Rewriting the Rules: How AI Turns Contracts into Catalysts for Growth - Jan 2026 - GDS Group

Rewriting the Rules: How AI Turns Contracts into Catalysts for Growth

ROUNDTABLE
21 January 2026, America 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST
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How can legal and procurement teams use AI to turn contracts into a strategic advantage?

Agreements are the lifeblood of business, yet too often contracts become silos of trapped data — limiting visibility, increasing risk, and slowing growth. While Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions have existed for decades, many implementations still fall short. Deployments can take many months or even years, only to result in rigid workflows, limited insights, and ongoing reliance on external service providers for basic changes. As a result, organizations struggle to realize meaningful ROI or business agility from their contract management investments.

The latest wave of AI innovation promises to change this reality. Intelligent contract solutions are unlocking new levels of automation, accuracy, and integration — turning static documents into dynamic sources of business intelligence. By combining large language models (LLMs) with secure data governance, enterprises can now accelerate contract creation, streamline review cycles, surface hidden obligations, and drive smarter decision-making. Yet success depends on more than just the technology itself; it requires a clear adoption strategy, scalable architecture, and seamless alignment with existing enterprise systems.

Join Workday and a select group of your peers as we discuss how to move from promise to performance with AI-driven contract management to deliver not just efficiency but also great business outcomes.

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Event host

Hal Marcus

Head of Product Marketing - Evisort
A former general counsel and Am Law 100 litigator, Hal Marcus has devoted his career to legal technologies find out more

About Workday

Workday is the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. Workday unifies HR and Finance on one intelligent platform with AI at the core to empower people at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver outcomes that matter. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 65% of the Fortune 500.

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Discussion topics

Customize contract AI that delivers measurable ROI and business agility

Ensure accuracy, scalability, and integration across legal, procurement, and finance

Build adoption strategies that empower teams, not overwhelm them

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