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BIALL Conference Brighton 2010 - Risks and Opportunities
9 December 2009
The BIALL Conference Committee are pleased to announce the members rate for the BIALL Conference 2010 will be £350 (+VAT). This rate will apply to members booking before 30 April 2010.
We are particularly pleased to set such a good value rate during these financially strained times. Further details of rates and hotel accommodation will be made available in the provisional programme for the Conference which will be published in early 2010. The delegate rate covers attendance at all conference sessions, trade exhibition, product demonstrations and social events.
More details on the BIALL Conference are available at http://www.biall.org.uk/pages/brighton-2010-risks-and-opportunities.html
The BIALL Conference package offers a substantial Conference programme drawn up and coordinated by colleagues who understand your business needs be they academic, law firm or institutional library. As the pre-eminent annual event for legal information professionals it also gives you the most significant forum for networking and for meeting suppliers during the working year.
Brighton 2010 will offer a focussed and highly relevant programme with many engaging and practical sessions including:- Change management - increasing your capability skills and remit in times of change;
- Effective strategies to reduce stress and increase job satisfaction;
- Making the right investment in human resources - recruitment and selection;
- The Legal Services Act: The practical implications for legal and information professionals;
- Emerging alternative models for managing information resources in law firms;
- Outsourcing, co-sourcing and offshoring;
- The art of communications - practical interpersonal and communication skills;
- Managing online library spend: The use of electronic resource management systems;
- Traditionally the Conference offers sessions relevant to all sectors of the profession and for 2010 BIALL will also offer bespoke sessions for senior level information professionals;
- Our exhibition space at the Brighton Centre will also afford us an opportunity to provide product demonstrations on behalf of a range of our exhibitors.
Brighton 2010 promises to be an exciting, vibrant and relevant Conference for all legal information professionals. In addition to the main programme, exhibition and product demonstrations there will be ample opportunity for networking with your professional colleagues and a chance to relax and enjoy social events including the annual dinner sponsored by Sweet & Maxwell which will take place at the DeVere Grand Hotel and the presentation of awards. The Halsbury Awards sponsored by Lexis Nexis will take place at the Thistle Hotel on the Thursday evening of the Conference.
