AGENTS IN ACTION:

The Future of Legal Work
with AI & Copilot

AUGUST 6-7, 2025

REDMOND

How SOLID AI Works

DAY ONE- EXPERIENCE

Kick-off & Campus Tour

  • Microsoft Redmond HQ Tour
    • (You will get to choose your own tour)
  • Meet Microsoft Engineers
  • Welcome Reception

Day Two - EXPERIENCE

MORNING: SHOW & TELL — THE POWER OF AGENTS & CO-PILOT

  • Welcome & Keynote: The Future of AI in Legal Work
    • Nishan DeSilva, Microsoft • David Cowen, The Cowen Group
  • Live Demos by Microsoft Engineers
    • • Co-Pilot for Personal Productivity
    (Email, Meetings, Summarization, Task Automation)
    • Co-Pilot for Legal Teams (Contract Review, Compliance, Risk Assessment)
  • Interactive Q&A & Discussion
Nishan DeSilva
Microsoft
David Cowen
The Cowen Group

Day Two - EXPERIENCE

MIDDAY: BUILD & APPLY — CREATING YOUR OWN AGENTS

  • Workshop: Designing AI Agents for Legal & Productivity
    • • Small groups ideate & define use cases
    • Engineers guide participants in setting up custom AI workflows
  • Hands-on Agent Building
    • Using Copilot Studio, attendees create their own AI agents
    • Instant feedback & iteration

Day Two - EXPERIENCE

AFTERNOON: SCALING THE IMPACT

  • Panel: How to Bring AI into Your Legal Org
    • • Microsoft team + Legal Innovators discuss adoption & governance
  • Roundtable: The Future of AI & Legal Work
    • • Attendees reflect on learnings, challenges, and opportunities
  • Closing Session: What’s Next?
    • • Discussion on scaling SOLID BOOTCAMP workshops across the U.S.
    • Define key action items for future sessions
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August 6th

Session
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    Sponsors Only training with Microsoft Engineers with Co-Pilot Studio.

  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Check-in desk open attendees can complete security clearance, tech checks, and receive login credentials.

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

    Microsoft Campus Tour

  • 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

    Cocktails and Dinner

August 7th

Session 1
  • 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM

    Networking Breakfast
    Start the day connecting. No slide decks. No panels. Just humans. Never eat alone.
    Check-in desk open attendees can complete security clearance, tech checks, and receive login credentials.

  • 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM

    Opening Keynote: Empowering Legal Teams with AI
    The Challenge: Legal teams are expected to lead digital change, but the AI learning curve is steep, and expectations are higher than ever.
    The Reality: You don’t need to be an AI expert—you need the right questions, the right co-conspirators, and a mindset for bold experimentation.
    What You’ll Learn:
    --Where AI is already creating legal value inside Microsoft
    --Why “doing nothing” is the most expensive option
    --What to ask, who to ask, and when to start

    Why Attend? This session opens the aperture and reframes the AI conversation from fear to forward motion.

    Speakers:
  • 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

    Understanding Agents & Copilots: Your Gateway to AI Mastery
    The Challenge: AI agents sound great in theory—but most legal teams don’t know what they are, how they work, or where to begin.
    The Reality: Agents are not some future idea—they're already embedded in the tools you use today. Understanding them is step one in building with them.
    What You’ll Learn:
    --The difference between copilots and agents (and why it matters)
    --How Microsoft teams are deploying them now
    --What you’ll need to succeed in the hands-on lab this afternoon

    Why Attend? If you want to stop nodding and start building, this is your technical and mental on-ramp.

    Speakers:
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

    Responsible AI & Copilot Readiness with Purview.
    The Challenge: Everyone wants to scale AI—but without governance, you’re inviting risk, not results.
    The Reality: Smart organizations are moving fast and building in safeguards. Purview is the toolkit for AI readiness.
    What You’ll Learn:
    --What Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) looks like in practice
    --How to assess AI readiness in your data estate
    --Why legal teams should be at the governance table from Day 1

    Why Attend? If your legal or compliance team will be asked to greenlight AI—this is your blueprint to do it fast and right.

