For the first time, Briefing is holding an event to discuss and analyse the results of its landmark annual research into legal technology.

Making data work harder, smarter and faster for both management information and pricing, as well as delivering data and value to clients, means gazing into the future of analytics.

From law firms building chatbot-based self-service systems for private and business clients to turning the finance function into a digital nirvana, automation spans the whole of tomorrow’s legal business and every area of its work.

Briefing Transformation 2017 is a one-day event completely focused on the needs of business services leaders driving change and transformation in top 100 law firms.

From dumb terminals to smart working – how are innovative law firms, professional services firms and other businesses combining the cutting edge of mobile technology with new ways of working, physical working environments and working practices to create radically different workplaces for the future?

Briefing 5P conference centres on progressing beyond traditional silos in legal services and demonstrates that people in legal business have to work together in a more inter-dependent, project-based way to deliver legal work, increase profits and retain clients.

The only event to specifically target chief operating officers, business managers and others in operational leadership roles from large UK and international law firms, Briefing's Operational Leaders in Legal event returns in 2017.

There is significant debate about whether artificial intelligence (AI) will have a radical impact on the legal profession.