The Influencers: Digital Transformation

How Nestlé uses legal tech and AI I Ruth Brandstätter, Senior Legal Counsel, Nestlé

Join Nestlé senior legal counsel Ruth Brandstätter and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as Ruth shares Nestlé’s journey using legal tech and AI in their intellectual property division.
About Nestlé:  With 270,000 employees, more than 2,000 brands and a presence in 188 countries, Nestlé has been the largest publicly held food company in the world since 2014. Committed to being the “good food, good life company,” Nestlé believes in the power of food to enhance lives.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.
A programming note: We know that summer provides a lot of competition for your time, so we will be taking a brief summer break and will be back in September for our third season with more thought-provoking conversations with some of the leading minds in digital transformation.

The future of LegalTech: vision, tools, and success stories I Sebastian Lach, Co-CEO, ELTEMATE

Join Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as he interviews legal tech entrepreneur and white collar attorney Sebastian Lach. Leo and Sebastian discuss the future of legal services amid digital transformation, how the most effective tools are driven by the need to solve client problems, and the beneficial evolution of legal tech tools.
About ELTEMATE:  ELTEMATE’s goal is to make clients’ lives easier by delivering practical solutions to everyday legal tech problems. They combine a deep understanding of clients' legal needs with the speed and innovation of a legal tech start-up, with a portfolio that covers a large spectrum of solutions, including generative AI, machine learning, eDiscovery, and much more.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Behind the AI Act I Kai Zenner, Digital Policy Adviser, European Parliament

In this insightful episode, Kai Zenner, Digital Policy Adviser for the European Parliament, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach go behind the scenes of the new European AI Act and its far-reaching impacts. They explore the legislative process, outcomes, and repercussions for individual businesses as well as the economy at large. Additionally, Kai and Leo highlight the standout provisions of the AI Act, including those that address applications soon to be prohibited and cover high-risk applications, the distinction between high-risk systems and general-purpose AI, and the tools provided by the EU to ease compliance.
About Kai Zenner: Kai is the Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss, European Parliament, as well as a member of the OECD's Network of Experts (One AI) and Member of the United Nations' Expert Group that advises the Secretary-General's 'High-Level Advisory Body on AI.' Kai has also been named as one of the “top influencers who are most effectively setting the agenda in politics, public policy and advocacy in Brussels" Learn more at https://www.kaizenner.eu/.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

From tangible to tokenized: legalities of digital assets

Join Prof. Ulrich Segna, the Dean of EBS Law School, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as they explore the evolving landscape of securities and civil law principles that shape the intersection of traditional and digital assets, share insights on changing legal frameworks, and discuss emerging civil law principles in the context of digital value.
About Prof. Segna: Prof. Ulrich Segna is the Dean of EBS Law School and Professor of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, Law of Non-Profit Organizations. EBS Universität is the oldest private business school in Germany and includes business, law, and executive schools.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Cloud computing for AI applications – the world of GPUs, CPUs and other hardware infrastructure

Join Stefan Schiefer, CEO of Genesis Cloud, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as they delve into the intricate dynamics of cloud computing, explore how advancements in GPU technology drive the evolution of cloud services for AI applications, and envision the transformative potential and societal impacts of these innovations.
About Genesis Cloud: Genesis Cloud is the leading AI-first cloud for training and inference of enterprise AI applications. Genesis Cloud offerings are built on NVIDIA reference architecture on the most powerful AI hardware available and provide managed services to power modern AI enterprise applications.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Unlocking potential: The promise of digital asset evolution I Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO, Avrio Worldwide

Avrio Worldwide CEO and Global Digital Finance Executive Co-Chair Lawrence Wintermeyer unpacks his crystal ball with Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as they explore next steps for digital assets, where the greatest promise lies, and what’s on the horizon for real world asset tokenization.
About Avrio Worldwide: Avrio is a financial services technology company providing market infrastructure, services, and data on an institutional grade full technology stack transacting across public markets, private markets and digital markets.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Hope amidst despair: TeleHelp Ukraine

Join Solomiia Savchuk, Founding CEO of TeleHelp Ukraine, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach as they share the powerful story of how a group of Stanford Medical School students harnessed the power of technology to bring badly needed medical and mental health support to the heart of war-torn Ukraine.
About Telehelp Ukraine: TeleHelp Ukraine provides free quality medical and mental health support to Ukrainians affected by the war through telemedicine services from a global network of clinicians, interpreters, and volunteers with a focus on patient advocacy and care coordination. Learn more, volunteer, or contribute at https://telehelpukraine.com/.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

The future of tokenization

Katey Neate, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Assets at BNY Mellon, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach explore the future of tokenization, including what we will and won’t see in 2024, extending existing products to service digital assets, the rate of adoption for liquid and illiquid assets, new asset classes, and how technology can keep up with demand.
About Katey Neate: Katey is the Chief Operating Officer, Digital Assets, at BNY Mellon. Based in London, Katey has been with BNY Mellon since 2003 and has extensive and diverse experience in the financial services industry, particularly with risk and digital assets. She is actively involved in advising leadership of digital asset startups on business and risk management strategy, which includes representing BNY Mellon on the board of Coin Metrics.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Exploring the UK’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation Bill with its author

Lord Holmes of Richmond, a Member of the UK House of Lords, and Hogan Lovells host John Salmon discuss Lord Holmes’ Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill that is currently under discussion in Parliament: why he believes it’s time for Britain to regulate, how the proposed approach compares to those taken by other countries, and how ultimately the right kind of regulation can make AI a meaningful benefit to society.
About Lord Holmes: Lord Chris Holmes is an active member of the House of Lords with a policy focus on digital technology for public good. A passionate advocate for the potential of technology and the benefits of diversity and inclusion, he recently introduced the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill into the UK Parliament. You can learn more about the Bill and Lord Holmes’ work in the space by visiting his website at chrisholmes.co.uk, his blog at lordchrisholmes.com, or connect with him on LinkedIn @lordchrisholmes.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.

Data flows, AI policies & system security I Dr. Barbara Holzer, Senior Director Government Affairs for Central Europe, Salesforce

Dr. Barbara Holzer, Senior Director Government Affairs for Central Europe, Salesforce, and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach cover the issues impacting data and its effective and safe usage in AI supported business operations.
About Barbara Holzer: After almost two decades with a world leading auto manufacturer, Dr. Barbara Holzer now focuses on government relations for Salesforce, which brings a particular focus on the security, use, and regulation of data & AI.
About Hogan Lovells: Our Digital Transformation offering helps clients navigate the full breadth and depth of the seismic forces impacting their organizations – and today’s society. Leveraging team members across our 2800 lawyers on six continents, we provide integrated advice on the multifaceted regulatory, governance and enforcement issues and risks that arise across the many technologies and trends that comprise the new digital future.