Do you have a new idea that could impact the future of the risk management industry? Want to share a unique experience that will help advance the careers of other risk managers? Have a fresh perspective about current and future trends that are certain to affect our industry?

Now is the time to share your insights and expertise! Submit a proposal to participate as a speaker at ASHRM's Annual Conference & Exhibition in Denver, October 22-25, 2009, and expose your innovative ideas at one of the industry's premier educational events for the risk management professional. Innovative education is the hallmark of ASHRM and there is no better setting to experience the most comprehensive risk management education while making invaluable contacts with old and new colleagues.

New in 2009
The 2009 meeting theme is "Taking You Higher" - and through the educational proposals we receive, we hope to do just that. We're looking for original ideas that will challenge traditional standards and established practices, with new program models and practical solutions. Submit your presentations that focus on engaging and motivating attendees through unique methods of learning. Tell us how your presentation will help learners impact their organization and their career. The Annual Conference serves as "incubators for new ideas"—help us to inspire our attendees!

The ASHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition will include four days of educational programming held October 22-25, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. The conference consists of concurrent sessions organized into six educational tracks. The tracks include Claims and Litigation, which provides trends in hospital, long-term care, physician liability & claims management tools and techniques, Enterprise Risk Management, which provides new approaches and successful tools to effectively manage risks enterprise-wide, Legal & Regulatory, which will update attendees on laws and regulations, Patient Safety, which highlights new approaches to improve care, Risk Financing, where concepts for identifying exposures and reducing the total cost of insuring risk is provided and new this year, Leadership Development which will provide sessions that focus solely on developing the leadership skills of risk managers and core leadership principles and practices that drive culture, performance, and individual advancement and success. The meeting will be preceded by several days of pre-conference seminars and continues with three keynote presentations, several days of concurrent sessions, an annual business meeting, formal and informal networking receptions, and a trade show.

Each year the ASHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition attracts approximately 2,000 industry professionals to its conference. The mission of ASHRM is to advance safe and trusted patient-centered health care delivery, ASHRM promotes proactive and innovative management of organization-wide risk.

Session proposals will be accepted through an open call for presentation through December 7, 2008. Please refer to the below links for further information and instructions on the submission process.

Submission Deadline: December 7, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.
Acceptance Notification: February 2009
Confirmation of Participation Due: February 2009
Submission of Session Handouts: August 2009
2009 ASHRM Annual Conference: October 22-25, 2009