Programme - The Geneva Association

9th Geneva Association
Health & Ageing Conference
Genetics and Insurance
8-9 November 2012
Stockholm
co-organised with Länsförsäkringar AB
Venue:
Länsförsäkringar AB
Auditorium Samlan
Tegeluddsvägen 11-13, Stockholm
8 November 2012
8.30-9.00 Registration and welcome coffee
9.15-9.30 Welcome remarks
- Ann Sommer, CEO, Länsförsäkringar Sak Försäkringsaktiebolag, Stockholm
- Dr Christophe Courbage, Research Director, The Geneva Association, Geneva
9.30-12.00 Session 1. Medical and ethical aspects of genetics
Chair: Dr Christophe Courbage, Research Director, The Geneva Association, Geneva
- Progress and perspectives of modern genetics
Dr Michael Morris, Director, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital
- Pharmacogenomic biomarkers in drug therapy. Facts and visions
Prof. Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm
- The ethics of genetics
Prof. Søren Holm, School of Law, The University of Manchester
12.00-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30-15.00 Session 2. Insurers and genetics
Chair: Stefan Wittmann, Director Life Underwriting and claims management, Deutsche
Rückversicherung AG, Dusseldorf
- International comparisons of the use of genetics information in the life and health insurance
markets
Jon Lambert, Senior Underwriting Consultant, Vice President, Swiss Re Life & Health, London
- Genetics – an insurance perspective
Nick Kirwan, Assistant Director, Association of British Insurers, London
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Session 3. Discrimination, social justice and actuarial fairness
Chair: Dr Lisa Posey, Associate Professor of Business, Penn State University, University Park
- Discrimination, insurance and the Human Genome project
Prof. Mike Hoy, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
- Genetics and insurance: Egalitarian justice versus actuarial fairness
Dr Niklas Juth, Centre for Healthcare Ethics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
19.00 Welcome Reception (Vasa Museum, Galärvarvsvägen 14, Stockholm)
20.00 Conference Dinner (Vasa Museum, Galärvarvsvägen 14, Stockholm)
9 November 2012
9.00-10.30 Session 4. Genetics and insurance: a health and long-term care perspective
Chair: Ross Campbell, Chief Underwriter, Gen Re, Research & Development, London
- Genetic testing – Perspective of private health insurance in Germany
Bastian Biermann, Head of Office, German Association of Private Health Insurers, Brussels
Office, Brussels
- Genetics and long-term care insurance
Prof. Angus Macdonald, Director of the Genetics and Insurance Research Centre, Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Session 5. Public issues linked to genetics
Chair: Dr Christophe Courbage, Research Director, The Geneva Association, Geneva
- Toxicogenomics: A blueprint for personalized mass tort litigation?
Dr Adam Grossman, Metainformation Scientist Praedicat Inc, Los Angeles
- Public attitudes towards genetic testing and the use of genetic information
Dr Lidewij Henneman, Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center,
Amsterdam
12.30 Farewell Buffet Lunch