Day 1 - Wednesday 21 October

9.00 - 9.10

Welcome by Adrian Nye, Chairman, VMIA

9.15 - 10.15

Keynote: Global Risks, Charles Emmerson, Fellow of the World Economic Forum

A leading review of the key economic, societal, geopolitical and environmental risks shaping the current global risk landscape and the future risk scenarios facing government and business.
presentation

10.45 - 12.15

Keynote Panel: Emerging Risk Forum - The icebergs ahead!

Panel members:
Charles Emmerson, Fellow of the World Economic Forum
Des Pearson, Victorian Auditor-General, VAGO
Dr John Zelcer, Director, Eastern Health
Dr Brendan Murphy, CEO, Austin Health

A panel of risk experts from across the VPS and the commercial sector will present views on current and emerging national and global risks, with a particular emphasis on global stability, economic shock, climate change, human capital and security.

Concurrent Sessions

Theme: Risk Challenges

1.45 - 3.00

C1 Developing a culture of risk excellence

Panel members:
Dr John Zelcer, Director, Eastern Health presentation
Grant Whitehorn, CEO, Risk Management Innovations presentation
Sally Freeman, National Partner In Charge - Internal Audit, Risk & Control Services, Risk Advisory Services, KPMG presentation

C2 Our panel experts Brian Morris and Dale Monthieth share insights into successfully staging major events and the risk management implications to consider.

Panel members:
Brian Morris, CEO, Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust presentation
Dale Monthieth, CEO, Victoria Racing Club presentation

C3 In light of the Victorian Climate Change Green Paper, the presentation will focus on public sector and commercial perspectives around climate change risk mitigation and adaption.

Presenters:
Samantha Zimmerman, Risk Management Advisor, VMIA presentation
Dan Atkins, Managing Director, Shaper Group presentation

Panel Discussion
A panel will discuss the challenges of promoting the value add of risk management at the senior executive level. The discussion will consider the value drivers, the best practice models, and the success stories to reinforce how the profile of risk can be raised with senior management.

Panel Discussion
A panel will examine the many facets of staging a major event and the risk management implications to be considered.

Climate change is a major issue facing the VPS and Victoria as a whole. This session aims to discuss how the actual risk of climate change can be identified, quantified and integrated into the risk management framework of organisations.

Concurrent Sessions

Theme: Risk Choices

3.30 - 4.15

C4 There is growing interest in the use of scenario method in risk management, primarily for its value in identifying critical uncertainties in the business environment and in testing the robustness of existing risk management strategies.
This session will outline scenario method to the audience and illustrate the range of applications.

Speaker:
Professor George M Cairns PhD, Deputy Head - Research and Innovation, School of Management RMIT University presentation

C5 Managing reputation – your choice
This session will provide insight into how an organisation can identify and seek to minimise the impact of reputational risk.

Speaker:
Rupert Hugh-Jones, Partner, Scaffidi Hugh-Jones presentation

C6 The call for integration- governance, risk and assurance

Speaker:
Grant Whitehorn, CEO, Risk Management Innovations presentation

There is growing interest in the use of scenario method in risk management, primarily for its value in identifying critical uncertainties in the business environment and in testing the robustness of existing risk management strategies. This session will outline scenario method to the audience and illustrate the range of applications.

Managing reputation risk can make or break an organisations name and future. This session will provide insight into how an organisation may manage its reputation should a serious event occur.

This session aims to demystify the concept of integrating governance, risk and assurance through a practical discussion of how to use these pillars to build a resilient organisation.

Concurrent Sessions

Theme: Risk Changes

4.20 - 5.00

C7 Building success through the application of organisation-wide risk management

Speaker:
Kate Hughes, Chief Risk Officer, AWB Limited presentation

C8 Integrating risk management with strategic planning - it can be done!

Speaker:
Gus Cummings, Partner, Advisory Services Ernst & Young presentation

C9 Delivering better outcomes through improved governance and culture

Speakers:
Karen Cleave, CEO, State Services Authority presentation

This session will detail a case study to provide a practical demonstration of
how organisation-wide risk management has supported an organisation to achieve its objectives.

It has long been held that the value of risk management is in supporting an organisation to achieve its objectives. To do this, risk management and strategic planning need to be integrated. This session will examine a practical application of integration.

