ITIJ heads to Madrid for ITIC Global 2021
The editorial and sales team from ITIJ will be heading off shortly for ITIC Global in Madrid – the first in-person travel and health insurance conference we’ve attended since February 2020!
We are very excited to see our colleagues at ITIC put on what we are sure will be a fantastic event, with plenty of educational sessions and networking opportunities.
Mandy Langfield, ITIJ’s Managing Editor, will be assisting in moderating the sessions with Ian Cameron, Editor in Chief, so we are going to be on hand to question the experts, make sure we are getting to the heart of the issues and challenges facing travel insurance providers, assistance companies, air ambulances and insurtech firms.
Agenda highlights
Of particular interest will be the session on Monday morning from Keynote Speaker Dr Vanya Gant, who is an expert in infectious diseases as Divisional Clinical Director for Infection at the UK’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases at University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London. Dr Gant will share how, globally, we can be better prepared for the next pandemic as a result of lessons learned from the outbreak of Covid-19 including the threat of new variants and therapies for ‘long Covid’.
Elsewhere during the week, we look at the travel insurance industry’s response to Covid-19 – was it good enough, and what has been learned from different experiences? Moving on, experts from the healthcare, assistance and air ambulance sectors will discuss their experiences of working during Covid, and share how they overcame the challenges they faced.
Insurtech innovation, business travel risk management and occupational travel health are also on the agenda, along with the usual Medical Directors’ Forum, Air Ambulance and Medical Assistance Forum and Provider Networks Forum.
Networking and celebration at the ITIJ Awards
There are always plenty of opportunities to reconnect with friends and colleagues throughout the week at ITIC, including the official ITIC Welcome Reception which will be a fantastic evening as we all reconnect once again. The ITIJ team are pleased to play host at the New Attendees Welcome Reception, for those first-timers attending the conference.
The team are setting up shop at the heart of the ITIC exhibition area during the conference, so if you are attending please stop by and say hi. Join us for a coffee before sessions start each day.
We will also be hosting an afternoon of celebration as we mark the end of the ITIC Global conference. The ITIJ Awards recognise excellence and achievements in the travel and health insurance sector, and reward the suppliers of services to those companies as well.
Looking forward to seeing our much-missed colleagues, peers and dear readers in Madrid!
If you can't make it this time, keep an eye our for our reports each day with all the discussions and our key takeaways from the 29th annual ITIC Global conference.