President's Forum

Papers on Key Issues

Washington, D.C., USA—28 March 2014

• Attracting Actuaries to the Profession – Mark J. Freedman and Tonya B. Manning
• Certified Actuarial Analyst: A new professional qualification for a changing market – Ronnie Bowie
• The Magazine "l'actuariel" – Thomas Béhar

Singapore—October 12, 2013

• What is an Actuary? – Themba Gamedze
• CERA Progress Report – Frank Sabatini
• Improving Consumer Protection – Ronnie Bowie & Jan Kars
• Role and Purpose? – Tonya Manning

The Hague, Netherlands—May 25, 2013

• Supranational Projects – Renata de Leers

Nassau, Bahamas—17 November 2012

• Study of ERM Activities at IAA Associations – Dave Ingram
• IAA Paper on the Role_of_the_Actuary – Thomas Béhar and Dave Hartman

Los Angeles, United States—24 May 2012

• A Framework for Risk Management of Extreme Events: Evidence from Firms – Howard Kunreuther
• Living in "Interesting Times" – Jim Moore
• Actuary 3.0: Survey Results and Interactive Discussion – Rajish Sagoenie

Zagreb, Croatia—1 October 2011

• Presidents Forum Slides
• Croatian Actuarial Association – Tatjana Racic-Zlibar
• Ethics and the Financial Crisis – Carla Angela
• Regulated Professions Task Force – Paul Thornton
• Ethics and the Financial Crisis – Jean Berthon
• Risk Assessment of IAA Strategic Plan – Thomas Béhar
• Governance Structures of Associations – Ralph Blanchard

Sydney, Autralia—April 2011

• New Communication Strategy for a New Challenge – Thomas Béhar
• Institute of Actuaries of Australia – Strategy 2010 to 2012
• The Introduction about the Development of Chinese Actuarial Profession – Wei Yingning
• Guidelines on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) – Mary Frances Miller
• The role of the actuary in microinsurance – Maria de Nazaré Barroso
• Actuaries and Climate Change – Jill Green

Vienna, Austraia—October 11, 2010

• Convergence_of_Actuarial_Standards – Hillevi Mannonen
• Actuaries and Defined Contribution Pension Plans – Philip Shier
• AG Projection Table 2010-2060: Modelling longevity – Rajish Sagoenie
• A Risk Assessment of the IAA Strategic Plan – Thomas Béhar

Cape Town, South Africa—6 March 2010

• What is an Actuary? Discussion based on examples – Thomas Béhar
• Influencing Public Policy: Canadian Experience – Bob Howard
• Communication in 2010 – Mike McLaughlin
• ERM: The Role of Actuaries – Mike McLaughlin

Tallinn, Estonia—May 29, 2009

• Remarkable Actuarial Associations – Ronnie Bowie
• Actuarial Guidance for IFRS Implementation – Mike Hale
• Presidents’ Forum Role in Implementation of the IAA Strategic Plan – Thomas Behar

Limassol, Cyprus—November 3, 2008

• Strategy Survey – Results, Observations, Discussion – Greg Martin
• Finance Survey – Results, Observations, Discussion – Thomas Béhar

Québec City, Canada—June 13, 2008

• A Global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Designation – Harry Panjer, Fred Rowley and Nick Dumbreck

Dublin, Ireland—October 29, 2007

• Review of status of the governance process at the IAA – Fred Rowley
• Global mutual recognition at IAA Core Syllabus level – Nick Dumbreck and Fred Rowley
• The need for a more comprehensive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework – Nick Dumbreck
• Small and medium sized associations – Maria de Nazaré Barroso
• Review of the evaluation forms of the Mexico City President’s Forum – Gunnar Kvan

Mexico City, Mexico—April 17, 2007

• Relationships with Regulators – Colm Fagan
• CPD developments in Italy and beyond – Carla Angela
• Outline of a Proposal for a Global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) designation – Harry Panjer, Fred Rowley and Ed Robbins
• Marketing the profession to our “publics” – Ed Robbins
• ASSA (Actuarial Society of South Africa): Vision and strategic plan – Adrian Baskir

Edinburgh, Scotland—November 16, 2006

• European Actuarial Academy (EAA) Program – Roland van den Brink
• Update on the International Actuarial Education Programme (IAEP) – Alf Guldberg
• CRUSAP Report (Presentation) – Stephen Lehmann
• Vision 2020 Report (Presentation) – Martin Stevenson
• Report of the Task Force on IAA Governance (Presentation) – Daniel Lapointe, Ibrahim Muhanna and Garth Griffin

Paris, France—May 28, 2006

• Education – Chris Daykin
• Operations and Governance – Martin Stevenson
• Risk Management – Tony Coleman (Background documents: EY Global Risk Investor Survey; EY Corporate Risk Survey)
• Value Added – Michael Pomery
• Banking and Financial Management – Paul Braithwaite
• Branding and Marketing – Bob Beuerlein (Brand promise, foundational document)
• Standards of practice – Jean-Louis Massé
• Actuarial Supply and Demand (Supplement)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—November 20, 2005

• Role and opportunity for the IAA: the positioning of the actuary in Solvency II (Presentation by Ad Kok)
• Global education and accreditation system – Chris Daykin
• The IAA – A Possible Model for Change – Andrew Gale
• Development of the profession in emerging areas of practice (Risk Management) – Tony Coleman

Rome, Italy—June 13, 2005

• Morris Report
  • Roland van den Brink; Harvie Brown
• Pension Issue – Jim MacGinnitie
• Opportunities for the Profession
  • Financial Area – Jean Berthon; Tony Coleman
  • Risk Area – Kurt Wolfsdorf; Katsumi Hikasa