The Life Conference 2025 Organising Committee is starting the search for speakers to present at its premier annual Life Conference, with a focus on customers at the core of the insurance industry.
If you would like to propose a workshop session for this year’s conference, we want to hear from you.
Conference dates and venue: 5 to 7 November 2025, EICC, Edinburgh
Submission deadline: 12:00pm Friday 25 April 2025
We are looking for topics and sessions:
We are looking for enthusiastic speakers to generate thought provoking discussion and debate. We will be looking to select a range of talks across:
As with last year, as part of continual improvement and to encourage submissions, some of the content can be delivered virtually with at least one co-presenter present in the room for the in-person audience.
We encourage sessions in the form of roundtables, panels, demos or collaborations.
The workshop sessions will be 45 minutes long and should include at least 10 minutes for questions and answers.
We would be grateful if you could include a 200-word summary of your chosen subject (which may or may not be from the categories list above).
This should cover:
For selected talks the submitted title and abstract will be included in the conference programme.
Please be aware that successful applicants will be required to provide slides in advance of the conference date to allow for a peer review process.
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 virtually 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.
Please submit your session proposal by 12:00pm Friday 25 April 2025.
All submissions will be considered independently by the Life Conference 2025 Organising Committee.
If you have queries, please contact eventmanagement@actuaries.org.uk.