Upcoming Events |
April 2016 |
2016Council and Committees Meetings—Russia
AFIR/ERM Colloquium—UK The AFIR/ERM Section Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) Pensions, Risk and Investment Conference from May 31 to June 2 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This joint event offers delegates the opportunity to attend a wide range of cross-practice sessions and learn about topics outside their immediate specialisms, get involved in knowledge exchange, and network with those from different areas to discuss mutual interests and experiences. The event offers up to 11.75 hours of CPD alongside a variety of current and topical plenary sessions and technical skills workshops, so join your peers for three days of insights and updates and to share forward-thinking ideas and strategies. AFIR/ERM sessions will include the naming of the winner of the Bob Alting von Geusau Memorial Prize by AFIR. They will also address the impact of longevity risk, model validation with realised p-values, and equity investing with targeted constant volatility exposure. Section members are encouraged to attend and participate. Sessions will include plenaries, workshops and presentations on AFIR/ERM topics in parallel sessions. This will be a great opportunity to build international links and interact with delegates at the IFoA conference. Non-Section members are welcome. For further details, visit the conference website. ASTIN Colloquium—Portugal The ASTIN Colloquium will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from May 31 to June 3. One of the keynote speakers will be Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), who will present on the most recent developments of the (re)insurance environment in Europe. The list of expert speakers also features Professor Paul Embrechts of RiskLab at ETH Zurich; Eberhard Müller, chief risk officer of Hannover Re; and Professor Stéphane Loisel from the Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances. The event is an excellent opportunity to interact with top-level regulators and managers within the non-life insurance environment. Registration is now open. 70th Anniversary Celebration—Israel Joint IACA, IAAHS, PBSS, and IPEBLA Colloquium—Canada
The 2016 colloquium jointly hosted by the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) and the IACA, PBSS, and IAAHS will be held from June 26–29 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The program will feature 60-plus presentations by more than 90 speakers. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) Annual Meeting, with combined plenary sessions and many opportunities for networking with CIA attendees. Our joint keynote speaker will be Michael Woodford, former CEO of the Olympus Corporation. He will take attendees through the riveting experience of whistleblowing on his own company, and lessons on governance and crisis management. An additional plenary session on genomics, featuring Dr. Pieter R. Cullis, Emile Stipp, and Jacques Boudreau, has been added to the program, which can be found here. Register today! Actuarial Regional Seminar—Chile The Sixth Actuarial Regional Seminar in Latin America will be hosted by the Instituto de Actuarios Matemáticos de Chile from June 20–21 in Santiago, Chile. Its theme is “the role of the actuary in modern society”. Further updates can be found on Facebook as they become available. President-Elect Tom Terry will present on “The Actuarial Profession in the world”. 17th National and Latin American Colloquium on Actuarial Sciences—Argentina The 17th National and Latin American Colloquium on Actuarial Sciences (XVII Jornadas Nacionales y Latinoamericanas Actuariales) will be held from November 3–5 at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Buenos Aires. More information will be available soon. Proposals and questions can be sent to jornaclatact@gmail.com, addressed to María Alejandra Metelli, Head of the Department of Mathematics, and Eduardo Melinsky, Director of the Actuarial Program. 20th Biennial Conference—New Zealand The organizing committee has compiled a program that provides a balance between technical papers and highly relevant external speakers, as well as fantastic networking functions. The profession in New Zealand has members engaged in the life insurance, general insurance, superannuation, and investment fields. It is represented at senior management levels in many of New Zealand's leading financial organizations. The call for abstracts is now open and closes at the end of June. Registration will open in July, and early-bird registration will end on September 30. 2018International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) 2018—Germany The campaign, which was launched at the annual DAV autumn
meeting in Dresden in 2015, aims to facilitate the participation of
actuaries from emerging countries or small actuarial associations in
the ICA 2018 in Berlin.
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Register now for the first Council and Committee meetings of the year, which
are taking place at the Corinthia Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, from May 25–29 at the invitation of the Russian Guild of Actuaries.
These meetings provide an opportunity for actuaries and other experts from
around the world to discuss ongoing projects and consider new developments.
They also enable the international actuarial profession and financial industry
to network and collaborate.
In honour of its 70th anniversary, the Israel Association of Actuaries will be
hosting a seminar on June 20 at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel. Topics
will include Solvency II, the future of the actuarial profession, new investment
tools, developments in life and general insurance, and an interactive study in
risk management. President Malcolm Campbell will be among the speakers.
The New Zealand Society of Actuaries will be hosting a 
organizers are also holding a prize
draw with the theme “I am 100,000”, based on the expectation that
in 2018 the membership of the actuarial profession worldwide will
reach 100,000. The winner will receive a complimentary congress
registration. 
