Ghislain Giroux Dufort to address ERM in plenary, followed by wide variety of ‘hands on’ presentations by industry experts

London, 18th & 19th April 2012

Risk and decision analysis software specialist, Palisade (http://www.palisade.com/) has announced the finalised schedule for its seventh annual EMEA Risk Conference. The event will take place at the Institute of Directors in central London on 18th and 19th April 2012.

The plenary session on the first day will be given by risk industry specialist, Ghislain Giroux Dufort, president of consulting firm Baldwin Risk Strategies Inc and a regular presenter at risk management conferences. Dufort will discuss the issue of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), which he defines as a holistic method to identify, evaluate and manage all significant risks a company or organisation may face.

As in previous years, a key focus will be ‘real-world’ case studies presented by industry experts, which offer insight into a managing risk and uncertainty in a wide range of business applications. These include cash flow analysis, project risk quantification, pricing, demand forecasting, cost estimation, portfolio optimisation, and environmental liability, with examples of specific presentations as follows:

- Abendo: Value-based credit management
- Captum: Modelling the psychology of decision-making
- Effective Computing: Financial risk analysis for software startups
- Energy Intelligent Solutions: Evaluating the risks associated with energy and the carbon constrained economy
- Eurolapis: Risk for export losses in Chinese-EU’s oilseed market in relation to hepatic disorders
- Global Risk Strategy: Development of an innovative game that simulates the dynamics of a wind power company
- Halcrow: Uncertainty analysis in cost benefit analysis for critical asset flood resilience
- India Radiological Association: Intelligent and live predictions in discriminating sugico pathological changes in brain tumours
- Island Vets: Risk analysis and biosecurity – reducing disease risk when data is limited
- Risk Management Capability: A quantitative risk analysis and project approvals – a UK MoD equipment procurement case study
- Romanian National Commissions for Economic Forecasting: Determining the optimal time to repeat the operation analysis for the final nuclear waste deposit fund
- Sark7: Smart City orchestrations via integrated decision analytics
- Transatlantic Petroleum: Simulation and forecasting of hydrological power generation
- Unilever: Building quality into business decisions

Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend practical software workshops and training classes, including one-to-one consulting sessions with technical experts from Palisade. In addition, they will be able to explore the new features in Palisade’s @RISK and DecisionTools Suite.

“Palisade’s User Conferences continue to attract delegates that take risk analysis seriously and want to expand their skills and knowledge,” says Craig Ferri, managing director at Palisade Europe. “This year is no exception and we believe that the calibre of speakers will benefit everyone attending.”

A full schedule of events, plus more information on each presentation and registration details, is available on the Palisade website: http://www.palisade.com/2012/London/