ENVIRONMENTAL & EMERGING CLAIM MANAGER ASSOCIATION 2013 CONFERENCE AND MEETING South Seas Conference Center and Rest, Captiva Island, Flida May 1 st - May 3 rd, 2013 EECMA SPONSORS & PARTNERS: Bates White LLC CETRA Language Solutions ECC Hizon, Property Liability Experts Johnson Wright, Inc. Perrin Conferences (PC) Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc Roux Associates, Inc. Sandler Occupational Medical Associates (SOMA) Vertex Engineering, Inc. WCD Group WELCOME TO OUR NEW LEGAL SPONSORS: Willman & Silvaggio, LLP Wolff & Samson PC General Conference Infmation: The May 1 st welcome reception and dinner will be on the King s Crown lawn. Dinner on May 2 nd will be on Sunset Beach. The general session of the conference will be held at the Conference Center in the Captiva West Room. Lunch on May 2 nd will be served in the Captiva East room. Concurrent sessions on May 3 rd will be in the Captiva West and Sanibel Breakout rooms. Continental breakfast will be served in the Captiva Ballroom Foyer both days. Trolley Service: EECMA will have a dedicated trolley each day to the Conference Center from the Nth end f those staying at the Nth end. Have your name tag handy. Please see below the outline of times below: 5/2 7:00AM-7:45AM Nth Pointe #6 (near Pool Complex) to Conference Center 4:45PM -5:45PM Conference Center to Nth Pointe #6 5/3 6:45AM-8:30AM Nth Pointe #6 (near Pool Complex) to Conference Center 1:00PM-2:15PM Conference Center to Nth Pointe #6
Wednesday, May 1 st : 6:00pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 9:00pm CONFERENCE AGENDA Welcome Reception and Registration Cocktail Reception & Dinner on King s Crown Lawn Compliments of Our Sponss Thursday, May 2 nd : 7:30am - 8:30am 8:30am 8:45am 8:45am 9:15am 9:15am - 10:00am 10:00am 10:15am 10:15am 11:00am 11:00am 11:30am 11:30pm 12:00pm General Session: Captiva West Ballroom All Day Continental Breakfast Welcome Gregy Kelder, Brandywine Group of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (ACE), Philadelphia, PA 2012-2013 Coverage Update: Top Five Decisions Laura Foggan, Esq., Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington, D.C. Hurricane Sandy, Superstms and the Changing Climate of the Atlantic Coast Edward J. Hinchey, P.G., Independent Consultant, Dewitt, NY Earl Hagström,Esq., Sedgwick, LLP, San Francisco, CA *****Netwking Break with Refreshments***** Getting to Closure: The Need f a Paradigm Shift at Complex Groundwater Contamination Sites: Panel Albz A. Wozniak, P.E., Johnson Wright, Inc., Lafayette, CA Jge Caspary, Flida Department of Environmental Protection, Other speakers TBD The Battle of Fox River: CERCLA Contribution Claims In the Wake of the Fox River Site Decisions Thomas B. Alleman, Esq., COX SMITH, Dallas, Texas The Oilfield Legacy:Litigation,Cleanup &Claims Philip R. Watters, P.E., & Kieran Purcell, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. Houston, TX 12:00pm 1:15pm 1:15pm 2:00pm *****Luncheon****Captiva East Ballroom NFL Concussion Litigation Peter R. Kelso and Mark Scarcella, Bates White LLC, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, May 2 nd : 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 3:00pm What Every Personal Injury Lawyer Should Know About Nanotechnology John J. Delany, Esq., Delany & O'Brien, Philadelphia, PA Charlie Kingdollar, Vice President, General Reinsurance Cpation, Stamfd, CT. Oversight Costs and Reopeners: Why Carrier Pay so Much at Superfund Sites and How to Limit It Larry Silver, Esq., Langsam Stevens Silver & Hollaender LLP, Philadelphia, PA Raymond F. Dovell, Smart Devine, Philadelphia, PA 3:00pm 3:15pm *****Netwking Break with Refreshments***** 3:15pm - 3:45pm 3:45pm - 4:30pm 6:30pm 8:30pm Mining f Claims - Diesel Exhaust, Lung Cancer and Miner Studies T.H. Lyda, Esq., Burns,White LLC, Pittsburgh, PA Advanced Issues in Trigger and Allocation Eric Billeter, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Novato, CA Cliff Hendler, Esq., Crowell & Ming, Washington, DC EECMA Netwking Dinner on Sunset Beach Compliments of Our Sponss Friday, May 3 rd : 7:00am 8:00am Continental Breakfast 7:45am 8:30am General Session Equitable Contribution and Subrogation Claims: Key Issues and Strategies Peter Mintzer and Kirk Chamberlin, Esqs., Partners, Chamberlin, Keaster & Brockman, LLP, Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA; Michael McMonagle, Vice President, Claims, MunichRe, Princeton, NJ
Friday, May 3 rd : 8:35am 9:05am Litigation over Public Waterways: Liability of Publicly Owned Waste Water Systems Steve Kunzman, Esq., DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, P.C., Warren, N.J. Cyber Risks: A New Insurance Frontier David A. Goldman, Esq. and Nancy Kelly, Esq., Governo Law Firm, Boston, MA 9:10am 9:40am Dave Letterman s Top 10 Environmental Things to Remember from EECMA Daniel Sullivan, P.G., Roux Associates, Inc., Islandia, NY Asbestos Claims in Abated Buildings Wm. Chip D'Angelo, WCD Group, Pennington, NJ 9:45am 10:15am Potato v. Pototo and Tomato v. Tomota: Genetically Engineered Foods Richard Ranieri, Esq., Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, Warren, NJ Dean Seaman, Esq., Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, Philadelphia, PA Liability f Third Party Content in an Online Environment: Evaluating Liability f Injuries Crimes Due to False Misleading Statements and the Immunity Effect under the Computer Decency Act John McMeekin II, Esq. and Scott Griffith, Esq., Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, PA Room T BA 10:15am 10:30am *****Netwking Break with Refreshments*****
Friday, May 3 rd : 10:30am 11:00am Environmental Litigation Tactics & Strategies to Save Time, Money, & Sanity Steven Moon, Esq. and Roy Shelley, Esq., Rogers, Townsend & Thomas, PC, Columbia, SC Diacetyl Litigation Update: A Legal and Medical Perspective Scott Pfeiffer, Esq., Cray Huber Hstman Heil & VanAusdal, LLC, Chicago, IL Howard M. Sandler, M.D., Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc., Melville, NY 11:05am 11:35am Critical Laws and Trends You Must Know to be Prepared f Califnia's Fmidable Environmental Regulations Noel Edlin, Esq. and Erin Poppler, Esq., Bassi Edlin, Huie & Blum,San Francisco, CA The Low Dose Defense In Asbestos-Induced Mesothelioma Cases Thomas P. Bernier, Esq. and Susan Smith, Esq., Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Baltime, MD 11:40am 12:10pm The State of the Environmental Insurance Market Jeffrey Picard, VERTEX Environmental Insurance Services, Inc., Weymouth, MA Smoke and Mirrs: How Soot May Be The Next Asbestos Steven D. Urgo, Esq., White & Williams, Philadelphia, PA 12:15pm 12:30pm General Session: EECMA Wrap-Up & Farewell Captiva West Ballroom
Thank you f coming! We hope to see everyone next year. Please submit topic proposals f next year by October 1, 2013 to gregy.kelder@brandywineholdings.com