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Las Vegas To Host CAS Spring Meeting
by James L. Dornfeld
Las Vegas, Nevada is the site of the CAS 2000 Spring Meeting, which will be held May 7-10 at the Bellagio. The featured speaker, Dr. James Canton, is one of the nation's leading futurists, a digital entrepreneur, and an author. A guest host on CNN Financial News Network, Canton reports on the latest technology, trends, and emerging cyberculture that are reshaping business and society. He is noted for his accurate forecasts on high-tech trends that have dramatic impact on business and society. Dr. Canton is the author of Technofutures: How Leading Edge Technology Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.
Three General Sessions are being planned. "Enterprise Risk Management" will look at various approaches to managing risk from a holistic view in order to develop optimal financial and strategic objectives for the organization. A second general session, "The Future," will focus on the actuarial profession and its challenges posed by anticipated changes in the insurance industry. The final session, "The Outsider's View of the Actuary," will provide insight into how casualty actuaries are viewed by management and those in related financial professions and will discuss general business skills necessary for success in areas of nontraditional actuarial practice.
The Spring Meeting will present several call papers on the topic of "Insurance in the Next Century," covering topics related to technology, international issues, securitization, reinsurance, product development, strategic planning, alternative markets, and more. The Michelbacher Prize will be awarded to the best paper submitted in response to this call.
Concurrent sessions being planned will include topics such as credit scoring and fraud models, Regional Affiliates and the needs of future members, the American Academy of Actuaries Working Group on Catastrophes, financial services deregulation, emerging data issues, actuaries in nontraditional roles, future of underwriting cycle, quality of the actuarial work product, and more. Further, there will be a limited attendance workshop held all day on Tuesday, focusing on developing general business skills.
An optional golf tournament will be held on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday evening members and guests are invited to a Las Vegas show.
More detailed information on the CAS 2000 Spring Meeting will soon be mailed to members.