiment analysis, and image labeling; supervised machine learning capabilities such as TAR; and deep learning capabilities such as pre-built AI models can help you find and understand the data you need with greater speed, precision, and flexibility.
Speaker:

Discovery in a Disappearing World
2022-01-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Executing Forensic Acquisition from Mobile Devices, Ephemeral Messaging Platforms, and Could Sources

In this webinar, presented by TransPerfect Legal Solutions in conjunction with ACEDS, lean from leading forensics experts on best practices and pitfalls to defensibly acquire data from mobile device applications and cloud-based collaboration and storage platforms, including data sources that are ephemeral-by-design.
Speakers:

Dan advises clients on e-discovery best practices and motion practice, litigation readiness plans, defensible data disposition programs, and data privacy concerns, with an emphasis on cross-border data transfers. Dan is a certified E-Discovery Specialist (ACEDS) and an Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). Prior to joining TLS, Dan was a Commercial Litigation Partner at an Am Law 100 firm and the Founder and Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery & Information Governance practice group. Dan’s commercial litigation practice covered a range of complex business disputes before federal and state courts, including cross-border, corporate governance, bankruptcy, securities, breach of contract, and business tort cases.

Devon is an experienced forensics examiner having worked with various types of digital devices and cloud-based data. Prior to joining TLS, Devon earned her master’s degree in digital forensics from DeSales University, then went on to work as a Digital Forensic Examiner with the Philadelphia and Lehigh County District Attorney’s Offices. Devon is considered an expert witness in matters relating to digital forensics. She has taught various digital forensics graduate and undergraduate courses at DeSales University.

Daniel has over five years’ experience conducting forensic examinations across various digital evidence types. Prior to joining TLS, Daniel worked as a Forensics and Integrity Services Manager for EY, where he analyzed and investigated digital devices of evidentiary value related to active investigations held for private and court matters. Daniel leveraged industry standard digital forensic tools to investigate mobile devices, computers, and tablets, as well as social media and cloud-based data. Daniel is TLS’s first Canada-based forensics hire. Joining the Toronto office, Daniel expands TLS’s global network of forensic, e-discovery, and legal document review facilities.
Sponsored by:

Virtual Holiday Social and Charity Event
2021-12-16 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver & Toronto chapters and the Toronto Chapter of Women in EDiscovery for an event

Enjoy a night of comedy, gifts and giving back! The ACEDS Vancouver & Toronto Chapters and the Toronto Chapter of WiE are hosting a joint holiday social and charity event.
Join us in supporting these worthy local charities by clicking on the links below to donate:

Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
Family Services of Greater Vancouver

This is your chance to sit back and have a few laughs while doing good for others!
Host:

Our host for the evening, Nikki MacCallum, is an NYC based comedian, actress, and author. She’s been seen at Caroline’s on Broadway, Lincoln Center, Birdland, CBS, ABC, and was featured on VH1. Her memoir DRY RUN was released by Auctus Publishers in 2019 and the audio is now streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, produced by Tony Award winning Lambo Productions, LLC.
Featuring:

Isabel Hagen is a stand-up comedian who’s been featured on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and as a New Face of Comedy at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival. She performs all over the country, and is often telling jokes in her hometown NYC. Isabel is the writer, director and star of the web series IS A VIOLIST, available on YouTube.

Rachel Lenihan is a comedian based in NYC and was a writer for the Chris Gethard show on Tru Tv. She was undefeated in Caroline’s on Broadway March Madness stand-up competition of 2020 and was featured in Metropolitan Magazine as a “talented young comedian.”

Michelle Slonim has appeared in a sketch on Late Night with Seth Meyers, web shows for Comedy Central and HBO, SiriusXM Radio, The Wall Street Journal and New York Post. She has a duo act with her comedian husband, Ben Rosenfeld, a quirky immigrant who has been seen on BuzzFeedVideo and is slightly “TikTok famous.” Bens has appeared on FOX’s Laughs, Travel Channel’s Mysteries At The Museum, CBS This Morning, Nat Geo’s Brain Games, Netflix’s Brainchild, NPR’s Weekend Edition, SiriusXM Radio, The New York Post and been featured as TimeOut New York’s Joke of the Week. Ben has four comedy albums streaming on Apple Music & Spotify and his latest video special is available on Amazon Prime.

A very big thank you to our sponsors for their generous donations to our charities and the event – we could not have done this without you!

E-Discovery Day Roundtable
2021-12-03 12:00 - 12:30 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for an E-Discovery Day Roundtable

Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter Board as they discuss how they ended up working in eDiscovery and where they received their training and experience. They will also provide words of wisdom/advice on what not to do and why to save you frustration and help reduce eDiscovery costs for your client.