    Speakers:
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

    Observability – The Hidden Engine of AI Speed and Trust
    The Challenge: Legal and business teams are racing to adopt AI agents and copilots, but most are flying blind. Without observability, you’re driving a Formula 1 car with blacked-out windows—fast, powerful, and headed straight for a wall.
    The Reality: Observability isn’t a luxury. It’s the hidden engine that lets you move faster and build guardrails later. If you can’t see what your AI is doing, you can’t improve it, govern it, or trust it. And AI assurance is emerging as the next big corporate requirement, just like SOC2 did for cloud.
    What You’ll Learn:
    ---What “AI observability” actually means in practical terms
    ---Why pre-deployment testing and observability are the bases for safe, scalable AI
    ---How assurance programs for AI work (think SOC2 for agents) and why your board will ask for one
    ---How to make AI more than a shiny object—by making it visible, measurable, and improvable

    Why Attend?
    If you want your AI agents to survive contact with the real world—compliance, audit, and business expectations—this conversation is your starting line. Leave knowing what questions to ask your IT, security, and legal teams on Monday morning.

    Speakers:
  • 10:00 AM – 10:25 AM

    Table Talk
    Prompt: “Where is your organization most ready—and least ready—for AI transformation today?”

  • 10:25 AM – 10:40 AM

    Town Hall
    Open-mic. What surprised you? What challenged your assumptions? One voice at a time.

  • 10:40 AM – 10:45 AM

    Table Switch
    New table. New minds. New sparks.

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

    Morning Break
    Coffee. Follow-up. Reset.

Session 2 - AI in Action (Legal Use Cases)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM

    Copilot Use Cases
    The Challenge: Everyone wants to “do something with Copilot”—but most teams don’t know where to start.
    The Reality: The best use cases are already happening inside legal teams, and you can copy them today.
    What You’ll Learn:
    --Top 3 legal workflows where Copilot creates value fast.
    --Tips from real deployments—what to watch for
    --How to test without a massive rollout

    Why Attend? Stop admiring Copilot from a distance. This is your walk-up playbook.

    Speakers:
  • 11:10 AM – 11:45 AM

    Relativity Featured Session
    TBD

  • 11:45 AM – 12:10 PM

    Table Talk
    Prompt: “Where does Copilot fit into your legal workflow—and what would need to shift to make it real?”

  • 12:10 PM – 12:25 PM

    Town Hall
    What came up at your table? Share it back with the room.

  • 12:25 PM – 12:30 PM

    Table Switch
    Final remix before lunch.

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

    Networking Lunch
    Fuel up. Connect. Think forward.

Session 3 - Hands-On Lab: Build Your Own AI Agent
  • 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

    Lab Kickoff
    The Challenge: Everyone wants to build an AI agent—until they hit the blank screen. The tools are powerful, but where do you start? And how do you get from “what if” to “what works”?
    The Reality: With a clear framework, a good use case, and the right mindset, anyone in this room can sketch and ship something real in under two hours. You don’t need to be technical—you need to think like a designer.
    What You’ll Learn:
    ---How to use Copilot Studio to design, test, and iterate fast
    ---How to scope an agent around real business and legal use cases
    ---Why your first agent should solve a “small” problem with big ripple effects

    Why Attend?
    This kickoff gets your head in the game, your hands on the tools, and your team focused on building something you can actually use. It’s your on-ramp to real-world agent design.

    Speakers:
  • 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM

    Group Agent Build
    The Challenge: Legal teams often overcomplicate AI projects before they begin—drowning in architecture diagrams and governance plans before they’ve tested a single workflow.
    The Reality: You don’t need a moonshot. You need a use case, a working draft, and a team willing to learn together. In this session, you’ll co-design a real AI agent that solves a real pain point—no slides, just building.
    What You’ll Learn:
    ---How to go from workflow idea to functional agent
    ---What makes an agent usable, valuable, and scalable
    ---Where most teams get stuck—and how to avoid it

    Why Attend?
    This is your chance to get messy, get creative, and get something built. You’ll leave with not just a plan—but a prototype and a playbook to take back to your team.

    Speakers:
  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

    Afternoon Break
    Coffee. Follow-up. Reset.

  • 3:15 PM – 3:40 PM

    Table Talk: From Build to Rollout
    Prompt: “If this agent were real, where would it fit in your org? What would get in the way—and how would you get it across the line?” You’ve just built something. Now ask: How would you make it real?

  • 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM

    Agent Showcase + Final Town Hall + Wrap Up
    The Challenge: Big ideas are great—but what really lands is seeing how your peers approached the same challenge from another angle.
    The Reality: This share-out is about insight, not polish.
    Every table gives a 90-second download: What did you build? Why? And what might you do next with it?

    Why Attend? The crowd is the value. You’ll leave smarter—and maybe even inspired to steal someone’s idea.

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Happy Hour - Cocktails

Why Attend SOLID AI?

Exclusive, hands-on training with Microsoft AI engineers

Design and build your own legal AI agents

Collaborate with top legal leaders and innovators

Learn how to scale AI across your organization

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