The Finance and Investment Lifelong Learning Sub-committee invites proposals for our webinar programme running March 2026 to February 2027.
We are looking for engaging, insightful speakers who can share fresh perspectives, provoke thoughtful discussion, and offer practical takeaways for our members.
You might have a topic that you yourself would like to present (possibly with a colleague), or you might like to propose an inspirational speaker or topic.
We are looking for topics and sessions that:
Submission deadline is close of business on 5 January 2026.
Our audience spans actuaries, investment professionals, risk specialists, consultants, policymakers, and academics, across the UK and internationally. The aim is to deliver high-quality sessions that reflect the breadth and depth of modern finance and investment practice.
Topics of particular interest include (but are not limited to):
The webinars will be available for booking in our events calendar
Past webinars are stored on the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, we recommend an approximately 200-word summary of your chosen subject, including:
An example of a good submission is shown below.
We encourage submissions to clearly demonstrate how they will engage with their online audience, to make their sessions as interactive as possible.
Deadline: 5 January 2026 (please feel free to apply sooner)
An example of a good submission:
Why isn’t machine learning (ML) used routinely in reserving as it is in personal lines pricing?
Although there is widespread interest in ML, we see the same questions come up time and time again on difficulties and obstacles to incorporating ML into reserving. These are topics of substance with no single, easy answer and include questions such as:
In this session we will have a panel discussion featuring various members of the Machine Learning in Reserving Working Party (MLRWP) and we will discuss these points and others. The MLRWP has shared many of our findings and material in talks and on our blog.
This will be delivered online and will be a high-level session rather than a technical one. It should be of interest to actuaries at all levels with an interest in ML including senior actuaries and team leaders who are interested in using ML in the reserving process and may be asking many of these same questions.
The committee curates and develops the CPD event programme that enables our members to learn at the forefront of professional and market developments. It will carefully review all submissions.
We greatly appreciate your interest in raising topics contributing to the professional development. Thank you for helping shape the future of finance and investment learning and for contributing to the professional growth of the IFoA community.
If you have queries, please contact eventmanagement@actuaries.org.uk