When: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM 
Where: Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT

​Agenda
Detailed Agenda
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List of Attendees 
by name
by company

General Session #1 (9:00-10:00)
Professionalism in Action
Bob Beuerlein  President, American Academy of Actuaries
presentation     handout


Breakout Sessions AM (10:45-11:45)
A: Are Healthcare Fee-for-Value Programs Working?                                                   
Urie Kim  Informatics/Analytics Director, Cigna
presentation


B: Effective Decision-Making and Creating a Culture of Innovation                  
Joe DiFilippo  Principal & Managing Director, BTS
presentation


C: ESG Interest-Rate Modeling: Challenges, Negative Rates and Normalization           
Hal Pedersen  Managing Director, Conning


D: Fifty Shades of Funding – Municipal Pension Stats & Strategies                            
Steve Lemanski  Consulting Actuary, Hooker & Holcombe, Inc.
Tim Ryor  Senior Vice President, Consulting Actuary, Hooker & Holcombe, Inc.
presentation


E: Understanding and Managing Healthy Life Expectancy                   
Jay Vadiveloo  Professor & Director, Goldenson Center, University of Connecticut
presentation


General Session #2 (12:45-1:45)
US Economic Outlook
Andrew Haughwout  SVP and Function Head, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
presentation


Breakout Sessions PM (2:00-3:00)
A: Emerging Pharmaceutical Landscape, Impact, and Solutions                                             
Jamie Reuter  Vice President, Pharmacy Solutions, ConnectiCare, Inc.
presentation


B: Increasing Longevity: The Good, The Bad, and The Future                         
Dale Hall  Managing Director of Research, Society of Actuaries
presentation


C: Key Considerations for Fee-Based Annuity Products                                              
Ken Birk  Vice President, Product, Global Atlantic Financial Group
Ryan Mellott  Vice President, Product Development, Jackson National Life Insurance Company
presentation


D: Model Risk Management                                         
Chad Runchey  Principal, Ernst & Young
presentation


E: The Role of Predictive Analytics                                                     
Gary Gau  Actuarial Predictive Modeling Lead, Florida Blue
presentation


General Session #3 (3:30-5:00)

Actuaries in the C-Suite Panel                                     
Thomas Marra  President & CEO, Symetra Financial Corporation
Martin Sheerin  Senior Vice President & CFO, John Hancock Financial
Elizabeth Ward  Executive Vice President, CFO & Chief Actuary, MassMutual Financial Group
Larry Zimpleman  Former Chairman, President & CEO, Principal Financial Group

Moderated by Amanda Hug, FSA, MAAA  Vice President, Actuaries’ Club of Hartford & Springfield; Actuary, MassMutual Financial Group