Keynote and Plenary Program

Video recordings and presentation slides from the program are now available here.

OPEN

10:45am

Annette King – 2022 President, Actuaries Institute Australia

Data Science Practice Committee

11:00am

Find out about what the Institute’s Data Science Practice Committee is doing and how it can help you prepare for what’s coming next in Data!

Craig Price – Chair, Data Science Practice Committee/Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence CoE, Suncorp

Challenging DATA ETHICS

11:10am

In this wide-ranging discussion, an elite panel of industry and academic leading experts with backgrounds in everything from philosophy to economics, law and actuarial will discuss how to use data for good. They’ll look at the ethical challenges, at discrimination, fairness and efficiency and at who gets to decide what the ‘good’ in ‘data for good’ really means.

Professor Kimberlee Weatherall – Professor of Law, The University of Sydney/Chief Investigator – ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making Society
Chris Dolman – EM, Data and Algorithmic Ethics, IAG
Professor Seth Lazar – Professor, School of Philosophy, ANU
Michael Fermor, Senior Manager — Insurance Strategic Insights, Data Analytics and Insights, AP
Session Chair: Fei Huang, Senior Lecturer in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney

LUNCH

12:20pm

RIGHTS, WRONGS AND REGULATION

1:50pm

What’s happening in the world of data regulation? This session looks at the big data issues, here and globally, including CDR, GDPR privacy and more. With a focus on the practical challenges of regulation, it’s designed to help actuaries and their fellow data scientists stay up to date with the legislation and regulation they’ll deal with every day.

Professor Peter Leonard – Principal, Data Synergies Pty Limited, Professor of Practice, UNSW Business School
Jill Berry – CEO, Adatree
Session Chair: Abhijeet Agarwal, Executive Manager at Quantium

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

2:50pm

KEYNOTE SESSION: Current Data Landscape & What’s Next?

3:10pm

What are the most important innovations in the data space? The coolest and most innovate use cases, techniques and technologies that are rewriting today's data playbook. This session will provide an overview of the current data landscape and what is next on the horizon, from ground-breaking applications of data to risk and challenges we need to consider - all with an emphasis on how data professionals can put these advances to work every day.

Session Chair: Basem Morris, Director Strategy, AI & Transformation at Deloitte Consulting
Dr. Ian Oppermann, NSW Government Chief Data Scientist and Industry Professor at UTS

THE COMPLETE DATA PROFESSIONAL

3:50pm

We can all picture the complete professional – the skilled but sensitive doctor, the forensic but persuasive lawyer. But what does the perfect data professional look like? Both now and in the future? What are employers looking for in data professionals? And what can data experts learn and leverage from other professions? This session examines the skillsets and mindsets of exemplary data professionals.

Ron Richman – Chief Actuary, Old Mutual Insure (South Africa)
Jas Singh – Managing Director, SKL Actuarial
Dr Theresa Anderson – Data & Information Ethicist
Jim Guszcza – Research Affiliate – Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences – Stanford
Session Chair: Dominic Roe, Actuary and Underwriter at Cover-More Group