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Updated as at 8 October 2013

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Note: All meals served are MUIS-certified.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013
2:00pm - 4:00pm Executive Board Meeting
Hall of Fame, Lobby Level, Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa
4:00pm - 7:30pm Registration Opens
East Ballroom Foyer, Level B2, Resorts World Convention Centre
5:00pm - 6:00pm Meeting of Contributors
East Ballroom 1, Level B2, Resorts World Convention Centre
6:00pm - 8:00pm Welcome Cocktail Reception
Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel
   
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
7:30am Registration Reopens & Exhibition Opens
East Ballroom Foyer
9:00am - 9:15am 17th EAAC Opening Ceremony
East Ballroom 

Welcome Remarks
Mr Wil Chong
President, 17th East Asian Actuarial Congress
9:15am - 9:45am Opening Address
Mr Lee Boon Ngiap
Assistant Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
9:45am - 10:30am Keynote Address
Impact of Ageing Populations
The Search for Stability

Professor Robert L. Brown
President-Elect, International Actuarial Association
10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break
East Ballroom Foyer
11:00am - 11:30am Plenary Session 1: Actuaries Adding Value in Deals
Mr Alan Merten, Towers Watson
Mr Mark Saunders, Towers Watson
11:30am - 12:45pm Plenary Session 2: CEO Panel
Mr Karl-Heinz Jung, Allianz SE Reinsurance

Mr David Fried, QBE Insurance
Dr Khoo Kah SiangGreat Eastern Life
12:45pm - 2:15pm Lunch
Central Ballrooms 1 & 2
2:15pm - 3:00pm Parallel Session 1: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2
Variable Annuities: Risk Management in Emerging Markets
Mr Peter Sun, Milliman

Parallel Session 2: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1
Empowering Non-Life Actuaries in Asia
Mr Ron Kozlowski
Casualty Actuarial Society
Mr Wayne FisherCasualty Actuarial Society

Parallel Session 3: Risk Management
East Ballroom 3
Risk Management: A Cultural Challenge
Mr Anton Kapel, Towers Watson

Ms Marieke van Raaij, Towers Watson
3:00pm - 3:45pm Parallel Session 4: Life Insurance/General Insurance
East Ballroom 2
Agile Capital Modelling 
Mr Paul MaitlandAon Benfield 
 
Parallel Session 5: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1
The Science and Art of Cat Modeling - A Case Study of Thailand Flood
Mr Adityam Krovvidi, Aon Benfield

Parallel Session 6: Risk Management
East Ballroom 3
Capitalizing on Change
Insurance Regulatory Risk & Capital Changes in Asia-Pacific

Mr Russel Lok, Ernst & Young
Mr William Liang, Ernst & Young
3:45pm - 4:15pm Coffee Break
East Ballroom Foyer
4:15pm - 5:00pm Parallel Session 7: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2
Dynamic Asset Liability Management in Today's Complex Economic Development
Mr Keith Walter, Towers Watson
Mr Peter Ryan-Kane, Towers Watson
 
Parallel Session 8: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1
Ratios: Are Standard Comparisons Appropriate?
Mr Matthew Maguire, NMG Consulting
Mr Roshan Perera, NMG Consulting

Parallel Session 9: Risk Management
East Ballroom 3
Yardstick for ERM: Risk Appetite
Mr Alvin Soh, Independent
5:00pm - 5:45pm Parallel Session 10: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2
Catastrophic Mortality Bonds - An Effective Hedge?
Ms Bridget Browne, Australian National University
 
Parallel Session 11: Housing Valuation
East Ballroom 1
Actuarial Values of Housing Markets
Dr Shaun Wang, The Geneva Association

Parallel Session 12: Risk Management
East Ballroom 3
The ORSA Process In Action
Mr Klaus Krøier, Nordisk Aktuarservice 
   
Thursday, 17 October 2013
8:00am Registration & Exhibition Reopen
East Ballroom Foyer
9:00am - 9:10am Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Introduction
Ms Wen Li, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
9:10am - 9:20am China Delegate Address
Mr John Zhang Yuan Han
 China Association of Actuaries
9:20am - 9:30am ICA 2014
Mr Bob Conger, ICA 2014 Organising Committee
9:30am - 10:00am SOA International Experience Study (IES)
Ms Lina Xu, IES & SOA International Section Council
10:00am - 10:30am Coffee Break
East Ballroom Foyer
10:30am - 11:50am Plenary Session 3: ERM Working Parties

Diversification Benefit Working Party
Mr Jim Qin, Diversification Benefit Working Party
Mr Zhu Yan, 
Diversification Benefit Working Party

