This document provides information about the "Elevating Risk Management From Business Process To Value Creator" conference to be held March 3-6, 2014 in Dubai, UAE. It includes details about early bird discounts for booking before December 12, 2013, as well as an agenda with sessions on quantifying risk, integrating risk management best practices, examining regional risk landscapes, and more. Featured speakers will provide case studies and insights on implementing effective risk management frameworks at organizations like ENOC, Ma'aden, and Network Rail. Attendees from risk management, internal audit, project management and other functions can gain strategies to help drive value through risk management.

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3 - 6 March 2014 | The Address Hotel | Dubai Mall | Dubai | UAE
Elevating Risk Management From Business Process To Value Creator
On-Point and Proven Strategies to:
Drive value creation through strategic enterprise
risk management
Overcome common risk management roadblocks
encountered in the Middle East
Align your risk management activities with
international best practice
Make better considered business decisions with
reference to your risk appetite
Improve the efficiency of your risk management
practices by integrating all risk related functions
FEATURING
INTERNATIONAL GUEST ADDRESSES FROM
Professor Andrew Flitman
Independent Analytics Expert and Former Deputy Vice
Chancellor Research
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia
Internationally recognised expert in the quantitative
approaches that underpin business analytics
Kevin Knight
Chairman
ISO Technical Committee 262 Risk Management
Australia
The inside track on what to expect from ISO 31004
PLUS
Pre and Post Conference
Masterclasses 3 and 6 March 2014
A
Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management
B
Successful Project Risk Management
Media Partners
WITH FRESH INSIGHTS FROM
Veteran RISK LEADERS
Domenic Antonucci
CRO
Red Sea Housing Services Company
UAE
Mehdi Naseeruddin
Enterprise Risk Management / Business Continuity
Management Manager
Ma’aden
KSA
Harsh Mohan
SVP Audit
Compliance and Risk Management
Etihad Airways
UAE
Matthew Hannaway
Head of Project Risk and Value Management for
Network Rail
Network Rail
UK
Steven Halliday
Chief Risk and Audit Officer
Tabreed
UAE
Raja Al Zayani
Chief Strategy Planning and Quality Management
Ministry of Works
Bahrain
Manish Madhok
Director Group Internal Audit
and Risk Management
ACWA Power
UAE
Amit Tyagi
Head Group Credit Risk and Portfolio Management
National Bank of Abu Dhabi
UAE
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2. Your Time, Your Experience
Create your own unique programme
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3 - 6 March 2014 | The Address Hotel | Dubai Mall | Dubai | UAE
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ERM 2014 is a brand new cross-industry platform for learning and knowledge-sharing among risk
management professionals in the Middle East. Developed in conjunction with the region’s senior corporate
risk management community, the agenda focuses on the unique set of challenges you face in the Middle
Eastern and global Government and corporate worlds.
What’s In It For You?
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Quantify the value risk management brings to your organisation
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Learn how to deliver a value-adding risk management function
from the region’s top risk practitioners
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Align your risk management activities with international best
practice with crucial insights on what’s next for ISO 31000
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Train your brain to look outside your organisation: see how macro
events will impact you and learn how to use risk strategies for
planning new business ventures
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Make better considered business decisions with reference to your
risk appetite
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Reduce risk in your supply chain and procurement processes
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Improve the efficiency of your risk management practices by
integrating the many risk related activities in your organisation

Build a comprehensive view of your company’s top risks using a risk
universe map
 effective risk management techniques help you bring your next
Let
big project in on time, scope and budget
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Focus on your soft skills: become an expert facilitator and drive risk
management into decision making at all levels of your business

Better manage your key business risks by using a risk maturity
model to implement ERM in a sustainable way
Sponsorship Opportunities
Special Features of ERM 2014
Risk Leaders LIVE: hear direct from top CROs on the way
ahead for risk management in the Middle East
Get The Recognition You Deserve For
Your Risk Management Expertise
Regional Risk Reality Check: interactive real time survey and
results to take away
Boost Your
Brand
Can you help the region’s corporations and government
entities embed fit-for-purpose sustainable risk management
frameworks that add value for their stakeholders?
Advanced application session: risk quantification
Experience sharing from Etihad Airways, Red Sea Housing
Services, Tabreed, Lukoil, ACWA Power and many more...
Risk management in government: Bahrain Ministry of Works
Do you want to meet key risk, finance and strategy decision
makers from the region’s best known organisations?
Talk to Michael Moffat to discuss partnership options and
tailor a package to your precise needs and objectives.
Authoritative insights on ISO 31000 from the Chairman of ISO
Technical Committee 262 Risk Management
Call Michael Moffat on +971 (0)4 407 2716 or email him at
sponsorship@iirme.com
Who Will Benefit From Attending?
