[Updated Agenda]: Canadian Boiler and Machinery Underwriters Association announces the 40th Annual Engineering Insurance Conference October 10th, 2013 in Toronto

The Canadian Boiler and Machinery Underwriters Association is pleased to extend to you an invitation to the 2013 Annual Engineering Insurance Conference – the Insurance Industries’ premier annual forum on all things related to Equipment Breakdown, celebrating its 40th year!

OCTOBER 10th, 2013

St. Andrew´s Club & Conference Centre 150 King Street West, Toronto

The association expects this year’s full-day conference to sell out, so please register early to avoid disappointment.

A line-up of outstanding speakers has been arranged – agenda to include:

• What is an explosion? Case studies from the insurance industry

 Ali Reza, P.E.; Director and Principal Engineer; EXPONENT Engineering and Scientific Consulting

• Failure of a “Geological Pressure Vessel” – a Steam Release Event in the Oil Sands

 Rick Chalaturnyk, PhD, PEng; Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

• The Fukushima Nuclear Accident – Lessons Learned

 David Novog, PhD, PEng; Director of the McMaster Institute for Energy Studies; McMaster University

• Hydro Electric Turbine Applications and Losses

 Michael Bove, P.E.; Vice President for Engineering; Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company

Andrew Rerak, MEng, PEng; Regional Engineering Manager; Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada

 

Keynote Speaker: Ali Reza, Chemical Explosion Expert

We are delighted to present Mr. Ali Reza, Director and Principle Engineer at Exponent as our keynote speaker for this year’s conference. Mr. Reza specializes in the engineering investigation of fires and explosions, with an emphasis in petro-chemical incidents and dust explosions. Topics of discussion will focus on the definition of explosion and how imprecise use of this definition during underwriting can cause significant disputes during determination of coverage.

 

 

 

2013 ANNUAL ENGINEERING INSURANCE CONFERENCE

DATE: OCTOBER 10th, 2013

LOCATION: St. Andrew´s Club & Conference Centre 150 King Street West, Toronto ON

TIME: Full Day Event – Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.; Conference starts at 9:00 a.m. (a cocktail reception will be held at the conclusion of the event)

General Admission: $180.00 each delegate  

 

Register Today!

Secure Online Conference Registration  (at GetTickets.ca):  http://bit.ly/aeic2013

For further information on the 2013 Annual Engineering Insurance Conference, please contact Mike Storey, Chairman AEIC: MStorey@BIICO.COM

 

Thank you to the generous sponsors of the 2013 Annual Engineering Conference:

             

 

 

 Celebrating 40 years of knowledge sharing and innovative engineering services