Registration Open09:00 AM - 07:00 PMRegistrants' Networking Lounge Open09:00 AM - 01:30 PMPresenting Effectively with Ora Shtull11:30 AM - 12:30 PMThis session synthesizes the key components of effective presentations. Whether you present at PLUS events or in the workplace, come for a refresher that will fine-tune your speaking strengths. You’ll leave the session with a lasting methodology for projecting confidence and speaking persuasively.Opening General Session02:00 PM - 04:00 PMTopic: This panel will explore how the SOX legislation has changed U.S.corporate governance and D&O liability since it was passed in 2002.
Attendees will learn:
- What are the true substantive changes in corporate governance since the passage of SOX.
- Historic litigation trends – have they been affected by SOX.
- “GoldiSOX and the three bears” – Too much, too little or just right?
- How key industry underwriters believe SOX has changed their landscape for executive liability exposure.
Hon. Michael G Oxley
Vice Chairman, Nasdaq; Of Counsel, Baker Hostetler LLP, Member of Congress 1981-2007Reception at the Marriott Wardman Park06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Registration Open07:00 AM - 05:00 PMBreakfast Buffet07:30 AM - 08:30 AMConcurrent Educational Sessions08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
- Executive Liability: Who's The Boss? Changes at EEOC, in RICO, and Other EPL Challenges for Corporate Leaders
- Medical Professional Liability and Allied Healthcare Professional: Beat the Clock! New Hopes and Risks in Anti-Aging Medicine
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: Re-Designing Risk- How Contracts and Technology are Changing A&E Exposures
- On the Cutting Edge: The Devil is in the E-mail: EGAD!
Who's The Boss? Changes at EEOC, in RICO, and Other EPL Challenges for Corporate Leaders08:30 AM - 09:45 AMPhilip R Voluck Esq.
Managing Partner - Pennsylvania Office, KDVG, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLPBeat the Clock! New Hopes and Risks in Anti-Aging Medicine08:30 AM - 09:45 AMRe-Designing Risk- How Contracts and Technology are Changing A&E Exposures08:30 AM - 09:45 AMThe Devil is in the E-Mails: E-Discovery, EGAD!08:30 AM - 09:45 AMConcurrent Educational Sessions10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
- Executive Liability: Without Class? Opt-Out Plaintiffs Go It Alone
- Medical Professional Liability and Allied Healthcare Professional: Is it Safe to Get Sick? Patient Safety and Best Practices Meet the Underwriter
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: It Adds Up...Or Does It? Accounting E&O in 2008 and Beyond
- Technology and Media: Web 2.0: Is the Future of the Internet Insurable?
- On the Cutting Edge: Beyond All Limits: ECO/XPL and How They Impact Primary, Excess and Reinsurance Contracts
Without Class? Opt-Out Plaintiffs Go It Alone10:15 AM - 11:30 AMIs It Safe to Get Sick? Patient Safety & Best Practices Meet the Underwriter10:15 AM - 11:30 AMRobert Englander MD, MPH
Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety, Connecticut Children's Medical CenterIt Adds Up... Or Does It? Accounting E&O in 2008 and Beyond10:15 AM - 11:30 AMWeb 2.0: Is the Future of Internet Insurable?10:15 AM - 11:30 AMBeyond All Limits: ECO/XPL and How it Impacts Primary, Excess, and Reinsurance Contracts10:15 AM - 11:30 AMLuncheon with Keynote Address by Maurice R.11:45 AM - 01:45 PMMr. Maurice R. Greenberg is Chairman and CEO of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. He joined C. V. Starr & Co. as Vice President in 1960 and was given the additional responsibilities of President of American Home Assurance Company in 1962. He was elected Director of C. V. Starr & Co. in 1965, President and CEO in 1968 and Chairman and CEO in 2005. Mr. Greenberg retired as Chairman and CEO of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) in March 2005, after serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from May 1989 until March 2005. He became President and Chief Executive Officer of AIG in 1967. Mr. Greenberg received his pre-law certificate from the University of Miami and an LL.B from New York Law School in 1950. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1953. He has been granted honorary degrees from a number of institutions, including New York Law School, Brown University and Middlebury College.
Concurrent Educational Sessions02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
- Executive Liability: The Employer Strikes Back, or So the Retaliation Claimant Says
- Medical Professional Liability and Allied Healthcare Professional: An Interactive Mediation of a Medical Professional Liability Case
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: Can the Jury Award That? Beyond Out of Pocket Damages
- Technology and Media: Did I Say That? Insuring Commercial and Political Speech
- On the Cutting Edge: Climate Change: Whose Ox is Gored?
