Speaking Engagements of Krzys' Ostaszewski

The expertise of Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski can be utilized for the following topics: Below is the list of public speaking engagements, continuously under construction:

• June 23, 2008: Lecture on the welfare effects of demand uncertainty at EM Lyon.

• June 2008: Series of lectures on insurance firm management and insurance regulation at EM Lyon.

• May 9, 2008: Lecture on the welfare effects of demand uncertainty at the Institute for Finance and Actuarial Science at the University of Ulm.

• May 8, 2008: Lecture on the retirement system in the United States at the Institute for Finance and Actuarial Science at the University of Ulm.

• April 19-20, 2008: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• April 15. 2008: Krzys' gave lectures on derivative securities at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.

• April 2-4, 2008: Workshop on comparative analysis of Solvency II and insurance/pension regulation in the United States for the Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland.

• March 15-16, 2008: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.

• March 8-9, 2008: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• January 31, 2008: Presentation about actuarial careers at Crete-Monee High School.

• January 12-13, 2008: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• November 19-20, 2007: Krzys' made three presentations at the annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association in San Antonio, Texas. Presentations titles: “Demand Uncertainty Reduces Market Power and Enhances Welfare” (joint work with Leslaw Gajek), “Economic Analysis of Cap on Claim Settlements” (joint work with Hong Mao and Yuling Wang), and “Alternative Pricing Models of Deposit Insurance under Capital Forbearance” (joint work with Hong Mao).

• November 7-9, 2007: Workshop on comparative analysis of Solvency II and insurance/pension regulation in the United States for the Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland.

• October 12, 2007: Krzys' gave a presentation about the actuarial profession at the Chicago State University.

• October 11, 2007: Krzys' gave lectures on derivative securities at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.

• October 6-7, 2007: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• September 22-24, 2007: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University. Krzys' taught the life contingencies portion of Course MLC, and Dr. Ewa Kubicka of the University of Louisville taught the Poisson and Markov processes portion of it on September 21, 2007.

• July 21-22 , 2007: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• June 26, 2007: Krzys' participated in a mini conference organized around a lecture on economic growth by Robert Lucas, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, organized by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority in Warsaw, Poland.

• June 8-10, 2007: Series of lectures "Valuation of bank and insurance products" at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• June 1-3, 2007: Series of lectures "Financial Risk Management of Financial Intermediaries " at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• May 25-27, 2007: Series of lectures "Financial Risk Management of Financial Intermediaries " at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• May 5-6, 2007: Series of lectures "Valuation of bank and insurance products" at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• May 4, 2007: Krzys' made a presentation of joint research with Leslaw Gajek on the welfare effects of randomness of demand, at the research colloquium at the Institute for Finance and Actuarial Studies at the University of Ulm in Germany.

• April 22, 2007: Krzys' gave lectures on derivative securities at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.

• April 20-21, 2007: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• April 14-15, 2007: Intensive review seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• April 1, 2007: Krzys' gave lectures on derivative securities at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.

• March 16-18, 2007: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course MLC examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University. Krzys' taught the life contingencies portion of Course MLC, and Dr. Ewa Kubicka of the University of Louisville taught the Poisson and Markov processes portion of it on March 15, 2007.

• March 10-11, 2007: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars seminar for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.

• March 2, 2007: Krzys' made a presentation of joint research with Leslaw Gajek on the welfare effects of randomness of demand, at the research colloquium of the Department of Physics at Illinois State University.

• March 1, 2007: Krzys' made a presentation about the actuarial profession at the Manley Career Academy high school in Chicago.

• January 5, 2007: Krzys' made a presentation of joint researchwith Dr. Hong Mao at the annual meeting of the Western Risk and Insurance Association in San Diego, California. Presentations title: "Application of Game Theory to Pricing of Participating Deferred Annuity."

• December 4-7, 2006: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.