Risk Management
& Internal Audit
PMO/Project
Management
Governance &
Compliance
General Management,
Strategy & Business
Continuity Management
Supply Chain
Health &
Safety
Finance
Asset
Management
Security &
Environment
Two Expert Led Masterclasses
Pre Conference Masterclass A
Masterclass B
Introduction To Enterprise Risk Management
Successful Project Risk Management
Keep your business on track by mitigating key risks with a
comprehensive risk management framework!
Make sure your project stays on track by incorporating effective risk
management practices into your project management approach!
3 March 2014
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6 March 2014
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3. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Tuesday | 4 March 2014
08.30 Registration And Refreshments
13.00 Lunch And Networking Break
09.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman
14.00 Quantifying The Unknown: How Anyone Can Measure Risk to
Enhance Shareholder Value
●● Measuring risk: linking relevant measurements to value-add
decision making
●● Risk measurement rules of thumb you can use immediately
●● Linking impact and likelihood to assess risk and its
consequences
●● Leveraging internal expertise: building reliability
●● Using statistical approaches that build on what you already
know
●● Business model simulations: what they do, when to use them
and what to do to ensure success
Andrew Flitman, Independent Analytics Expert and Former Deputy
Vice Chancellor Research, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
LEADERS PANEL
09.10 Driving Value Creation Through Effective Risk Management In The
Middle East
●● What is driving an increasing commitment to formal risk
management in regional corporations?
●● Are risk management functions driving real stakeholder
value through their activities, or is having a risk management
function merely a “tick box” exercise?
●● Do effective risk management practices help organisations
raise capital more easily and more affordably?
●● What do we mean by “value creation”? Tangible vs Intangible?
Generic vs actual practice evidence for success?
●● How involved should the risk management function be? For
example, in signing off on investment business cases?
●● Identifying crucial ways risk management functions need to
change to create more value and justify their existence
Domenic Antonucci, CRO, Red Sea Housing Services Company,
UAE
Harsh Mohan, SVP Audit, Compliance and Risk Management,
Etihad Airways, UAE
Steven Halliday, Chief Risk and Audit Officer, Tabreed, UAE
Mohsin Jagani, Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management,
Abu Dhabi Pensions and Retirement Fund, UAE
09.50 How Valuable Is The Risk Universe Map As A Tool For Risk
Management?
●● Inherent vs residual risk: do organisations have to have a view
of both, or is residual risk all that requires a risk manager’s
attention?
●● Benefits of using a risk universe map for the Board, Executives
and Risk and Audit professionals
●● Sharing a risk universe mapping tool that works
●● Interactive: introducing some criteria for heat-mapping a risk
universe
Domenic Antonucci, CRO, Red Sea Housing Services Company, UAE
10.30 Networking And Refreshment Break
11.00 Integrated Risk Assessment - Driving Efficiency In Risk
Management Processes
Harsh Mohan, SVP Audit, Compliance and Risk Management,
Etihad Airways, UAE
11.40 Global View: The Future Direction Of The Corporate Risk
Management Function
●● Examining the latest developments in best practice Enterprise
Risk Management
●● Where are the best global examples of risk management
practice?
●● The whistle blowing conundrum: should risk managers
challenge management decisions or should they simply
facilitate the risk decision making process?
●● Do professionals in different industries and risk related
functions need to work harder to establish a common
definition of risk?
12.20 Integrating ERM Into Key Organisation Processes In Line
With ISO 31000
●● Getting started with the ISO 31000 Standard
●● Identifying the opportunities: it’s easier than you think
●● Securing stakeholder support: demystifying ERM
●● Operationalising the integration: examining the role of ERM in
your organisation
Carrie Hon, Director Corporate Programme Management, du, UAE
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14.40 The Great Debate: What Is The Real Role Of Internal Audit In ERM?
●● To what extent are internal audit functions called upon to run
risk management functions in Middle East businesses, and
why?
●● Debating the ideal respective risk management roles for the
risk management function and the internal audit function
●● Is there ever a role for internal audit in championing or owning
the risk management process?
●● Can or should the internal audit function rely on line
management’s own risk assessment work for audit planning
purposes?