The importance of a strong risk culture has long been under-estimated. This session will demonstrate how a strong and effective governance framework supports the organisation in achieving its objectives.

Day 2 - Thursday 22 October

9.00 - 9.15

Opening Address

Speaker: Bruce Esplin, Emergency Services Commissioner

9.15 -10.15

Keynote: Perceiving opportunity for Victoria in a challenging world

Nick Chipman, Strategy Practice Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers presentation

The crisis is over, we are now in a period of adaptation and creating the new order.  This keynote discusses the State of Victoria's unique position in this new order.  What adaptation has occurred, what adaptation can be done progressively and what opportunities can Victoria take a lead on. Leadership now is the key to creating the new order, "followship" we can leave for others.  This keynote will lead into our panel session “Innovation in uncertain times”.

10.45 - 12.15

Keynote Panel: Innovation in uncertain times

Panel members:
David Hudson, RMIA Risk Manager of the Year
Nick Pelham, Head of Gateway, Department of Treasury and Finance
Terry Wright, Strategist, Commercial Division, Department of Treasury and Finance
Nick Chipman, Strategy Practice Leader, PwC
Professor George M Cairns, Deputy Head - Research and Innovation, School of Management RMIT University

Our panel experts from across government and the commercial sector, will discuss how innovation and risk management can co-exist in a volatile world. Can sensible and pragmatic risk management support the innovative solutions required in an opportunity driven, twenty-first century Victoria?

Concurrent Sessions

Theme: Risk Challenges

1.45 - 3.00

C10 Risk and the challenge of
value creation

Panel members:
Gus Cummings, Partner, Advisory Services Ernst & Young
Sally Freeman, National Partner In Charge - Internal Audit, Risk & Control Services, Risk Advisory Services, KPMG
Matthew Fraser, Partner, Risk Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Dante Peel, Partner, PwC
presentation

C11 Understanding the interdependencies and the connected nature of risk

Speaker:
George Sutton, Enterprise Risk Management, KPMG presentation

C12 Challenges in emergency response

Speakers:
Prof Mark Fitzgerald, Director of Trauma Services, Alfred Hospital presentation
Paul Holman, Operations Manager, Specialist Emergency Response Department, Ambulance Victoria presentation
Craig Lapsely, Director, Emergency Management, Department of Human Services presentation

Our expert panel representing the Big 4 consulting firms, will discuss the challenges around demonstrating the value risk management adds to an organisation. They will share some techniques to build this value.

It is an increasingly connected world, where risk can spread like contagion. The speed of this effect has changed over the last 100 years as we move from generation to generation with advances in technology and free trade. This session will discuss the impacts of this changing environment and how we can respond.

February 2009 saw an extraordinary two week heat wave develop over Eastern Australia placing it amongst the most severe of the past century. During this period - which included Black Saturday - Victoria's emergency services were stretched to the limit. This session will explore the challenges, perspectives and experiences from a panel of emergency responders.

Concurrent Sessions

Theme: Risk Changes

3.30 - 4.15

C13 The public service in turbulent times

Speaker:
Maria Katsonis, Principal Adviser, Public Administration
Department of Premier and Cabinet & Australia and New Zealand School of Government presentation

C14 The risk manager of tomorrow

Speakers:
Paul Higgins, Emergent Futures presentation and Catherine Friday, Partner, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young presentation

C15 Risk management and the international relief efforts of the Australian Red Cross.

Speaker:
Carmel Flynn, International Emergencies Manager, Red Cross presentation

The State Services Authority research has indicated a need for government to be more agile in meeting the needs of the State. This session will discuss this key emerging risk.

Current VMIA research has indicated that risk managers within Victoria come from a diverse range of backgrounds. With risk management becoming more and more an integral part of all organisations, this session will explore the strengths, skills and competencies that the risk manager of tomorrow will need.

The Australian Red Cross supports humanitarian relief efforts around the globe in some of the most remote and in many cases disaster effected areas. The Australian Red Cross provides professionals from a variety of backgrounds to work on international programs of the Red Cross on overseas aassignments across more than 20 countries. Here the Red Cross discusses risk management considerations and planning when preparing to send staff to volatile and dangerous postings overseas.

4.15 - 4.30

Conference summation and close
Steve Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, VMIA