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Risk Management Summit
is open till March 4
If you are a Risk Manager at a Fortune 1000 or higher company, a former Risk Manager of the Year, a former Risk Manager of the Year Honor Roll member, or a Risk Executive at a privately-held company with revenues in excess of $2.5 billion, please use this link to register for the Summit. Additional registration categories are available, please review the information provided in the Registration Link to see if you qualify.
| Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | |
| 7:45 AM | Registration and Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome Keynote Address – Shaun Rein, founder & managing director, China Market Research Group |
| 9:30 – 10:30 AM | Session 1 Case Study |
Emerging Markets - With political upheavals and social unrest in a wide range of countries and continued suppression in others, international and multinational companies face challenges when protecting their investments, assets and people. This session will look at the risks that companies face in situations such as the Arab Spring, rioting in Greece or complying with Chinese government requirements and explore how to address those risks. Case Study will be presented by: Richard Coyle, executive director of the Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University | |
| 10:30- 11:00 AM | Coffee & Networking Break
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| 11:00 – 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion – Emerging Markets Panelists will include: Daniel Wagner, CEO, Country Risk Solutions J.P. Fowler, head of customer relationship management, Global Corporate in North America at Zurich North America Christopher E. Mandel, senior vice president, strategic solutions, Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. |
| Innovation Awards Luncheon | |
| 12:00 -1:00 PM | Innovations Awards Luncheon |
Innovation Awards will be presented to honorees who have been chosen for excellence in creating products or services that are designed for and made available to professional risk managers that address one of more of the following risk management functions:
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| 1:00 – 2:30 PM | Innovation Awards Presentations
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| 2:30 – 3:30 PM | Session 2 Case Study |
| Cloud Computing — Cloud computing offers opportunities for efficiency and cost savings but can introduce a host of risks in areas such as information security, reputation, business interruption, jurisdictional issues and regulation and compliance. This session will focus on the nature of the exposures associated with cloud computing services and how to address the risks looking at such mitigation areas as risk management, contractual issues and insurance coverage options. Case Study will be presented by: Emily Cummins, director of tax and risk management at the National Rifle Association | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Networking Break |
| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion – Cloud Computing Panelists will include: Scott Godes, partner at Dickstein Shapiro L.L.P Doug Pollack, chief marketing officer, ID Expert |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Comments |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Cocktail Reception |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | |
| 7:45 AM | Registration and Networking Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:45 AM | Session 1 Case Study |
| Reputational Risk — Reputational damage can have a dramatic impact on a company's value, perhaps even threatening its survival, while social media and web-based communications have increased the risks while dramatically reducing the time to respond to reputational threats. This session will examine some of the sources of reputational risk as well as strategies for managing them and best practices for dealing with reputation threatening events when they occur. Case Study will be presented by: Chris Gidez, co-chair of the Global Crisis Practice at Hill+Knowlton Strategies | |
| 9:45 – 10:45 AM | Panel Discussion – Reputational Risk Panelists will include: Larry Walsh, vice chairman, The Hawthorne Group Shannon M. Wilkinson, founder and president, Reputation Communications |
| 10:45 – 11:15 AM | Coffee & Networking Break |
| 11:15 – 12:15 PM | Keynote Speaker - Ron Insana |
| 12:15 – 1:15 PM | Lunch & Dessert Served |
| 1:15 – 2:15 PM | Session 2 Case Study |
| Mergers & Acquisitions - When companies unite the benefits are always highlighted but the risks are often understated, especially in international acquisitions. This session will examine what risk managers need to consider when their company buys or merges with another entity including: inherited liabilities, insurance program restructuring and merging different risk management cultures. Case Study will be presented by: James R. Loughlin, Director of Risk Management Insight Portfolio Group LLC, the risk management services company for Icahn Enterprises | |
| 2:15 – 3:15 PM | Panel Discussion – Mergers & Acquisitions Panelists Include: Joseph W. Bauer, Principal at Bauer Advertising LLC, member of the Council of Chief Legal Officers of The Conference Board Jack Fontham, partner, King & Spalding |
| 3:15 – 3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45 – 5:00 PM | Risk Managers Only Session |
| 5:00 PM | Final Remarks & Close of Conference |