Steven Halliday, Chief Risk and Audit Officer, Tabreed, UAE
15.20 Networking And Refreshment Break
15.50 Implementing An Effective Enterprise Risk Management
Framework In Government By Aligning Risk Management With
Strategic Objectives
●● Creating a fit for purpose ERM model that works for your
organisation
●● Understanding your organization’s biggest risks by reference
to your strategic objectives
●● Examining and addressing the top behavioral barriers to
effective risk management
●● Embedding a risk portfolio within the initiative management
practice of the organisation
Raja Al Zayani, Chief Strategy Planning and Quality Management,
Ministry of Works, Bahrain
CASE STUDY
Risk Leaders LIVE
16.30 Risk Management Roadblocks: Identifying The Primary Causes
Of Ineffective Risk Management Functions In The Middle East And
How They Can Be Avoided
● “Rome wasn’t built in a day”: underestimating the challenge of
embedding a risk culture
● Using risk maturity models to outline a roadmap for
implementation, manage expectations, monitor progress
and deliver an effective and sustainable risk management
framework
● IT is no solution: expecting risk management software to
deliver a standalone quick fix
● Understanding the end goal, improving dialogue and adopting
risk based thought and decision-making processes
● Delivery vs assurance: when does risk management become
too much about process and not enough about results?
● Developing a framework that balances risk assurance with
supporting line management in embedding risk considerations
and mitigation activities into day-to-day management
Lee Scargall, Director Risk Management, Revenue Assurance and
Fraud, Ooredoo, Qatar
Khawar Mushtaq, Senior Manager, Ooredoo, Qatar
17.10
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4. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Wednesday | 5 March 2014
12.45 Lunch And Networking Break
09.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman
13.45 Examining The Middle East Risk Landscape - How Is The
Emerging Backdrop Of Political, Social, Economic Risk Impacting
Corporations In The Region?
●● Insufficient domestic policy reform to mitigate the risk of
boom-bust cycles and implementation risks related to
infrastructure investments
●● Changes in monetary policy of the developed world
●● Deeper than expected slowdown in emerging markets
●● Incomplete delivery of Euro area policy commitments
●● Significant decline in oil prices or shock in the global oil
market triggered by geopolitical events
Amit Tyagi, Head Group Credit Risk and Portfolio Management,
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE
09.50 Risk Appetite – Unhelpful Jargon Or A Useful Concept That Helps
Managers Make Defensible Risk Based Decisions?
●● Examining approaches for setting risk tolerance and risk
appetite
●● Is it more meaningful to set risk appetite for the organisation
as a whole, or cascade risk appetite for different levels in the
organisation?
●● What measures are companies using to set risk appetite? Is
risk appetite being measured and set in purely financial terms?
●● Adapting risk appetite to changes in your internal and external
business environment
Kenneth McKeown, Director Enterprise Risk Management
(Acting), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, UAE
INTERACTIVE VOTING
10.30 Regional Risk Reality Check
Tap into the collective experience of the region’s risk
management community for real time insights on Middle East
risk management.
State-of-the-art interactive voting equipment will be used
to gather insights and opinions from the audience on risk
management capability, maturity and aspirations.
Sponsor the survey and position your brand as a regional risk
management leader. Contact Michael Moffat on
+971 (0)4 407 2716 or sponsorship@iirme.com
11.00 Networking And Refreshment Break
CASE
STUDY
11.30 A Roadmap To Successful Implementation Of ERM At ENOC
●● ENOC Risk Management governance structure
●● ENOC Risk Management framework
●● The journey so far – implementation of ERM
●● Challenges and the way forward
Shabbir Shikari, Manager – Risk Management, Emirates
National Oil Company (ENOC), UAE
12.15 Implementing And Embedding An Effective Business Continuity
Management Programme Across A Complex Industrial Company:
A Ma’aden Case Study
●● Building the business case and communicating the need for
advanced BCM processes to senior business leadership
●● Transferring seamlessly from BS 25999 to ISO22301
●● Creating a coherent development and implementation rollout process across both the corporate office and individual
business units and complex production companies
●● Integrating and updating existing crisis management teams
and processes
●● Ensuring effective lines of communication and devolved
decision making processes in business units in times of crisis
Mehdi Naseeruddin, Enterprise Risk Management / Business
Continuity Management Manager, Ma’aden, KSA
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14.30 Eyes Wide Open: Conducting a Robust Risk Assessment for New
Business Ventures
●● Business planning with risk strategies for new business
ventures
●● When to expand from basic business risk to a detailed risk
assessment
●● Assessing risks - what to consider in internal and external
factors
●● Common challenges on risk assessments to new business
ventures
●● Lessons learnt from the recent crisis
●● Supporting Board room decision making – the journey is not
over
Manish Madhok, Director Group Internal Audit and Risk
Management, ACWA Power, UAE
15.15 Networking And Refreshment Break
15.45 Leading Edge Approaches To Managing Supply Chain Risk In A
Middle East Organisation
●● Developing supplier risk assessments
●● Aligning supplier risk with supplier relationship management
●● Integrating risk management with the procurement and supply
chain process
Matthew Hannaway, Head of Project Risk and Value
Management, Network Rail, UK
CASE
STUDY
09.10 Evolving Risk Management Standards: What Can The Profession
Expect From ISO 31004
●● Moving from the “what” to the “how”: examining the gradual
evolution of ISO 31000
●● Can the development and subsequent publication of ISO 31000
contribute to the integration of the global risk community?
