Are you a competent, qualified and skilled organisation – and what are the risks if you’re not?

• The importance of people risks, competence, learning and development
• Protecting consumers and safeguarding the business
• Successful pathways, raising awareness and getting buy-in from the business

Session synopsis:

The presentation provides a snapshot of the importance of competence, learning and development. Highlighting associated risks alongside mitigating systems and controls to prevent materialisation. Explores key themes with the potential to influence buy in from the business.

Presentation with Q&A

Introductory

EU protected cells – captives on a budget

• Why captives are not only for large organisations
• Protected cells – where, what, why and how
• Captive, fronting and third-party-writing cells examples

Session synopsis:

In risk financing strategies, captives tend to be assiciated mainly with large organisations. Protected cell legislation provides Risk Managers a "low-cost" alternative to owning a full insurance company/captive making owning a captive and accessing reinsurance markets available to smaller entities. Examples will show how this works in practice.

Presentation with Q&A

Intermediate

Using ERM to position yourself as a strategic partner

• Risk management as a source of competitive advantage, not a cost
• Driving returns by aligning and integrating with strategy, marketing and operations
• Challenging conventional concepts of risk tolerance in decision making

Session synopsis:

This session will examine ways to ensure risk management is seen as a source of competitive advantage, rather than a cost.  It will also explore bringing risk management to the same level as strategy, marketing and operations in driving returns.  It will challenge conventional concepts of risk tolerance.

Interactive Workshop

The Bribery Act 2010: what it means for risk managers

• How and why any business may encounter bribery
• The risks: criminal, reputational, shareholder, survival
• What should a captive do? 

Session synopsis:

Taking as a starting point the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the effects of intergovernmental agreements post 9/11 to combat terrorism and impede the raising of funds by terrorists, this will cover all related legislation, including not only recent anti-bribery legislation, but also money laundering laws, extradition treaties and wider political risks.

Presentation with Q&A

The role of the risk profession in a Solvency II world

• Outline of Solvency II scope and timeline
• ERM at the core of successful implementation
• Opportunities for risk professionals

Session synopsis:

Successful Solvency II implementation hinges on embedding risk management practices across an insurance organisation and demonstrating that risk and solvency information is used in making key decisions. But what is the unique selling point (USP) of risk professionals and how can ERM make a real different to the credit rating of insurers?

Cyber intrusion – the battleground of emerging risks

• What all organisations need to know about cyber-intrusion
• Why information security and assurance must be risk driven
• What solutions can risk techniques offer?

Session synopsis:

In the current environment, information security and assurance needs to be even more risk driven if it is to deliver “more for less”. Cyber security is just the latest in a long line of security risks, but how is it different, and how can addressing cyber intrusions be risk enabled effectively? This session will address these topics.

Presentation with Q&A

Intermediate

Transparency and information as a driver for growth

• How information tends to get distorted by the time it gets to the decision makers
• How “demystified” and “clean” information can be made available
• Are the information problems faced by financial markets a regular feature in business decision making

Session synopsis:

While most work on Executive Information Systems and Decision Support Systems etc focus on “aggregating” and “presenting” information generated in a business, very little attention is given  to the factors that the “data” collected do not represent the underlying business changes. For example, when an accounting function for a “Derivative” focuses on “volatility” and VAR etc, very little attention is given to the possibility that the “historical” may not represent the future events in exceptional circumstances. This paper will talk about “transparency” with focus on Financial risks in the securities domain.

Presentation with Q&A

Intermediate

Global deflation – what are the risks?

• How it could happen
• The relationship between stock market movements and deflation
• Risk implications of global deflation for businesses and individuals

Session synopsis :

The delegates will be presented with an easy-to-understand explanation of how deflation could happen, the relationship of stock market movements and deflation.  What are the risk implications and prognosis of global deflation.

Presentation with Q&A

Introductory

Cutting Costs - how to select an optimum solution

• Delivering required functions at lowest cost, without detriment
• Developing a strategy for best value, in relation to cost and risk
• Improving value by eliminating unnecessary cost

Session synopsis :

This will be a practical session, demonstrating how to select optimum solutions and mitigate the risks from cost cutting, through the establishment of a function hierarchy.

The session will work through a simple project example, to identify cost saving options with least impact but greatest benefits.

Interactive Workshop

Risk appetite – a practical “how to do it” workshop for the advanced risk practitioner

• How to get the board measuring risk appetite on several scales
• How to think about accumulation of risk and impact on goals
• Risk appetite, risk tolerance and risk capacity

Session synopsis :

This is an advanced learning programme for risk practitioners who want to show their added value to the organisation, conduct a risk appetite exercise and start or improve the process of showing a cost benefit analysis of the risk controls needed to show that more risk can be taken.

Interactive Workshop

Cloud computing – sounds great but what are the key risks?

• Get ahead of the curve on this fast growing model of IT delivery
• Understanding the risks and benefits
• How the risk manager can be an enabler rather than a blocker

Session synopsis :

The cost benefits of cloud computing as the delivery model for IT are significant and it will change the IT landscape for all organisations. How can you effectively manage the risks and be an enabler rather than a blocker to the adoption of cloud computing?

