Advanced Products Courses

30th Annual Product Liability Conference

Learn about product safety management best practices, legal topics and leading edge issues at this year’s product liability conference. Get product safety management information geared for industrial and commercial equipment manufacturers along with companies who insure them. Participants have included safety and design engineers, writers of warnings and safety literature, liability and product managers, in-house counsel and outside experts.

Practice Area: Advanced Products

Overview

Learn from experienced product safety management professionals, consulting engineers, defense and plaintiff attorneys along with a range of other professionals including state and federal judges, scientists, and information technology experts. More than a dozen presentations will be available.

Who should attend?

Product safety management and risk management professionals from industrial and commercial equipment manufacturers along with insurance providers will benefit the most. Past attendees who have stated they received great information include:

Product safety management managers
Risk management managers
Product development managers
Design engineers
Technical writers
Product liability underwriters
In-house attorneys who deal with product liability

Outline

Below are the presentation titles and speakers from the 29th Annual Product Liability Conference held in September 2017. We are working on confirming our speakers for the 30th Annual Conference. Please check back in March 2018.

Comprehensive Product Safety Programs – How does your program compare?

John Russell, Director – Technical Services
AHT Insurance
Allen, Texas

WARNING! Your product video safety warnings don’t meet standards!
Patricia A. Robinson, PhD
Coronado Consulting Services, LLC
Sonoita, Ariz.

The Persistent Question: When are product “warnings” necessary?
Gary M. Bell
Bell Product Safety Consulting
Sylvania, Ohio

Accident Data Analytics – Data Sources for Product Safety
Charles Burhans, Senior Consultant
Applied Safety and Ergonomics
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Beginning a Design Hazard Analysis Process
Dave Ludwin, Product Liability and Risk Control Professional
Chicago

Predicting the Unexpected – How to Foresee Misuse
Steven M. Hall, Senior Consultant
Applied Safety and Ergonomics
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Gotchas in Product Liability: Case Studies in Failure
Rob Scheibe, PhD PE Principle – Mechanical Engineer
GT Engineering
Redmond, Wash.

Product Liability – A Plaintiff’s Attorney Perspective
Daniel S. Kirschner, Partner
Corboy & Demetrio
Chicago

Take the High Road: Avoiding Litigation Sanctions
Josh Johanningmeier, Shareholder
Godfrey Kahn S.C.
Madison, Wis.

It’s Complicated: Product Liability Risks in the Internet of Things
Linda C. Emery, Attorney
von Briesen & Roper, S. C.
Milwaukee

Hot Topics in Product Liability
Cal Burnton, Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Chicago

The Vanishing Jury Trial and What’s at Stake
Judge Rebecca F. Dallet
Milwaukee County Circuit Court

Earn Credit Hours

Continuing Education Units, CEU

1.5

Professional Development, PDH

Learn more about CEU, PDH, LU, LU/HSW, GBCI and state licensing boards

Overview

Who should attend?

Product safety management managers
Risk management managers
Product development managers
Design engineers
Technical writers
Product liability underwriters
In-house attorneys who deal with product liability