Thank you for accepting your invitation to speak at TECHSHOW 2025. Your expertise and insight is vital to the success of TECHSHOW. Please work with your track leader and co-presenter to finalize the title and description for your presentation. These will be posted online in October. If you have not yet submitted your bio and headshot for the speakers page, please e-mail them to Marcia Yarbrough at marcia.yarbrough@americanbar.org as soon as possible. Below you will find a list of important deadlines, forms, and guides for TECHSHOW 2025 Faculty. It may take some time to collect all of your materials for your presentation so we urge you to begin that process as quickly as possible. We need 10 pages of original content when requesting CLE. Your track leader will explain this in greater detail when you meet.
Please contact co-chairs Sofia Lingos (sofia.lingos@trident.legal) and/or Cynthia Thomas (cynthiat@plmcassociates.com) if you are having difficulty with anything.
You can find all the necessary forms, templates, documents, and supplemental information in the faculty document library.
If you are not local to Chicago (more than 30 miles away from the Hyatt Regency Chicago at 151 E. Wacker Dr.), the ABA Law Practice Division will offer one complimentary hotel night at the Hyatt Regency for each day you are speaking at TECHSHOW. Please make your hotel reservation through the ABA TECHSHOW portal at the Hyatt Regency. ABA staff will then contact the hotel to mark one or two of your nights as complimentary depending on how many days you are speaking at TECHSHOW. Please consult the schedule below when determining how many nights you are staying. We will have a large celebration event on Friday night and a faculty networking breakfast on Saturday morning if you choose to stay Friday night as well. To confirm whether you are presenting on one day or two days, please contact your track leader.
ABA TECHSHOW will reimburse you up to $400.00 for travel expenses if you are located more than 30 miles from the Hyatt Regency Chicago. ABA Members can take advantage of exclusive discounts on airfare, hotels, and car rentals available here. The travel reimbursement guidelines are here and the reimbursement form to submit after TECHSHOW 2024 is linked here. Please submit the form and all receipts immediately following TECHSHOW to marcia.yarbrough@americanbar.org.
If you are within 30 miles of the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, located at 151 E. Wacker Dr., you are not eligible for lodging or travel reimbursement.
The TECHSHOW 2024 schedule is still being finalized. However, knowing it will affect your travel plans, here is a draft schedule (faculty-specific events are highlighted and you are encouraged to attend):
Wednesday, February 14
4:00 p.m. CST Faculty Reception (all faculty encouraged to attend and network with each other)
5:00 p.m. CST Startup Alley featuring the 2024 pitch competition finalists and organized by Bob Ambrogi
6:30 p.m. CST Expo Hall Reception – Meet the Vendors
Thursday, February 15
8:45 a.m. CST Opening Ceremony and Futures Welcome Panel
10:00 a.m. CST Thursday Sessions and Lunch ‘N’ Learn
4:15 p.m. CST Expo Hall Reception
6:30 p.m. CST Taste of TECHSHOW
Friday, February 16
8:45 a.m. CST Keynote
10:00 a.m. CST Friday Sessions and Lunch ‘N’ Learn
5:30 p.m. CST Meet the Faculty Reception
6:30 p.m. CST Friday Night Bash
Saturday, February 17
8:45 a.m. CST Breakfast and 60 Tech Tips in 60 Minutes
10:00 a.m. CST CLE
11:00 a.m. CST Action Plans To Go
If you should have any additional questions, please contact Marcia Yarbrough.
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Marcia Yarbrough
Meetings Manager
ABA Law Practice Division
321 North Clark
Chicago, IL 60654
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Email: marcia.yarbrough@americanbar.org