On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Laura ↗
In their words
the remarkable thing about electronic goods is that their infinitely replicable when they're used they're not used up and that fundamentally changes the relationship between the effort it takes to create something and the use that we collectively can get out of it
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What is Laura van Wyngaarden known for?
Co-founding Diligen in 2015, one of the earlier Canadian companies to apply machine learning to contract review, where she is chief operating officer. She is also a frequent voice on inclusion in legal technology.
What did Laura van Wyngaarden talk about at TechTO?
How technology leverages human effort. She started from a 12,000-year-old handprint in a French cave and traced the line from agriculture and machines, which extended physical effort, to software and AI, which extend mental effort — including Diligen's own contract review.
What does Diligen do?
It reviews contracts with machine learning: identifying provisions, summarising them and managing the review workflow, so a legal team can get through hundreds or thousands of documents faster than by reading each one.