Program

Thursday, November 6, 2025
RISC Summit + Innovation Challenge Welcome: Opening Remarks from the Executive Director of the Inaugural Host University9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Disrupting and Defining: The Future of Insurtech Innovation (Eugenio Gonzalez, Partner and Head Insurtech, Plug and Play)9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
The Global Insurance Accelerator (Dan Israel, Managing Director)9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
"More Cowbell: The Sound of Cyber Risk Innovation" (Jack Kudale, Founder and CEO of Cowbell)9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
Innovation Challenge Overview and Rubric; Meet the Judges (Susan Hatten: BTV, Nicole Gunderson: Manchester Story, Kaylee Williams: Innoventure Iowa, and Jason Andrew: ZOE Foundry)9:55 AM - 10:00 AM
Innovation Challenge University Teams 1-4 Present Their Solutions in the Inaugural Innovation Challenge10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Innovation on Wheels: The FM Risk Prevention Truck and the Impact it is Making (Jennifer Housel, Staff Vice President, Healthcare and Education Global Practice Leader)10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Staying Ahead of Emerging Risks: Lessons from BrokerTech Ventures (Dan Keough, Chairman and CEO Holmes Murphy)11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
Voices of Leadership: Women Transforming Insurance (Panel featuring Tanya Wentzel: EMC, Julie Spore: Transamerica, Kelli Eddy: Farm Bureau. Moderated by Daniela Paladino: UI Student and GIS National Case Competition Champion)11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Lunch12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tiny Package, Enormous Risks: Inside the World’s Smallest Delivery (Dr. Patrick J. McNamara and Dr. Christian Pettker, UI Stead Children's Hospital)1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Alignment: The Key to Risk Management (Nick Hentges, CEO of Captive Resources)2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Reminder of Judges and Rubric2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Innovation Challenge University Teams 5- Present Their Solutions in the Inaugural Innovation Challenge2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Overcoming the Risk of Anonymity: How to Make an Impact in Your Community (David Becker, President of Cottingham & Butler)3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks3:35 PM - 4:15 PM
Social Networking at Wilder4:30 PM - 5:30 PM