TECHSHOW is here!

Good Morning, Chicago! I'm excited to be here for TECHSHOW. It's been a long time coming for those of us on the board and after a year of planning and meeting and all the other fun <GRIN> that comes with being on a board - the curtains are rising and the show starts tomorrow.

We have some really great speakers and sessions lined up so if you are planning to be here you're going to have a great time. Be sure to stop by the "Conference Concierge"  as I'll be spending a lot of time there and you should definitely sign up to go to dinner with one of the speakers who are hosting a Taste of TECHSHOW dinner. There's a lot going on, but these two elements of the show mean a lot to me. The Concierge is a place for attendees to come and ask questions, get pointed to experts and vendors and also get tech support. The "Concierges" will be various members of the board and speakers who volunteered their time to help out. As for the dinners, they are being hosted by our legal tech celebs and are an opportunity for attendees to get up close and personal with experts on topics they are most passionate about. Here's a list of who and what:

Thursday Night Dinners

• Jim Calloway & Tom Mighell - Lawyers That Blog and Why
• Andy Adkins & Natalie Kelly - All About Case Management
• Sheila Blackford & Ellen Freedman - New Practice? Talk with the Experts About Doing it Right
• Allan Mackenzie & LeAnn Davidson - Everything Microsoft Office
• Lincoln Mead & Toby Brown - Talk the Talk:  VoIP, Wireless, Cell and other Communications Tools
• John Simek & Sharon Nelson - Conducting Electronic Discovery Without Going Broke
• Browning Marean & Tom O'Connor - The Future of Litigation Support
• Steve Nipper & Matt Buchanan - There's Just Something about IP
• Dan Pinnington & Reid Trautz - Google for Lawyers
• Laura Calloway & Dave Bilinsky - The Profitable Law Firm: Lets Talk Finance
• Ross Kodner - Practice Management Systems

Friday Night Dinners

• Barron Henley  and Blair Janis : Document Assembly
• Paul Unger - Trial Presentations: What How and Why
• Adriana Linares - Road Warriors Unite
• Ben Schorr - Everything Email
• Catherine Reach & David Masters - The Paper Free Law Office
• Matt Homann - Building the Innovative Practice
• Rick Ferguson - Solo/Small Firm Focus
• Brett Burney - Get There from Here: Remote Access and Collaboration

Matt Homann is organizing a TECHSHOW Blogger Bar Crawl on Thursday night. I'm all over that. Hope to see you around the show!