INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Please find below a tentative agenda for the 2012 GIS Conference. Times and events are subject to change.

Thursday, October 11, 2012
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Registration Lakeview Terrace, Navy Pier
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Career Fair Lakeview Terrace, Navy Pier First Round Interviews Rooms 325-326, Navy Pier
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM	Professional Development Workshops A Breakout Rooms 201 and 202, Navy Pier Resume Writing Workshop - ACE Personal Career Branding - The Hartford
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Professional Development Workshops B Breakout Rooms 201 and 202, Navy Pier "Insuring" Your Success - Brown & Brown Interview Skills Workshop - Travelers
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM	Opening Night Reception (Dress: Casual) Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier
Friday, October 12, 2012
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM	Opening General Session & Continental Breakfast (Dress: Business Professional) with Keynote Speakers Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM	Bowers Award Presentations Room 324, Navy Pier
10:45 AM – 4:30 PM	First Round Interviews Rooms 325-326, Navy Pier
10:45 AM – 4:30 PM	Career Fair Lakeview Terrace, Navy Pier
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM	Concurrent Corporate Educational Session: Session 1 Breakout Rooms 201-207, Navy Pier Predictive Modeling 101 - The Casualty Actuarial Society The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: How Our Industry Can Better Tell Their Story, And Why We Must - The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers The Importance of Professional Development Career Paths - The Institutes Standard vs E&S Markets - What's the Difference? - Burlington Insurance Group and Guilford Specialty Group Entering The Industry at a Fast Pace-Your Entry to Fame and Fortune - The National Alliance for Insurance Research An Introduction to Reinsurance - Swiss Re Globalization of the Industry - AIG
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM	Concurrent Corporate Educational Session: Session 2 Breakout Rooms 201-207, Navy Pier Basic Ratemaking: Overall Rate Level Indication Considerations from a Personal Lines Perspectives - The Casualty Actuarial Society Current Events in the E&S Marketplace - American Association of Managing General Agents The Value of Specialization: A Look at Professional Liability Lines - The Professional Liability Underwriting Society The Art of Client Communication- Lockton A Day in the Life of a Marketing Underwriter - Amerisure EXTREME RISK TAKERS FOR EXTREME RISKS - The Derek Hughes / NAPSLO Educational Foundation
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch - Boxed lunches will be provided and Career Fair will remain open during this time.
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Faculty Roundtable Grand Ballroom
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM	Concurrent Corporate Educational Session: Session 3 Breakout Rooms 201-207, Navy Pier Student to Underwriter - Travelers A Day in the Life of a Risk Manager - RIMS Student Advisory Council Quantifiable Risk Management: Getting Real with ERM - Towers Watson MARKEL: No Product to Fierce to Underwrite - From Pot to Pills - Markel A Day in the Life of an Insurance Broker - Wells Fargo Insurance Services, USA Business Etiquette in Corporate America - The International Association of Insurance Professionals Healthcare Reform After the Supreme Court - Arthur J. Gallagher
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM	Concurrent Corporate Educational Session: Session 4 Breakout Rooms 201-207, Navy Pier A Day in the Life of a Risk Manager - RIMS Student Advisory Council EXTREME RISK TAKERS FOR EXTREME RISKS - The Derek Hughes / NAPSLO Educational Foundation Insuring Innovation: Underwriting the High Tech and Life Sciences Space - The Hartford TBD - CNA Analytics. The Changing Role of the Actuary - Travelers Complex Property Claims – Insight from the Eye of the Storm - Assurex Global A Day in the Life of a Wholesale Broker - Arthur J. Gallagher
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Career Fair Non-Compete Time (no Educational Sessions scheduled during this time) Lakeview Terrace, Navy Pier
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Closing General Session Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier
6:30 PM – 11:00 PM	Annual Awards Dinner Banquet Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier
Saturday, October 13, 2012
8:00 AM – 10:45 AM	Continental Breakfast and Opening General Session (Dress: Casual): Roll Call Skits and Student Representative Speeches Rooms 201-207
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM	Concurrent Chapter Management Workshop: Session A Breakout Rooms 324-329
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM	Lunch
12:55 PM – 1:45 PM	Concurrent Chapter Management Workshop: Session B Breakout Rooms 324-329
1:55 PM – 2:45 PM	Concurrent Chapter Management Workshop: Session C Breakout Rooms 324-329
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM	Concurrent Chapter Management Workshop: Session D Breakout Rooms 324-329
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Closing General Session Rooms 201-207
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM	Annual Board of Trustee Meeting Embassy Suites
7:00 PM – 10:30 PM	Closing Dinner and Entertainment Spirit of Chicago, Navy Pier