About the competition

In Q2 of 2018, the Actuaries Institute, together with the Young Data Analytics Working Group (YDAWG), invited actuaries and analysts to make a short 2-3 minute video on a program, package, technique, tool or data set that excites them for performing data analysis. The judges were looking for interesting data sets or niche tools that are being using to solve real problems, and passion for analytics!

Entries closed on Monday 3 September 2018 after around six weeks. Public and Member voting ended Friday September 28th at 5pm. The entries received over 9,000 views, 220 votes and 500 Engagements across our social channels.

The winner received AUD $2,000.00 in prize money and the two runners up received AUD $500.00 - thanks to the support of our generous sponsors!

To be accepted into the competition, videos must be:

Uploaded to YouTube (set visibility to ‘unlisted’), or Dropbox or WeTransfer, with link sent to comms@actuaries.asn.au.
16:9 horizontal aspect ratio (No Vertical Video)
720p HD minimum
Duration between 2- 3 minutes
No colour grading (includes sepia, black + white)
Contain no copyrighted music or video

See detailed Filming Guidelines.

Example videos

Winning entries will be judged on:

Video Content
Video Energy and Engagement
Video Quality
Social Media and Member Engagement

See detailed Selection Criteria

A word from some of the Competition Judges:

	"The competition is an innovative way to expose the exciting growth actuaries are driving in the field of data science and analytics. The video competition is a first for the Institute, and I’m thrilled to see the voice it will bring actuaries, who otherwise do not get a chance to showcase their unique abilities and interests." – Michael Storozhev, Senior Underwriter @ Cover-More
	"This is an exciting way to engage with the younger members of the profession, who often drive the technical innovation in analytics teams. I’m looking forward to a broad range of entries, as well as an insight into what tools people are actually using today." – Hugh Miller, Principal @ Taylor Fry
	“This is a fantastic opportunity for Actuaries and Analysts to flex their creativity, and experiment with the engaging medium of video to communicate the power of data analytics.” – Stephanie Quine, Digital Marketing Manager @ Actuaries Institute

“With data analytics moving so quickly, there are so many new tools being developed and data-sets being publicly released. These "Weapons of Mass Deduction" are potentially of value not just for data analytics specialists, but also actuaries in traditional fields working with data in some form. I am really excited to be part of this competition - it is a great opportunity to uncover and bring these great concepts to light within the actuarial profession, all while having fun - and there are prizes to be won too!" – Jacky Poon, Head of Actuarial and Analytics @ World Nomads Group

“Different people have different ways of approaching the same problem. With there being so many tools and techniques out there, I'm excited to find out what members are using and how they will creatively showcase the tool in a video." - Cindy Vuong, Senior Actuarial Research Analyst @ Pacific Life Re.

Free Video Editing Programs

OBS Studio WINDOWS / APPLE (Tutorial)
ShotCut WINDOWS / APPLE (Tutorial)
iMovie APPLE / iPhone / iPad (Tutorial)
Adobe Premiere Clip ANDROID / iPhone / iPad (Tutorial)
Movie Maker Filmmaker ANDROID (Tutorial)

"Here's my not-very-short-list of examples of mostly cool tools that I haven't really looked into yet," – Jacky Poon, Head of Actuarial and Analytics @ World Nomads Group

"All of this makes it an exciting, and at times bewildering, time to be building models and writing code." - writes Hugh Miller in his article:

Why packages are the new black

To be eligible to enter the competition and win, entrants must:

1. Provide (subject to the Institute’s Privacy Policy), their name and requested contact details.

2. Consent to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material directly related to, or connected with, the competition.

3. Consent to the use of their submitted video entry in any publicity material (including social media posts) directly related to, or connected with, the competition.

4. Not be a member or immediate family of a member, of the Institute’s Council or HQ Team as at 27 June 2018.

5. Be a Member or University Subscriber of the Institute.

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About the competition