Ignite 2026: Full Schedule

Join Mike Fife and panelists to be announced for an interactive Roundtable discussion on delivering profit - specifically, what do you DO with the data? Mike will walk you through how to get started, how to implement, and how to use the information to benefit your firm in an open discussion with attendees on best practices.

Speakers

Mike Fife

Principal Implementation Consultant, SurePoint Technologies

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT
Breakout Room 2 - Savannah Ballroom C 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

Finance Core

9:15am EDT

Trust Accounting & Compliance Best Practices in Finance Enterprise

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT

Breakout Room 2 - Savannah Ballroom C

Trust accounting and compliance are critical—but they don’t have to be complex or risky. In this session, we’ll walk through best practices for managing trust accounts in Finance Enterprise while maintaining accuracy, transparency, and audit readiness. Learn how to streamline processes around deposits, disbursements, and reconciliations while reducing manual effort and minimizing compliance risk. We’ll also cover common pitfalls firms face and how to avoid them with the right workflows, controls, and reporting. You’ll leave with practical guidance to strengthen compliance and build confidence in your firm’s financial operations.

Speakers

Eoin Walden

Sales Engineer, SurePoint Technologies

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT
Breakout Room 2 - Savannah Ballroom C 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

Finance Enterprise

9:15am EDT

From Patterns to Pipelines: AI-Powered Talent Intelligence for the 2026 Hiring Market

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT

Breakout Room 1 - Savannah Ballroom B

The 2026 lateral market rewards firms that use data, not gut feel. Kath Byrnes shows how Legal Insights's market intelligence — combined with your own historical hiring and attrition signals — surfaces high-potential candidates, predicts retention risk, and rebuilds resilient pipelines in a tightening talent landscape. Leave with practical AI-assisted plays to modernize sourcing, reactivate known networks, and reduce time-to-hire.

Speakers

Katherine Byrnes

Senior Product Owner, SurePoint Technologies

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT
Breakout Room 1 - Savannah Ballroom B 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

Legal Insights

9:15am EDT

Platinum Sponsor Session: 4L Managed Accounting - AI in Your Accounting Department

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT

Breakout Room 3 - Savannah Ballroom D

Practical Tools for Practical People

Whether you're already using AI or still figuring out where to start, this session is designed to give you something practical to take back to your team.

We'll begin with an open conversation: what are you doing with AI, what have you tried, what are you skeptical about? From there, we'll move into live examples of how AI can help in day-to-day accounting work.

We'll cover:

Real ways accounting teams are using AI right now
Simple ways to take repetitive work off your plate
How AI can support analysis and reporting

What you'll walk away with: A clearer sense of how AI fits into your accounting function, along with practical ideas you can test immediately.

Speakers

Brian Schofield

Controller, 4L Managed Accounting LLC

As a fractional controller for multiple law firm clients, I act as a strategic financial partner and trusted
advisor. I oversee the full accounting cycle, manage relationships, and ensure timely, accurate financials for each firm I support. This role blends the technical expertise of a controller with the client-centric mindset of a service provider. I am a proactive problem solver who can... Read More →

Mary Steele

Director of Reporting, 4L Managed Accounting LLC

Mary Steele is the Director, Reporting at 4L Managed Accounting LLC, a strategic partner of SurePoint Technologies.

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT
Breakout Room 3 - Savannah Ballroom D 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

The Future of Firm Performance

10:10am EDT

The Firm Leader's Guide to Closing the Gap: Faster Billing, Faster Revenue

Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:10am - 10:55am EDT

Breakout Room 2 - Savannah Ballroom C

Join product expert Colin Farrell to learn how to generate and analyze aging, realization, collection, and rate metrics, and translate watchlist signals into decisive action. Plus, are you overlooking the impact of digital payments? A must-attend session for firm administrators and finance leadership looking to make your firm's data work harder, smarter, and faster.

Speakers

Colin Farrell

Product Owner, SurePoint Technologies

Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:10am - 10:55am EDT
Breakout Room 2 - Savannah Ballroom C 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

Finance Enterprise

10:10am EDT

A Live Dashboard Workshop

Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:10am - 10:55am EDT

Breakout Room 1 - Savannah Ballroom B

Move beyond static reports and discover how dynamic dashboards can transform the way your firm works. In this interactive session, we’ll demonstrate how to visualize, shape, and explore your data to uncover insights that matter. From financial performance to operational trends, you’ll see how modern reporting tools can help you tell a clearer story and make more confident decisions.

Speakers

David Raborn

Manager, Product Management, SurePoint Technologies

Roque Sena

Senior Product Owner, SurePoint Technologies

Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:10am - 10:55am EDT
Breakout Room 1 - Savannah Ballroom B 100 General McIntosh Boulevard, Savannah, GA, USA

SurePoint Pro

11:00am EDT

Exhibit Hall - Last Looks and Passport to Prizes

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

Foyer / Pre-Function Area

Visit Ignite's Sponsors in the Exhibit Hall

3545 Consulting
4L
Affinity
Afinety
Ajax
Billables.ai
Cloudelligent
Corpay
Demand Pulse
Element
FileForms
First American Equipment Finance
Laurel.ai
Legal Tech Decoded
Matteroom
PointOne
Scan Logic
Zebraworks

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Foyer / Pre-Function Area

Breaks and Meals

11:45am EDT

Closing Remarks

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:45am - 12:00pm EDT

General Session Room - Savannah Ballroom A

As Ignite 2026 wraps up, join us to celebrate the connections made and to thank our sponsors and presenters who helped make this conference possible. SurePoint leadership leaves you with a few parting thoughts on the year ahead and an open invitation to keep the conversation going long after you head home.

Speakers