However, Christine makes it clear that you don't have to be directly involved as a company providing medical professional indemnity to get something out of attending the conference. 'There is a lot of interest in this for everyone who is a part of the medical professional indemnity industry; for example those involved with the legal process, with investment management, data analysis, patient safety, insurance, reinsurance and so on.'

The conference will give attendees the chance to hear a wide range of speakers, all of whom are experts in their particular fields. For example, Christine mentions Dr Maryanne Mariyaselvam, 'who's done some very interesting work on building safety designs into healthcare systems to minimise risk and error. She'll examine how innovations can help reduce error from known risks.'

Delegates can look forward to the opportunity to meet international members of the medical professional liability community, widen networks and learn from each other. 'We will be exploring and addressing the problems we all face in the medical liability world, and looking at the different ways in which we tackle these problems worldwide,' says Christine. 'By coming together, we can discuss common themes and share ideas to spread success across our international community.

'We have also chosen the timing carefully to coincide with the period when we expect many attendees will be renewing their reinsurance arrangements. With London being a reinsurance hub, we hope people coming to our conference can take the opportunity to conduct their reinsurance business while they're here.'

For more information and full details on how to register for October's conference, visit piaa2017.com [link expired].

MDU to co-host PIAA international medical indemnity conference

Dr Christine Tomkins

MDU to co-host PIAA international medical indemnity conference