The Department of Mathematics and Statistics held the third day of “Symposia in Data Science” on 14 April 2016. The theme of the day was “Risk Management”. The Department invited Mr Simon Lam (Munich Reinsurance Company), Ms Nora Li (Cathay Conning Asset Management Limited) and Ms Cathy Lin (Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.) to be the guest speakers. The participants were eager to learn how data science is used in risk management matters.

The Symposia in Data Science is fully supported by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project Reference No: UGC/IIDS14/P01/15).

Interaction between speakers and participants

Speakers shared their expertise in risk management

A group photo of the participants and the speakers