ITAG 2026 KICKOFF

Agenda Highlights:

Mission & Goals Review: Reaffirm ITAG’s initiatives and commitment to fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth in 2026.

Board Elections: Nominate and elect the leaders who will guide ITAG’s mission this year.

Featured Panel Discussion: Legal implications of AI across industries

• Speakers:
  • Andrew Silverman (MacElree Harvey)
  • Frederic Wilf (Wilftek LLC)
  • Laura Belmont (Civis Analytics)
  • Matthew Redding (Fox Rothschild LLP)
  • Moderator: Charlotte Conroy (Recent Communications)

Networking & Refreshments

About the Speakers:

• Andrew Silverman (MacElree Harvey) – Andrew Silverman is the Chair of the Business Department at MacElree Harvey, where he acts as a strategic architect for regional and national entities navigating complex corporate transitions. With an LL.M. in Taxation and a background in international commerce through his work as a former board member of World Trade Center Delaware, Andrew focuses on the intersections of M&A, tax, and corporate governance. As manufacturing enters the era of AI-driven efficiency, he advises manufacturers on how to leverage these efficiencies to increase company value, streamline complex contracting, and position themselves for strategic growth or successful transitions in a rapidly evolving global market.
• Frederic Wilf (Wilftek LLC) – Fred Wilf is the founder and managing partner of Wilftek LLC, a boutique law firm. He has been helping clients succeed for over 30 years, primarily in the fields of technology, intellectual property and business law. Wilftek is a boutique law firm, but Fred has worked with a large regional firm (Saul Ewing) and an international law firm (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius). Fred has also briefly worked in-house with a chemical company and with a telecommunications company. In addition to his transactional work, Fred serves as an arbitrator of disputes involving business, technology and intellectual property issues, mostly through the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. He has also writes and speaks at the intersection of law and technology, especially in newer technologies such as artificial intelligence as they make their way into and become a part of the larger economy. Fred and his team work across multiple industries, including information technology, healthcare and life sciences, chemicals, electronics, and business services. The firm’s work covers the entire lifecycle of a technology, from initial idea, through development, bringing it to market, commercialization, and then sale or sunset (often in favor of a newer technology). From strategy to implementation, Fred and his team partner with their clients to achieve the results they seek.
• Laura Belmont (Civis Analytics) – Laura Belmont is General Counsel at Civis Analytics, where she leads Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and Cybersecurity for the data science and AI technology company. She has built AI governance protocols from the ground up—both internal frameworks and product-facing controls—establishing responsible AI practices that de-risk innovation. A recognized authority on AI contracting, she authors an AI and contracting column and regularly speaks on AI procurement strategy, generative AI contractual issues, deploying AI in the legal function, and crafting contract provisions, policies, and processes that reflect how AI actually works. Previously, she scaled enterprise compliance at Comcast and practiced international trade and anti-corruption law at Latham & Watkins. She serves as Board Chair of Women’s Way, an organization dedicated to gender equity, and was appointed to Montgomery County, PA’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence for Public Good.
• Matthew Redding (Fox Rothschild LLP) –