2022 Hiring and Compensation Trends
2021-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us to see how the 2022 Hiring and Compensation Trends in our industry are shaping up

Confidence is high in the employment market, and the outlook is upbeat as the economy recovers and businesses continue to hire. With the return to a candidate-driven market, are you ready to make the next step in your career? Learn how companies are adapting to new ways of doing business and managing work-life balance — with a focus on flexibility and retention efforts — and how you can get the most out of your next job opportunity. Plus, see which new skill sets employers need most, where salaries are headed, and the latest trends in benefits and perks and benefits as Canada gets back to business.
Check out Robert Half’s newly released 2022 Salary Guide. In it you’ll find projected salary ranges and employment trends for hundreds of positions and get valuable information on in-demand skills and certifications, the hottest positions and industries, the most sought-after employee perks and benefits, as well as top diversity, equity and inclusion trends.

Presenter:
Michelle Dunnill, Branch Manager, Toronto
Michelle is a Branch Manager with Robert Half, the world’s first and largest talent solutions firm. Michelle oversees teams in Robert Half’s Toronto office, managing both contract and permanent placements within the marketing and creative, technology, legal and management resources practice groups. Michelle develops client growth strategies and recruitment plans, conducts, and leads key client insight meetings, and actively participates with local professional associations to promote Robert Half’s thought leadership and resources.
Michelle joined Robert Half in October 2016 and is passionate about supporting her dynamic team and building strong relationships with clients. Michelle and her team have diverse recruitment and sourcing experience within all industries. They take pride in the ability to think strategically and match talented candidates with the right organizations.
Prior to joining Robert Half, Michelle had worked in the staffing industry for 15 years, securing and providing top talent to many Fortune 500 Companies.

About Robert Half
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. Robert Half offers contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions, and is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm. Visit roberthalf.ca.

ACEDS Vancouver Board Meeting
2021-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Members are welcome to join us for our monthly board meeting

Members are invited to join us at our November board meeting.
Agenda to be provided prior to board meeting.

Make a Business Case for Embracing Analytics
2021-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for an educational event

Learn some of the tips and tricks that help take your analytics game to the next level. Understand how to build a business case by analyzing key metrics and demonstrating the benefits of using advanced technologies. Leverage this insight to empower and encourage your case teams to rely on advanced analytics. By simplifying the discussion around these technologies, paralegals, law clerks and lawyers can become more confident capitalizing on the cost and process efficiencies.
Speaker:

Tiana Van Dyk has over 15 years’ experience in the eDiscovery field. Prior to her role as the Senior Director of Client Services at Epiq, she was the Manager of eDiscovery and Litigation Support at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP. She leverages her experience to design eDiscovery strategies that align with her clients’ goals and configures creative technology solutions that are both scalable and cost effective, balancing service, processes, and technology.
Tiana holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Calgary.
She has served as a frequent speaker and consultant on the topics of eDiscovery, Analytics, Project Management, Document Review, Data Visualization, Change Management and Leadership.
Sponsored by:

Judicial Treatment of the Sedona Canada Principles Addressing E-Discovery
2021-06-02 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver and Toronto Chapters for a seminar

Please join us for a virtual seminar discussing the judicial treatment of the Sedona Canada Principles with our very own Anatoliy Vlasov of Lindsay LLP.
The presentation will touch on such topics as the Principles’ origin, how they can be used in civil litigation, judicial treatment of the Principles from across the country and how the Principles interplay with other E-Discovery standards established by courts in Canada.
Speaker:

Anatoliy Vlasov is a Vancouver-based litigator, whose practice focuses on complex property losses, environmental claims and construction disputes. He is a member of Sedona Canada and is a Director-at-Large of the Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
Sponsored By:

AITHERAS, LLC is a global customer-centric innovative IT consulting firm and solutions integrator based in the DC metropolitan area, with 19 data centers worldwide, that has served and partnered with over a hundred clients since 2002 to include FEMA, CDC, USDA, NOAA, IRS, GSA, DOJ, DOL and others. Both government and private sector clients have entrusted AITHERAS with mission-critical projects relying on services and expertise in Innovation Management, Data Analytics, Cloud Computing Services, IT Engineering, Application Development, Data and Records Management, Litigation Support and Cyber Security.

Future Training Law Students in Canada in 2021 and Beyond
2021-05-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Match Game and Virtual Social
2021-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for a match game and virtual social

Who’s Ready to Play MATCH GAME?
Join the ACEDS Vancouver Chapter for a fun-filled lunch-hour playing the iconic virtual Match Game and get to know your ‘celebrity panelists,’ compete for cool prizes, and take a much-needed break from ‘the office’!
Sponsored by: DFI Forensics

About DFI Forensics
DFI Forensics is a Vancouver-based digital forensics, litigation support and eDiscovery firm serving law firms across North America. We acquire data from computer devices, cell phones and other digital sources to determine facts or resolve disputed issues in a variety of legal proceedings.
