SIAS Notices
1 August, 2008
Forthcoming SIAS events
Tuesday 12 August 2008
Sessional Meeting Climate Change is Our Future
Staple Inn 5.30pm for 6pm
Making Financial Sense of the Future — this strap line may sound familiar to some of you but when was the last time you stopped to think about the individual words? The ‘future’ will include climate change; whatever we do with carbon emissions, we’ve got 40 years of it to deal with. The exceptional summer of 2003 will be ‘normal’ within this period. For many in our profession, our advice can span this length of time, or at least a good proportion. The climate change working party believes that actuaries should be aware of the economy-damaging impact that climate change will have (whether we act or not according to Lord Stern) or, we fear we will leave ourselves wide open for accusations of professional negligence.
Our website has a number of slides with full speakers’ notes that we hope will be useful for you, see http://climatechange.pbwiki.com/SlideShows. We encourage you to consider presenting these to your colleagues and are holding a meeting at Staple Inn to talk through a selection of them. Climate change is our future, and if we are going to make financial sense of it we need to know the facts.
Saturday 30 August 2008
SIAS Social Event Five-a-side Football
Catford Powerleague
London SE6 12pm
SIAS’ long-running and very popular five-a-side football tournament returns this month. If you fancy making a stand for England this year, then get your studs out and come down to the Catford Powerleague. Places are limited and given on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so make sure you get your teams in fast. Teams of up to seven can be entered for £50, plus £5 for every non-SIAS member.
Send an email to James Williamson at james.williamson@ barnett-waddingham to reserve your place.
Tuesday 30 September 2008
SIAS Social Event
Welcome Drinks
Staple Inn 6.30pm
This is an opportunity for new members of the profession to visit Staple Inn. They will meet some fellow professionals and learn about the challenges and opportunities that are faced by new entrants. There will also be entertainment and refreshments.
