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  • Tuesday, May 9, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    CAS Board Member Meet & Greet at Continental Breakfast
    Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    RT-1 - Banking
    Location: Commonwealth A
    Roundtable Facilitator: Michael Tichareva – Actuarial Society of South Africa
    Roundtable Facilitator: Ronald T. Kozlowski, FCAS, MAAA – RTK Actuarial + Professional Services
    RoundtableLead
     CE: 1
  • 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    RT-2 - Unlock the Full Potential of Diversity – Building Inclusive Team Cultures
    Location: Commonwealth C
    Roundtable Facilitator: Megan Loomis, ACAS (she/her/hers) – Allstate Insurance Company
    Roundtable Facilitator: Jake Roan, FCAS (he/him/his) – Allstate Insurance Company
    RoundtableLead
     CE: 1
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast with Roundtables and Exhibitors
    Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Lounge
    Location: Pavilion
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Nursing Mother's Room
    Location: Bulfinch
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Quiet Room
    Location: Alcott
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
    Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Paine
  • 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    GS-3 - General Session: Cyber - State of the Market
    Location: Grand Ballroom C-E
    Speaker: Justyna Pikinsha – Gallagher Re
    Speaker: Lindsay Volpe – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
    Moderator: Andrew Li – Corvus Insurance
    Speaker: Peter Hedberg – Corvus Insurance
    General SessionsNavigateLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.5
  • 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    GS-4 - General Session: Future of Insurance
    Location: Grand Ballroom A-B
    Speaker: Andrew Johnston – Gallagher Re
    Speaker: Bryan Falchuk – PLRB
    Moderator: Randel Bennett – Swiss Re
    Speaker: Kate Crespo – Financial Technology Partners
    General SessionsNavigatePredictLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.5
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-2 - Introduction to Accurate GLM
    Location: Commonwealth C
    Moderator: Michael K. Chen, FCAS, MAAA, CSPA (he/him/his) – WTW
    Speaker: Liam McGrath, ACAS – WTW
    Speaker: Gary Wang – Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc.
    Predictive AnalyticsPredictLevel 2: General knowledge of the subject (6-9 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-11 - Cyber Tech Enabled Underwriting
    Location: Commonwealth B
    Speaker: Peter Hedberg – Corvus Insurance
    Speaker: Chris Hedenberg – Corvus Insurance
    Moderator: Andrew Li – Corvus Insurance
    Cyber RiskPredictLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-20 - ERM Case Study (interactive Participation): Risk/Reward Decision-Making Strategy ,Considering ERM Standards of Practice
    Location: Webster
    Speaker: Mike Speedling – AXIS Capital
    Speaker: Robert F. Wolf – Stonetrust Insurance Group / Wintaii
    Enterprise Risk ManagementNavigateLevel 2: General knowledge of the subject (6-9 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-21 - ESG in Insurance: From Vision to Sustainable Impact
    Location: Commonwealth A
    Speaker: Jonathan Charak – Zurich North America
    Moderator: Michelle Cui – WTW
    Speaker: Tom Larsen – CoreLogic, Inc
    Speaker: Frederic Matte – WTW
    ESG/Climate/SustainabilityLeadLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-22 - Evaluating and Selecting a Bayesian MCMC Model
    Location: Stone
    Speaker: Michael Larsen – Retired
    Moderator: Meagan Mirkovich, FCAS – NCCI Holdings, INC.
    Actuarial ToolkitPredictLevel 2: General knowledge of the subject (6-9 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-29 - Marijuana Decriminalization & Auto Risks
    Location: Grand Ballroom C-E
    Speaker: Brian Fannin – CAS
    Speaker: Chuck Farmer – Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
    Moderator: Jeremy Shoemaker, FCAS MAAA CERA – Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting, Ltd.
    Emerging IssuesPredictLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-31 - Medical Professional Liability Update
    Location: Otis
    Speaker: Robin Davis – Conning
    Line of BusinessLeadLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS-39 - Shaping the Actuarial Function of the Future
    Location: Grand Ballroom A-B
    Speaker: Steven D. Armstrong, FCAS, MAAA, MBA (he/him/his) – Allstate Insurance Company
    Speaker: Kristen Bessette, FCAS, MAAA (she/her/hers) – QBE North America
    Speaker: Scott Henck – Chubb
    Moderator: Jen Jabben, FCAS, MAAA – EY
    Business SkillsLeadLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
    Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-4 - Anatomy of a Ransomware Claim
    Location: Grand Ballroom C-E
    Speaker: James Gimbi – MOXFIVE
    Speaker: Jason Rebholz – Corvus Insurance
    Moderator: Andrew Li – Corvus Insurance
    Cyber RiskNavigateLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-5 - Applying Credibility in Penalized Regression
    Location: Commonwealth C
    Speaker: Thomas Holmes, FCAS – Akur8
    Predictive AnalyticsPredictLevel 2: General knowledge of the subject (6-9 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-24 - Got My Credentials, What's Next?
