Certificate in negotiating and drafting IT agreements

TORONTO – When negotiating and drafting IT agreements, you need to know what to look out for to anticipate problems, cover-off key points and adequately protect your organization’s interests. Are you prepared?

Osgoode’s Certificate in Negotiating & Drafting IT Agreements is an innovative course offering a deep dive into the essential aspects of structuring, negotiating and drafting IT agreements. Components are being offered both in-person and online.

Led by Bradley Limpert, an expert faculty of legal and IT specialists from leading technology companies will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills you need to competently and confidently negotiate and draft IT agreements.

Over four intensive days, you will acquire a comprehensive overview of key factors relevant to structuring an IT agreement, and practical tools to enable you to draft and negotiate the contentious clauses.

You will also learn the critical business, technological, and IP aspects underlying IT agreements, so that you can approach your contracts with a thorough grounding in essential concepts. 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
• Emerging issues and technology trends

This Certificate features blended in-person and online learning, including two Online Primers (one-hour each) – both are available on demand upon registration:

1. Navigating Ethical Issues in IT Transactions
2. Understanding IT System Development Methodologies

Your learning will also be enhanced and reinforced by applying what you’ve learned in a take-home drafting assignment and during two small group, skills-based “learn by doing” drafting and negotiation workshops where you will receive personalized feedback from IT agreement specialists.

In addition to comprehensive course materials, participants will receive materials from the text Technology Contracting: Law, Precedents and Commentary.

Date & Time
Two Online Primers* available on demand.
*Must view both Online Primers (1 hour each) to obtain your Certificate.
Module 1: March 7, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
(In-Person or Webcast)
Module 2: March 29, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT
(In-Person or Webcast)
Module 3: April 12, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
(In-Person or Webcast)
Module 4: May 14, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. EDT
(In-Person Only)

Location
Osgoode Professional Development Centre,
1 Dundas St. W., 26th Floor Toronto, ON

Can’t attend the full program in person? Webcast is available for Modules 1 – 3.

Fee per Delegate
$2,995 plus HST

For more information, see http://www.osgoodepd.ca/upcoming_programs/the-osgoode-certificate-in-negotiating-and-drafting-it-agreements/?utm_medium=web+ad&utm_source=canadian+healthcare+tech&utm_campaign=certificate+it+agreements