• November 20, 2006: Krzys' made two presentations jointly with Dr. Hong Mao at the annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Presentations titles were: "Application of Game Theory to Pricing of Participating Deferred Annuity," and "Risk Analysis of Mortality Improvement of Chinese Life Annuity."

• October 24, 2006: Krzys' made a presentation of research on actuarial communication at the ING Insurance in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

• October 18, 2006: Moderator and speaker in the Seminar: "New Thinking on Enterprise Risk Management and Pension Plans: Part 3 – Financial Economics as a Practical Tool," a Professional Development seminar at the 2006 Society of Actuaries annual meeting. Presentation entitled: "Pensions and Financial Economics: Who is Zooming Who?"

• October 7-8, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• September 30 -- October 1, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• September 15-17, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University. Krzys' taught the life contingencies portion of Course M, and Dr. Ewa Kubicka of the University of Louisville taught the property/casualty insurance portion of it on September 18-20, 2006.

• August 31, 2006: Lecture on applications of probability in the business of insurance at the Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

• August 14-17, 2006: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.

• July 10-13, 2006: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Seattle, Washington.

• June 10-11 and June 17, 2006: Series of lectures "Valuation of bank and insurance products" at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• June 13, 2006: Lecture: "Viatical Settlements of Life Insurance in the United States" at the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland.

• June 3-4 and June 10, 2006: Series of lectures "Financial risk management for financial intermediaries" at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland.

• May 4, 2006: Lecture: "Select birth cohorts and their effect on pricing survivor bonds" at the Institute for Finance and Actuarial Studies at the University of Ulm in Germany.

• May 2, 2006: Lecture: "Viatical Settlements of Life Insurance in the United States" at the Institute for Finance and Actuarial Studies at the University of Ulm in Germany.

• April 26, 2006: A presentation about changes in the actuarial professional examinations system in 2007 for the Illinois State University Actuarial Club.

• April 11, 2006: A presentation about modeling individual retirement under constraints of external factors, such as social insurance, mortality changes, fertility changes, varying economic scenarios and interest rates, etc. at the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Symposium.

• April 8-9, 2006: January 14-15, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• April 1-2, 2006: January 14-15, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.

• March 20-23, 2006: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Pension Specialty, Washington, District of Columbia.

• March 10-12, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University. Krzys' taught the life contingencies portion of Course M, and Dr. Ewa Kubicka of the University of Louisville taught the property/casualty insurance portion of it on March 13-15, 2006.

• March 4-5, 2006: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars review for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.

• February 20-23, 2006: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia.

• January 14-15, 2006: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.
• January 3-5, 2006: Two presentations of joint research projects with Dr. Hong Mao of the Second Polytechnic University of Shanghai at the Western Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting in Santa Barbara, California.

