RIMS 37th Annual Conference rides into Dallas

The Dallas Convention Centre will host the 37th Annual RIMS Conference & Exhibition, expected to draw more than 9,000 risk management professionals from April 11th to the 16th.

The conference will feature guest speaker Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Joint Chief of Staff. It will also host more than 150 educational programs and 40 industry seminar sessions. The exhibition hall, which will be open for the full week, will hold more than 350 exhibitors and vendors.

At the RIMS annual membership meeting — to be held April 12 — the current president Mark DeLillo will turn over the reigns to Susan Meltzer, assistant vice president of insurance and risk management at Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, who will become the first Canadian female president of the organization.