The following breakout sessions comprise the claim-management track for this year's Risk and Insurance Management Society conference, which will take place Apr. 29-May 3, 2007 in New Orleans, La. Conference attendees also will have the opportunity to visit more than 400 exhibitors, who will offer tools and services to help all risk management professionals.

Complete conference information is available at www.rims.org.

Monday, April 30

Data Capture: Beyond the Regulatory Requirements- CLM 301

Gary A. Nesbit, CSP,ARM,CPCU,AIC,ALC

Chief Executive Officer

Utah Counties Insurance Pool

Lester J. Nixon, CPCU

Chief Executive Officer

Utah Counties Insurance Pool

Glenn Backus, ARM

Senior Vice President

Alternative Service Concepts

Who Is On My Team? Pro-Active Claims Planning- CLM 101

John N. Ellison

Managing Shareholder

Anderson Kill & Olick, PC

Peter L. Mattern

VP, Risk Management

Veolia Environmental Services

Sean R. McDaniel, ARM, AIC

Director, Claims Management

Veolia Environmental Services

Business Interrupted: Dealing with Hurricane Coverage Issues

-CLM 205

John D. Dempsey, CPA

Managing Partner

Dempsey, Myers & Company

Lance J. Ewing, ARM, CRM

VP, Risk Management

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

Edward M. Joyce

Shareholder

Heller Ehrman LLP

Tuesday, May 1

A Beginners Guide to Business Interruption & Property

Damage Claims -CLM 102

Mark S. O'Rear

Director

Navigant Consulting

Julie R. Jackson, ARM, CPCU, FLMI, CLU

Director

Targa Resources,Inc.

Workers' Comp: Innovations Possible Through Jurisdictional

Changes -CLM 200

Donna Townsend

Consultant/Principal

Total Management Solutions

John E. Riggs

Manager, Workers' Comp.

The Walt Disney Co

Sharon E. Muran

Consultant/principal

Total Management Solutions

Claims Audit Fundamentals: Take a Closer Look-CLM 103

John B. Hughes, ARM

Director, Risk Management

Alex Lee, Inc.

Robert H. Bennett

Chief Executive Officer

Alternative Service Concepts, L.L.C.

Bill Wright

Claims Manager

Central Parking Corporation

Crisis Management Guide-CLM 202

Steven G. Watts, CSP

Executive Director, Risk Mgmt.

Cingular Wireless

Philip S. Renaud, II, CPCU

VP, Risk Mgmt. Americas

Exel

Michael McCool, AIC

Operations Manager

Sedgwick CMS, Inc.

Wednesday, May 2

Aftermath: Managing a Hurricane Claim-CLM 204

Scott B. Clark, AAI

Risk & Benefits Officer

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Virgil A. Mead, ARM

Risk Manager

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

Bart Douglas, AIC

Managing Director

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

The Battle Between Managing Workers' Comp Claims and

Medicare's Interest -CLM 203

Nina R. Spiegel, JD

Medicare Set Aside Consult

Kelley Kronenberg

Scott B. Clark, AAI

Risk & Benefits Officer

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Fundamentals of Claims Management-CLM 100

Darrell Brown

Area Manager, Southern CA

Sedgwick CMS

K. Max Koonce, II, J.D.

Senior Director, Risk Management

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Ronald W. Thackery

VP-Safety, Risk, Fleet,CES

American Medical Response

Lawyers, Litigation, and Fraud: Part Deux-CLM 201

Tom Cody

Risk Manager

City of Shreveport

Nancy Sylvester

VP Public & Scholastic Div

Arthur J Gallagher RM Svcs Inc

Kenneth Antee

Chief Executive Officer

City of Shreveport

Wade Trahan

Attorney

Ottinger Hebert, LLC

Thursday, May 3

TPA Contract Negotiation and Performance

Management Metrics -CLM 300

Bruce S. Zaccanti

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

John A. Smolk, CPCU, ARM

Manager, Workers' Compensation

United Airlines, Inc.

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