• 12:00 - Registration Opens
• 1:00 - Meeting Start
• 1:20 - Understand Risk as we look to 2024 
  • Cooper Kinney, Director Business Development
  • International SOS
• 3:10 - Pre-travel Risk Assessment 2.0 
  • Eddie Raleigh, Partner,
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
• 4:20 - Closing remarks 

Travel & Events Risk Management in 2024

What’s on tap for Travel Risk Management in 2024?

International SOS recently launched their annual Risk Outlook, which highlights key global predictions that could impact organizations in 2024 and beyond.  The session will present some of the current and predominant concerns shared by senior risk and business resilience executives, and demonstrate the response required when travelers encounter these critical incidents while abroad.   Join us we deep dive into these predictions and provide actionable insights to help you prepare for the year ahead.

Immigration Compliance for US Conferences and Business Events 2.0

Eddie Raleigh will be re-joining us after presenting at Q1 last year to take us through 2.0 of Immigration Compliance for US Conferences and Business Events – 2024 updates.  In addition, Eddie will talk about ways to mitigate risk while crossing international borders.  As more people go to the poles in 2024 than any time in history Eddie will discuss how more than ever risk management is wrapped up in understanding the potential implications of the election

Speaker Bios

K. Edward Raleigh is one of Fragomen’s go-to lawyers when a client needs a courtroom attorney.  Eddie’s practice focuses on cross-border investigations, U.S. immigration disputes and programmatic immigration advice. He has spent more than a decade counseling individuals and companies in highly regulated communities, such as securities, healthcare, tax, federal contracting and technology.

He advises some of the world’s largest and most valuable companies on complex areas of global mobility, including how to navigate some of the most complex questions of immigration program management. Eddie also provides wide-angle, risk-based advice for clients who find themselves at the intersection of significant events or complex regulatory schemes. Examples include COVID-19 responses, evaluating how changing educational trends will affect immigration program management and how the broader economic outlook shifts clients’ risk profiles. 

Eddie’s boardroom experience includes serving as the Legal Counsel to the Maryland Republican Party. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington College Alumni Association, where he was previously the Secretary and is currently Chair-Elect. Eddie is also a member of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and serves on GBTA’s Government Relations Committee.

Eddie’s full bio, experience, and accomplishments https://www.fragomen.com/people/k-edward-raleigh.html

Cooper Kinney

Director, Business Development

International SOS

Since 2016, Cooper Kinney has led business development efforts for International SOS across the Central United States. Prior to joining International SOS, Cooper held growth roles within Zurich, Marsh, Copa Airlines, and the International Division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He has decades of experience within the travel risk management, assistance and evacuation arenas, and their confluence amongst the insurance, mobility, and travel industries. His international experience spans five continents and 85+ countries, with extensive focus across South Asia and Latin America, including overseas assignments in Panama and Mexico.

Cooper earned an International MBA from the University of South Carolina, and a Bachelor of Arts from Randolph-Macon College. He maintains Life & Health and Property & Casualty insurance licenses and holds the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) and Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certifications. Cooper and his wife, Shannon, live in Houston, Texas, with their daughter, Collins (9), and son, Hudson (7).

Live Auction, Silent Auction & 50/50 Drawing to raise money for GBTA Chicago Chapter Challenge

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Including 2 Delta round-trip Main Cabin (Q Class) tickets between US/Canada and Mexico/Caribbean/Central America.