●● Will ISO 31000 emerge as the dominant global standard?
●● What key guidance do experts expect will be featured in ISO
31004 and how will it help companies to further their risk
management practice?
Kevin Knight, Chairman, ISO/Technical Committee 262 Risk
Management, Australia
MACRO VIEWPOINT
08.30 Morning Refreshments
16.30 Risk Management And Project Management: Two Sides Of The
Same Coin?
●● What lessons can programme and project managers learn
from the risk management community about how to manage
programme and project risk?
●● How can risk and project managers in the same organisation
work together to deliver greater value for the organisation?
●● Clever contracting: how can project managers use the
contracting process to better manage risk more or transfer risk
effectively to third parties?
Alexander Larsen, Risk Manager, Lukoil, UAE
17.15 Close Of ERM 2014
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5. PRE CONFERENCE MASTERCLASS - A
Monday | 3 March 2014
Introduction To Enterprise Risk Management
Masterclass timings: Registration will start at 08.00. The Masterclass will begin promptly at 08.30,
with refreshments being served at appropriate times. The Masterclass will conclude at 14.30 at which time lunch will be served.
Keep your business on track by mitigating key risks with a
comprehensive risk management framework!
Masterclass Overview
In the dynamic Middle East business environment, risk is a fact of life.
Businesses and organisations are now more than ever aware that
“things can go wrong” and risk events can impact the profitability,
reputation and sustainability of your business. Enterprise Risk
Management (ERM) is an important discipline for identifying, evaluating
and managing risk in a holistic, joined-up way across your whole
organisation.
This workshop will give you the tools you need to establish an effective
risk management framework for your organisation. In adopting ERM,
you will better mitigate the key risks which might otherwise impact
your business’s ability to achieve its strategic goals and sustain a
successful business.
Key Topics
●● What is ERM and why is it important for your organisation?
●● Establishing and embedding a risk management framework and risk
aware culture
●● The risk roles and responsibilities of the board, the risk management
function, senior management and internal audit
●● Understanding the concept of risk and risk categories
●● Identifying and prioritising the key strategic and operational risks facing
your organisation
●● Using a heat map to evaluate the probability and impact of risks for your
business
●● Developing and using a risk register and key risk indicators
●● Establishing ownership and accountability for key risks
●● Understanding and evaluating risk management and mitigation options
●● Designing effective controls to manage key business risks
Who Should Attend
●● Risk managers and directors
●● Strategy, planning and performance management functions
●● Internal auditors
Benefits Of Attending
This workshop will give you the tools and techniques to:
●● Establish a well organised and focused risk management
process
●● Identify and prioritise the key risks facing your organisation
●● Assess how effectively risks are being managed in your
organisations
●● Design and adopt appropriate controls to mitigate the impact
of potential risks
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POST CONFERENCE MASTERCLASS - B
Thursday | 6 March 2014
Successful Project Risk Management
Masterclass timings: Registration will start at 08.00. The Masterclasse will begin promptly at 08.30,
with refreshments being served at appropriate times. The Masterclasses will conclude at 14.30 at which time lunch will be served.
Make sure your project stays on track by incorporating effective risk
management practices into your project management approach!
Masterclass Overview
This Masterclass provides an overview of Project Risk Management
and its interface with ERM. It covers the cycle, the process, cost and
schedule analysis and interfaces. It highlights the key stakeholders,
roles and responsibilities and the quantitative analysis behind the
qualitative information more common in ERM. It will identify key
benefits of Project Risk Management and how they become benefits
for ERM as a whole.
Benefits Of Attending
● Understand the important aspects of successful project risk
management
● Master the analytics behind project risk outputs
● Appreciate the benefits of effective project risk management
● Learn how project risk management interfaces with and
complements ERM
Your Expert Masterclass Leaders
Alexander Larsen
Risk Manager
Lukoil
UAE
Key Topics
● Identification of project risks (workshops, interviews, generic risk
registers)
● Analysis of project risks
● Qualitative
● Quantitative (cost and schedule)
● Mitigation and control
● Reporting and interface with ERM
● Benefits of project risk management
Who Should Attend
● PMO managers
● Project managers, project control managers
● Risk Managers
● CEOs, CFOs and anyone involved in insurance or budgeting
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Vladislav Kulakovsky
Risk and Decisions Quality Control Manager
Lukoil Overseas
UAE
Peter Smith
Senior Risk Management Officer
Lukoil Overseas
UAE
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