Time |
Room |
Event |
07:00-07:45 |
Foyer |
Coffee & Light Breakfast Snacks and Conference Registration |
07:45-08:45 |
Auditorium |
Opening Ceremony (sponsored by Allianz Group)
Welcome Remarks
- Lysa Porth, Assistant Professor and Guy Carpenter Professor in Agricultural Risk Management and Insurance, Warren Centre for Actuarial Studies and Research, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, CANADA.
- Junsheng Li, Deputy President and Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, CHINA.
- Amer Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, Allianz Re, SWITZERLAND.
- Ralph Bone, Executive Vice President, Global Agricultural Leader, Guy Carpenter, Minnesota, USA.
Group Photo |
08:45-09:15 |
Auditorium |
Keynote: Marco Ferroni, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Basel, SWITZERLAND.
“The Role of Index Insurance in Agricultural Risk Management” |
09:15-09:45 |
|
Keynote: Raushan Bokusheva, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
“Weather-based Insurance Market Development: Challenges and Potential Solutions “ |
09:45-10:15 |
Foyer |
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK (sponsored by Guy Carpenter) |
10:15-10:45 |
Auditorium |
Keynote: Ines Kapphan, Product Manager, The Climate Corporation, San Francisco, USA. |
10:45-12:15 |
Auditorium |
Discussion Panel No 1: Innovations in Index-Based Insurance
Moderator: Joshua Woodard, Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Finance, Zaitz Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Faculty Fellow, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA.
Discussants:
- Marie-Christine Bélanger, Analyst in Agricultural Risk Management, FADQDI, Quebec, CANADA.
- Barry Goodwin, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, USA.
- Ines Kapphan, Product Manager, The Climate Corporation, San Francisco, USA.
- Josh Ling, Microinsurance Actuary, Mercy Corps and MiCRO, Medellin, COLOMBIA.
- Navin Sharma, Vice President – Health and Weather, ICICI-Lombard, INDIA.
- Olga Speckhardt, Head of Global Insurance Solutions, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, SWITZERLAND.
|
12:15-13:15 |
Foyer |
LUNCH |
13:15-14:15 |
|
Breakout Session I |
|
Project
Room A
(5th floor)
Theme:
Policy/Program |
Moderator: Vincent H. Smith
- “The Effects of the Agricultural Act of 2014 on Optimal Choice of Farm-level Insurance Coverage Levels”
- Keith H. Coble, Mississippi State University, USA
- Erik O’Donoghue, USDA, USA
- J. Corey Miller, Mississippi State University, USA.
- “Designing Public-Private Crop Insurance in Finland”
- Petri Liesivaara, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, FINLAND
- M. Meuwissen, Wageningen University, THE NETHERLANDS
- Myyrä, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, FINLAND.
- “Rent Dispersion in the U.S. Agricultural Insurance Industry”
- Vincent H. Smith, Montana State University, USA
- Joseph W. Glauber, Robert Dismukes, USDA, USA.
|
|
Project
Room B
(5th floor)
Theme:
Microfinance
|
Moderator: Zaigui Yang
- “Adverse Selection or Adverse Incentive? The Role of Collateral in Agricultural Microfinance”
- Kirsten Müller, Oliver Musshoff, Ron Weber, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GERMANY.
- “Risk Assessment in Microfinance – Do Clients State Their True Income?”
- Ulf Römer, Oliver Musshoff, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GERMANY.
- “Rural Consumption, Capital Accumulation and Pension Benefits in China”
- Zaigui Yang, Yuan Cao,Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA.
|
|
Project
Room C
(5th floor)
Theme:
Livestock Insurance |
Moderator: Qiao Zhang
- “Agricultural Risk Management Using NDVI Pasture Index-Based Insurance for Livestock Producers? in South West Buenos Aires Province”
- Roberto Darío Bacchini, Daniel F. Miguez, University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
- “Index-based Insurance: a New Tool to Control Vector-borne Diseases under Climate Change in West Africa?”
