Enterprise Risk Management Experts to Meet in New York October 18-19
NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2005. Chief risk officers, CFOs, auditors, and strategy, finance, and operating executives from leading companies will examine the implementation of enterprise risk management at The Conference Board's 2005 Enterprise Risk Management Conference. This meeting will be held October 18-19 at the Marriott Financial Center Hotel.
This meeting is sponsored by Mercer Oliver Wyman. "Enterprise risk management has become much more commonly demanded by boards and senior management in the last few years," says Ellen Hexter, Conference Program Director. "This conference is designed to assist those tasked with implementing ERM to achieve a viable program."
The opening session, "What Does Your Board of Directors Need?" will feature Kathryn W. Dindo, Board Member, J.M. Smuckers & Bush Brothers, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, FirstEnergy Corp, and Ed Shaw, Board Member, HealthSouth and of Counsel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
"How to Articulate and Develop Risk Appetite Within Your Unique Culture" will be addressed by Thomas Garside, Managing Director, Mercer Oliver Wyman.
A case study on "The Value Proposition for ERM" will be presented by Silvia King, Manager, Strategic Finance and Enterprise Risk, Southern Company.
"Integrating ERM into Strategy" will be examined by Laurie Smaldone, Vice President, Strategy and Issues Management, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Kenneth Robinson, Vice President, Global Internal Controls, The Procter & Gamble Company.
"Integrating ERM with Performance Management" will be explored by Bindesh Rach, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Bombardier, Inc.
"COSO in the Real World" will be addressed by Jeff Cooper, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Capital One Corporation, and Arnold Schanfield, Director, Internal Audit and Risk Management Services, GrantThornton LLP.
"Managing and Coordinating Risk Management Roles" will be presented by David Greenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Altria Group, Inc., and Yorck Schmidt, General Director, General Motors Corporation.
"Quantitative Measurement of Operational and Strategic Risk: Fact or Fiction" will be addressed by Robert I. Kopech, Managing Director, Mercer Oliver Wyman, and Matthew Pollard, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, FirstEnergy Corp.
"From SOX Compliance to ERM Value" will feature Shelly Paup, Director, Corporate Internal Audit, Lockheed Martin Corporation.
"Tools, Techniques and Approaches for Building Sustainable ERM Programs" will be presented by Spencer Schwartz, Business Financial Officer and Head of Enterprise Risk Management, MasterCard International, and James Laney, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Textron, Inc.
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