Insurance Medicine Summit 2017

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Date	15 - 17 Nov 2017
Duration	13:45 - 13:45
Location	Rüschlikon/Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue , Gheistrasse 37 Click to open Google Maps

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Day 1

	Wednesday, 15 November 2017
12.00	Lunch buffet
13.00	ECG challenges: Learnings, discussions and case reviews Chair: Monica Wilson, Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
16.30	End of course Coffee break and networking
18.00	Welcome address and opening remarks John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
18.05	Opening presentations CRISPR: The new age of genome editing Martin Jinek, Assistant Professor, University of Zurich Too much medicine and the great statin con Aseem Malhotra, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Lister Hospital Stevenage and ROC Private Clinic
19.15	Welcome dinner

This event may be photographed, filmed and/ or recorded. A summary of the event, pictures and/or a video of the event in which you may appear may be posted and made available on Swiss Re’s and the Swiss Re Institute's internal and external websites and in printed materials.

Day 2

	Thursday, 16 November 2017
08.00	Coffee and networking
09.00	Welcome and introduction John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
	THEME I: The metabolic pandemic
09.10	The obesity epidemic Zoë Harcombe, Author and Researcher
09.45	New paradigms of type 2 diabetes Jason Fung, IDM Program Medical Director and Scientific Editor of the Journal of Insulin Resistance
10.20	Panel discussion on nutrition and diabetes Moderator: John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re Panellists: Jason Fung, IDM Program Medical Director and Scientific Editor of the Journal of Insulin Resistance Program Zoë Harcombe, Author and Researcher David Unwin, Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP), and Senior Partner of the Norwood Surgery Kelvyn Young, Head L&H Partnerships, Swiss Re
11.00	Coffee break

	THEME II: Lifestyle, risks and new technologies Breakout sessions (repeated)
11.30	Session 1: Deep learning applications in medicine & insurance Daniel Thyssen, L&H IT Business Partner EMEA, Swiss Re Urs Widmer, Senior Life Guide Medical Officer, Swiss Re Session 2: Predictive modelling developments in the US market Brian Ivanovic, Manager & Senior Researcher Applied R&D, Swiss Re Session 3: Smoking, e-cigarettes, reduced-risk products John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re Session 4: Wearables & apps: Tracking health vitals Kelvyn Young, Head L&H Partnerships, Swiss Re
12.00	Breakouts repeated - round 2
12.40	Lunch
	THEME III: Cardiovascular diseases
14.00	The lipid debate: What's new? Detloff Rump, Chief Underwriter Asia, Swiss Re
14.30	Cardiac tests in underwriting: What tests? Who? When? Why? Duncan Dymond, Consultant Cardiologist in London
	THEME IV: A new era in cancer diagnostics and therapies
15.00	Liquid biopsies and the future of cancer detection Nicola Aceto, Group Leader Department of Biomedicine, Cancer Metastasis, University of Basel
15.30	Latest immune therapy approaches: BITE, CAR-T and checkpoint inhibitors Ulf Petrausch, Immunologist and Oncologist, Oncology Centre Hirslanden
16.00	Coffee break
16.30	Panel discussion: How will liquid biopsy and new therapeutics affect product definitions and design Moderator: Urs Widmer, Senior Life Guide Medical Officer, Swiss Re Panellists: Nicola Aceto, Group Leader Department of Biomedicine, Cancer Metastasis, University of Basel Ulf Petrausch, Immunologist and Oncologist, Oncology Centre Hirslanden Robert Rubens, Global Medical Consultant, Swiss Re
17.15	Closing remarks
17.20	Apero and networking
18.15	Dinner

Day 3

	Friday, 17 November 2017
08.00	Coffee and networking
08.30	Welcome and introduction Hector Wong, Regional Chief Medical Officer Asia, Swiss Re
	THEME V: Somatic and psychiatric disorders and how they affect claims
08.40	Somatoform disorders: Concepts, consequences and treatments Per Fink, Head of Research and Chief Physician, The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital
09.10	Case study in handling burn-out claims Pia Cox, Medical Manager Health Care, AG Insurance
09.40	Q&A with Per Fink and Pia Cox Moderator: Joyce Vink-Van Gils, Senior Medical Officer, Swiss Re
10.00	Coffee break
	THEME VI: Changing risk landscape with ageing populations
10.30	Who are the ageing and who pays for them? Domenico Savarese, Head L&H Products Strategy, Swiss Re
11.00	Underwriting older ages Marianne Cumming, Global Head L&H Underwriting Solutions, Swiss Re
11.30	Latest insights into research and therapies of Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases Nicholas Wood, Galton Chair of Genetics, Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurogenetics, and Neuroscience Programme Director
12.00	Closing remarks John Schoonbee, Global Chief Medical Officer, Swiss Re
12.15	Optional buffet lunch
13.15	End

This event may be photographed, filmed and/or recorded. A summary of the event, pictures and/or a video of the event in which you may appear may be posted and made available on Swiss Re’s and the Swiss Re Institute's internal and external websites and in printed materials.

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Following the success of the Insurance Medicine Summits in 2012 and 2014, our 3rd Insurance Medicine Summit took place on 15 - 17 November 2017, at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue near Zurich. Chief Medical Officers, Chief L&H Underwriters and Claims Managers of global insurers discussed the latest medical trends and advances together with leading academics, clinicians and researchers.

At the conference, we explored a wide spectrum of the latest research and developments in insurance medicine. Amongst the topics addressed was the paradigm shift in type 2 diabetes, the latest trends in cancer diagnostics and therapies, the risks and needs for an ageing population as well as the impact of new technologies on product innovation.

The programme was being set up in collaboration with medical officers across different continents. It will provide a unique platform, providing participants with tangible and practical information of direct relevance to their daily work, as well as their companies' guidelines and products.

John Schoonbee
Global Chief Medical Officer
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd

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