SHORT COURSES

Arthur Charpentier (University of Rennes 1, France)
Title: Measuring and Covering Catastrophic Risks

Ermanno Pitacco (University of Trieste, Italy)
Title: Demographic Risks in Life Insurance

Ragnar Norberg (London School of Economics, UK)
Title: Crash Course in Modern Life Insurance Mathematics

Siem Jan Koopman (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Title: Time Series Methods for Detecting Default and Credit Cycles

The short courses are intended to attract graduate students as well as researchers interested in the particular field. The aim is to present a broad (rather than deep) overview of the topic.

Remark: The short courses by Siem Koopman and Arthur Charpentier are scheduled to be lectured in parallel (see the Conference Outline).