Seminars teach skills in negotiating IT agreements

TORONTO – Do you have the skills and confidence to negotiate and draft an effective IT agreement? The Osgoode Certificate in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements will be held January 31 – March 9, 2017, in Downtown Toronto. There will be four, one-day modules.

This is a practical and hands-on program. Developed and delivered by an expert faculty of legal and IT specialists from leading technology companies, you will acquire the knowledge and key strategies you need to effectively structure, negotiate and draft IT agreements.

Featuring unique, skills-based “learn by doing” workshops, you will benefit from personalized feedback that will enable you to improve and refine your drafting and negotiation skills.

Topics include:

• Fundamentals of IT system components, players and activities
• Advanced negotiation strategies and tactics
• The key IP issues that affect IT agreements
• Strategies for allocating liability in an IT contract
• Critical cross-border considerations
• Best practices for proceeding ethically in contract negotiations
• Critical security and privacy issues and how to manage them
• Addressing compliance challenges in open source software licensing
• Drafting and negotiation issues that impact IT agreements

In addition to the comprehensive course materials, participants will receive the text Technology Contracting: Law, Precedents and Commentary – a value of over $450. Included are checklists, annotated sample agreements, and precedents which you can put to immediate use in your organization or practice.

Join us in-person or via webcast (webcast is available for Modules 1 – 3 only).

Reserve your spot today!

To learn more or register, please click here http://www.osgoodepd.ca/upcoming_programs/the-osgoode-certificate-in-negotiating-and-drafting-it-agreements/