PLUS Conference
Sponsored Content Sessions
PLUS is offering PLUS Conference Sponsors the opportunity to develop and deliver their own educational sessions during the 2026 PLUS Conference.
PLUS is offering the 2026 PLUS Diamond and Platinum Conference Sponsors the opportunity to develop and deliver their own educational session during the PLUS Conference. Please thoroughly review this informational sheet along with the standard PLUS speaker agreement form before agreeing to commit to hosting your own session in person at the PLUS Conference in San Diego, November 10-12, 2026.
Selection Process
Due to the limited number of sponsor session slots available, not all sponsors are guaranteed a sponsor session. Sponsor sessions will be chosen by the Conference Content Committee. Once you have been selected to present a session, someone from PLUS will be in touch with you to discuss the session. A short wait list may be maintained if a sponsor is unable to fulfill its commitment as outlined.
Content
The sponsor will be responsible for developing and delivering the content for their session. To provide a seamless conference experience for our members, we have deliberately curated a list of suggested topics that complement the CE/CLE subjects being presented at the Conference, ensuring there is no overlap. Accordingly, we would encourage you to support our goal by presenting one of the topics shown below for your session. These topics were shaped by member feedback, so choosing one should spark interest and boost attendance.
Please note that PLUS provides this opportunity for sponsors to demonstrate their thought leadership in the professional liability industry, and as such, the session is expected to be educational in nature and not promotional in any way. Sponsor sessions that feel too “commercial” tend to generate negative feedback.
Sponsors will receive a link to an Asana form to express interest. When completing this Asana form, you will be asked if you’re willing to present any of the suggested topics below and to rank your 1st and 2nd topic choices.
Topic Suggestions from the Conference Content Committee (in no particular order):
1. EPL: Claims trends – a look at the increasing number of claims and rising claims costs. What’s happening and why (regulatory environment; wage and hour/pay transparency, employees' use of AI to make claims).
2. Fiduciary: Claims trends and losses; Private Company ESOPs – state of the market and claims experience/vulnerabilities for new ESOPs and mature ESOPs.
3. Cyber: Analyzing cyber coverage for social engineering and overlap/gaps with Crime. Looking at how the war exclusion may apply to cyberattacks (including attacks on infrastructure).
4. Private D&O: Understanding the evolution and current state of entity coverage for breach of contract, including the differences in how a duty to defend vs. a reimbursement policy responds when a breach of contract exclusion is triggered.
5. Public D&O: Analyzing how recent court rulings could impact a carrier’s exposure analysis for securities class actions and thus the market? (E.g. Are class certification defenses getting more teeth in light of Goldman Sachs? Are M&A losses that carriers traditionally considered to be uncovered (e.g., bump up claims) finding coverage? Is the current regulatory environment increasing or decreasing risk?)
6. E&O: Focus on media and technology E&O and how it intersects (and does not intersect) with cyber.
7. Reinsurance: Understanding how and why current/emerging issues (such as climate change, private credit markets, and the increasing use of AI) may be shaping the reinsurance market and how it may influence underwriting decisions (risk analysis, pricing, and capacity) in various Financial Lines products.
Speakers
- All speakers must be registered for the 2026 Conference, and bios and headshots must be submitted by September 4.
- PLUS strongly recommends having one or two (1-2) speakers; the maximum number is three (3) speakers.
- The sponsor will be able to select their own speakers, from within or outside their own company. PLUS strongly encourages sponsors to include speakers with diverse thoughts, experiences, and backgrounds.
- Note: Our attendees seem to gravitate towards sessions with speakers from outside the PL industry (when applicable).
Schedule + Format
- Eight (8) total sponsor slots will be available and scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday only
- Each session will be 45 minutes and scheduled opposite one other sponsor-led session.
- Sponsor sessions will not be scheduled over PLUS CE/CLE content or general sessions.
- Sponsor content sessions are not CE eligible.
- PLUS will assign the final date/time based on the topic.
Room and Audio Visual
- Rooms will be set up to accommodate a minimum of 100-150 attendees.
- Each room will include a screen package for visuals, clicker to operate slides, lectern, up to three (3) chairs and up to three (3) lavalier microphones for speakers.
- Sponsor sessions will not be recorded.
Important Deadlines
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August 4
- Deadline for Diamond or Platinum sponsors to opt in and submit up to two preferred topic choices for consideration. PLUS will determine final topics based on all submissions.
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August 12
- PLUS Confirms session date/time
- Sponsors begin working on the title and brief description for promotional purposes and determining speakers.
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August 28
- Final session title (<50 characters), description, and slate of speakers due.
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September 4
- Speaker Agreement forms, headshots, and brief bios are due.
- All speakers MUST be registered to attend the Conference.
- Speaker Agreement forms, headshots, and brief bios are due.
Questions?
Please contact Diane Dukes at ddukes@plusweb.org
The CE/CLE session descriptions PLUS is planning are listed below. The proposed sponsor topics listed above were specifically created to complement, not duplicate these focus areas.
