CPD Roundup – H1 2020

We’re quickly coming to the end of another CPD year, although the IFoA have recently announced that the 2019/20 CPD deadline has been pushed back to 31^st August 2020 (from 30^th June) as a result of the proposals contained in the current CPD Scheme Consultation for 2020/21 onward, which may provide some respite.

To help you keep on top of CPD opportunities over the coming weeks and months, we have produced a summary of some of the actuarial profession’s upcoming events and sessions. This includes some of those elusive Stage 3 Professional Skills sessions for those of us that need them.  Where possible, we’d encourage you to book onto these events early as many become fully booked closer to the time.

March

• Webinar: Social Impact Investment. Thursday 19^th March, 09:00 – 10:30.
  • Webinar.
  • £15 for IFoA members, £35 for non-members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/webinar-social-impact-investment-19-march
• KSS Event: A Cashless Society – Benefits, Risks, Issues and Developments. Thursday 19^th March, 17:00 – 18:30.
  • Deloitte office, Edinburgh.
  • Free to attend for IFoA members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/kss-event-cashless-society-benefits-risks-issues-and-developments
• Spring Lecture 2020 – Vicky Pryce: The Brexit Budget: What next for the UK economy?  Wednesday 25^th March, 17:00-20:00 (lecture from 18:00 – 19:30).
  • Free to attend for IFoA members.
  • The lecture is being held in Edinburgh and the live session there is currently fully booked, but there are other options to join in:
    • Streaming party from Staple Inn Hall, London: https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/spring-lecture-2020-live-streaming-staple-inn-vicky-pryce
    • Stream from home: https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/spring-lecture-2020-live-streaming
• NoCA event – Intergenerational Fairness: Thinking Long-Term.  Friday 27^th March, 12:00 – 13:00.
  • Teleconference.
  • Free to attend (after signing up to NoCA, also free).
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/noca-event-intergenerational-fairness-thinking-long-term

April

• SIAS Event: CMI Update.  Wednesday 1^st April, 17:30 – 19:30 (talk from 18:00 – 19:00).
  • Live event at Staple Inn Hall, London is fully booked, but there are still spaces to watch the live webinar.
  • Free for SIAS members, £10 for non-members.
  • https://sias.org.uk/events/2020-04-01-continuous-mortality-investigation-cmi-update-live-webinar/
• Current Issues In General Insurance (CIGI).  Wednesday 22^nd April, 08:00 – 19:15.
  • Hilton Tower Bridge, London,
  • £445 for IFoA members, £595 for non-members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/current-issues-general-insurance-cigi-2020
• The Global Actuarial Profession.  Thursday 30^th April, 17:00 – 19:30 (talk from 17:30 – 19:00).
  • Staple Inn Hall, London.
  • Free to attend for IFoA members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/global-actuarial-profession

May

• KSS Event: Technology: A red-eyed Terminator, or an actuary’s best friend? Monday 4^th May, 17:30 – 18:30.
  • Hymans Robertson office, Edinburgh.
  • Free to attend.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/kss-event-technology-red-eyed-terminator-or-actuary-s-best-friend
• SIAS Event: Cyber Insurance.  Monday 4^th May, 17:30 – 19:30 (18:00 start).
  • Staple Inn Hall, London.
  • Free to attend for SIAS members, £10 for non-members.
  • https://sias.org.uk/events/2020-05-04-cyber-insurance/
• Finance and Investment Conference 2020.  Tuesday 5^th May, 08:30 – 19:15.
  • Royal College of Physicians, St Andrews Pl, London.
  • £475 for IFoA members, £615 for non-members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/events-calendar/finance-and-investment-conference-2020
• Current Issues in Life Assurance (CILA). Wednesday 20^th May, 08:30 – 17:00.
  • Royal College of Physicians, St Andrews Pl, London.
  • £410 for IFoA members, £550 for non-members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event/cila-2020

June

• SIAS Event: Why personal impact matters for career progression & organisational performance & and what affects it.  Tuesday 2^nd June, 17:30 – 19:30.
  • Staple Inn Hall, London.
  • Free for SIAS members, £10 for non-members.
  • https://sias.org.uk/events/2020-06-02-why-personal-impact-matters-for-career-progression-organisational-performance-what-affects-it/
• Protection, Health and Care Conference 2020. Tuesday 2^nd June (08:00 – 17:45) – Wednesday 3^rd June (08:45 – 17:15).
  • The Grand, Brighton.
  • £1,030 for IFoA members, £1,184.50 for non-members, lower prices for single day tickets.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/events-calendar/protection-health-and-care-conference-2020
• Mortality and Longevity 2020.  Monday 8^th June, 08:30 – 17:00.
  • 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London.
  • £445 for IFoA members, £595 for non-members.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/events-calendar/mortality-and-longevity-2020
• Pensions Conference 2020. Thursday 18^th June (14:30 – 18:00) – Friday 19^th June (08:30 – 17:15).
  • Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel.
  • £610 for IFoA members, £760 for non-members, lower prices for single day tickets.
  • https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/events-calendar/pensions-conference-2020

Stage 3 Professional Skills Training

• There are several of the usual 2-hour Professional Skills Training Sessions between now and June.  These typically run from 17:15 – 19:30 (17:30 start) and are a good way of discussing professional / ethical issues with a wide range of people with differing viewpoints, as well as meeting the requirements of the CPD Scheme. These can tend to book up quite far in advance, so if interested, best to book your space now.  Individual events can be found on the IFoA events calendar, where all of the details required to sign up can also be found. https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-develop/attend-event.
  • At the time of writing, there are currently spaces in:
    • Edinburgh (IFoA Office, Exchange Crescent) on 19 March, 29 April, 19 May and 17 June.
    • London (Staple Inn Hall) on 26 March, 29 April, 19 May, 10 June and 18 June.

Ross Gordon

March 2020