Director of Social Security, Mrs. Sephlin Lawrence, Board Member Frank Farrell and Manager of the Research & Statistics Department, Mr. Donovan Herbert will represent the St. Kitts and Nevis Social Security Board at the 16th International Conference of Social Security Actuaries and Statisticians that is to be held in Ottawa, Canada, 16 to 18 September 2009.
Over 200 delegates are expected to gather for the conference to discuss the future of social security funds and the impact of the financial crisis on the sustainability of such pension schemes. Joint sponsors of the conference are the International Social Security Association and the Financial Services and the Department of Human Resources & Skills Development of Canada.
Of particular interest will be a round table discussion moderated by Robert Brown, Chair of the International Actuarial Association’s Social Security Committee, and including Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics at the London School of Economics, Michael Cichon of the International Labour Office and Steve Goss, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (USA). There will also be lectures on Life-expectancy links – the quiet revolution in pension policy, by Edward Whitehouse, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Optimal financing and self-adjusting mechanisms for sustainable retirement systems, by Anne Drouin, International Labour Office and Demographic and economic assumptions used in actuarial valuation of 14 social security and pension schemes, by Pierre Plamondon, Quebec Pension Board, Canada.
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is the world's leading international organization bringing together national social security administrations and agencies. The ISSA provides information, research, expert advice and platforms for members to build and promote dynamic social security systems and policy worldwide. Founded in 1927, the ISSA has around 340 member organizations in nearly 150 countries. The President of the ISSA is Mrs. Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, from the Philippines
