October 4, 2021 – Day 1<\/p>\n
08:30 \u2014 09:00 Participants and Speakers login to Conference Space<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 09:00 \u2014 09:05 Introduction, Agenda and Schedule of Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n 09:05 \u2014 10:20 Overview of regional agricultural insurance markets and COVID-19 impact:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Agricultural Insurance in India – Challenges of Development<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>– Surya Swaroop Saxena <\/strong>(General Manager, Agricultural Insurance Company of India)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 20 min.<\/p>\n 2. Development of agricultural insurance system in Philippines: challenges and opportunities for future development.<\/b> – Bonifacio Pales\u00a0<\/strong>(Senior Vice President, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation), Manuel Cortina <\/strong>(Office-in-Charge, Business Development and Marketing Department, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 20 min.<\/p>\n 3. Development of a subsidised agricultural insurance program in Georgia. – Natalia Kharatishvili<\/b>\u00a0(Program Manager, Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Republic of <\/i>Georgia)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 15 min.<\/p>\n 4. Development of agricultural insurance system in Azerbaijan. – Firdovsi Aghashirinov\u00a0 <\/b>(Deputy General manager, Agrarian Insurance Fund<\/em>\u00a0 of Azerbaijan)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 15 min.<\/p>\n 5. Q&A Panel<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>(Speakers of Session 1)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 10 min.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10:30 \u2014 10:45 Coffee Break<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 10:45 \u2014 12:30 New technology solutions in agricultural insurance:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Earth observation guidelines for Agricultural insurance industry. – Michaela Seewald <\/strong>(Project Manager, GeoVille, Austria)<\/em> \/ Roel Van Hoolst <\/strong>(Researcher, Vito, Belgium)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 40 min.<\/p>\n 2. Climate Change and its impact on agricultural production risk: Insights from selected case studies.<\/span><\/b> – Willemijn Vroege <\/span><\/b><\/strong>(Underwriter Agriculture, AXA XL, Switzerland)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Duration : 25 min.<\/p>\n 3. Addressing the Drought Risk Protection Gap – VanderSat Soil Moisture indexed Insurance – Lexy Ratering Arntz<\/em><\/b><\/strong> (Head of Impact Strategy\u00a0VanderSat), <\/em>G Satish Raju<\/b><\/strong> (VanderSat Business Partner, APAC)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 4. Q&A Panel <\/b><\/strong>(Speakers of Session 2)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 10 min.<\/p>\n 12:30 \u2014 12:35 Day 1: Closing remarks and announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n October 5, 2021 – Day 2<\/p>\n 08:30 \u2014 09:00 Participants and Speakers login to Conference Space<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 09:00 \u2014 09:05 Introduction, Agenda and Schedule of Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n 09:05 \u2014 10:50 Technical aspects of agricultural insurance<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Technical aspects of pasture (native grasslands \/ hay production) index insurance. – Richard McConnell <\/strong>(Owner, DYMAC Risk Management Solutions, Canada) <\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 2. Premium rate setting on village and parcel\u00a0basis for crop hail Insurance. – Necati Icer<\/b> <\/strong>(Independent Consultant, Turkey)<\/em>\u00a0 Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 3. Practical aspects of digital tools optimising loss adjustment and field monitoring.<\/b> – Gregoire Tombez <\/strong>(Co-founder, GreenTriangle (Switzerland).<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 4. Q&A Panel <\/b><\/strong>(Speakers of Session 3)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 15 min.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10:50 \u2014 11:00 Coffee Break<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 11:00 \u2014 13:00 Agricultural insurance innovations and challenges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Index insurance challenges in developing and upscaling programs worldwide. – Roman Shynkarenko <\/strong><\/b>(Technical Director, AgroInsurance International, Australia)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 2. Switzerland\u2019s experience in application of index-based insurance for grassland and climate information provided by Swissagroindex. –<\/b> Tiziana Speckert <\/strong>(Research Associate, Swiss Hail, Switzerland)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 20 min.<\/p>\n 3. AgroView \u2013 A Tailored Insurance Platform for Risk Assessment in India. – Peter Navratil <\/b>(Senior Project Manager, GAF, Germany)<\/em>, Anil K. Soni <\/b>(Agriculture Specialist, Munich Re, India)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 30 min.<\/p>\n 4. BEACON toolbox: Redefining Agricultural Insurance Tools. – Stelios Kotsopoulos\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(Chief Scientific Officer, Agroapps P.C., Greece)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 20 min.<\/p>\n 5. Q&A Panel <\/b><\/strong>(Speakers of Session 2)<\/em><\/p>\n Duration: 20 min.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 13:00 \u2014 13:10 Day 2: Closing remarks and announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 4, 2021 – Day 1 08:30 \u2014 09:00 Participants and Speakers login to Conference Space 09:00 \u2014 09:05 Introduction, Agenda and Schedule of Sessions…<\/p>\n
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