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Global legal technology company Relativity will hold the very first Relativity Fest Sydney next month and will include hands-on generative AI experiences, expert-led sessions and opportunities to connect with leading legal data innovators.
For the first time in Australia, Relativity Fest will be held in Sydney on 8 April.
The annual user conference, held at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, will include thought leaders from Asia-Pacific region’s prominent law firms and corporations in a full day of breakout sessions, educational opportunities, live learning labs and immersive experiences using generative AI.
The full list of speakers was revealed last week and includes subject-matter experts from some of the largest law firms and companies in the region.
In the opening keynote, Relativity CEO Phil Saunders, managing director of international sales Georgia Foster, and chief product officer Chris Brown will discuss pivotal transformations shaping the industry.
“As the global legal landscape shifts and our industry steps up to meet the moment, we couldn’t think of a more ideal time for the APAC community to connect in a bigger and better way than ever before,” Saunders said.
“Relativity Fest Sydney is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our relentless commitment to supporting the ongoing transformation of our partners’ and customers’ businesses through the combined strength of advanced AI and the indispensable expertise of the humans wielding it.”
This conference comes as generative AI continues to steadily transform legal workflows.
According to Generative AI in Legal 2024, an IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Relativity, APAC respondents had a significantly higher interest in generative AI’s impact on data privacy and governance than their European and North American counterparts.
Based on findings from this report, automating basic tasks is the top reason respondents use generative AI. One professional services network reported saving approximately 110 human-days of unnecessary manual review and a near 80 per cent reduction in overall review time with the use of aiR for Review, according to Relativity.
Relativity’s generative AI product suite, Relativity aiR, has also been utilised by a number of Australian BigLaw firms, after Relativity’s document review and privilege review solutions were made generally available in 2024, with its case strategy solution is expected to become generally available later this year.
Gilbert + Tobin has integrated Relativity aiR for Review, the company’s generative AI-powered document review solution – and associate director Adrian Agius said the tech has helped the firm meet the evolving needs of their team.
“One of the most powerful benefits of using aiR for Review within RelativityOne is that our data is securely housed in Microsoft Azure, a trusted environment for both us and our clients,” he said.
“This integration addresses a major concern with AI tools.”
Eighty per cent of the top 10 law firms in Australia, based on revenue, are currently using RelativityOne, with half of these top firms making the move to the cloud platform in 2024.
Ashurst is one of these firms and has transitioned to RelativityOne, drawn to its scalability, roadmap and generative AI capabilities, according to partner and global head of Ashurst Advance Hilary Goodier.
“Since implementing RelativityOne, we have seen notable efficiency improvements in our document review and data management,” she said.
“The solution’s automated workflows have significantly reduced the need for manual intervention, and the speed of data transfer and processing enables us to be more agile when responding to clients’ time-sensitive requests, getting documents in front of our lawyers at a much faster pace.”
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