- Ahmadou H. Dicko, University of Dakar, SENEGAL
- William M. Fonta, West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), GHANA
- Marc Müller, University of Bonn
- Jérémy Bouyer, Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA), SENEGAL and Agricultural Research for Development, FRANCE.
- “Feasibility Analysis and Schematic Design of Chinese Hog Price Insurance”
- Qiao Zhang, Ke Wang, Biwang Wang, Ran Huo, Qian Nie, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA.
|
14:25-15:45 |
|
Breakout Session II |
|
Project
Room A
(5th floor)
Special AFR Session
Theme: Meso and Macro Insurance for Agricultural Risks
|
Moderator: Calum G. Turvey
- SPECIAL SESSION "Publishing Agricultural Risk, Finance and Insurance Research and Agricultural Finance Review (AFR)"
- Calum G Turvey, Cornell University, USA
- Valerie Robillard, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK.
- “Development of Meso-Level Index Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya”
- Apurba Shee, International Livestock Research Institute, KENYA
- Joshua Woodard, Cornell University, USA
- Andrew Mude, International Livestock Research Institute, KENYA.
- “Meso-level insurance: Overcoming basis-risk and cost impediments of micro-level weather index insurance?”
- Ron Weber, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and KfW Development Bank, GERMANY
- Wilm Fecke, Imke Möller, and Oliver Musshoff, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GERMANY.
- “The Pricing of CAT Bonds For Long and Short Rains for Agricultural Risk Management in Sub Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya”
- Lin (Allan) Sun, Calum G. Turvey and Robert Jarrow, Cornell University, USA.
|
|
Project
Room B
(5th floor)
Theme: Index-Based Insurance
|
Moderator: Marie-Christine Bélanger
- “The Use of Probabilistic Crop Models to Assess Agriculture Insurance Risks in China”
- Roman Hohl, Asia Risk Centre and Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
- Lifang Luo, Auguste C. Boissonnade, Asia Risk Centre, USA
- Ming Wang, Beijing Normal University, CHINA.
- “Implementing an Innovative Weather Insurance Product in Uruguay: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
- Miguel Robles, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
- Domingo Quintans, Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca, URUGUAY.
- “Non-traditional Crop Insurance in Poland - the Possibility of Implementation”
- Aleksandra Hęćka, Krzysztof Łyskawa, Poznań University of Economics, POLAND.
- “Parabolic Insurance Index: A New Approach for Weather Index Insurance”
- Marie-Christine Bélanger, Jonathan Boudreau, Financière agricole du Québec – Développement international, CANADA.
|
|
Project
Room C
(5th floor)
Theme:
Demand for Insurance
|
Moderator: H. Holly Wang
- “Is There a Demand for Multi-year Crop Insurance?”
- Maria Osipenko, Zhiwei Shen, Martin Odening, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, GERMANY.
- “Demand for Weather Insurance in China: The Case of Agriculture in Hainan”
- Jia Lin, Milton Boyd, Jeffrey Pai, Lysa Porth, University of Manitoba, CANADA.
- “Farmers’ Willingness To Pay For Reproductive Sow Insurance and Affecting Factors”
- Chen Hua, Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA?
- Tan Ying, South China Agricultural University, CHINA
- Fang Yu, Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA.
- “An Empirical Study on the Willingness to Buy Rural Real Estate Flood Insurance in China”
- Jinzheng Ren, China Agriculture University, CHINA
- H. Holly Wang, Purdue University, USA.
|
15:45-16:15 |
Foyer |
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
16:15-16:45 |
Auditorium |
Keynote: Bob Burden, Consulting Manager, Serecon, Alberta, CANADA.
“The Role of Non-Traditional Metrics In Risk Modelling”? |
16:45-18:15 |
Auditorium |
Discussion Panel No 2: Pricing and Risk Modeling in Agricultural Insurance Moderator: Ken Seng Tan, University Research Chair Professor, University of Waterloo, CANADA.
Discussants:
- Milton Boyd, Professor, Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, CANADA.
