Offices of Legal Services Commission in London:

4, Abbey Orchard Street
London
SW1P 2BS

11.00    Registration and Tea/ Coffee

11.10    Introductions

11.15    Risk management culture - Government agency perspective - Rebecca Bowry of LSC and Mel Crook of QCDA

12.30    Lunch

13.00    Risk management culture - large departments perspective - led by Trevor Marchant from the Home Office

14.00    Culture - questions, answers, members views, conclusions re best practice

14.30    Feedback from various other fora, meetings, courses,including RIG on 2nd February

14.45   SIG session at the IRM forum in April and future meetings

15.00   Close

11.00    Registration and Tea/ Coffee

11.10    Introductions

11.15    Inherent risk - presentation by Richard Archer of DNV 

              and Dave Clayton of DWP:

              -  Who does inherent risk ranking?

              - Do people struggle with it cogitatively?

             - Where are the benefits of inherent risk ranking?

12.15   Feedback from various other foras, meetings,  

             courses:

             - RIG

             - MOR

             - IRM Forum

             - Others

12.45   Lunch

13.15   Bow ties and Butterflies - alternative to the risk register?

              - Aileen Quinton from the Metropolitan Police Service  

             to present and lead a discussion on some       

             creative techiques.

14.15   Current issues in risk management in the public 

             sector

             - risk management in the planning process

             - the introduction of the ISO standard - what willl it   

             mean to the public scetor?

14.45   Schedule of meetings from Winter onwards

15.00   Close

The meeting is open to non-IRM members as well as members and is free to all participants.

21 July 2009

11.00    Registration and Tea/ Coffee

11.10    Introductions

11.15    Risk Management in the Environment 

              Agency
               - Anne Stenning

11.45   Education and awareness in risk

             management - initial outline from Anita  

             Punwani/ Bob Ellison

             -  typical needs of a Government

              department/agency

             - how group members meet those needs -       

              challenges, pitfalls, practical ideas

             - collaborative working across the group?

12.45    Lunch

13.15    Risk champions - the unsung heroes of risk

              management?

              - experiences from the group

              - suggested good practice

14.45    Update from IRM

15.00   Current issues in risk management in the

              public sector

15.15    Next meeting - lunchtime slot at Forum in

              September - 21-23 September - details to be

              finalised

15.30    Close

Monday 16 March 2009

11:00 Registration and Tea/ Coffee

11:10 Introductions

11:15 Risk Management in the Environment Agency - Anne Stenning

11:45 Automating risk managment - tools v spreadsheets

- initial summary from Bob Ellison - options, pitfalls, benefits

- experiences from the group

- suggested good practice to go forward

12:45 Lunch

13:15 Evaluation, implementation and use of Risk Management Software

- experiences from the group

- suggested good practice

14:45 Update from IRM - lessons learnt database - go ahead to develop!

15:00 Current issues in risk management in the public sector

15:15 Meeting schedule for 2009 - venue, topics

15:30 Close

11.00    Registration and Tea/ Coffee

11.10    Introductions

11.15    Brain storming on topical issues: session 1               –  Performance Management and Risk

              Management – do they and can they work

              together?

            - introductory presentation by Bob Ellison

            - experiences from the group

            - suggested good practice

12.45    Lunch

13.15    Brain storming on topical issues: session 2 –

              Key Risk Indicators – what are they,

              how you set them up and are they of

              any benefit?

              - feedback from seminars recently attended

              by members

              - experiences from the group

              - suggested good practice

14.45    Current issues in risk management in the

              public sector

15.00    Next meeting - date, venue, topics

15.15    Close

11.00   Registration and Tea/ Coffee
11.10   Introductions
11.15   Risk Management at DWP
12.15   Brain storming on topical issues:

              session 1 - Project and Programme Risk
              - introductory presentation by Bob Ellison, Marsh
              - experiences from the group
              - suggested good practice
13.15   Lunch (provided by DWP)
13.45   Brain storming on topical issues:

             session 2 - learning from mistakes in Risk Management
              - experiences from the group
              - suggested good practice
14.45     Current issues in risk management in the public sector
15.00     Next meeting - date, venue, topics
15.15     Close