The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is living up to its reputation for offering the most interesting and varied risk conference programmes with the line-up for its 2012 Professional Development Forum which takes place in Manchester from 23-25 April.
Keynote speakers include ‘undercover economist’ Tim Harford; UK government adviser on health and safety legislation Professor Ragnar Löfstedt , Swedish futurologist Magnus Lindkvist, Harvard academic Anette Mikes, MD of newspaper publishers DC Thomson Media Ellis Watson and “governance guru” Norman Marks.
There are also numerous seminars on specialist areas of risk management including enterprise risk management, risk culture, ethics, risk and audit, cybercrime, oil and gas risks, public sector challenges and quantitative techniques.
Carolyn Williams, Head of Thought Leadership at IRM, said “As a growing international organisation IRM can call upon its expert members around the world to bring the best of risk management thinking into our Forum. We’ve got some compelling keynote speakers plus nearly forty specialist seminars on all aspects of risk management to allow delegates to tailor the event to their own interests. Magnus Lindkvist is talking about “Living in a Green Pig World: Risk and reward in the 21st Century”; we’re going to have demonstrations of live hacking and landmine risks and Ellis Watson (who used to work for Simon Cowell at Syco Entertainment) is talking on ‘Driving your business like you stole it’ which may or may not be a recommendation!
The Forum is also a unique networking opportunity to meet up with fellow professionals from around the world, with the conference dinner taking place at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.”
The Forum takes place on 23-25 April 2012 at the Midland Hotel, Manchester. Full details can be found on the Forum website at http://www.irmforum.org
