CAS Awarded Bid To Host 2007 ASTIN Colloquium

The CAS made a successful bid to host the 2007 ASTIN Colloquium in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with the CAS Spring Meeting. The 2007 meeting will celebrate the 50th anniversary of ASTIN, which first met in New York City in 1957. The CAS has agreed to host this meeting at the same site as its spring meeting, the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World.

Plans call for our 2007 meeting to run from Sunday, June 17 through Wednesday, June 20. ASTIN will begin with an opening reception in the evening of Tuesday, June 19, followed on Wednesday, June 20 by a joint day of sessions for both the CAS and ASTIN. ASTIN will continue its meeting through Friday, June 22.

CAS Vice President-Professional Education Chris Carlson will chair the organizing committee for this meeting and Gary Venter will serve as chair of the scientific committee. ASTIN will next meet in Zurich in 2005, and then skip a year since the International Congress of Actuaries is meeting in 2006.

Many people worked together to prepare this proposal, including CAS President Mary Frances Miller; CAS Executive Director Cynthia R. Ziegler; CAS Manager, Meeting Services Kathleen Dean; and CAS Meeting Planner Carrie Leathe. Dave Hartman, who is current president of ASTIN, helped by answering questions and providing information about ASTIN that allowed CAS to submit a well-drafted proposal. The quality of this team’s work was very important for CAS in winning this bid, as the Society faced strong competition from the Institute of Actuaries, who proposed hosting the meeting in Oxford, England.