- Bob Burden, Consulting Manager, Serecon, Alberta, CANADA.
- James Long, AVP Corporate Risk, Head of Agriculture Analytics, Renaissance Re, BERMUDA.
- Misha Novakovic, Senior Structured Risk and Agricultural Underwriter, Catlin Insurance Company, Hamilton, BERMUDA.
- Fanny Rosset, Agriculture Underwriter, SCOR Global P&C Specialty Lines, Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
- Petra Winter, Dr. med. vet., Underwriter and AVP, Department for Agriculture Risks, Swiss Re, Zurich, SWITZER-LAND.
|
19:30-20:15 |
|
Pre-Dinner Reception at Haus zum Rüden, Limmatquai |
20:15-22:00 |
|
Gala Dinner (sponsored by Allianz Group) |
Time |
Room |
Event |
07:30-08:00 |
Foyer |
Coffee and Light Breakfast Snacks and Conference Registration |
08:00-09:20 |
|
Breakout Session III |
|
Project
Room A
(5th floor)
Theme:
Agricultural Insurance
|
Moderator: Hirbod Assa
- “The Evaluation of Chinese Crop Insurance in Farmer’s Perspective”
- Ke Wang, Qiao Zhang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Key Laboratory of Digital Agricultural Early-warning Technology of Ministry of Agriculture of China, CHINA
- Shingo Kimura, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), FRANCE
- Suraya Akter, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA.
- “An Empirical Study on Optimal Reinsurance about Crop Insurance in China—Based on Data from Inner Mongolia, Jilin and Liaoning”
- Xianhua Zhou, Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA
- Yunbo Wang, Huadong Zhang, Anhua Agricultural Insurance Company, CHINA
- Yichun Chi, Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA.
- “Levy Subordinated Hierarchical Archimedean Copula Approach to Modeling Weather Risk and Pricing Agricultural Insurance”
- “A Continuous Time Speculative Storage Model for Pricing Agricultural Insurances”
- Hirbod Assa, University of Liverpool, UK.
|
|
Project
Room B
(5th floor)
Theme:
Empirical Studies |
Moderator: Honglei Wang
- “The Role of Weather Derivatives and Portfolio Effects in Agricultural Water Management”
- Matthias Buchholz, Oliver Musshoff, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GERMANY.
- “Modeling Temperature Dynamics for Aquaculture Index Insurance in Taiwan: A Nonlinear Quantile Approach”
- Shu-Ling Chen, National Taipei University, TAIWAN, ROC
- Yu-Lieh Huang, National Tsing Hua University, TAIWAN, ROC.
- “Efficiency of Weather Index Insurance in Hedging Rice Yield Risk”
- Hong Shi, Zhejiang University, CHINA
- Zhihui Jiang, Australian National University, AUSTRALIA.
- “A Frame of Weather Index Based Insurance's Pricing in China -- Compare with Traditional Crop Insurance”
- Xiangyu Sun, Honglei Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, CHINA.
|
|
Project
Room C
(5th floor)
Theme:
Index-Based Insurance
|
Moderator: Zhao Junye
- “The Effectiveness of Subsidized Crop Insurance in Poland”
- Marietta Janowicz-Lomott, Gdansk University, POLAND
- Pawel Rozumek, Poznań University of Economics, POLAND.
-
“$25 Minneapolis Wheat Had to be a Bubble, Right?”
- Xiaoli L. Etienne, Scott H. Irwin, and Philip Garcia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
- “Status and Problems on Promoting Vegetable Price Insurance in China”
- Zhao Junye, Zhang Qiao, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Key Laboratory of Agri-information Service Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, CHINA.
|
09:20-09:50 |
Foyer |
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
09:50-10:20 |
Auditorium |
Keynote: Scott Pellow, Chief, Business Risk Management Policy, Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, CANADA.
“Canadian Business Risk Management (BRM) Policy Evolution and Opportunities for Insurance Tools” |
10:20-10:50 |
Auditorium |
Keynote:Barry Goodwin, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, USA.
