• Submissions Open: July 1 – August 31, 2024 (Extended through September 6, 2024!) 
• Decision Deadline: October 23, 2024 
• Speaker Details Due: November 15, 2024 
• Additional Speakers Due: December 15, 2024 
• Session Cancellation Deadline: May 2, 2025
  (date where incomplete speakers, registration, reservations, and agreements will result in cancelation) 
• Presentation Slides Due: May 5, 2025 

IASA, a 501(c)(3), has served as the trusted source of knowledge and innovation that guides the community of insurance professionals in the fields of accounting, finance, systems, and technology for almost 100 years. Learn more about IASA here.

IASA is looking for relevant and creative presentations that cover topics in insurance: Accounting & Finance (A&F), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Technology (TECH), Executive Education (EXEC), and Professional Development (PD) – includes communication, leadership, Women in Leadership, and DEI. 

Here are a few Hot Topics provided by our committees. 

Accounting & Finance

• NAIC
• Tax
• Bond
• Economist (Election Year)
• GAAP
• Reinsurance Forecasting
• Cybersecurity

Professional Development:

• Recruiting and transitioning of those retiring within the insurance industry.
• How to attract the new generation of technological needs for people.
• How to implement AI and maintain data security.
• Essential Skills and the evolving workplace of young new hires desiring to be in office.
• Work-Life Balance.
• Emotional Intelligence.
• AI – Why human skills still matter.
• How to manage three generations in the workforce at once.
• How to create successful training/succession with a small team.

ERM:

• NAIC Bulletin: Insurers developing AI programs, Data scrubbing and adverse outcomes
• Third-Party Use of AI: Understanding how a partner’s use of AI impacts their underwriting decisions and claims processes.
• Talent shift from hiring and retention to culture and engagement.
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitical Risk, and Third Party

TECH:

• Implementing AI in a specific insurance problem or struggle.
• Using AI for Loss Mitigation.
• How to customize your own GPT to analyze data.
• Social Media Influences: impact on industry perception, how policy holders see us, potential attacks, and election.
• Cyber Resilience (Workshop)
• Social Inflation and how the landscape is changing.

EXEC:

• Economic Update
• New political environment and its effect on insurance companies.
• AI
• Climate, climate-related losses, and insurance costs.
• Cyber risk and cyber insurance
• Social inflation and the cost of social inflation in the market.
• Ethics

YOU are in the driver’s seat! The content offered at our annual conference is largely based on proposals like yours. Your proposal can include yourself as the presenter, or another speaker.

This is a great opportunity for professional development and sharing your subject matter expertise for the good of the insurance community.  

There is no limit to how many proposals you can submit, as long as the content is current and relative to the insurance industry. 

We will need the following information:

• Session Title 
• Description 
• Track
• Format Type 
• Three Learning Objectives 
• Name, Title, Organization, Email, and Bio for each speaker*

*At least one speaker must be confirmed, proposals without at least one confirmed speaker will NOT be considered. Each speaker will be required to complete a speaker agreement before the early registration deadline.

Additional details needed:

• Session Format: # Expected Speakers, Duration, and Discussion Format 
  • Interactive Presentation (Up to 2 speakers, single topic w/Q&A or Polls 60-75 min, 1-1.5 CPE Credit)
  • Panel Discussion (Up to 3 speakers, moderator facilitated, 75 minutes, 1.5 CPE Credit)
  • Workshop (1+ facilitators, collaborative learning/case studies/group discussions, 1 CPE Credit)
• Track: A&F, ERM, PD, TECH, EXEC 
• Knowledge Level (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) 
  • If Intermediate or Advanced: Prerequisites and Advanced Preparation (required) 
• Field of Study from NASBA approved list 

When writing learning objections start with the phrase, “At the convulsion of this activity, participants should be able to,” and then state what participants will be able to do. Specific and measurable action verbs are required to qualify for CPE credit. Some examples include Define, Determine, Differentiate, Discriminate, Distinguish, Identify, Indicate, Interpret, Recall, and Recognize. Avoid vague verbs such as learn, understand, and know.

Example:  “At the conclusion of this session, the learner will be able to list the three-level hierarchy involved in estimating fair values.”

IASA is a non-profit organization that relies on volunteers to dedicate their time and expertise. Presenters are not compensated or reimbursed for travel expenses. A discount on registration will be offered. 

All selected sessions will be presented in-person at the conference. If you would prefer to present virtually, webinar submissions can be submitted by emailing [email protected].

Sessions are graded by program committees and subject matter experts and selected by program leadership. To ensure a wide range of topics and formats, IASA maintains full control over final selections. Submitters will be notified in late October 2024.