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Simon Lecture 2024

On behalf of the MSU Actuarial Program, and with gratitude to the Simon family, the College of Natural Science, and the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics & Probability, it is our pleasure to announce the 2024 Ronald H. and Mary Simon Lecture for Friday November 15th at the Graduate Hotel in East Lansing. The event is now open for registration (link below) and we are looking forward to seeing all of you as we celebrate the contributions of insurance, risk management, and actuarial science to our campus here in mid-Michigan and across the country.

 

This year, we welcome Dr. Annette Hofmann from the University of Cincinnati to present the 2024 Simon Lecture, where she will speak about her cutting edge work on decision making under uncertainty and race car driving. Dr. Hofmann has an exciting and interdisciplinary approach to risk management and insurance, and that ability to connect with folks from across multiple industries embodies the core principle of the annual Simon events.

 

It has been 12 years since our first Simon Lecture, and as we continue to grow our footprint with our treasured alumni and industry partnerships, we deepen our commitment to our current and future students to connect them with thought leaders in the insurance world. To everyone reading this, thank *you* for your support.

 

Go Green! 

Albert Cohen, PhD

Director, Actuarial Science Program

 

 

DETAILS 

The Simon Lecture 2024 will be held in the Shadows Ballroom at The Graduate Hotel in East Lansing on November 15th 2024. More information to follow!

 

Please complete the registration form to let us know you will be attending! 

For any questions regarding the event, please email Alyssa Cappiello.

cappiel6@msu.edu

 

 

KEY NOTE SPEAKER 

 

                                      Ann Hofmann

 

Annette Hofmann is the Great American Insurance Group endowed Chairholder and Director of the Lindner Center for Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Hofmann serves as a member of the Board of the American Risk and Insurance Association and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Risk Management and Insurance Review, a journal published quarterly by WILEY. She previously held the Robert F. Corroon Chair in Risk Economics at the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science at St. John's University in New York. She also held risk management and insurance faculty appointments at business schools in Germany before coming to the U.S. Her research involves applying microeconomics and data science techniques to the analysis of risk and markets dealing with risk, decision-making under risk, risk literacy, insurance markets, health care markets, and innovations in managing risks. Dr. Hofmann has published over fifty articles in her field and is a passionate academic researcher and leader of the Lindner Insurance and Risk Management Program and Center at UC.

 

 

SPONSORSHIP

 

Thanks to our sponsors: 

 

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Interested in being a sponsor for the 2024 Simon Lecture?

Reach out to Jamie Sablotny (jlsablot@msu.edu) or make your gift here (natsci.msu.edu/simon-lecture/)