Program

Registration and Arrival

Welcome Address
Professor Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
Nanyang Technological University

Opening Address
Ms Jacqueline Loh
Deputy Managing Director, Markets & Development
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Launch of the ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance
Programme Phase 2 (ADRFI-2) Dual Programme Offices

Presentation 1
Insuring the Protection Gap: Vision, Challenges and Opportunities
Mr Jonathan D.A. Paradine
Chief Executive, Singapore Branch
Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd;
Member, ICRM International Advisory Board

Presentation 2
Sovereign Disaster Risk Financing and Catastrophe Insurance Pools – Academic Theory and International Case Studies
Professor Shaun Wang
FCAS, CERA, Nanyang Business School, NTU

Morning Refreshment | Poster Session

Presentation 3
Key Enabling Factors for a Successful Disaster Risk Financing Strategy –
the Example of Myanmar
Professor Peter Höeppe
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative;
Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU

Presentation 4
Science-based Catastrophe Risk Modelling Informs Risk Management
and Prudential Regulations
Ms Madeleine Varkay
International Advisor, Government of Canada;
Member, Asia Pacific Financial Forum sub-working groups on Long-Term
Investment and Disaster Risk Finance advising the G-20;
Former, Principal Private Sector Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Presentation 5
Catastrophe Risk Modelling for Governments to Drive Risk Reduction and Innovative Financing
Dr Robert Muir-Wood
Chief Research Officer
Risk Management Solutions Ltd, London, UK

Presentation 6
Catastrophe Models for Resilience: Past Experience and Future Innovations
Dr Roger Grenier
Senior Vice President
Global Resilience Practice Leader
AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA, USA

Presentation 7
How To Deal With The Consequences of Earthquakes
Mr Bilal Türkmen
Deputy Secretary General
Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, Turkey

Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Professor Shaun Wang
FCAS, CERA, Nanyang Business School, NTU

Panelist:

Signing Ceremony of Research Collaboration
Agreement between ICRM, NTU and
Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Lunch Break | Poster Session

Presentation 8
Cat Risk Financing Options: Pilot Schemes Implemented in the Greater Bay Area of China
Dr Junhua Zhou
Head, Catastrophe Research Center of China Re Group;
Head, Innovative Business Department of China Re P&C
China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation

Presentation 9
The Role of the Public Sector as Enabler of Sustainable Risk Transfer Solutions in SE Asia
Dr Philipp Servatius
Senior Product Manager
Public Sector Solutions - Business Development
Vice President, Swiss Re

Presentation 10
Singapore Earthquake Risk Assessment Incorporating Building Height Information
Mr Ken Kawabe
Senior Researcher
Risk Assessment Section, Corporate Planning Department
MS&AD InterRisk Research Institute & Consulting, Japan

Presentation 11
Bridging the Protection Gap in Agriculture: How Asian Governments are Mitigating the Climate Apartheid
Dr Natalie Y.N. Lim
Senior Broker, Agriculture
Aon Reinsurance Solutions

Presentation 12
Trends Affecting Climate/Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance in Southeast Asia
Mr Augusto Hidalgo
Head of Capital, Science & Policy Practice
Southeast Asia
Willis Towers Watson

Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Dr Pane Stojanovski
Cat Risk Research, LLC, USA
Adjunct Professor, ICRM, NTU

Panelist:

Aſternoon Refreshment | Poster Session

Presentation 13
Monitoring of Land and Built Structures in Japan for Enhanced Risk Assessment
Professor Masayoshi Nakashima
President, Kobori Research Complex Inc.;
Technical Counsellor, Kajima Corporation;
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University;
President, International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)

Presentation 14
A Data Fusion Approach to Update Exposure Data based on BIM and Computer Vision
Dr Deng Yichuan
Deputy Director of BIM Centre
School of Civil Engineering and Transportation
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Presentation 15
Assessing & Quantifying Risk for Risk Management – Best Practice
Ms Grace Lim
Senior Treaty Underwriter
Allianz SE Reinsurance Branch Asia Pacific

Presentation 16
Using Building Information, Innovative Financing, and Policy Change for Resilient Housing in Asia
Dr. Elizabeth Hausler
Founder and CEO
Build Change, USA

Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Professor Edmond Lo
Deputy Director, ICRM, NTU

Panelist:

Closing Remarks
Professor Tso-Chien Pan
Executive Director,
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
Nanyang Technological University

Cocktail Reception

End