Speakers & Events

When: September 22-23, 2010
Where: The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $400
Continuing Education: CPE and CLE credits available
Accommodations: Double Tree Hotel, Conference Rate $145

The 4th Annual Emerging Risks and Insurance Management Forum is the event for industry executives, managers and directors who need to understand the critical issues and risks facing the insurance industry today. In its fourth year, Interactive Solutions and Invotex Group continue a tradition of excellence through an educational forum geared specifically toward emerging risks and related potential impacts on business and risk management facing U.S. insurers.

Topics include:
• Emerging risks, post-crisis
• Healthcare reforms – implications, compliance and enforcement risks
• Pervasive international influences over the U.S. regulatory agenda
• Impacts and implications of financial regulatory reforms
• Fundamental changes to the accounting model with IFRS
• Managing costs while also embracing change and managing the resulting risks

Faculty includes:
• Beth Sammis, Acting Commissioner, Maryland Insurance Administration
• Julie Erhardt, Deputy Chief Accountant, Securities & Exchange Commission
• George Brady, Counsel & Manager of International Relations, NAIC
• Al Iuppa, Senior Policy Advisor on Global Affairs, Zurich Financial Services
• Cynthia Crossen and Greg Dickerson, Directors, Fitch Ratings
• Randi Reichel, Attorney, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
• Mark Lastner, VP, General Auditor and Chief Risk Officer, Cigna
• Pat Coyne, 2nd Vice President, MassMutual Financial Group
• Gary Burke, President, Union Labor Life Insurance Company
• Jay Muska, 2nd Vice President for Accounting Policy-Finance, The Travelers Companies
• Bob Jones, Compensation and Benefits Consulting
• Joe Zolecki, Manager Financial Regulatory Services, BlueCross Blue Shield Association
• Frank Sabatini, Sabatini Advisory Services, LLC
• Russell Rowe, Chief Security Officers, LLC

For more information and to register, please visit www.rmconference.com

October 7, 8, and 9, 2010
Omaha, NE

The 2010 AALA conference will provide important and updated information to everyone involved in agriculture
including practitioners, students, corporate attorneys, counsel in government agencies, and those involved in
development of agricultural environmental or energy policy. The theme of the 2010 conference is: Sustainable and
Global Agriculture in Unsettled Economic Times.
Traditional updates will be provided which are essential for every practitioner to know: commercial law,
environmental law, agricultural bankruptcy, tax law, sustainability, organics, energy, food law, and farm bill issues.
There will be individual break-out sessions which will expand the themes from the updates and introduce new topics,
such as social media and expanding technology, new concerns in food safety and regulation, good agricultural
practices in the EU and US, agricultural competition for water and issues in animal law. Other topics will include
livestock production, wind energy, climate change and bioenergy, crop insurance and land use. There will also be
two sessions in ethics which will cover multi-jurisdictional practice and representing conservation easement clients.
The conference will also feature expanded opportunities for student participants who will present current research
projects during the student symposium.
We look forward to seeing you in Omaha! There will be numerous opportunities to network and socialize with
colleagues. Registration materials and the most current schedule of events are also available online at  www.aglawassn.org.

Leading members of Mitchell Williams’ Taxation And Estate Planning & Probate Administration practice will provide tax professionals in central and northwest Arkansas the opportunity to receive the latest information on key issues, policies and requirements related to their profession during the law firm’s 19th Annual Tax Seminar.  Targeted towards certified public accountants (CPAs), trust officers, financial planners, and attorneys with a practice emphasis in taxation, the comprehensive learning opportunity will focus on topics such as the following included in this year’s agenda:

Speakers: 
Steve Bauman
Trav Baxter
Jeff Dixon
Anton L. Janik, Jr.
Jennifer R. Pierce
Chris Rogers
Tod Yeslow

Program highlights will include:

•The Health Care Reform Act – cafeteria plans and employer options
•The revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
•Allocation of a portion of the purchase price of a business to personal goodwill
•Income and estate tax developments affecting agriculture and natural resources
•The modified carry-over basis system
•Ethical obligations regarding clients who has hidden or misrepresented information
•Defined value and other formula clauses
•Medicaid planning

Who Should Attend:
Attorneys – estate and tax
Accountants
Financial Planners
Trust Officers

Continuing Education:  CLE, CPE, ICB, CFP

For additional information contact Tracey B. Stark – 501-370-4237 – tstark@mwlaw.com