2008 RMS Client Conference -- Full Agenda


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Back to the Future 2008 RMS Client Conference · May 13-16, 2008 · Scottsdale, Arizona This year's annual conference will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona at the stunning Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel from Tuesday, May 13 through Friday, May 16, 2008. Registration and all optional activities will begin on Tuesday morning, May 13, with the opening reception following later that evening. The conference will conclude mid-day Friday, May 16. Dates to Remember Friday, April 11th, 2008 - Hotel Reservation Deadline Friday, April 11th, 2008 - Early Bird Registration Deadline Friday, April 18th, 2008 - Conference Cancellation Deadline Friday, April 25th, 2008 - Conference Registration Deadline Online registration for the client conference is now closed. Registrations will now be accepted by contacting Jennifer Mueller +44 20 7444 7711 or by email at jennifer.mueller@rms.com Agenda

Tuesday, May 13
5:00 am-1:00 pm	Golf and Optional Activities
12:00 pm-6:30 pm	Registration
7:00-8:30 pm	Welcome Reception
**Denotes sessions that are offered twice
Wednesday, May 14
7:00-8:30 am	Breakfast & Registration
8:30-8:40 am	Welcome Hemant Shah, President & CEO, RMS
8:40-9:40 am	Version 8.0 & Beyond Paul VanderMarck, Chief Products Officer, RMS
9:40-10:30 am	Modeling Without Borders Dr. Robert Muir-Wood, Chief Research Officer, RMS
10:30-10:50 am	Break
10:50 am-11:50 am	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.S. & Canada Severe Storm Modeling ̶ Hazard and Vulnerability Review Data Quality Analytics Integrating RiskTools From a Client Perspective Guest Speaker ̶ Blythe Walker, SVP Technology & Systems, Max Re Ltd. Managing Terrorism Portfolios in Cities Capital Markets Trends Intro to Earthquake Modeling
11:50 am-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.S. & Canada Severe Storm Modeling ̶ Changes in Loss Advancements in Developing a Detailed Data Validation Database What's New in RiskLink® 8.0** In-Depth Terrorism Modeling: Conventional Bomb Explosions Effective Use of External Catastrophe Analysts Intro to Wind Modeling
2:30-2:45 pm	Break
2:45-3:45 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.S. & Canada Winterstorm Modeling Data Quality Trends in the Market Pre-screening, Rating, and Pricing Risk Using Hazard Data Bringing Science to Modeling Future Mortality Querying Data from RiskLink® Tables Intro to Vulnerability Classifications and Coding Construction Classes
3:45-4:10 pm	Break
4:10-5:00 pm	Data Quality & Capital Requirements Guest Speaker ̶ Matthew Mosher, Group Vice President, AM Best
7:00-9:00 pm	Conference Dinner

Thursday, May 15
7:30-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30-9:15 am	Twenty Years of Catastrophe Risk Modeling ̶ Looking Back and Moving Forward Hemant Shah, President & CEO, RMS
9:15-10:00 am	The Evolution of the Catastrophe Insurance Market Guest Speaker ̶ VJ Dowling, Managing Director, Dowling & Partners Securities
10:00-10:15 am	Break
10:15-11:00 am	The Next Generation USGS Hazard Maps Dr. Mary Lou Zoback, Vice President, Earthquake Risk Applications, RMS
11:00-11:20 am	Break
11:20 am-12:20 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.K. Inland Flood Model ̶ Hazard and Vulnerability Review Advancements in Developing a Detailed Data Validation Database Making More Effective Underwriting Decisions Using Cat Modeling Products Scope of the 2009 Americas Earthquake Model Upgrades** Building the WindX U.S. Hurricane Index Guest Speaker ̶ Buck Lyons, CEO, WeatherFlow Intro to Terrorism Modeling
12:20-2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00-3:00 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.K. Inland Flood Model ̶ Changes in Loss Driving the Best Value from RMS Geocoding Using the RMS Suite to Optimize End-to-End Portfolio Management Implications for the 2009 U.S. Earthquake Model Upgrade Building Intuition with RMS RiskManager Intro to the RMS Financial Model
3:00-3:15 pm	Break
3:15-4:15 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Modeling Event Clustering Data Quality Trends in the Market Meeting Your Underwriting Goals Using RiskBrowser® 8.0 Super Cat Loss Modeling Data Quality Trends in the Market** Intro to Accumulation Management
4:15-4:45 pm	Break
4:45-5:30 pm	Challenges in Modeling Climate Hazards Dr. Steve Jewson, Vice President, Model Development, RMS
7:00-9:00 pm	Conference Dinner

Friday, May 16
7:30-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30-9:15 am	Adaptation and Mitigation in the Face of Climate Change Dr. Celine Herweijer, Principal Scientist, Future Climate, RMS
9:15-9:30 am	Break
9:30-10:30 am	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.S. & Canada Severe Storm Modeling ̶ Changes in Loss Optimizing RMS Tools and Data for Catastrophe Response Scope of the 2009 Americas Earthquake Model Upgrades What's New in RiskLink® 8.0 Using the RMS Suite to Optimize End-to-End Portfolio Management Intro to Coding Reinsurance Structures
10:30-10:45 am	Break
10:45-11:45 am	BREAKOUT SESSIONS U.K. Inland Flood Model ̶ Changes in Loss Modeling Event Clustering Implications for the 2009 U.S. Earthquake Modeling Upgrade Driving the Best Value from RMS Geocoding Making More Effective Underwriting Decisions Using Cat Modeling Products** Intro to Interpreting Results

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