Description: "This session will explore recent and historical advancements in computing relevant to actuarial analysis. We will provide a comprehensive overview of the current landscape, tracing the journey of how we arrived here and how actuaries are already harnessing these innovations. This session will primarily be focused on hardware and as software programming interfaces - the latter, in effect, helps accelerate code and ease of access to specialized hardware. We will also examine optimization opportunities involving the intersection of the two. Hardware discussed may include CPUs, GPUs, memory, and motherboard architecture, as well as bottlenecks such as bandwidth, power and heat management, and input/output management. The session will also touch on quantum computing and what problems relevant to actuarial analysis may benefit from quantum algorithms. Coming out of this session, the audience will gain valuable insight into the forefront of technological advancements that are transforming computing efficiency in actuarial valuation and analysis. They will also learn about the key hardware and software optimization techniques that can enhance existing actuarial processes."

Description: A deep dive into utilizing open-source tools for cash flow projection or valuation tasks when Excel and vendor software may not be the right fit. Speakers will cover common concerns about open-source tooling, a real-world example of Excel at its limits, a walkthrough of building a valuation engine in Python, performance comparisons of multiple languages and implementation approaches, and perspectives on using open-source tooling in the real world. Attendees will learn the pros and cons of open-source tools, when incorporating these tools might make sense, ways to get started, and gain exposure to advanced topics like profiling and optimization, concurrency, and adding a graphical user interface.

Description: This session will cover the InsurTech market, its geographical footprint, its focus on Life/Health/P&C, and on the type of link it aims to improve in the value chain. This leverage the work of the Academy's AI sub-committee.

Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a key component of the insurance landscape and getting full value from an AI depends on much more than simply building the model. Please join us to hear the challenges and potential solutions around successfully deploying an AI-driven initiative within an organization. Hear from panelists as they describe the human impacts of model implementation, how to assess a model for effectiveness and (lack of) bias, and detail the journey of implementing AI-driven underwriting models at a large insurance company.

Description: "Actuarial modernization is transforming the profession, and coding plays a central role. Coding skills enable actuaries to automate data manipulation, streamline model development and effectively harness advanced analytics. This session explores why coding is foundational to the future of actuarial work, highlighting practical use cases, essential technologies and career benefits. We will discuss the importance of coding and its return on investment for your career. The session will introduce several coding tools, demonstrating their practical applications to actuarial tasks, such as efficiently merging model changes. Attendees will learn key design patterns that enhance model maintainability and identify common anti-patterns that create errors and technical debt. Additionally, a practical demonstration will showcase how generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot significantly boost productivity and simplify coding tasks for actuaries. Join us to discover how investing in coding - comparable in effort to passing one actuarial exam - can deliver lifelong professional advantages and position actuaries at the forefront of technology-driven innovation."

Description: As the adoption of offshore reinsurance strategies continues to grow among insurers seeking to optimize their capital and balance sheets, a critical focus for both prospective and current adopters is the establishment or enhancement of existing data, technology, and modeling processes to meet offshore reporting requirements. Drawing from practical experience, this presentation aims to provide attendees with key insights for successfully producing the necessary reporting items for offshore reinsurance entities, along with considerations for operational efficiency, model and data governance, and management decision-making.

Description: MSA Research established a committee in 2024, to build industry-standard Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for IFRS 17. The committee was comprised of insurers, reinsurers, audit and consulting firms, professional associations, trade organizations, technology partners, and regulators.

Description: Virtual - Session 1A: From Actuary to Data Scientist - Career Journeys into AI

Description: Virtual - Session 2A: Building and Using an AI Simulation Model

Description: The frequent use and complexity of today's actuarial projection models have increased the importance of efficient models. Model optimization can reduce both cloud costs and overall end-to-end clock times. This, in turn, enables companies to do more with less, such as reducing close times, increasing controls, enhancing analysis, doing more complicated calculations, and/or improving employee workloads during the close. From design and data to execution and audit, join us to explore techniques that can be applied throughout the actuarial modeling process to optimize actuarial models for improved run-time, accuracy, and reliability. We will focus on techniques that don't rely on model compression.