IAIS Annual Conference 2026

Programme

All meetings will take place at the Kerry Hotel.
38 Hung Luen Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon

Please bring an official ID to obtain your meeting badge.

Thursday, 12 November 

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome coffee
Harbour View Foyer, Level 2

09:00 – 09:05 Welcome remarks by Gerry Cross, IAIS Secretary General
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

09:05 – 09:25 Opening remarks by Hon John KC Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

09:25 – 09:40 Keynote remarks by Toshiyuki Miyoshi,  Chair of the IAIS Executive Committee
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

09:40 – 10:30 IAIS Executive Committee leadership dialogue
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

10:30 – 11:15 Coffee break

Harbour View Foyer, Level 2

11:15 – 12:15 Better outcomes, stronger markets: A C-Suite perspective
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
Grand Ballrooms 3-4, Level 2

13:45 – 14:45 Emerging risks
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

14:45 – 15:30 Coffee break
Harbour View Foyer, Level 2

15:30 – 17:00 Roundtables
Three roundtables will provide an opportunity for members and stakeholders to discuss IAIS’ work on the following topics (seating is on a first-come, first-served basis):

1. Regulatory modernisation
Hung Hom 1, Level 1

2. Structural shifts/private credit
Hung Hom 2, Level 1

3. Ageing population
Hung Hom 7, Level 1

17:15 – 19:15 Reception for Annual Conference participants
Dockyard, Level 1
Please wear your meeting badge.

Friday, 13 November 

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome coffee
Harbour View Foyer, Level 2

09:00 – 09:20 Keynote remarks on AI from Prof Harry Heung-Yeung Shum of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

09:20 – 10:15 AI use cases
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
Harbour View Foyer, Level 2

10:45 – 12:00 Addressing NatCat protection gaps as a driver of sustainable growth
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

12:00 Closing remarks by Gerry Cross, IAIS Secretary General
Grand Ballrooms 1-2, Level 2

12:15 Lunch
Grand Ballrooms 3-4, Level 2

The Annual Conference will be followed by the Asian Insurance Forum hosted by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority.