Thank you for accepting your invitation to speak at TECHSHOW 2026. 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 December. If you have not yet submitted your bio and headshot for the speakers page, please submit them here as soon as possible. Below you will find a list of important deadlines, forms, and guides for TECHSHOW 2026 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 Brett Burney (email) and/or Patrick Wright (email) if you are having difficulty with anything. 

Items/Deadlines

1. 1. Speaker RSVP/Information Form – October 13, 2025
      • Submit bio and photo – December 8, 2025
   2. Session title and description (to speaker liaison) – December 8, 2025
   3. Speaker Release Form – December 8, 2025:
      • Provide speaker liasion with session description and learning objectives feedback.
   4. Plan for materials: submit a brief outline of when you expect to submit your materials for your session (to speaker liaison) – January 5, 2026
   5. Register for TECHSHOW 2025 – December 19, 2025
      • Use code TSSPK26 to register for free
   6. Reprint Permission Form – December 19, 2025: Only needed if using third party documents.
   7. Required Program Materials Template – January 26, 2026:
      • Please turn in your program materials to your track leaders. Here are some materials guidelines. Work with your track leader to confirm materials.
   8. Required PowerPoint Template
      • Please use this template for your PowerPoint presentation.
   9. Faculty Orientation Call: tbd
      • Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81481215319?pwd=TzuyJa3LauM0W3mGXSoPVMAWTU1EpY.1
      • If you are unable to attend, the meeting will be recorded and shared with you afterward.

Speaker Documents and Forms

You can find all the necessary forms, templates, documents, and supplemental information in the faculty document library.

Travel and Lodging

BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM HERE!

If you are not local to Chicago (more than 30 miles away from the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago at 2233 S. Martin Luther King 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 housing 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 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. 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 2025 is linked here. Please submit the form and all receipts immediately following TECHSHOW to elle.wiles@americanbar.org.  

If you are within 30 miles of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, located at 2233 S. Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, you are not eligible for lodging or travel reimbursement. 

Schedule

The TECHSHOW 2025 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, April 2
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 2025 pitch competition finalists and organized by Bob Ambrogi
6:30 p.m. CST     Expo Hall Reception – Meet the Vendors

Thursday, April 3
8:30 a.m. CST     Opening Ceremony and Keynote
10:30 a.m. CST   Thursday Sessions start and Lunch ‘N’ Learns
5:15 p.m. CST     Expo Hall Reception
6:30 p.m. CST     Taste of TECHSHOW 

Friday, April 4
8:30 a.m. CST     Friday Sessions start and Lunch ‘N’ Learns
6:30 p.m. CST     Friday Night Bash

Saturday, April 5
8:30 a.m. CST     Digital Justice: Two Generations of Judges Explore AI’s Impact on the Legal System
9:45 a.m. CST     40 Tech Tips in 40 Years
10:55 a.m. CST   TECHSHOW 2026 Announcement
11:00 a.m. CST   60 Tech Tips in 60 Minutes

If you should have any additional questions, please contact Kaleigh Matyas.

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LP Staff Contact:

Zachary Bambacht
Division Director

ABA Law Practice Division
321 North Clark
Chicago, IL 60654

312-988-5533
Email: zachary.bambacht@americanbar.org