ILTACON 2026 is wrapped, so what actually mattered? On this live InfoGov Hot Seat, host Jim Marfield sits down with ILTA president Jason (Chief Innovation Officer) and Hunter Nicholas (VP Sales, FIT). We get into MCP, moving AI from pilot to production, change management, security reviews, fake "AI" claims, and the microwave take on Gen AI hype. Rapid fire round and audience Q&A included.
Episode of InfoGov Hot Seat Live, now InfoGov Hot Seat: A Governed Intelligence Podcast. Host Jim Merrifield looks back at ILTACON 2026 with Jason Dirks (Chief Innovation Officer, Benesch, and President of ILTA) and Hunter Nicholas (VP of Sales, Future in Tech). They cover what actually changed in legal tech this year, what's just hype, and how firms and business partners turn AI into measurable value.
In this episode:
* Why MCP and the "single pane of glass" defined ILTACON 2026, and why your own data is now the real differentiator
* How to move from pilot to production, starting with the business need rather than the tool
* Change as a limited resource: why firms need to meter change to avoid exhausting their people
* Information governance vs. data governance, and why governance has to be cross-functional
* What gets deals through security review: candor, roadmap transparency, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP
* Cutting through AI noise: "AI with an ROI" and why post-sale partnership matters more than the signature
* Rapid-fire hot seat: Gen AI and the microwave analogy, overhyped buzzwords, how to lose a buyer in 30 seconds, and predictions for 2030
Guests: Jason Dirks, Hunter Nicholas
Founding Supporters: Newcode, NetDocuments, iManage, Filerskeepers, Future in Tech
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