Young Actuaries World Cup 

The global competition for analytical minds begins April 1st, 2025!
Get ready as the world's brightest actuarial talents display their talents and brilliance.
After the phenomenal success of the inaugural competition, the Young Actuaries World Cup (YAWC) is back!
This isn't just a competition, it's where reputations are made, and the future leaders of the actuarial world emerge! Will you rise to the challenge?
Don't calculate the odds. Become the odds.

Competition Rules
The rules book will be posted on April 1st, 2025
Competition Requirements:

• Be born on or after November 14, 1991
• Be a member or a student of any IAA Full or Associate Member association
• Participate as an individual, team submissions will not be accepted
• Submit a 5-minute video about the competition theme
• Submit a title for your video no longer than 85 characters
• Submit a thumbnail that represents or highlights the main idea of your video. The size of the thumbnail should be 1920:1080 or no bigger than 1MB

General Competition Timeframe:

• April 1st, 2025: YAWC competition opens
• July 31st, 2025: Deadline for the submission of videos
• September 30th, 2025: Top 4 participants from each one of the 6 continental zones are announced
• November 4th, 2025: Canada & USA quarter-finals
• November 6th, 2025: Latin America & Caribbean quarter-finals
• November 12th, 2025: Africa quarter-finals
• November 13th, 2025: Europe quarter-finals
• November 18th, 2025: Asia quarter-finals
• November 20th, 2025: Oceania quarter-finals
• January 21st, 2026: Semi-finals for the top 6 candidates of the Western Hemisphere (Canada & USA, Latin America & Caribbean, Africa)
• January 28th, 2026: Semi-finals for the top 6 candidates of the Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Asia, Oceania)
• November 8-13, 2026: 4 Finalists participate at the ICA 2026
  
  

Competition Theme:

The YAWC Theme is aligned with the ICA 2026 theme: “Tradition, Diversity and Innovation”. This is particularly relevant for emerging professionals who benefit from the existence of long-established skills while also addressing the challenges and opportunities afforded by global advances in technology and developments in society.  Participants are encouraged to provide a broad interpretation of the theme. For example, submissions could address issues such as, but not limited to:

• How actuaries can contribute to a better society
• New product: future specific usage, new features etc.
• Climate Change and Sustainability issues: how actuaries might contribute to knowledge in this area
• Innovative ways of tackling some big issues
• New areas in which actuarial skills are being used
• Application of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
• An Employers Dilemma: Data Scientists or Actuaries
• The Actuaries role in Cybersecurity
• Diversity enhances problem-solving and innovation
• Views on the ethical considerations related to data and technology.

Participants are highly encouraged to be creative, communicating their ideas in interesting and inspiring ways. Graphics, music or humor are certainly permitted!

Here is what happened at the ICA 2023 in Sydney, Australia. 

Thomas Herbin, representing the Institut des Actuaires (France), was selected the winner of the 1st Young Actuaries World Cup (YAWC).  On May 31st, 2023 IAA President, Ms. Micheline Dionne,  announced and presented the trophy to the winner during the closing ceremony of the International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Thomas, was accompanied to the stage by the other 3 YAWC finalists who won the opportunity to travel to Australia to attend the ICA: Cissy Zhang, Penelope Drastik and José Miguel Flores-Contró. We would like to congratulate all participants for submitting their ideas of a "Bridge to Tomorrow" and we would like to encourage them to participate at the 2nd Young Actuaries World Cup.

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