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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="https://magesblog.com/post/welcome-to-insurance-data-science/"> R on mages' blog</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p>Following five <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insurancedatascience.org/#projects" target="_blank"><strong>R in Insurance</strong></a> conferences, we are organising the first <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insurancedatascience.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Insurance Data Science</strong></a> conference at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cass.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/actuarial-science-and-insurance/education-and-events/actuarial-science-and-insurance-conferences" target="_blank">Cass Business School London</a>, 16 July 2018.</p>
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<p>In 2013, we started with the aim to bring practitioners of industry and academia together to discuss and exchange ideas and needs from both sides.</p>
<p>R was and is a perfect glue between the two groups, a tool which both side embrace and which has fostered the knowledge transfer between the two. However, R is just one example and other languages serve this purpose equally well. Python is another popular language, but also Julia and Stan have gained momentum.</p>
<p>For that reason we have rebranded our conference series to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insurancedatascience.org/" target="_blank">“Insurance Data Science”</a>. We believe by removing the explicit link to “R” we have more freedom to stay relevant and embrace whatever technology may evolve in the future.</p>
<p>We expect contributions to topics related to risk assessment, customer analytics, pricing, reserving, capital management, catastrophe and econometric modelling.</p>
<p>The keynote speakers are:</p>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/mathematical-computer-sciences/staff-directory/gareth-peters.htm" target="_blank">Prof. Dr. Gareth Peters</a> (Heriot Watt University)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.generable.com/" target="_blank">Eric Novik</a> (CEO, Generable)</li>
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<p>The conference will be followed by a full-day <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insurancedatascience.org/#workshop" target="_blank">Stan in insurance workshop</a> with Eric Novik and <a rel="nofollow" href="https://paul-buerkner.github.io/" target="_blank">Paul-Christian Bürkner</a>.</p>
<h2>Key dates</h2>
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<li>1 February 2018: Registration opens</li>
<li>9 April 2018: Abstract submission deadline</li>
<li>31 May 2018: Early-bird registrations deadline</li>
<li>16 July 2018: Insurance Data Science Conference</li>
<li>17 July 2018: Stan in Insurance workshop</li>
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<p>For more details visit <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insurancedatascience.org/" target="_blank">https://insurancedatascience.org</a></p>
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