Location & Accommodations
FAIR WARNING – Room Block expires March 27, 2026. We have a Guaranteed rate of $299++ for 3 days prior to and 3 days after if you wish to extend your stay.
Please call the Reservation Team assigned to us at 855-829-2536 and let them know you are attending the aeProNet Conference and we have a Room Block. Any issues, let me know. Meanwhile, you can book your room directly here at this link: Click here to book your group rate for 2026 Spring aeProNet Conference Apr2026
If you cancel, you must do so 72 hours prior to 12:01am Eastern Time on 4/14/26. Any penalty incurred will be the attendee’s responsibility not aeProNet.
Southwest Airlines is pleased to offer aeProNet Spring 2026 TAMPA attendees discounted fares. To utilize the discount, book via SWABIZ? using this link. Discount
valid for travel between 4/10/2026 to 4/19/2026.
AGENDA
Times noted are in Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDST)
Entire conference is open to everyone except the Membership (Members & Associate Members) Meeting on Wednesday morning April 14th from 8-9:30am.
Tuesday April 14th
5:30 to 7:00pm – Welcome Reception – Epicurean Hotel
EDGE Rooftop Bar – Wine, Beer, and Light Snacks. Evening is open afterwards for hosted dinners or you are on your own.
Wednesday April 15th
7:30 to 8:30am – Breakfast Buffet- Garden Terrace – 2nd Floor
MEETING ROOM: GRAND CRU BALLROOM – 1st Floor – Main Level
8:30 to 9:30am – Membership Meeting (Members & Associate Members Only)
8:00 to 9:00am – Association Updates – Lynda Colucci
Holly Gill-Gaither, aeProNet President
9:00 to 9:30am – Doe & Emuss/aeProNet Architects & Engineers
New Dawn Risk & CJ Coleman
9:30am – All attendees welcome into the Meeting Room for the Presentations, Panel Discussions and Roundtables
9:45 to 10:45 – “Architecting the Future of Insurance Distribution”
Rob Jacomen – Insurance Distribution Architects
10:45 to 11:00am – Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 to 12 Noon – “AI is the Buzz; Identity is the Risk”
Nada Belhadfa, EVP Portage Cybertech
12:00 to 1:00pm – Lunch – Garden Terrace
1:00 to 1:45pm – Panel
Cyber & AI: Evolving Use, Dependence, risk and Practices
Frank Harrison, Esq. Associate Member
Regina Rubino, Claims – Berkshire Hathaway
Rob Jacomen – Insurance Distribution Architects
Roundtables! Buccaneers, Pirates and Swashbucklers oh my!
1:50 to 4:30pm – Roundtable Discussions Begin (20 minute Rounds 1 through 6)
1:50 to 2:10 round 1
2:15 to 2:35 round 2
2:35 to 2:45 Lee Jones – IPFS Premium Financing
2:45 to 3:00pm
COCKTAIL BREAK SPONSORED BY IPFS PREMIUM FINANCING
3 – 3:20 round 3
3:25 to 3:45 round 4
3:50 to 4:10 round 5
4:15 to 4:35 round 6
5:30 to 7:00pm Cocktails & Networking
EDGE Rooftop Bar – Cocktails, Wine, Beer, and Light Snacks. Evening is open afterwards for hosted dinners or you are on your own.
Thursday April 16th
7:30 to 8:30am – Breakfast Buffet – Garden Terrace
8:30 – Noon – Roundtable Discussions (20 minute Rounds 7 through 12)
Round Tables Continue….
8:30 to 8:50 round 7
8:55 to 9:15 round 8
9:20 to 9:40 round 9
9:45 to 10:05 round 10
10:05 to 10:20 Break
10:20 to 10:40 round 11
10:45 to 11:05 round 12
11:05 to 11:30 – Round table wrap up.
11:30 – 11:45 – Justin Berry, Regional President – First Insurance Funding.
Noon to 1:00pm – Lunch – Co-Sponsored by First Insurance Funding – Garden Terrace
1:00 to 1:35pm – PANEL
Supply chain and other Threats Implicating Force Majeure Losses
Bruce Furukawa, Esq. Associate Member
Anthony Carolei, Claims – Hanover
Jen David, Claims – Sampo
David Kosakoff, Esq. Associate Member
1:35 – 2:10pm – PANEL
Design-Build and Other Alternative Delivery Models
Rosanne Debellis, Claims – Great American
Voytek Jackowski, Esq., Associate Member
Katie Jones, Esq., Associate Member
David Colwick, Claims – Allied World Assurance
2:10 – 2:45pm – PANEL
The Crystal Ball: What is Happening Now that Could/Will Change Everything and What is Next?
Yvonne Castillo, Risk Advisory/Risk Management – Victor Insurance
Eric Stubenvoll, Esq., Associate Member
Briana Carter, Claims – The Hartford
Rachel Bassett, Claims – RLI
2:45- 3:00pm – Local Florida Brews Break
3::00 – 4:30pm
MOCK JURY TRIAL
Case study will have four parties: a public entity, a prime consultant, and two subconsultants. The claim involves the use of an AI set of specifications by one consultant which were unbuildable and inconsistent with another consultant and not caught by the prime.
Prime Consultant: Jonathan Shoemaker, Esq., Associate Member
Public Entity: Allen West, Esq., Associate Member
Subconsultant: Richard Davies, Esq., Associate Member
Subconsultant: David Benjamin, Esq., Associate Member
Conference Ends at 4:30pm
Thank you for coming. Safe Travels home. See you this Fall in Fort Worth, TX September 22-24!