RMS Speaking Engagements Archive

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	ClimateWise November 26, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood will present on the "Focus on ClimateWise Principle 1: Lead in Climate Risk Analysis" in London on November 26, 2009. RMS is a member of ClimateWise, the collaborative insurance initiative through which members aim to work together to respond to the myriad risks and opportunities of climate change.
	SIRC 2009 November 8-11, 2009 Dom del Re will join a panel discussion on Catastrophe: Wet Peril Frequency Losses and Unexpected Losses.
	UCL Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction November 4-6, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood discusses quantifying hazardous natural processes at the UCL Conference.
	Fides 2009 November 1-3, 2009 Dr. Mary-Lou Zoback, Vice President, Earthquake Risk Application and Sahar Safaie, Product Manager, Latin American Earthquake Models will present Managing & Mitigating Earthquake Risk in Latin America on Monday, November 2 at the XXXII Hemispheric Insurance Conference at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
	Loma Prieta Earthquake Commemorative Symposium October 17, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president, earthquake risk applications, presented 'Seismology: 20 Years of Ground Breaking Work That Has Changed the Field' at the Loma Prieta Earthquake Commemorative Symposium on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the The InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, California.
	Commemorating Loma Prieta: The Future of Bay Area Earthquakes October 15, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president, earthquake risk applications, spoke at Commemorating Loma Prieta: The Future of Bay Area Earthquakes on Thursday, October 17, 2009 at the Memorial Auditorium of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
	2009 PCI Legislative Planning Conference October 11-14, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, participated on a panel titled 'Climate Change - An Emerging Issues of Insurance Companies' on Monday, October 12, 2009 at The Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. He presented his perspective on climate risk and the use of catastrophe risk models to support insurers' ability to underwrite, price and capitalize risk exposure.
	IUA Catastrophe Modelling 2009 October 8, 2009 Claire Souch, vice president, product management, participated in International Underwriting Association's Catastrophe Modelling 2009 on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Dexter House in London, United Kingdom. RMS was a sponsor of this event.
	2nd Conference of the OECD International Network on the Financial Management of Large-scale Catastrophes September 24-25, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, presented at the invitation-only 2nd Conference of the OECD on Friday, September 25, 2009 Bangkok, Thailand. His presentation was on the topic of how installing and running a high quality hazard instrumentation network can facilitate the creation of parametric triggers. Dr. Robert Muir-Wood is the Vice-Chair on the OECD High-Level Advisory Board.
	IBC Global Conference on Managing and Insuring Political Risk & Terrorism September 24, 2009 Gordon Woo, catastrophist, presented 'The Global Terrorism Threat under the Obama Administration' at the Managing and Insuring Political Risk & Terrorism Conference on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Millennium London in Knightsbridge, United Kingdom.
	Aon Benfield Client Seminar September 23, 2009 Sahar Safaie, product manager, presented RMS' Latin American earthquake models at a client seminar organized by Aon Benfield on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at The Gun Club in Bogotá, Colombia.
	US Department of Homeland Security September 10, 2009 Gordon Woo, catastrophist, presented a terrorism risk briefing: 'Probabilistic Terrorism Threat Assessment' to the risk assessment group at the US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, September 10, 2009.
	International Istanbul Insurance Conference September 10, 2009 Domenico del Re, director, product line management, participated on a panel titled 'Unfolding the Quantification of Earthquake Risk in Turkey a the International Istanbul Insurance Conference, organized by Insurance Practitioners Association (STD), on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Milli Re Conference Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.
	Mini-Seminar on Confined Masonry September 17, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president, earthquake risk applications, was a keynote speaker at the Mini-Seminar on Confined Masonry co-sponsored by Earthquake Engineering Risk Institute (EERI) and the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the office of Arup in San Franscisco, California. Confined masonry uses existing technologies in new, innovative ways. Correctly built, confined masonry buildings perform very well in earthquakes. In an effort to promote this technology more widely, particularly in countries where it is not currently used, a group of international volunteers has formed the Confined Masonry Network. This project is an outgrowth of EERI and IAEE’s World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE) and is currently being supported by Risk Management Solutions.
	EERI Technical Seminar- Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Models September 2, 2009 Mohsen Rahnama, senior vice president, model development, will address the impact of the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) from loss estimation perspective at the the Earthquake Engineering Risk Institute (EERI) Technical Seminar- Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Models event on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue in Bellevue, Washington.
	ABI UK Climate Change Data Seminar August 28, 2009 Steve Jewson, senior vice president, model development, will participate on a panel titled 'UKCP09 and the Industry: The Use of Probabilities, How to Interpret Uncertainty, Communication Needs, Future Challenges" at the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) UK Climate Change Data Seminar on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 51 Gresham Street in London, United Kingdom.
	Chaucer Natural Hazards Seminar August 26, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, spoke on the subject of Europe’s biggest catastrophes and what would be the consequences if they occurred today at Chaucer Natural Hazards Seminar on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.
	The Reactions Mid-Season Catastrophe Update: Cool for Cats? August 11, 2009 Peter Nakada, managing director, capital markets, participated on a panel focusing on the US catastrophe market on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. This 90 minute event was delivered via Webcast.
	6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit July 15-17, 2009 Peter Nakada, managing director, capital markets, presented 'Young, Attractive Asset Class Seeks [Pension] Fund Capital for Long-Term Commitment and Mutual Gain' as well as participated on a panel entitled 'Towards a More Sophisticated Understanding of Catastrophe Risk: Lifting the Lid on Evolving Catastrophe Modeling Techniques at the 6h Insurance Linked Securities Summit on Friday, July 17, 2009 at The Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda. RMS was a sponsor of this event.
