Risk Conference 2006

9:00 - 9:30

Registration and Tea and Coffee

9:30 - 9:45

Welcome by Chair
Keith Hickey, CEO, CFDG

9:45-10:30

Risk and your Reputation
A charity's reputation is probably its most valuable asset, so it is crucial that you manage this asset and the risks facing it, continuously and across the whole organisation.
Kate Sayer, Sayer Vincent

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10:30-11:10

A1 - Going up in smoke
Disaster recovery can be a very abstract planning exercise. Or it can be very real. This session offers you a charity case study in how to go through a disaster, recover, learn and prepare for the future.
Lyndall Stein, UK Executive Director, Concern Worldwide

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A2 - Cutting the Cost Basis
How can a proper understanding of your risk profile and your cost of risk improve your risk management processes?  Chris Charman explains the ways RM can dramatically alter your need for insurance along with the cost of that insurance.
Chris Charman, Managing Director, Thomas Miller Risk Management

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11:10-11:30

Break

11:30-12:15

B1 - Risk and the Volunteer
What are the risks of volunteering from the volunteer's and the Charity's point of view? How can good risk management help identify the key risks and help to maximise the volunteering experience for all concerned?
Vi Jensen, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

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B2 - Risk and the Trustee
Where does increased scrutiny and accountability leave trustees who usually undertake these responsibilities on a voluntary basis? Dorothy Dalton goes through the risks facing trustees today and how they can be managed.
Dorothy Dalton, Horwath Clark Whitehill

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12:15-13:00

C1 - Risk and the Charity Commission
Charities and Risk - the view from the Charity Commission. This session offers a briefing on the lessons learnt from review visits and ongoing research.
Neville Brownlee, Head of Charity Effectiveness, Charity Commission

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C2 - A risk-based Approach to Data Protection Act Compliance
An approach to enable you to identify and address the processes and practices within your organisation that present the highest levels of risk of non-compliance in terms of likelihood and impact. 
Fiona Brookes, Consultant, Blue Spark Consulting

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13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:45

Managing Risk Working With Others
This session will highlight some of the key issues arising from the CGDG/PKF 2006 charity risk survey and consider the underlying causes and what charities may be able to do about them. In particular it will consider the implications of these issues for developing and using risk management.
Richard Weighell, PKF (UK) LLP

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14:45-15:30

D1 - Getting Tricked
This session will explore the fraud risk facing small and medium charities both from outside and within, the main safeguards that charities should be putting in place to create an environment that is less conducive to fraud and how to deal with fraud if it is suspected.
David Dearman, PKF (UK) LLP

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D2 - Skimming Assets
What are the biggest fraud threats for large internationally operating charities? This session will look at the types of fraud risk faced by agencies working in challenging environments, and the impact of strategic developments and regulatory requirements in this field.
Gary Mitchell, OXFAM

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15:30-15.50

Break - Tea & Coffee

15.50-16.30

E1 - Employing the Right People
Staff are your most valuable asset. Managing risk through recruitment, retention and career development of your organisation's staff.
Jane Crompton-Taylor, Breakthrough Breast Cancer

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E2 - Moving Risk
A practical guide to risk management when your charity considers moving premises. How does it affect operations, IT, staff, communications and stakeholders? What can go wrong? What can you be prepared for? A case study.
Ian Bucknell, Finance Director, Asthma UK

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16:30-17:10

Risk and Strategic Management
Richard Lloyd was appointed Director General of Consumers International (CI) in 2005. CI is the 45 year-old world federation of consumer organisations, with a membership of 230 organisations and 12 million people in 115 countries. Richard will describe some practical lessons learned in managing major strategic changes in a complex organisation.
Richard Lloyd, Director General, Consumers International

17:00-17:15

Q & A
Closing words by Chair

17:15-18:30

Reception & Networking