Managing & Measuring Operational Risk for Insurance Companies in Asia 
Mr Julien ParasieOperational Risk Working Party
11:50am - 12:30pm Plenary Session 4: ORSA

ORSA Requirements and its Key Building Blocks
Mr Raymond Cheung, ORSA Working Party
Mr Anthony AtkinsORSA Working Party

ORSA - Modelling, Scenarios & Embedding
Mr Elliot VarnellMilliman
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
Central Ballrooms 1 & 2
1:30pm – 2:00pm Collection of Half-Day Tour Tickets
Registration Counter, East Ballroom Foyer
2:00pm – 7:00pm Half-Day Tour
   
Friday, 18 October 2013
8:00am Registration & Exhibition Reopen
East Ballroom Foyer
9:00am - 9:45am Parallel Session 13: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2

The Dangers of Reviewable Products?
Mr Alex King, Pacific Life Re
Mr Darshan Singh, Pacific Life Re
 
Parallel Session 14: Health Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Reinsurance as an Alternative Capital Market Funding Solution in Health Insurance Securitizations
Mr Steve NajjarHannover Life Re

Parallel Session 15: Risk Modelling
East Ballroom 3

Quantitative Tools for Risk Management - Stress Testing and Beyond
Mr Eric Yau, Moody's Analytics
9:45am - 10:30am Parallel Session 16: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2

Behavioural Economics
Mr Lawrence TsuiSwiss Re
Ms Na JiaReMark International
 
Parallel Session 17: Health Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Mitigating the Volatility of the Health Portfolio
Mr Herbert Meister, Munich Re
 
Parallel Session 18: Risk Modelling
East Ballroom 3

Operational Risk Modeling: Current Approaches and New Frontiers
Mr Joshua Corrigan, Milliman
Ms Caroline Wang, Milliman
10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break
East Ballroom Foyer
11:00am - 11:45am Parallel Session 19: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2

Numerical Impact Study of Bonus Distribution on Default
Ms Zhang Yanwen, Independent
Mr Yilu Zhang, Independent

 
Parallel Session 20: Health Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Cancer - Changing Landscape in Asia
Mr Paul Murray, Swiss Re
 
Parallel Session 21: Risk Modelling
East Ballroom 3

Economic Capital (“EC”) - Framework and Implementation Challenges
Mr Bonny Fu, Ernst & Young
11:45am - 12:30pm Parallel Session 22: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 2

Plugged in: Protection Product Trends Shaping Our Industry
Mr Jerome Matrundola, RGA Reinsurance Company
 
Parallel Session 23: Health Insurance
East Ballroom 1

An Actuarial Model for Hospitalization Insurance with Limited Benefit: Cancer Impaired Risk
Dr Shing-Her Juang, Soochow University

Parallel Session 24: Risk Modelling
East Ballroom 3

Stochastic Loss Reserving for General Insurance: A Gaussian Approach
Mr Bouke Posthuma, Posthuma Partners
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
Central Ballrooms 1 & 2
2:00pm - 2:45pm Parallel Session 25: Life Insurance/M&A
East Ballroom 3

Art of Integration
Ms Anusha Thavarajah, AIA 
Mr Chai Tze Siang, AIA
 
Parallel Session 26: Health Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Strategies for the Management of the Monthly Medical Insurance Valuation Process
Mr Jed Linfield, TriNet
2:45pm - 3:30pm Parallel Session 27: Family Takaful
East Ballroom 3

Actuarial Models for Takaful
Mr Ching Ing Chian, Hong Leong Assurance
 
Parallel Session 28: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Lessons Learned from the Crop Insurance Program in Korea
Robert Kim, Samsung F&M Insurance
3:30pm - 4:00pm Coffee Break
East Ballroom Foyer
4:00pm - 4:45pm Parallel Session 29: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 3

Coping with Longevity Risk within Retirement Provision in Singapore
Ms Yan Sun, SAS Retirement Committee
 
Parallel Session 30: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Professional and Management Liability in Asia
Ms Jean DeSantis, AIG
4:45pm - 5:30pm Parallel Session 31: Life Insurance
East Ballroom 3

Participating Insurance in China
Ms Sharon Huang, Milliman
Mr Alex Bryant, Milliman
 
Parallel Session 32: General Insurance
East Ballroom 1

Succeeding in the Rapidly Changing Personal Lines Asian Markets
Mr Gautam Mazumdar, Towers Watson
Mr Roberto Malattia
, Towers Watson
5:30pm - 6:45pm Closing Ceremony
East Ballroom 2
6:45pm - 9:00pm 17th EAAC Farewell Gala Dinner
East Ballroom 2

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