JRS (draft) - Singapore 0705 - Actuarial Society of Hong Kong

The Joint Regional Seminar will feature a wonderful panel of speakers in the 5 locations.
Speakers who are so far confirmed are from a wide range of backgrounds and will provide an impressive array
of different perspectives to stimulate your thinking about products and product development.
Our panel of confirmed speakers are all well known from the insurance industry and we're complemented with
some product experts from outside of our industry to share insights and their perspectives on "product".
These speakers include: Alex McGowan of Cathay Pacific, Andrea Baldi of Lamborghini, Alex Paufler of
Mercedes Benz, Dr Shaun Martin of Applied Cognitive Research and Yvonne Chan Saunders of the Hong Kong
Retirement Schemes Association.
From the insurance industry, our panel (varies by location) currently consists of:
● May Chun
● Calvin Foo
● Louis Heng
● Tony Ho
● Garth Jones
● Gavin Maistry
● Jeff Manuel
● Ben McDermott
● Daisy Ning
● Tim Oliver
● Hengcheng Pan
● Geoff Riddell
● Mark Saunders
● Greg Solomon
● Darren Thomson
● Hans Wagner
● Qing Dennis Wang
● Katsuki Yoshimoto
Topics (vary by location) being covered include:
● Personal perspectives and experiences of "product", what it really means
● Social Media: Product, Platforms, Phenomenon
● New Technology.... New products
● Products -- doing it differently: the Sony Life way.
● Investment yield and it's impacts
● Mortality and morbidity gaps, ageing populations and implications on product development
● Long Term Care products
● Global Trends in Product Development
● Predicting consumer trends using Mathematics
● Benefits of insurance to society
● Food for thought: Product evolution or revolution The greatest opportunity, but who will grasp it