Forthcoming event

The Group is planning a multidisciplinary conference to take place on 21 and 22 October 2009 at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. The aim of the conference and the focus of the multi-disciplinary research being promoted is to better understand past, present and future trends in mortality and longevity experience. It is expected that the event will be of particular value to:

• Researchers and users of research in medicine, gerontology and health and care services
• Demographers, medical statisticians and actuaries advising on social policy
• Actuaries working in pensions and life assurance

The Conference, chaired by Professor Tom Kirkwood, will focus on three work streams, provisionally titled:

• What are the drivers of change? (Leader Stephen Richards FFA, Richards Consulting) 
• From populations to individuals - drilling down to individualised risk (Leader TBA)
• How do cohorts differ and why? (Leader Professor Carol Jagger, University of Leicester)

See the attached Call for Papers together with Guidelines for the submission of abstracts and papers.

Institute Sessional Meeting, 22 September 2008

• Scoping Mortality Research. Report of the Mortality Research Steering Group
  Institute Sessional Meeting held at Staple Inn Hall on 22 September 2008
• Webcast [Members log in]
• Additional references suggested by attendees at Sessional Meeting 

Mortality Experts Meeting, 3 March 2008

Around 50 invited guests from a range of disciplines attended the Mortality Experts Scoping Meeting on 3 March 2008 at Staple Inn. The meeting was chaired by Professor Tom Kirkwood, Director of the Institute for Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle, who delivered the 2001 Reith Lecture, The end of age. The objective of the meeting was to explore how gaps in current research into mortality, identified in the report ‘Scoping mortality research’ prepared by Dr Catriona Macdonald under the supervision of the Mortality Development Scoping Project Steering Group, might be identified and filled. The Project Steering Group recognises that collaboration between the actuarial profession and other disciplines will be beneficial in gaining new insights into mortality trends. 

• Scoping multi-disciplinary research into mortality 
  by Brian Ridsdale, CMI
• Scoping mortality research
  Powerpoint presentation of the findings of the Actuarial Profession's Mortality Developments Scoping Project
• Living ever longer?
  by Tom Kirkwood, Institute for Ageing and Health
• Scoping mortality research - a consultation document
  by Dr Catriona Macdonald
• Report on Mortality Experts Meeting for publication in the May 2008 issue of The Actuary

The impact of medical advances and lifestyle on mortality, 14 January 2008

Presentations by Professor Angus Macdonald FRSE, Professor Howard Waters, Tushar Chatterjee, Edward Roche and Dr Catriona Macdonald, followed by an open discussion at the Faculty Sessional Meeting on 14 January 2008

• Powerpoint presentation by Tushar Chatterjee; Catriona Macdonald; Angus Macdonald; Edward Roche; and Howard Waters
• Powerpoint presentation by Prof Simon Capewell, Chair of Clinical Epidemiology, Liverpool University
• Webcast [Members log in]
  
•   mp3 sound file