Upcoming Events

September 2015

2015

Council and Committees to Meet in Vancouver

Join us for our next Council and Committee meetings in Vancouver, Canada, from October 14–18. The Council meeting will feature Caterina Lindman, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, who will be addressing the topic of climate change: Can Actuaries Make a Contribution to the Field of Climate Change?

The program, which you can view here, will also feature the Population Issues Working Group (PIWG), which will be offering its very first seminar on retirement age. Come and join us for some lively discussions, as the PIWG leadership and its members summarize a paper on retirement age before a panel of experts presents on the changing retirement landscape.

Click here for more information. Register for the meetings now!

Regional Seminar—Azerbaijan

A regional seminar will take place in Azerbaijan from September 28–29. It is being organized by the Eurasia and Middle East Subcommittee (of the IAA Advice and Assistance Committee) and the Actuarial Association of Azerbaijan. Events such as these provide the opportunity for participants to hear from experts on topics of regional interest, network, and discuss global actuarial issues. Click here to view the agenda.

If you would like to attend, please complete the online registration form. For more information, contact Karla Zuñiga-Cortès. Follow this event on Facebook!

Health and Retirement Conference—Singapore

The Singapore Actuarial Society will be hosting a joint conference on Health and Retirement in Singapore which will be held at the Resorts World Convention Centre from October 22 to 23. The theme of the conference is Health and Old Age Security: Planning for the Next 50 Years.

Registration for the Health and Retirement Conference is now open (click here for PDF version). Registrations before September 30 will qualify for early bird rates. For more information, click here.

For any queries regarding the event, please contact the committee at hrc@actuaries.org.sg.

19th Asian Actuarial Conference—Thailand

The 19th Asian Actuarial Conference, formerly known as the East Asian Actuarial Conference, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 3–6. Its theme is Innovation: Creating Sustainable Value, and it will include topics on life insurance, general insurance, health insurance and risk management. There will also be opportunities to network during the welcome reception, gala dinner and half-day tours of Bangkok. IAA President Fred Rowley will be one of the featured speakers. Register here! For more details, visit the website.

2016

ASTIN Colloquium—Portugal

The call for papers is now open for the 2016 ASTIN Colloquium to be held at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão) in Lisbon, Portugal, from May 31–June 3. If you are interested in submitting a paper and presentation for the 2016 ASTIN Colloquium please email your Abstract and Submission Form to our Organizing Team.

Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance—Colombia

Call for papers

The Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance (ICASQF) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from June 15–18, 2016. It is being organized by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de Cartagena, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad Antonio Nariño, and École Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique pour l’Industrie et l’entreprise.

The congress will cover topics such as statistics techniques in finance and actuarial science, portfolio management, derivative valuation, risk theory and life and pension insurance mathematics, non-life insurance mathematics and economics of insurance.

The organizing committee invites prospective authors to submit abstracts and extended abstracts (or full papers). Please view the submissions page for more information.

Joint IACA, IAAHS, PBSS and IPEBLA Colloquium—St. John's, Canada

Call for papers

A joint colloquium will take place from June 27–29, 2016 in St. John`s, Canada, hosted by the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA), International Association of Consulting Actuaries (IACA), Pensions, Benefits and Social Security Section (PBSS), and the Health Section (IAAHS). The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ (CIA) meeting with combined plenary sessions and many opportunities for networking with the CIA attendees.

A call for papers has been issued. If you would like to submit an abstract or presentation please send an email to stjohns2016@actuaries.org by October 1, 2015.

Meeting content will include sessions of interest to both lawyers and actuaries, with a focus on the increasing number of situations where lawyers and actuaries are working together on projects and client engagements. 

The colloquium will be held in the picturesque town of St John's in Canada's province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Sessions will be held in the Delta Hotel Conference Centre. 

Living to 100 Symposium—Florida, United States

Call For Papers

The SOA has issued a Living to 100 call for papers to explore aging, longevity and their implications. The sixth international Living to 100 Symposium takes place from January 4–6, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The papers can include a wide range of topics, from models and projection techniques to longevity risk and societal implications, for example. If you are interested in submitting an abstract or outline of a proposed paper, please send it to Jan Schuh by September 15, 2015.

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