  • December 5-8, 2005: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • October 15-16, 2005: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.
  • September 16-18, 2005: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University. Krzys' taught the life contingencies portion of Course M, and Dr. Ewa Kubicka of the University of Louisville taught the property/casualty insurance portion of it on September 19-21, 2005.
  • September 9-12, 2005: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars review for the Society of Actuaries Course 8 Examination (Retirement Systems), held at Crowne Plaza O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.
  • September 5, 2005: Lecture on the economic aspects of life insurance backdating at Illinois State University, in a mini-conference organized by the Actuarial Program. The other two lecturers in the conference were: Dr. Richard Gorvett of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. hab. Leslaw Gajek of the Technical University of Lodz, Poland.
  • August 20-21, 2005: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.
  • August 15-18, 2005: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • August 10, 2005: Presentation of "Mortality improvement select birth cohorts and their effect on pricing of survivor bonds," joint research work with Richard MacMinn, Ranee Thiagarajah and Jan Frederik Weber, at the 2005 World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Juy 11-14, 2005: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Seattle, Washington.
  • June 4-5, 2005 and June 11, 2005: Lecture on financial risk management at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, Master of Business Administration for financial institutions program.
  • May 24, 2005: Presentation "Actuarial research illustrated by the study of global mortality improvement" at the Society of Actuaries 2005 Spring Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • May 15-17, 2005: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 2 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.
  • May 13-15, 2005: Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P / Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1 examination, administered by the Conference Unit of Illinois State University.
  • May 6, 2005: Interview on WGLT radio station in Normal, Illinois, on the Social Security system in the United States.
  • May 2, 2005: Lecture "Social Security system in the United States: Its Financing and Reform," at the Research Event of the Actuarial Program of Illinois State University, held at The Chateau Hotel in Bloomington, Illinois.
  • April 25, 2005: Lecture "Social Security system in the United States: Its Financing and Reform," at the Research Event of the Actuarial Program of Illinois State University, held at the Union League Club of Chicago.
  • April 2-3, 2005: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars review for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.
  • March 21, 2005: "Optimal Portfolio for Individuals with Social Security", presentation at a meeting of the Chicago Actuarial Association in Chicago, Illinois.
  • March 16-18, 2005: An intensive review preparing candidates for the Course M. actuarial examination organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • February 28 -- March 3, 2005: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • February 25, 2005: Presentation on mortality improvement at the San Francisco Actuarial Club in San Francisco, California.
  • January 12, 2005: Presentation "Select birth cohorts in mortality improvement", joint work with Dr. Richard MacMinn, Dr. Ranee Thiagarajah, and Frederik Weber, at the Society of Actuaries Living to 100 conference in Orlando, Florida.
  • January 7, 2005: Presentation about actuarial education at the informal session on actuarial education at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The main speaker in this session was Dr. Richard London of the University of Connecticut.
  • December 6-9, 2004: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • November 22, 2004: Presentation "Economic Aspects of Life Insurance Backdating" at the annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association.
  • November 5, 2004: Presentation about actuarial careers at St. Francis De Sales High School in Chicago, Illinois.
  • October 26, 2004: Workshop "Actuaries Can Communicate", jointly with Dr. Catherine Konsky, at the Society of Actuaries annual meeting in New York.
  • October 18-23, 2004: An intensive review preparing candidates for the actuarial examination No. 2, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • October 15-17, 2004: An intensive review preparing candidates for the actuarial examination No. 1, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • October 5, 2004: Presentation about actuarial careers at Pontiac Township High School in Kankakee, Illinois.
  • September 16, 2004: Presentation about actuarial careers at Kankakee High School in Kankakee, Illinois.
  • August 10, 2004: Presentation "Optimal Reinsurance Contract Structure and Some Comments on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act", joint with with Leslaw Gajek, Markus Schicht, Dariusz Zagrodny and Hans-Joachim Zwiesler, at the annual meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association in Chicago, Illinois.
  • August 9, 2004: Presentation "Assessing Communication in the Work of Actuaries" at the CNA Insurance Company in Chicago, Illinois.
  • July 12-15, 2004: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Seattle, Washington.
  • June 7-10, 2004: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • May 19, 2004: "Assessing Communication in the Work of Actuaries", presentation at the Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries in Anaheim, California, jointly with Catherine Konsky.
  • May 10-15, 2004: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 2, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • May 7-9, 2004: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 1, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • April 15, 2004: Mock meeting of a board of a publicly held insurance company at the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Research Conference, participated as a board member.
  • April 1, 2004: "Rising health care expenditures: demand side analysis", joint research with Babu Nahata and P.K. Sahoo, presented at the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Board Meeting.
