Agenda

Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Event Registration & Hotel Check In
 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
RISC Rise & Connect: Opening Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Morning Mindfulness Activity
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session 1: Collaborative Innovation
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 2: Panel
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Fuel for Innovators: Grab-and-Go Lunches
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Rotations: FM Truck Tour & Hiring Decoded
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Chip Duncan Film and Presentation: The Art of Risk and Reward (Open to the Public and all University Students and Faculty; sponsored by Gamma lota Sigma and Women in Business)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Strike Up Connections: Bowling & Bites (Open to all RISC Attendees and Students; sponsored by Gamma lota Sigma and Women in Business)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Englert Theatre
 
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Doors Open at Englert Theatre
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
RISC Summit + Innovation Challenge Welcome: Opening Remarks from the Executive Director of the Inaugural Host University
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Disrupting and Defining: The Future of Insurtech Innovation (Eugenio Gonzalez, Partner and Head Insurtech, Plug and Play)
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
The Global Insurance Accelerator (Dan Israel, Managing Director)
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
"More Cowbell: The Sound of Cyber Risk Innovation" (Jack Kudale, Founder and CEO of Cowbell)
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
9:55 AM - 10:00 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
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Innovation Challenge University Teams 1-4 Present Their Solutions in the Inaugural Innovation Challenge
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 11:05 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
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
Staying Ahead of Emerging Risks: Lessons from BrokerTech Ventures (Dan Keough, Chairman and CEO Holmes Murphy)
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
11:25 AM - 11:45 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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Alignment: The Key to Risk Management (Nick Hentges, CEO of Captive Resources)
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Reminder of Judges and Rubric
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Innovation Challenge University Teams 5- Present Their Solutions in the Inaugural Innovation Challenge
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:35 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
3:35 PM - 4:15 PM
Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
3:35 PM - 4:15 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Social Networking at Wilder
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner & 20th Anniversary Celebration; Lighting the Spark – Emmett J. Vaughan Documentary
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM
Explore the sights and sounds of Iowa City.
7:30 PM
Friday, November 7, 2025
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Farewell Breakfast
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM