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Oakland-based EQECAT, Inc. announced that its 2003 European Catastrophe Management Summit will take place on June 24-27 at the Hotel Princesa Sofia InterContinental in Barcelona, Spain. “This year the European Summit will address solutions to the challenges faced by insurers, reinsurers and the financial markets of managing extreme risks,” said the bulletin. Topics will include: The latest breakthrough in European Windstorm modeling; The impact of the recent world-wide earthquake research findings; Quantifying and managing terrorism risk鈥擧ow it can be done effectively; New CAT Reinsurance alternatives鈥擲waps, index bonds, CAT bonds; Climate Change鈥攚hy insurers are concerned and how CAT models can help to quantify the financial impact; The latest innovations in catastrophe management models. “Speakers will include leading researchers, insurance industry experts, as well as EQECAT scientists and engineers. A mixture of lectures, panel sessions, workshops and networking opportunities will ensure that participants reap maximum benefit from this event,” it continued. The cost of attending the conference is 895 Euros (around $950); reservations are required. For more information contact Riccardo Ciccozzi at +44 20 7377 4501, Neil Catford at +49 6192 979104 or e-mail requests to eqecat@absconsulting.com.

Topics Catastrophe Europe