TACKLING EMERGING RISKS JULY 16-21, 2017 Location: Toronto, Canada Program Agenda Register Online at www.torontocentre.org
TACKLING EMERGING RISKS JULY 16-21, 2017 Location: Toronto, Canada Sunday, July 16 08:00 Networking Tour to Niagara Falls 18:00 Icebreaker and Welcome Dinner Monday, July 17 08:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Babak Abbaszadeh, President and CEO, Toronto Centre 08:30 Group Photograph and Coffee Break 09:00 SESSION 1: Participant Roundtable Participants share their expectations from the program 10:15 SESSION 2: Context for change Michael Hafeman, Chair, Toronto Centre Insurance and Pensions Advisory Board This session will provide an overview of emerging risks as well as existing risks to supervised entities in insurance and pensions sector. 12:30 Lunch
13:30 SESSION 3: Stakeholder Communication Tom Packwood, Facilitator, Toronto Centre An approach to persuading stakeholders to support your action plan options Analyzing stakeholders who are they, what are they likely to like and dislike about your proposal, and what is needed to get their support and/or overcome their resistance? Four-box model for effective persuasion and communication How to build a burning platform for change 14:45 Coffee Break 15:00 SESSION 4: Action Planning Demet Çanakçı, Program Director, Toronto Centre How to analyze a situation and develop a clear and concise statement of a problem How to identify preferred outcomes, develop a goal statement, and consider alternative ways to reach the goal How to develop an action plan, and consider contingencies and how to deal with them How to communicate with key stakeholders Prepare an action plan 16:30 Action Planning Participants will start applying the action planning methodology with the assistance of program leaders. Focus is on understanding the situation and the development of a precise definition of the problem/challenge identified.
Tuesday, July 18 08:15 Ideas I Will Use 08:30 SESSION 5: Climate Change Michael Hafeman, Chair, Toronto Centre Insurance and Pensions Advisory Board This session will focus on the implications of climate change for insurance and pensions supervisors. It will explore: Risks related to climate change The effects of climate-related risks on the insurance and pensions sectors What insurance and pension entities should be doing to deal with climate-related insurance, investment, and operational risks Actions that can be taken by insurance and pensions supervisors and regulators. 10:15 Coffee Break 10:30 SESSION 5 (Cont d): Climate Change Michael Hafeman, Chair, Toronto Centre Insurance and Pensions Advisory Board 12:30 Lunch 13:30 SESSION 6: Alternative Investments and Technology Risks Per Plougmand Bærtelsen, Director in the Life-Assurance Division in the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. This session will focus on the implications of developments in alternative investments and technology for insurance and pensions supervisors. It will explore: The hunt for yield and the development in alternative investments with focus on the associated risks Actions that can be taken by insurance and pensions supervisors and regulators in relation to alternative investments Key technological developments, such as fintech, robotic technology, big data, the internet of things and new platforms Risks arising from these changes, such as strategic risk and cybercrime Actions that can be taken by insurance and pensions supervisors and regulators in relation to technology risks 15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 SESSION 7: Government Policy Changes C. Michael Grist, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance and Markets Practice, World Bank Group and William Price, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance & Markets, World Bank Group The operating environment for the insurance and pensions sectors can be significantly affected by changes in government policies. Policy changes can also affect the regulatory, supervisory and legal frameworks. This session will consider: How government policy changes can affect the financial sector and the framework for regulation and supervision What insurance and pension entities should be doing to assess and mitigate their exposure to the risks that might be created by policy changes Actions that can be taken by supervisors to influence policy choices, while avoiding political involvement. 16:30 Action Planning Participants will continue to work on their action plans with the assistance of program leaders. In this session, they should be working on setting their goal and outlining their plans.
Wednesday, July 19 08:15 Ideas I Will Use 08:30 Insurance Track SESSION 8: Case study Reinsurance Victor Rod, President of Commissariat aux Assurances, Consultant Pensions Track SESSION 9: Case study Safefund John Ashcroft, Consultant 10:15 Coffee Break 10:30 Insurance Track SESSION 8 (Cont d): Case study - Reinsurance Victor Rod, President of Commissariat aux Assurances, Consultant 12:30 Lunch Pensions Track SESSION 9 (Cont d): Case study Safefund John Ashcroft, Consultant 13:30 Insurance Track SESSION 10: Case study on government policy changes C. Michael Grist, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance and Markets Practice, World Bank Group Pensions Track SESSION 11: Case study on government policy changes William Price, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance & Markets, World Bank Group
16:15 16:30 Coffee Break Action Planning Participants will continue to work on their action plans with the assistance of program leaders Thursday, July 20 08:15 Ideas I Will Use 08:30 SESSION 12: Crisis Simulation Michael Hafeman and all Program Leaders Participants will learn from the crisis simulation how to technological disruptions can affect the sector and the importance of managing the adverse impacts as well as interagency cooperation in managing crisis situations 12:30 Lunch 13:30 SESSION 12 (Cont d): Crisis Simulation 15:15 SESSION 13: Crisis Simulation Debrief Lessons from the crisis simulation 16:30 Individual action plans Participants will finalize their action plans for presentation on Friday.
Friday, July 21 08:15 Ideas I Will Use 08:30 Action Plan Presentation by Participants Participants will present their Action Plans to the group and receive feedback from program leaders and colleagues 10:15 Coffee Break 10:30 Panel Discussion: Q & A Michael Hafeman and all Program Leaders Program Leaders will discuss current challenges as well as emerging risks for insurance and pensions supervisors. Questions and comments from participants will form a key component of the discussion. 12:00 CLOSING CEREMONY Concluding remarks Presentation of certificates 12:30 Lunch followed by Discover Toronto tour 18:30 Farewell Dinner at CN Tower