	Joint ABI and ClimateWise Consultation Exercise On Insurance And Adaptation To Climate Change July 14, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, was invited to attend a workshop based on the UNFCCC negotiations on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Muir-wood formally discussed the role of insurance in adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate change at a global scale at this event.
	Aon Benfield 2009 Analytics Users Conference July 13-16, 2009 Claire Souch, vice president, product management, Don Windeler, director, model management, and Sahar Safaie, product manager, participated in the Aon Benfield 2009 Analytics Users Conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
	Lighthill Risk Network Seminar: Offshore Platform Risks In The Gulf Of Mexico July 10, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, participated on a panel at Offshore Platform Risks in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, July 10, 2009 at Lloyd's Old Library in London, United Kingdom.
	8th Conference of Catastrophe Insurance in Asia July 2-4, 2009 Zifa Wang, managing director, RMS China, participated on a panel titled 'The Ideal CAT Insurance World: Is there a Quick Fix?' at the 8th Conference on Catastrophe Insurance in Asia with a theme of 'Managing the Ever Increasing Risk Exposures As Catastrophes Hit Home Hard' at the Grand Formosa Regent Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan.
	UK Actuarial Profession General Insurance Pricing Seminar June 24, 2009 Gordon Woo, catastrophist, presented 'Pricing for Catastrophe Risk Modeling Uncertainty' at the General Insurance Pricing seminar on Wednesday June 24, 2009 at the Royal College of Physicians in London, United Kingdom.
	Lloyd’s Business Continuity Management team Workshop on Pandemics June 24, 2009 Andrew Coburn, vice president, catastrophe research, presented 'Pandemic Alert: Mexican Swine Flu' at Lloyd’s Business Continuity Management team Workshop on Pandemics on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.
	Second International Workshop on Disaster Casualties June 15-16, 2009 RMS sponsored the Second International Workshop on Disaster Casualties at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
	RMS-Ironshore Webinar presented by RMS and National Underwriter June 11, 2009 Craig van Anne & Fid Norton from Ironshore discussed “Risk Based Fire Underwriting – A State of the Art Approach.” The webinar is available for streaming on the NUPC website.
	Workshop on Climate Risk in large coastal cities: Connecting Delta Cities June 9-10, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, participated in this by invitation-only workshop. The output of the workshop will be summarized in a book and a high-level scientific paper.
	2nd International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change June 1, 2009 Jessica Turner presented on “Estimating Hurricane Rates in a Changing Environment.”
	36th General Assembly of The Geneva Association May 27-30, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood was invited to join the panel on Climate Change and Insurance.
	NATO Centre of Excellence for the Defense against Terrorism May 25, 2009 Gordon Woo was invited to give the keynote lecture on terrorism threat assessment and management.
	ClimateWise & Lighthill Risk Network's "Changing Climate Risks" Work shop May 21, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, presented on "Coastal Communities and Climate Change: Maintaining Future Insurability."
	The Lighthill Risk Network - California Earthquake Event May 20, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback presented at this event.
	CAS Reinsurance Seminar May 18, 2009 Michael Kistler talked about Lessons of the 2008 Cat Season.
	Tokio Marine Tech 2009 Summit on Global Warming and Climate Change April 24, 2009 Paul Wilson spoke at this client event on “Incorporating climate change into cat models.
	The General Assembly 2009 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) April 19-24, 2009 A host of RMSers presented at this European AGU-equivalent where scientists from all over the world meet.
	RIMS - 2009 Annual Conference & Exhibition April 19-23, 2009 RMS sponsored and exhibited at the event hosted by the Risk & Insurance Management Society targeted at corporate risk managers.
	Seismological Society of America 2009 Annual Meeting April 8-9, 2009 Mary Lou Zoback will speak on “Advances in science, engineering, public policy, and hazard mitigation as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.”
	Willis Research Network: Willis/Princeton Insurers Summit: Cat3 Hurricane in the Northeast March 17, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, will participate in this event in a panel entitled "Advancing the State of Practice of Commercial Hurricane Models."
	5th Conference on Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism March 12-13, 2009 Gordon Woo will give a talk on "Quantifying Terrorism Risk under the Obama Administration"
	Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Insurance, International Seminar at the University of Innsbruck March 6, 2009 Pantea Vaziri will participate in a panel discussion entitled "Climate Change & Long-term Insurance."
	A.M. Best Review & Preview Conference March 2-4, 2009 On March 2nd, Paul VanderMarck, chief products officer & group executive of product management, will participate in a panel discussion on the subject of Catastrophe Models & Data Quality in Scottsdale, Arizona.
	Insurance Internal Audit Group Meeting, London February 27, 2009 Dom del Re has been invited to give a talk on "Natural Catastrophe Risk: Building & Using Models."
	RAA Cat Modeling Conference, Tampa February 17 - 19, 2009 Claire Souch, vice president, product management, participated in a panel discussion entitled 'Should Models Be Subject To Regulatory Review?' RMS also hosted two breakout sessions at the RAA Cat Modeling Conference.
	AAAS Annual Meeting 2009 Meeting, Chicago February 16, 2009 Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer, participated in 'Global Sea Level Risk: Observation, Causes and Prediction' symposium.
	Willis Research Network Seminar, London February 16, 2009 Dag Lohmann, senior project lead, model development, presented at the 'London Flood - A Level-Headed Approach' seminar.
	U.S. Geological Survey, Western Region Colloquium, Menlo Park February 9, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president, earthquake risk applications, presented Risk Management: A Perspective from the Private Sector. The talk was video-streamed live and archived online at http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/wrc/.
	USTDA Roundtable Discussion Meeting February 5, 2009 Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president, earthquake risk applications, participated on a panel with a senior delegation from Turkey's Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector under the auspices of the U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA).