Laurel Presents: Proof
Proof is the conference challenging how we work in the age of AI.
One day in New York with the firm leaders rebuilding how professional services work gets done—what AI is doing to how firms staff, train, and price, discussed honestly rather than from a script.
What to Expect
The impact of AI on talent: Frankfurt Kurnit, The Bonadio Group, and Reed Smith on what happens to the associate pipeline when AI handles more of the junior work—and how you develop a fifth-year who never got those repetitions.
How to build a firm from AI-first principles: Freshfields, with Google and Anthropic, on how they chose their AI stack and why they didn't buy what everyone else bought.
Change management in the age of AI: Cozen O'Connor, Warren Averett, and Stradley Ronon on their own rollouts—what stalled, what actually worked, and what they'd do differently with hindsight.
AI as strategy, not procurement: EY on why AI keeps arriving at firms as a purchase order when the decision belongs in the partner meeting.
Transformation at the scale of a global firm: A Big Four firm on what it actually takes to move hundreds of thousands of people, and which parts didn't work.
Speakers
Gil Perez (Global Chief Innovation Officer, Freshfields)
Patrick McCarthy (VP, Google Workplace, Google)
Matthew Newnes (Partner, EY)
Anthony Diana (Partner, Reed Smith)
Hannah Taylor (Deputy Managing Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz)
John Roman, Jr. (Chief Information Officer, The Bonadio Group)
Tom Markward (VP of User Experience, Cozen O'Connor)
Brittney Robertson (AI Strategy Manager, Warren Averett)
Sarah Hirebet (Director of Knowledge & Innovation, Stradley Ronon)
Scott Stanford (Co-Founder & Partner at ACME Capital)
Ryan Alshak (CEO, Laurel)
More speakers to be announced.
Traveling from out of town?
We've secured a room block at The Beekman Hotel for conference attendees. This room block is limited, so we encourage you to book early.
Please note on your registration if you'll need a hotel room, and we'll send you the booking instructions. Additionally, you can browse our recommended hotels near the venue.