Presentation with Q&A

Risk management and change management - the big picture

• Why most strategic change initiatives fail 
• Why change management is different from project management
• Identifying and managing the risks for strategic initiatives

Session synopsis:

According to cross industry studies the majority of projects fail to meet their target objectives. We will look at the reasons for this, the numerous cost aspects of failed change initiatives, how change management differs from project management, the psychology of change and the key risk areas for strategic initiatives.      

Interactive Workshop

Intermediate

Heads, tales and pink elephants

• What message do we send when we communicate?
• What message is received by that communication?
• Using positive and directional language for enhanced communication

Session synopsis :

We learn the words to teach, to persuade, to argue, to amuse, yet rarely can we learn how to use our language for maximum and accurate impact in any setting.  This innovative workshop will enable you to learn highly effective communication methods and techniques to develop and enhance existing skills.

Interactive Workshop

Introductory

Changing management culture to risk-oriented management

• Seeing the benefit – owning the process
• Exploring options, understanding exposure and more
• Knowledge management for each person

Session synopsis :

Every manager needs to understand the risks in every business decision, if their business is to remain viable and resilient in the current economic climate.  The risk management process,  tools and techniques are enablers, but effectiveness depends upon the training, support and empowerment of suitable staff.   We show how this is being achieved with a major energy supplier, with practical examples, and discuss the training strategy required.

Interactive Workshop

Managing risk in a complex, multi-disciplined, highly regulated industry (when funds are being cut)

• How do we prevent another BP reputational incident in the nuclear industry
• Managing expectations of multiple external regulators
• How risk management can support the business as spending is cut

Session synopsis :

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Calm down dear, it’s only climate change

• Mitigation vs adaption: is climate change just another risk on the register?
• Who needs to adapt and how: what are the particular problems?
• Practical experience (bring yours!)

Session synopsis :

The last Government put a lot of emphasis on adapting to climate change as part of integrated risk management.  The intention of this workshop is to see how this works in practice for different organisations: how do we articulate the risks and what adaption decisions do we take?

Interactive Workshop

Risk management and performance management in Tesco plc

• Link between risk management & performance management
• Keeping it simple
• Helping staff understand risk

Session synopsis :

Tesco is a hugely successful company and this suggests it is also managing its risks very effectively. This session looks at the way that risk management operates within Tesco and is tightly linked to performance management as a way of helping engage staff in risk issues.

Presentation with Q&A

Six Sigma - how to apply it to a risk management environment

• Cutting through the theory and jargon
• Some Six Sigma basics
• Applying the principles and a few takeaways

Session synopsis :

Six Sigma is a mature concept that aims to cut waste and improve efficiency in operational environments.  Within Deutsche Post the Board has challenged all parts of the business to embrace this, branding it as “First Choice”. Learn how the Risk Management function has responded.

Training

Introductory

High quality data analysis made easy – choosing and using a risk database intelligently

• Choosing RM software that will suit your needs
• Risk data collection – getting the basics right first
• Quickly progressing to quality analysis and output

Session synopsis :

A well designed risk management platform should take the drudgery out of data collection and allow you, the risk manager, to apply your professional skill to produce good risk reporting and rigorous analysis. Together with Aon e-solutions, I’ll share practical tips to help you achieve excellent results with minimal effort.

Presentation with Q&A

Managing risk in lean times – a tool kit for when funds are cut

• The risks organisations face during downsizing
• Promoting the value of risk management when downsizing
• Lesson learnt from the private sector

Session synopsis :

Government bodies are experiencing unprecedented cutbacks, yet are required to deliver a complex array of services.  ‘Downsizing’ creates new risks, yet some risk functions are being cut.  The session explores the risks with downsizing; how risk managers show the value of risk management during lean times, based on private sector experiences.

Interactive Workshop

Introducing and embedding risk management across a diverse organisation – a practical example

• Fitting the approach to the culture
• Measuring success of implementation year on year
• How risk software can help

Session synopsis :

This session will cover how a new approach to risk management was introduced/embedded across a large, diverse organisation ensuring fit to the organisation's culture, how the success of the approach is measured, the role that the selection and implementation of risk management software played and   lessons learned from the experience.

Presentation with Q&A

Social networking and the fight against fraud

• Latest preventative techniques
• Real-time fraud detection capabilities
• Cost reduction and organisational efficiency benefits

Session synopsis :

The session will explore how social network analysis is helping government and commercial organisations to fight fraud. It will look at preventative and real-time techniques as well as best of breed detection capabilities.

Presentation with Q&A

International risk management – the multi-territory challenge

• The challenges of an international environment
• Standardisation v customisation
• Interactive case study

Session synopsis :

International Risk Management poses the challenge of standardisation versus customisation. Application of a standard framework poses its challenges. This workshop aims to examine the challenges of international risk management, in an interactive format, looking at a case study.

Interactive Workshop

The credibility of prophesy: why wouldn’t they listen to warnings about the imminent credit crunch?

• How the crash was forecast by experts
• The psychology of why market professionals ignored the warnings
• How we can all be more open to unexpected risk warnings

Session synopsis :

This Annual Fellows Lecture to the Insurance Institute of Ireland, given in Dublin, set out with precision and in detail my analysis as to why a massive collapse in banking was inevitable. The audience seemed unable to believe that the entire banking system on both sides of the Atlantic, and the regulators, were all up the Suwannee River in frail craft without paddles.

Presentation with Q&A