CALL FOR CONTENT
2027 CLM ANNUAL CONFERENCE – SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 31 - APRIL 2, 2027
Catch the Next Big Wave with a Winning Proposal
The strongest proposals do more than cover an important topic. They start conversations, challenge perspectives, offer practical solutions, and leave attendees with ideas they can put into action.
Here are a few ways to help your proposal stand out.
- Build a Thoughtful Panel: Bring different voices to the table. Strong sessions include a thoughtful mix of perspectives from carriers, counsel, corporations, and other industry stakeholders. Panels that approach an issue from multiple angles tend to create richer discussions and more valuable takeaways.
- Confirm Your Speakers Early: A complete and committed panel makes a stronger proposal. Before submitting, confirm that each speaker understands the topic, is available for the conference, and is prepared to participate if selected. Confirmed speakers also help minimize changes later in the planning process.
- Focus on Real-World Value: Ask yourself: What will attendees be able to do differently after leaving this session? The strongest proposals move beyond theory and offer practical strategies, real-world examples, lessons learned, case studies, or solutions attendees can take back to their organizations.
- Bring Something New: Give us a reason to have this conversation in 2027. We're looking for fresh perspectives on the issues affecting claims and litigation today. If you're revisiting a familiar subject, show us what's changed through new case law, emerging technology, evolving strategies, regulatory developments, or lessons learned.
- Be Clear and Specific: A focused idea is more compelling than a session trying to cover everything. Clearly explain the issue your session will address, why it matters now, and what attendees will gain from the conversation.
Looking for inspiration? Consider the emerging issues, challenges, and opportunities shaping claims and litigation. These are starting points to help spark ideas. We want to hear what you think the industry should be talking about in San Diego.
Artificial Intelligence Beyond the Buzz
Move beyond the AI conversation and into implementation. Explore how organizations are actually using AI in claims, litigation, investigations, decision-making, and workflow and the governance, ethical, regulatory, and legal challenges coming with it.
Litigation Funding & the Changing Economics of Litigation
Explore how third-party litigation funding is influencing case strategy, settlement dynamics, discovery, transparency, and litigation costs and what claims professionals and counsel need to understand as the landscape evolves.
Cyber Claims, Privacy & Digital Evidence
From ransomware and data breaches to digital evidence and privacy litigation, examine the increasingly complex intersection of technology, claims, coverage, and litigation.
Fraud in the Age of AI
Deepfakes, synthetic identities, manipulated evidence, organized fraud rings, and increasingly sophisticated schemes are changing investigations. Explore the tools and strategies helping claims professionals identify and combat emerging fraud.
Climate, CAT Losses & Complex Property Claims
Examine lessons emerging from catastrophic events, extreme weather, large-scale property losses, coverage challenges, and the changing strategies required to manage complex CAT claims.
Claims Automation & the Human Decision
Where does automation improve speed, consistency, and efficiency—and where is human judgment essential? Explore how organizations are finding the right balance across the claims lifecycle.
Alternative Dispute Resolution & Early Resolution
Explore creative approaches to mediation, negotiation, arbitration, and early case resolution that can reduce litigation costs, improve outcomes, and resolve complex disputes more efficiently.
Bad Faith & Extra-Contractual Exposure
Examine emerging case law, policyholder strategies, regulatory developments, claims practices, and litigation trends affecting bad faith and extra-contractual exposure.
Emerging Coverage Issues
Explore developing coverage questions involving new risks, changing policy language, evolving legal interpretations, and emerging exposures across lines of business.
Complex Casualty & High-Exposure Claims
Share strategies for evaluating, defending, negotiating, and resolving complex casualty matters involving significant damages and high-dollar exposure.
Transportation & Commercial Auto Litigation
Explore evolving liability theories, technology, nuclear verdict exposure, driver data, fleet management, and litigation strategies affecting commercial transportation claims.
Construction Claims & Litigation
Address emerging trends in construction defect, large-loss claims, contractual risk transfer, additional insured issues, expert strategy, and complex multiparty litigation.
Environmental & Emerging Exposures
Explore PFAS, environmental contamination, mass torts, evolving scientific evidence, and other exposures creating new challenges for insurers, policyholders, and counsel.
The Claims Experience
Examine how organizations are balancing efficiency, technology, communication, empathy, and outcomes to improve the experience for policyholders, claimants, business partners, and the professionals handling increasingly complex claims.
- Submit a Complete Panel: Complete, confirmed panels are more likely to be selected. Make sure all proposed speakers have agreed to participate before submitting your proposal.
- Meet the Deadlines: CE/CLE accreditation requirements depend on timely materials and speaker participation. Selected speakers must meet all published deadlines for required documentation, materials, reviews, and revisions.
- Keep Your Audience in Mind: CLM attendees are experienced professionals. Build your session for mid- to senior-level claims, litigation, and risk professionals and experienced attorneys rather than starting with the basics.
- Make the Takeaway Clear: Your proposal should make it easy for the review committee to understand what attendees will learn and why the conversation belongs at Annual Conference 2027.
The next great conversation in claims and litigation could begin with your idea.
We can't wait to see what you bring to San Diego.
Questions? Contact the CLM Programming Team at programming@theclm.org.
