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Day 01 | 3rd August 2017
Opening Session:
0830Registration and Arrival
0900Welcome Greetings

Prof Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk
Management, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore

0910Opening Address

Prof Bertil Andersson,
President, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

0920Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour

Mr Ravi Menon
Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore,
Singapore

0930Thank You Ceremony and Presentation of
Mementos by Prof Bertil Andersson

Mementos presented to NatCatDAX Founders &
Consortium Partners

0950Presentation 1
Toward a Regional Approach for Disaster Risk
Finance in Asia

Dr Olivier Mahul
Global Lead, Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank
Program Manager, Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
Program, World Bank

1010Presentation 2
A Liveable and Sustainable City is a Resilient City

Mr Khoo Teng Chye
Executive Director, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry
of National Development (MND), Singapore

1030Morning Refreshment

Session 1: Risk Management and Resilience Building - Data Needs
1100Presentation 3
How Insurance-Linked Securities Can Support the
Asia-Pacific Region: Role of Catastrophe Models,
Exposure and Loss Data

Mr Bill Churney
President, AIR Worldwide

1120Presentation 4
Innovation, Agility and Resilience

Mr George Attard
International Head, Aon Benfield Analytics,
Aon Benfield, Singapore

1140Presentation 5
Certainty in an Uncertain World

Mr Jonathan Paradine
Chief Executive, Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd,
Singapore Branch

1200Presentation 6
China CAT Insurance Programs and Cat Bond Practice

Dr Zuo Huiqiang
Director, International Business of China Re Group
Deputy General Manager, China Re P&C
General Manager, China Nuclear Insurance Pool

1220Panel Discussion 1:

Panel Chairman: Prof Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, NTU, Singapore

Panelists:
  1. Mr Bill Churney, President, AIR Worldwide
  2. Mr George Attard, International Head, Aon Benfield Analytics, Aon Benfield, Singapore
  3. Mr Jonathan Paradine, Chief Executive, Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd, Singapore Branch
  4. Dr Zuo Huiqiang, Director, International Business of China Re Group; Deputy General Manager, China Re P&C; General Manager, China Nuclear Insurance Pool

1250Lunch

Session 2: Nat Cat Data: Industry Experiences and Aspirations I
1350Presentation 7
Insurance Development Forum (IDF)
– Latest Developments

Mr Rowan Douglas CBE
ICRM International Advisory Board;
CEO Capital, Science & Policy Practice,
Willis Towers Watson;
Chair, IDF Implementation Group

1410Presentation 8
NatCatSERVICE: New Online Nat Cat Loss Analysis
Tool - New Insights on Trends derived from
Normalized Losses

Prof Peter Höeppe
Head, Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Centre,
Munich Re, Germany

1430Presentation 9
Confronting the Challenges of Disaster Risk
Reduction and Resilience in Taiwan

Dr Tseng Sheng-Bao
Chairman, Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan

1450Presentation 10
Data - the Cornerstone of Risk Management &
Resilience

Mr Hemant Nagpal
Director, Model Product Management, RMS, Singapore

1510Panel Discussion 2:

Panel Chairman: Mr Michael Gourlay
Chief Executive Officer, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group,
Singapore (Pte) Ltd

Panelists:
  1. Mr Rowan Douglas CBE, ICRM International Advisory Board; CEO Capital, Science & Policy Practice, Willis Towers Watson; Chair, IDF Implementation Group
  2. Prof Peter Höeppe, Head, Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Centre, Munich Re, Germany
  3. Dr Tseng Sheng-Bao, Chairman, Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan
  4. Mr Hemant Nagpal, Director, Model Product Management, RMS, Singapore


1540Afternoon Refreshment

Session 3: Nat Cat Data: Industry Experiences and Aspirations II
1610Presentation 11
Regulators, Climate Change and Natural Disaster
Losses

Dr Ryan Crompton
Director, Modelling and Research Solutions,
Risk Frontiers, NSW, Australia

1630Presentation 12
Data Perspectives for Assessing Nat Cat Risk

Dr Nigel Winspear
Head of Model Development and Evaluation,
SCOR Global P&C, Singapore

1650Presentation 13
Use Cases of Industry Data

Mr Iain Reynolds
Director, Head of Analytics,
Peak Reinsurance Company Ltd, Hong Kong

1710Presentation 14
AIG Exposure Analytics

Mr Shitalkumar R Khandar
Regional Catastrophe Management Leader – Asia
Pacific & Catastrophe Manager – Global Construction,
AIG Singapore

1730Panel Discussion 3

Panel Chairman: Dr Pane Stojanovski
Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU, Singapore
Founder, Cat Risk Research, USA

Panelists:
  1. Dr Ryan Crompton, Director, Modelling and Research Solutions, Risk Frontiers, NSW, Australia
  2. Dr Nigel Winspear, Head of Model Development and Evaluation, SCOR Global P&C, Singapore
  3. Mr Iain Reynolds, Director, Head of Analytics, Peak Reinsurance Company Ltd, Hong Kong
  4. Mr Shitalkumar R Khandar, Regional Catastrophe Management Leader – Asia Pacific & Catastrophe Manager – Global Construction, AIG Singapore