  • March 19-23, 2004: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars reviews for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments) and the Society of Actuaries Course 3 Examination (Actuarial Models), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.
  • March 12, 2004: Presentation about the actuarial profession at the Career day at the Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois.
  • February 25, 2004: Lecture on life insurance backdating at the research seminar in applied mathematics at the University of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland.
  • February 23-24, 2004: Series of lectures on financial risk management at the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, Poland.
  • January 28, 2004: "Should you be worried about the United States Social Security system?" presentation at the Sigma Xi organization meeting at the Illinois Wesleyan University.
  • January 10, 2004: Presentation about actuarial education at the informal session on actuarial education at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The main speaker in this session was Curtis Huntington, Actuarial Program Director at the University of Michigan.
  • January 4, 2004: "Some Less Considered Aspects of Tax-Deferral" presentation, jointly with James Carson and Yuluen Ma, at the Western Risk and Insurance Association meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • December 20-21, 2003: Lecture on financial risk management at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, Master of Business Administration for financial institutions program.
  • December 8-11, 2003: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • December 6, 2003: Lecture on financial mathematics at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, Master of Business Administration for financial institutions program.
  • November 24, 2003: "The Ups and Downs of Tax-Deferral" presentation, jointly with James Carson and Yuluen Ma, at the Southern Risk and Insurance Association meeting in Clearwater, Florida.
  • November 17, 2003: Lecture "Management of Financial Intermediaries: Risk Avoidance, Hedging and Derivatives Peddling" at the Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.
  • November 17, 2003: Presentation "Become an actuary -- actuarial exams" at the Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.
  • November 17, 2003: Presentation about actuarial profession and actuarial examinations at the Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
  • November 5, 2003: Research seminar lecture "Management of Financial Intermediaries: Risk Avoidance, Hedging and Derivatives Peddling" at the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, Poland.
  • November 4-5-6, 2003: A series of lectures on mathematics of life insurance, annuities and pensions at the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, Poland.
  • October 20-25, 2003: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 2, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • October 17-19, 2003: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 1, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • October 10-12, 2003: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars course for the Society of Actuaries Course 3 Examination (Actuarial Models), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.
  • September 19, 2003, Presentation "Making Sense of Duration and Convexity" at the meeting of the San Francisco Actuarial Club.
  • July 31, 2003: Interview in TVN24 Polish Television concerning the welfare effects of a monopoly.
  • June 9-12, 2003: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • May 29, 2003: Presentation (together with Jim Carson) "What is the true value of tax deferral?", joint research with Jim Carson and Yu-luen Ma, at the 2003 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries in Washington, D.C.
  • May 12-16, 2003: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 2, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • May 9-11, 2003: An intensive review for candidates for the actuarial examination No. 1, organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • April 19, 2003: Presentation entitled: Social Security as a Part of Capital Markets, at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
  • April 7-9, 2003: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars review for the Society of Actuaries Course 3 Examination (Actuarial Models), held at Sheraton Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.
  • March 21-22, 2003: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars review for the Casualty Actuarial Society Examination 8 (Investments), held at Sheraton Hotel at Woodbridge Place in Iselin, New Jersey.
  • March 17-20, 2003: Common Core Instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Examination: Applied Modeling Seminar, Chicago, Illinois.
  • March 10-14, 2003: A course preparing candidates for the Society of Actuaries Course 6 examination organized by the Conferencing Unit of Illinois State University.
  • March 5, 2003: Presentation about the insurance industry in Poland at State Farm Insurance.
  • March 1-2, 2003: Lectures at the New England Actuarial Seminars course for the Casualty Actuarial Society Examination 8 (Investments), held at Holiday Inn hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.
  • February 17, 2003: Asset-liability management workshop at the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics of the University of Ulm, Germany. Lecture on Risk-Based Capital requirements in the United States. Combined with research visit to the University of Ulm.
  • January 18, 2003: Organizer and speaker in the session about actuarial education at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore. The main invited speaker was Dr. Stuart Klugman, Professor of Actuarial Science at Drake University.
    • Speaking engagements before 2003 are at: http://www.math.ilstu.edu/krzysio/oldspeak.html. (incomplete and under construction)
    All information contained here is, to our best knowledge, correct, but it is merely a representation, and should not be considered to be any form of professional advice. This electronic publication should not be misconstrued as the official position of Illinois State University, or its Department of Mathematics. We are glad to provide as much information as possible here, but we kindly ask that in any decision related to matters listed here you seek additional counsel and information. Comments on this page are welcome and should be sent to Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski at his e-mail address: krzysio@ilstu.edu.