Achieving Greater Operational Excellence Seminar
Agenda
Monday, October 24, 2005
12:00 Arrival Reception and Luncheon
13:15 Unisys and UIMC Welcome
Speaker(s): Jerry Albright, Managing Partner, Global Insurance, Unisys and UIMC representatives
13:30 Chairperson’s Introduction & Opening Remarks
Conference Chairperson: David Smith, Chief Executive,The Global Future Forum
13:45 “Looking Forward to the Next Four Years” Keynote Speech, David Smith, Chief Executive, The Global Future Forum.
Using recently researched opinions on the near future to 2009, David Smith will identify some of the key trends and potential discontinuities which could have significant impact on the Insurance industry. He will share views from the Global Future Forum’s network across 28 countries from analysts, academics, commerce and industry strategists.
14:30 Update on Trends in Global Insurance: Industry Analyst’s Perspective
Speaker: William Conner, Manager of Financial Services Technology, Data Monitor, Europe
15:15 Break
15:30 Results of McKinsey 2005 European Insurance Technology Study and Strategic Insights on the Industry. Speaker: Driek Desmet, Insurance Partner, McKinsey and Co.
16:15 Business Trends and Operational Implications -- Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Extending Legacy – “new approaches to solving monolithic problems” Speaker: Alan Walker, Insurance Partner, Unisys Corp
17:00 "Key Technology Components Underpinning Operational Excellence”
Speaker: Yury Zaytsev, Chief Information Officer for Global IT, Swiss Reinsurance
17:45 End of Day
19:30 Cocktails & Dinner
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
8:30 Chairperson’s Remarks
8:35 ”How to achieve operational excellence in the current environment and capitalize on new technologies” Speaker: Ben Di Sylvester Chairman, RE Nolan
9:15 Client Success: “Using Value of new Business (VNB) as a transformational tool to change a Life Company” Speaker: Adrian Hegarty, Friends First Life Insurance Co.
10:00 Break
10:15 “Best Practices for Achieving Optimal Security at All Levels”…going beyond data and linking the enterprise. Sunil Misra, Head of Global Security Practice, Unisys
11:00 “Key Rating Factors for Insurers -- it's not all about capital!”
Operating performance has always been one of the key elements of an insurer’s performance, but now it has become even more important, and is a major driver of financial ratings for European Insurers. Yann will also discuss how regulators and accountants are getting in the way. Speaker: Yann Le Pallec, Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s Insurance Ratings, Europe
11:45 Asia/Pacific Outlook -- “How emerging markets are changing the landscape of the global insurance economy and why technology will be the leading enabler to capitalize on this growth”
Speaker: Prakash Thomas, Head of Insurance, Asia/Pac Unisys Corp.
12:30 Lunch and Group Photo
14:00 Update on Business Process Outsourcing. Speaker: Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, Vice President, Gartner
14:45 “Changing Landscape of the Business -- Rethinking the Back Office Model -- deployed solutions and outsourcing” Speakers: Keith Macbeath, Director, Insurance Practice, Peter Mullins, Head of Unisys Insurance Outsourcing
15:30 Ask the Experts Panel Discussion.
Moderator: Jerry Albright, Unisys Global Insurance Practice Leader
Panelists:
- Ben Di Sylvester, RE Nolan
- Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, Gartner
- William Conner, Data Monitor
16:15 Walking Tour of St. Paul de Vence
16:30 Bus leaves at 16:30
19:30 Cocktails & Gala Dinner
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
9:00 “Solvency 2” -- How should insurers now prepare for the impending changes? What can they learn from current Basel2 implementations? What are the operational and technical areas to consider?” Speaker: To be announced
9:45 The Role of Data Management in Enterprise Transformation – New practices to integrate silos and gain greater data access” Speaker: Marc Zimmerman, Managing Partner, Unisys
10:30 Break
10:45 Unisys Partner Speaker – To be announced
11:30 Unisys Closing Remarks. Speakers: Jerry Albright, David Smith,
12:00 Conference Closed. Lunch and Departures
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