[R-SIG-Finance] Registration for 'R in Insurance' conference has opened

[Gesmann, Markus]

The registration for the first conference on R in Insurance on Monday 15 July 2013 at Cass Business School in London has opened: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/conferences/r-in-insurance

The intended audience of the conference includes both academics and practitioners who are active or interested in the applications of R in insurance. 

The 2013 R in Insurance conference builds upon the success of the R in Finance andR/Rmetrics events. 
We expect invited keynote lectures by:

	* Professor Alexander McNeil, Department of Actuarial Science & Statistics
	   Heriot-Watt University: Implementing CreditRisk+ in R with the Faster Fourier Transform
	* Trevor Maynard, Head of Exposure Management and Reinsurance,
	   Lloyd's: There is an R in Lloyd's

We invite you to submit a one-page abstract for consideration. 
Both academic and practitioner proposals related to R are encouraged.

The submission deadline for abstracts is 28 March 2013. 
Please email your abstract (in txt or pdf format) to rinsuranceconference at gmail dot com.

The conference committee consists of:

	* Jens Perch Nielsen
	* Andreas Tsanakas
	* Christophe Dutang
	* Markus Gesmann

Details about the registration and abstract submission are given on the new dedicated R in Insurance page at Cass Business School: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/conferences/r-in-insurance

The organisers gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of Mango Solutions.

>From the organisers

Markus Gesmann
http://lamages.blogspot.com/

Andreas Tsanakas
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/experts/a.tsanakas

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