[MRM] 22nd Groupe Consultatif Colloquium "Pensions and Security" on 23 October 2009, Vienna

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22nd Groupe Consultatif Colloquium "Pensions and Security"
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Web Page:
http://www.avoe.at/veranstaltungen_groupe_consultatif.html

Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 9:00-19:00

Program:
http://www.avoe.at/pdf/veranstaltungen/aktuell/GC_2009_Colloquium_brochure_web_final.pdf

Registration form:
http://www.avoe.at/pdf/veranstaltungen/aktuell/GC_2009_Colloquium_registration_form.pdf

Registration fee: 390 Euro

Closing date for registrations: October 2, 2009

Cancellation up to: October 12, 2009

Contact details:
  European Actuarial Academy,
  Hohenstaufenring 47-51
  50674 Cologne
  Germany
  Phone: +49 221-912554-21
  E-mail: contact at actuarial-academy.com

Organized by the Actuarial Association of Austria
http://www.avoe.at/

Location:
  Vienna University of Technology
  Lecture Theatre HS 17, Friedrich Hartmann Hörsaal
  Karlsplatz 13 (Main Building)
  Stiege VII, 3. Floor
  1040 Vienna, Austria
  http://www.wegweiser.ac.at/static/plaene/pdf/E_HS17_0038_00_1-1.pdf


Description of Event:
The theme of this year's Colloquium is pensions and security: risks
in pension systems and how to secure them. The past decade has
brought broad recognition of the importance of pension systems to the
economic stability of nations and the security of their ageing
populations. As countries around the world grapple with the long-term
affordability of their pensions systems, there are also growing
demographic and economic pressures that are forcing both developing
and developed countries to undertake urgent pension reforms. Most
public pension schemes were not designed to deliver current benefit
levels when confronted with today's major demographic and economic
changes. Therefore, keeping existing systems afloat will require
either cutting public spending on health and education, or cutting
pensions drastically for the next generations of elderly. The
experience with reforms over the past ten years has also shown that
no one size fits all. The Colloquium will review a number of the key
issues which influence the risks and security of pension systems,
from various perspectives. There will be speakers from the World
Bank, the pensions industry, the actuarial profession and the
European Commission.

Program:
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
19.00-21.30 Welcome reception and registration


Friday, October 23, 2009
09.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Introduction and Welcome
       Bruce Maxwell - Chairman, Groupe Consultatif
       Philip Shier - Colloquium Chairman,
                      Chairman of Groupe Consultatif Pensions Committee,
                      Past President of Society of Actuaries in Ireland
       Christoph Krischanitz - President Aktuarvereinigung Österreichs

10.30 Longevity and Morality Tables
       Chresten Dengsoe - ATP Group, Denmark

11.30 Break

12.00 Defined Contribution Plans - Risks and Possibilities to Secure
       or
       Risks of Employers and of Employees in Different Pension Systems
       Rokas Gylys - PriceWaterhouse, Lithuania Groupe
                     Consultatif Working Group on Defined Contribution 
Schemes

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Accounting Rules - A System for Securing Pensions
       David Cairns - The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region

15.00 Reinsurance - A Way to Achieve Security
       Daria Kachakhidze - SCOR Global Life SE,
                           R&D Centre for Mortality and Longevity

16.00 Break

16.30 Update on Solvency for IORPs
       Karel van Hulle (to be confirmed)
          - European Commission Internal Market DG,
            Insurance and Pensions Unit

17.30 Close of the Colloquium
       Philip Shier - Colloquium Chairman

17.45 Coach departs for short drive from Technical University

18.30 Colloquium Dinner: Restaurant Oktogon Am Himmel
       http://www.himmel.at/oktogon/

22:00 Return to hotels

Language:
  The language of the Colloquium will be English

Continuous Professional Development:
  Participants may claim up to 5 hours CPD for this Colloquium

Local Airlines:
  - Fly Niki <http://www.flyniki.com/>
  - Austrian Airlines: <http://www.aua.com/>

Railway: <http://www.oebb.at/>

Nearby Hotels: <http://alm.fam.tuwien.ac.at/hotels.php>

See you in Vienna! With best regards,

Uwe Schmock
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P.S.: I apologize for any cross-postings.


Prof. Dr. Uwe Schmock
Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics
Research Unit: Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
Vienna University of Technology
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10/105-1
A-1040 Vienna
Austria

Personal Home Page:
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<http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/>

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