“On Modeling Dependence” |
10:50-12:20 |
Auditorium |
Discussion Panel No 3: Government Policy -- Public-Private Partnerships Moderator: Keith Coble, W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.
Discussants:
- Michael Anthony, Head of Emerging Markets Development, Allianz Re, Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
- Bart Fischer, House Agriculture Committee, Washington, DC, USA.
- Mark Hagen, Managing Director, Guy Carpenter, Minnesota, USA.
- Daniel F. Miguez, Economist, Ministry of Agriculture, ARGENTINA.
- Bruce Stephen, Director, Agri-Risk Initiatives, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, CANADA.
- Marc Tueller, Head of Agriculture, Qatar-Re, Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
- Qiao Zhang, Professor and Director of Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, CHINA.
|
12:20-13:20 |
Foyer |
LUNCH |
13:20-14:20 |
|
Breakout Session IV |
|
Project
Room A
(5th floor)
Theme:
Microfinance |
Moderator: Sanlie Middelberg
- “Collective Credit and Behavior Restriction: the Analysis and Improvement of the Credit Village Assessment for Risk Control in Liuyang, China”?
- Lanfeng Li, Duo Fang, Yuling Wu, Central University of Finance and Economics, CHINA.
- “Towards a New Agricultural Credit Risk Assessment Tool”
- “Analyzing the Value Chain Requirement for Agricultural Investment Financing: An African Perspective”
|
|
Project
Room B
(5th floor)
Theme:
Policy/program |
Moderator: Wenjun Long
- “Implementing an Integrated Personal and Financial Consulting Model in New York State”
- “From Crop to Farm-Specific Payment and Insurance: Modeling Impacts of the Evolution of the Common Agricultural Policy in the Netherlands”
- Esther Boere, Wageningen University, THE NETHERLANDS
- G. Cornelis van Kooten, University of Victoria, CANADA
- “Study on the Agricultural Insurance Mode with Chinese Characteristics”
- Wenjun Long, Ministry of Agriculture, CHINA
- Haotian Qi, Huazhong Agricultural University, CHINA.
|
|
Project
Room C
(5th floor)
Theme:
Risk Assessment |
Moderator: Saramena Sauthoff
- “Effects of Genetically Modified Crops on the Actuarial Risk Classification of Canola”
- Eli Gotthilf, Jonathon Harder, Daniel Turenne, Adam Wishnowski, Lysa Porth, Brock Porth, University of Manitoba, CANADA.
- “Trending Crop Losses for Advancements in Agronomic Technology”
- Amber Anseeuw, Jon Lim, Lysa Porth, Brock Porth, Milton Boyd, University of Manitoba, CANADA.
- “Which Factors Influence the Willingness of German Farmers to Grow Sugar Beet for Biogas Production? The Role of Risk Attitude, Economic Ability and Socio-Demographic Parameters”
|
14:20-14:50 |
Foyer |
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
14:50-15:20 |
Auditorium |
Keynote: Michael Carter, Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USA.
“Emerging Insights from Behavioral Economics for the Design of Agricultural Index Insurance in Developing Countries” |
15:20-16:50 |
Auditorium |
Discussion Panel No 4: Agricultural Finance
Moderator: Calum Turvey, W.I. Myers Professor of Agricultural Finance, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, New York, USA.
Discussants:
- Esther Boere, Ph.D. Candidate, Wageningen University, THE NETHERLANDS.
- Michael Carter, Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USA.
- Thomas Heintz, Global Head of Agriculture, Allianz Re, Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
- Michael Kortenbusch, Managing Director, Business and Finance Consulting, Zurich, SWITZERLAND.
- Don Preusser, President, John Deere Insurance Company, Iowa, USA.
- Ron Weber, Sector Economist, KfW Development Bank and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, GERMANY.
|
16:50-17:00 |
|
CLOSING REMARKS
IARFIC 2015 VENUE ANNOUNCEMENT |