    Location: Commonwealth B
    Moderator: Jianyu Chen, MA, ACAS (she/her/hers) – Crum & Forster
    Speaker: Charlie Lei – Ascot Group
    Speaker: Amber Rohde – Travelers
    Speaker: Charles Zhu – Roamly
    Business SkillsLeadLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-32 - Mitigation That Matters: A Wildfire Case Study
    Location: Stone
    Speaker: Taylor Deacon – Milliman
    Speaker: Michael Glavan – Milliman
    ESG/Climate/SustainabilityLeadLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-35 - Professionalism: Using ASOPs to Model
    Location: Grand Ballroom A-B
    Speaker: Andrew Dalgaard (he/him/his) – Allstate Insurance Company
    Speaker: Todd Hess (he/him/his) – Swiss Re
    Moderator: Ronald T. Kozlowski, FCAS, MAAA – RTK Actuarial + Professional Services
    Speaker: Mike Speedling – AXIS Capital
    ProfessionalismNavigateLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-36 - Property Cat: State of the Market
    Location: Otis
    Speaker: Krista A. Lienau (she/her/hers) – Guy Carpenter & Co.
    Speaker: Sarah Halloran (she/her/hers) – Guy Carpenter
    CatastrophesNavigateLevel 1: No prior knowledge of the subject (0-3 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS-40 - The Price Is Right: An Introduction to Pricing Novel Products and Competitive Analysis
    Location: Commonwealth A
    Speaker: Eric Krafcheck – Milliman
    Moderator: Reese Mularz, FCAS, MAAA – Milliman
    Speaker: Katie Pipkorn – Milliman
    Best OfPredictLevel 2: General knowledge of the subject (6-9 Years)
     CE: 1.2
  • 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch on Own
  • 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Speed Networking
    Location: Pavilion
  • 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-3 - ESG in Insurance
    Location: Webster
    Roundtable Facilitator: Frederic Matte – WTW
    Roundtable Facilitator: Michelle Cui – WTW
    Roundtable Facilitator: Tom Larsen – CoreLogic, Inc
    RoundtableLead
     CE: 1
  • 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-4 - Bias, Risk and Regulation – How This Impacts You and What You Can Do
    Location: Stone
    Roundtable Facilitator: Jessica Leong – Octogram
    RoundtableNavigate
     CE: 1
  • 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-5 - CAS Admissions Update
    Location: Otis
    Roundtable Facilitator: Margaret Lyons (she/her/hers) – Casualty Actuarial Society
    Roundtable Facilitator: Alicia Burke – Casualty Actuarial Society
    Roundtable Facilitator: William Wilder – EY
    Roundtable Facilitator: John Kleine – Casualty Actuarial Society
    RoundtableNavigate
     CE: 1
  • 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Elemental Film Screening and Q&A Session
    Location: Grand Ballroom A-B
    Roundtable Facilitator: Michele Steinberg – National Fire Protection Association
    Roundtable Facilitator: Michael Glavan – Milliman
    Roundtable Facilitator: Taylor Deacon – Milliman
    Roundtable Facilitator: Trip Jennings – Balance Media/PBS
    NavigatePredictLead
     CE: 2.7
  • 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Speed Networking
    Location: Pavilion
  • 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-6 - GPT and the Actuarial Landscape - An Overview of Large Language Models and Applications
    Location: Webster
    Roundtable Facilitator: Hugo Latendresse – Oliver Wyman
    Roundtable Facilitator: Adam Lewis – Oliver Wyman Actuarial
    Roundtable Facilitator: Sabrina Tan – Oliver Wyman
    RoundtablePredict
     CE: 1
  • 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-7 - Effective Data Visualization for Actuaries
    Location: Stone
    Roundtable Facilitator: Brian Fannin – CAS
    Roundtable Facilitator: Jordan Bonner, FCAS – HSB
    RoundtableNavigate
     CE: 1
  • 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-8 - State of the Insurance Market
    Location: Otis
    Roundtable Facilitator: Brian Brown – Milliman, Inc.
    RoundtableNavigate
     CE: 1
  • 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-9 - New ACAS Roundtable: The Associate’s Perspective
    Location: Commonwealth A
    Roundtable Facilitator: Shelby Wolff – Casualty Actuarial Society
    RoundtableLead
     CE: 1
  • 4:25 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-10 - Commercial Lines Modeling: Theory to Practice
    Location: Webster
    Roundtable Facilitator: Justin Milam – WTW
    Roundtable Facilitator: Helen Zhao – WTW
    RoundtablePredict
     CE: 1
  • 4:25 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-11 - More on Marijuana & Auto Risks
    Location: Stone
    Roundtable Facilitator: Chuck Farmer – Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
    RoundtablePredict
     CE: 1
  • 4:25 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    RT-12 - IRFS17
    Location: Otis
    Roundtable Facilitator: Ralph Blanchard, FCAS, MAAA – formerly worked for The Travelers Companies, Inc.
    RoundtableNavigate
     CE: 1
  • 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Bus Pickup / Dropoff
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Buffet Dinner at New England Aquarium