1800Cocktail Reception (Veranda Ballroom I)
Day 02 | 4th August 2017
Session 4: Exposure and Loss Data Development – Regional Experiences
0830Registration and Arrival
0850Presentation 15
Developing a Regional Disaster Loss Database for
ASEAN: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr Marqueza L. Reyes
Team Leader, ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and
Insurance Programme, Indonesia

0910Presentation 16
INARISK- Indonesia Disaster Risk Assessment
Portal and Tools for Monitoring Disaster Risk
Reduction Activities

Mr Lilik Kurniawan
Director for Disaster Risk Reduction, National Disaster
Management Agency, Indonesia

0930Presentation 17
Cat Data Acquisition and Innovative Product
Creation: Indonesia Insurance Industry Perspectives

Mr Fiza Wira Atmaja
Group Head of Research, Development and Innovation,
PT Reasuransi MAIPARK, Indonesia

0950Presentation 18
PERILS Experience in Australia

Mr Darryl Pidcock
Head of PERILS Asia-Pacific, Australia

1010Panel Discussion 4:

Panel Chairman: Dr Olivier Mahul
Global Lead, Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank
Program Manager, Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
Program, World Bank

Panelists:
  1. Dr Marqueza L. Reyes, Team Leader, ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Programme, Indonesia
  2. Mr Lilik Kurniawan, Director for Disaster Risk Reduction, National Disaster Management Agency, Indonesia
  3. Mr Fiza Wira Atmaja, Group Head of Research, Development and Innovation, PT Reasuransi MAIPARK, Indonesia
  4. Mr Darryl Pidcock, Head of PERILS Asia-Pacific, Australia


1040Morning Refreshment

Session 5: Hazard Assessment and Data Needs
1100Presentation 19
Towards an Integrated Assessment of Coastal
Flood Risk in Southern China

Prof Adam Switzer
Associate Professor, Associate Chair,
Asian School of the Environment,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1120Presentation 20
Projected Changes in Rainfall Extremes in Southeast
Asian Cities: Implications for Flood Risk Assessment

Dr Pradeep Mandapaka
Senior Research Fellow,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1140Presentation 21
Future Projections of Intensity of Tropical Cyclones
Making Landfall in South China

Prof Johnny Chan
Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science
Director, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact
Centre, City University of Hong Kong

1200Presentation 22
Agricultural Losses Report on Taiwan Natural
Disaster

Prof Shu-Ling Chen
Associate Professor, Dept of Finance and Cooperative
Management, National Taipei University
Deputy Director, Socio-Economic Dept, APEC Research
Center for Typhoon & Society, Taiwan

1220Panel Discussion 5:

Panel Chairman: Assoc Prof Edmond Lo
Deputy Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk
Management, NTU, Singapore

Panelists:
  1. Prof Adam Switzer, Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  2. Dr Pradeep Mandapaka, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  3. Prof Johnny Chan, Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science; Director, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, City University of Hong Kong
  4. Prof Shu-Ling Chen, Associate Professor, Dept of Finance and Cooperative Management, National Taipei University Deputy Director, Socio-Economic Dept, APEC Research Center for Typhoon & Society, Taiwan

1250Lunch

Session 6: NatCatDAX Developments - Exposure & Loss Attributes
1350Presentation 23
Extracting Economic Exposure Data for Insurance
Industry in Urban Area by Using High-Resolution
Satellite Imagery Technology

Dr Thomas Cheng
Deputy Director,
Disaster Prevention Technology,
Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan

1410Presentation 24
Towards 3-D Building Model Reconstruction from
HRSI data

Prof Jiann-Yeou Rau
Associate Professor, Department of Geomatics,
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

1430Presentation 25
Automated Harvesting of Loss and Damage
Information from Open Sources

Dr Mao Kezhi
Associate Professor
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1450Presentation 26
Improved Insights on Cat Risk using NatCatDAX
Data

Mr Sastry Dhara
Programme Manager - NatCatDAX,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1510Presentation 27
Improved Seismic Loss Estimates using High
Resolution NatCatDAX Data

Dr Wenqi Du
Senior Research Fellow,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


1530Panel Discussion 6:

Panel Chairman: Mr Hemant Nagpal,
Director, Model Product Management, RMS, Singapore

Panelists:
  1. Dr Thomas Cheng, Deputy Director, Disaster Prevention Technology, Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan
  2. Prof Jiann-Yeou Rau, Associate Professor, Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  3. Dr Mao Kezhi, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  4. Mr Sastry Dhara, Programme Manager - NatCatDAX, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  5. Dr Wenqi Du, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


1600Closing Remarks

Prof Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director, Institute of Catastrophe Risk
Management, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

1610Afternoon Refreshment

1630End