37th annual product liability conference

Course Overview

The 37th Annual Product Liability Conference will run October 7-9, 2025

Learn current and emerging product liability prevention practices from experienced product safety management professionals including consulting engineers, product safety standards experts, and a defense attorney.

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Who Should Attend?

Product safety and risk management professionals from industrial and commercial equipment manufacturers along with insurance providers will benefit the most. Past attendees stating they received valuable information include:

Product safety management managers
Risk management managers
Product development managers
Design engineers
Technical writers
Product liability underwriters
In-house attorneys and outside council

Fee
In-person conference attendance is $1,495.00 and includes morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, digital access to conference materials, and conference attendance.
Online conference attendance is $1,395.00 and includes digital access to conference materials and online access to conference presentations.

Discounts

Receive a 20% discount per registrant when 3 or more people register from the same organization.

ID

RA00500-D578

Credits

CEU: 1.6

PDH: 16

Schedule

Registration Date/Time:

10/7/2025 7:30 am CT

Event Dates/Times:

10/7/2025 08:00am - 04:30pm
10/8/2025 08:00am - 04:30pm
10/9/2025 08:00am - 12:00pm

All times listed are Central Time Zone (GMT-6)

Course Notes

This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) conference. Your registration is for one teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us if you have any questions before registering.

This course uses the Canvas course management and Zoom platforms. A UW NetID is required to access the online course site. Both in-person and online students should obtain a NetID and access the Canvas course website. Your registration confirmation email will walk you through the NetID process and how to access Canvas.

All materials for the conference are digital and will be available on the Canvas course website. Access to the conference materials and the webinar platform will be provided 1-2 days before the first day. Please watch the email address you provided during registration for conference updates. Check your spam file if you do not see emails from the "wisc.edu" addresses.

Program Director

Susan Ottmann

Topic:

Industrial, Product Safety & Liability

Location

Fluno Center

601 University Avenue

Auditorium

Madison, WI 53706

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Cancellation Policy

If you cannot attend, please notify us no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

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