The Agents and Abstracters Forum provides an unparalleled opportunity for small agents and abstracters to meet with your peers and freely exchange ideas, experience and opinions on issues that affect your business today. The agenda is developed by title agents, for title agents. The discussion flows freely since there are only agents in attendance. Come and join in the discussion of major issues of the day that affect ALTA members. As always, spouses/guests are most welcome.

There are five opportunities for you to participate in these Forums this year.  They will be in Phoenix, Louisville, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Richmond.   On Saturday evening prior to each meeting, there will be an optional "pay for your own" group dinner onsite at the hotel. The day will begin on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast and the meeting will start at 9 a.m., with a working lunch, concluding at 4 p.m.

Business casual attire is appropriate throughout this event.

Meeting Schedule

On Saturday evening prior to each meeting, there will be a "pay for your own" group dinner onsite at the hotel. The day will begin on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast and the meeting will start at 9 a.m., with a working lunch, concluding at 4 p.m.

Business casual attire is appropriate throughout this event.

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Forum Schedule

January 29th  •  Phoenix, AZ
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport at 24th Street.  They are currently offering room rates as low as $129/night. To make your reservations, please click here (use group code ALT) or call 602-824-1455 and let them know you are with ALTA Agents & Abstracters Forum.

Dick Reass, president of RynohLive, will speak on the need for improved escrow standards as the mood of regulators and underwriters has changed significantly with the demise of several underwriters in 2011. This presentation will discuss the NAIC’s efforts to prevent escrow theft and the impact this will have on title agents with regard to market conduct, fraud and financial stability.

March 25th  •  Louisville, KY
This meeting is being held immediately preceding ALTA’s Business Strategies Conference. If you register for the Business Strategies Conference, you can attend the Agents & Abstracters Forum at a reduced rate of $25.00!

A block of rooms has been reserved at the ` Louisville Downtown.  They are currently offering room rates as low as $129/night. To make your reservations, please call 1-800-266-9432 and let them know you are with ALTA.

April 22nd  •  Dallas, TX
Check back soon for more information.

May 20th  •  Minneapolis, MN
Check back soon for more information.

September 22nd  •  Richmond, VA
Check back soon for more information.

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Car Rental

The official car rental company for these meetings is Avis. To make reservations, call 800-331-1600 and refer to the ALTA discount number D833367 or visit the Avis website and enter the promotional code there.

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Registration Information

On-Line Registration
You can register by clicking here or by downloading a PDF of registration form and faxing it to ALTA at (202) 223-5843. Each primary attendee must be registered separately; one person cannot register another from the same company. Only guests can be added to a primary registrant’s registration.  The Registration fee for each of the Agents and Abstracters Forums is $50 for all attendees.

Print the Registration Form
Fax completed registration form with credit card payment to (888) 329-2582.
*If you are unable to download the registration form, please click here to download the free Acrobat Reader.

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Cancellation Policy

If you must cancel ALTA requires a minimum of five days business days’ notice of cancellation. Cancellation Notice should be sent via e-mail to Lauren Dollerschell at lauren@alta.org.

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Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule
Saturday
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.	Dinner at Hotel
Sunday
8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Welcome and Introductions Coffee and tea service will be provided.
9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	ALTA Update Cornelia Horner, Vice President
	Federal Legislative and Regulatory Issues Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Borrower Right to Inspection Legislation State Legislative and Regulatory Issues Private Transfer Fee Covenants ALTA Member Programs LTI Training & Education
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Speaker Presentation
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Roundtable/Town Hall Discussions Bring your questions / challenges to find out how your peers handle them in their business. (Open Forum)
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Roundtable/Town Hall Discussions (cont.) - (Open Forum)
3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Wrap-Up and Discussion of Future Meetings
Note: The Saturday night dinner is optional and all expenses are paid by the participants (i.e., this is not a bill-back event).