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Future Disputes UK 2026

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Future Disputes UK 2026 ran on Sep 17, 2026 at 1 Basinghall Avenue in London, United Kingdom. It is a Legal Tech conference that expected about 250 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 37 speakers, 27 sponsors and 6 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 11, 2026 · dates verified Sep 18, 2026

Future Disputes UK: Innovation & Technology in Dispute Resolution brings together leading litigators, arbitrators, technologists, and disputes professionals to explore how innovation is transforming the way disputes are managed, resolved, and litigated. This conference provides a platform for insight, debate, and collaboration at the intersection of law, tec…

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37Speakers
27Sponsors
6Sessions
55Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Future, in alphabetical order.

Akima Paul Lambert
Litigation Partner · Hogan Lovells
Alec Cameron
Partner, Head of IP Disputes · Laytons ETL
Alexandra Holloway
Senior Knowledge and Innovation Lawyer · BCLP
Alex McGregor
Disputes Partner · Dentons
Andrew Walls
Director, Dispute Resolution · Burges Salmon
Anup Kollanethu
Co-Founder & CEO · Ctrl AI
Artem Doudko
Partner, International Arbitration · Osborne Clarke
Clare Reeve Curatola
Partner · BCLP
Clarissa Coleman
Litigation Partner and Head of International Arbitration · DAC Beachcroft LLP
David McArdle
Partner · Beale & Company Solicitors LLP
David Singh
Director of Automation · RoboWorks
Dr. Alice Johnson
Chief AI Scientist · NextGen AI Lab
Helen Kim
Data Scientist · HealthAI
Ishmeet Kaur
Lead Legal Engineer · Legora
James MacGregor
Founder/ Managing Director · Ethical eDiscovery
Jessica Chen
VP of HR · Innovate Inc.
Joseph Dennis
Americas General Counsel · Arup
Joseph Otoo
Senior Legal Counsel, Associate Director · Arup
Julia Wookey
Partner, Commercial Dispute Resolution · Howard Kennedy LLP
Kristin Zmrhal
Vice President of Strategy · CS DISCO
Leon Sosnowski
Head of Capital Markets & Litigation · Norges Bank Investment Management
Maria Alvarez
Professor of Labor Economics · State University

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AlaroCosmonauts Member
ArbTechMedia Partner
AugustCosmonauts Member
Baretz+BrunelleCosmonauts Member
CentariCosmonauts Member
CheckboxCosmonauts Member
ClioCosmonauts Member
CrimsonSponsor
Ctrl-AIStart-Up Sponsor
DISCOHeadline Sponsor
Ethical eDiscoveryMedia Partner
EverlawCosmonauts Member
FlankCosmonauts Member
GravityStackCosmonauts Member
Haqq AICosmonauts Member
HarveyCosmonauts Member
InfodashCosmonauts Member
IvoCosmonauts Member
LawDroidCosmonauts Member
LegoraPlatinum Sponsor
LexisNexisCosmonauts Member
LiteraCosmonauts Member
OpenTextSilver Sponsor
Opus 2Silver Sponsor
PointOneCosmonauts Member
SpellbookCosmonauts Member
Thomson ReutersCosmonauts Member

Agenda

Selected from 6 sessions.

  • Monday 1:00 PM

    Lunch Break

  • Monday 10:30 AM

    Building Ethical Machine Learning Models

    This session delves into best practices and frameworks for developing machine learning models that prioritize fairness, transparency, and ethics.

    AI/ML
  • Monday 12:00 PM

    Panel: The Impact of Automation on the Workforce

    Industry leaders discuss how automation is transforming jobs across industries, including challenges and opportunities for workers and organizations.

    Leadership
  • Monday 2:00 PM

    Hands-on Workshop: Natural Language Processing with Python

    A practical workshop introducing the fundamentals of NLP and guiding participants through building simple text classification models using Python.

    Workshops
  • Monday 4:00 PM

    Lightning Talks: Real-world AI Applications

    A series of five-minute talks where practitioners share quick case studies of AI applications in healthcare, retail, and finance.

    AI/ML
  • Monday 9:00 AM

    Opening Keynote: The Future of AI

    A visionary keynote exploring emerging trends in artificial intelligence and how they will shape our world over the next decade.

    Keynotes

Quick answers

When is Future Disputes UK 2026?
Future Disputes UK 2026 ran on Sep 17, 2026 at 1 Basinghall Avenue in London, United Kingdom.
Where is Future Disputes UK 2026 held?
Future Disputes UK 2026 was held at 1 Basinghall Avenue in London, United Kingdom.
Who is speaking at Future Disputes UK 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 37 speakers, including Akima Paul Lambert (Litigation Partner, Hogan Lovells), Alec Cameron (Partner, Head of IP Disputes, Laytons ETL) and Alexandra Holloway (Senior Knowledge and Innovation Lawyer, BCLP).
Who sponsors Future Disputes UK 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 27 sponsors, including Alaro, ArbTech, August, Baretz+Brunelle and Centari.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 55 companies show up, and 5 bet on three roles at once?

55 companies. five are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
5All threespeak · spons · exh
22Sponsoringsponsor only
28Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

ArbTech·Ctrl AI·Ethical eDiscovery·Legora·OpenText

Speakers by seniority

62% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite38%
  • Founder / Owner1130%
  • VP-level411%
  • Director / Head of514%
  • Manager / Lead38%
  • Engineer · IC25%
  • Research / Science25%
  • Other roles719%

Of 37 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ArbTechSponsor · Media Partner1
2Ctrl AISponsor · Start-Up Sponsor1
3Ethical eDiscoverySponsor · Media Partner1
4LegoraSponsor · Platinum Sponsor1
5OpenTextSponsor · Silver Sponsor1
6AlaroSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
7AugustSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
8Baretz & BrunelleSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
9CentariSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
10CheckboxSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
11ClioSponsor · Cosmonauts Member-
12CrimsonSponsor · Sponsor-
13CS DISCO3
14DISCOSponsor · Headline Sponsor-
Sponsors by tier
cosmonauts member19
70% of 27
headline sponsor1
4% of 27
media partner2
7% of 27
platinum sponsor1
4% of 27
silver sponsor2
7% of 27
sponsor1
4% of 27
start-up sponsor1
4% of 27
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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