Society of Actuaries 2009 Annual Meeting (Boston)

I'm leaving for Boston this morning; I'll be attending the Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting starting Monday. Below is a list of the concurrent sessions I plan to attend. If you see me, please come by and say hello.

Monday 26 October
Session 17: Why We Need to Transform Our View of Risk
Session 27: Impact of the Financial Crisis on Pensions and Investments
Session 38: Basic and Continuing Education Update

Tuesday 27 October
Session 43: Management & Personal Development Section Continental Breakfast
Session 59: Perspectives on the Financial Crisis and Enterprise Risk Management
Session 62: Using Corporate Bond Spot Yield Curves for Pension Discounting
Session 79: Market-Consistent Valuation of Pension Plans

Wednesday 28 October
Session 98: Education & Research Section Continental Breakfast
Session 111: Revised Qualification Standards and Continuing Professional Development (*)
Session 116: What's New in Employee Benefits Accounting Standards

(*) I will be one of the presenters at session 111; come hear about the new SOA CPD rules.

Modeling the Forward Surface of Mortality

http://longevity-risk.org/presentations/Workshop_Session6/6A_Daniel_Bauer.pdf

Plagiarist Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak at actuarial meeting

For all the gory details, you can go to:
http://authorskeptics.blogspot.com/2004/09/professor-doris-kearns-goodwin.html
Disgraceful!