The Employer Strikes Back, or So the Retaliation Claimant Says02:00 PM - 03:15 PMAn Interactive Mediation of a Medical Professional Liability Case02:00 PM - 03:15 PMCan the Jury Award That? Beyond Out of Pocket Damages02:00 PM - 03:15 PMMark Rosen JD
Senior Vice President & Chief Claims Officer, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd. (AWAC)Did I Say That? Insuring Commercial and Political Speech02:00 PM - 03:15 PMClimate Change: Whose OX is Gored?02:00 PM - 03:15 PMConcurrent Educational Sessions03:45 PM - 05:00 PM
- Executive Liability: Professionals on the ERISA Fiduciary Firing Line
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: Let's Arbitrate! It's Fast, Cheap, and Fair... Right?
- Technology and Media: Privacy and Insurance: How is Personal Information Being Protected and WHo Pays the Price?
- On the Cutting Edge: Diversity: Do we Walk the Talk?
Professionals on the ERISA Fiduciary Firing Line03:45 PM - 05:00 PMLet's Arbitrate! It's Fast, Cheap and Fair... Right?03:45 PM - 05:00 PMPrivacy and Insurance: How is Personal Information Being Protected and Who Pays the Price?03:45 PM - 05:00 PMDiversity: Do We Walk the Talk?03:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Registration Open07:00 AM - 11:00 AMBreakfast Buffet07:00 AM - 08:00 AMConcurrent Educational Sessions08:15 AM - 09:30 AM
- Executive Liability: Transparent Money: Financial Institutions in an Age of Disclosure
- Medical Professional Liability and Allied Healthcare Professional: Who's Been Reading My Chart? Do Clinical Support Systems REALLY Protect Patient Privacy?
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: Liability Trends for Academic Institutions
- On the Cutting Edge: Fighting (for) City Hall: Exploring, Insuring and Controlling Minicipal Liability Risks
Transparent Money: Financial Institutions in an Age of Disclosure08:15 AM - 09:30 AMWho's Been Reading My Chart? Do Clinical Support Systems REALLY Protect Patient Privacy?08:15 AM - 09:30 AMDonna Enck RN, BSN
System Administrator of the Emergency Department Information System (EDIS), Lancaster General HospitalLiability Trends for Academic Institutions08:15 AM - 09:30 AMFighting (for) City Hall: Exploring, Insuring and Controlling Municipal Liability Risks08:15 AM - 09:30 AMConcurrent Educational Sessions09:45 AM - 11:00 AM
- Executive Liability: Deal or Bad Deal? M&A Q&A
- Medical Professional Liability and Allied Healthcare Professional: Paging Dr. Faraway: Telemedicine's Risks and Rewards
- Emerging Exposures for Traditional Professionals: Contracting Infirmity: Professional Services Contract Wordings as the First Line of Defense for Professional Service Firms
- Technology and Media: The Matrix Re-Visited: Tech Convergence, IP issues and System Vulnerability
- On the Cutting Edge: Insurance Without Borders: International Risks, International Rewards
Deal or Bad Deal? M&A Q&A09:45 AM - 11:00 AMPaging Dr. Faraway: Telemedicine's Risks and Rewards09:45 AM - 11:00 AMContracting Infirmity: Professional Services Contract Wordings as the First Line of Defense for Professional Service Firms09:45 AM - 11:00 AMThe Matrix Re-Visited: Tech Convergence, IP Issues, and System Vulnerability09:45 AM - 11:00 AMInsurance Without Borders: International Risks, Rewards09:45 AM - 11:00 AMClosing General Session with Keynote by General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)11:00 AM - 12:45 PMGeneral Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) became the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. Before becoming Secretary of State, Colin Powell served as a key aide to the Secretary of Defense and as National Security Advisor to President Reagan. He also served 35 years in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Four-Star General and serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989 – 1993). Since returning to private life, General Powell has become a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm. He is also on the Board of Directors of Revolution Health Group, a company developing strategies for consumer-directed health care. Powell is the Founder of the Colin Powell Policy Center at his alma mater, the City College of New York, and he is helping to raise funds for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, and for the construction of an education center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. General Powell is also the author of his best-selling autobiography, My American Journey.