Marcus Evans Becomes a Supporter of World Risk Day
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LONDON, UK (June 13, 2012) Marcus Evans, a world leading provider and promoter of global summits, strategic conferences, professional training, webinars, business-to-business congresses, sports hospitality and on-line information, is pleased to announce it has become a Supporter of World Risk Day which is taking place on 26th June 2012. World Risk Day is the first-ever awareness day focused on how taking smarter risks drives corporate strategy, improves business confidence, and grows profits. Marcus Evans will facilitate the Virtual Summit on World Risk Day which will include a series of webinars focusing on the core range of job functions involved in implementing robust enterprise risk management processes across an organization.
World Risk Day has received the support of several leading risk and project focused organizations including Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM), the Major Projects Association (MPA) and Active Risk. Marcus Evans is proud to be contributing to the day through world-class presenters and content development; delivering a series of webinars as part of the World Risk Day Virtual Summit.
Loren Padelford, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Active Risk, who is curating the program for the World Risk Day Virtual Summit commented, “World Risk Day is drawing together an increasing number of world-class organizations. We are excited that Marcus Evans is bringing its considerable skills and experience to the growing team of World Risk Day Supporters.”
Anthony Knox, CMO, Marcus Evans said, “Our goal at Marcus Evans is to ensure our webinars mirror the model our industry leading ERM Conference and Training courses have followed over the last 5 years, by delivering the most up to date insights from the leading practitioners in the industry. Our goal is to extend our reach within the Risk Management community, making the invaluable insights our speakers provide available to a broader audience during the Virtual Summit webinar series. Working in partnership with Active Risk and the other Supporters during World Risk Day will provide the ideal platform for us to realize this goal and to further enable risk management professionals to show the value of risk management and that it is essential to improve the ability of the board and managers to set and achieve appropriate objectives and strategies.”
Key highlights of World Risk Day include:
- World Risk Day Virtual Summit -- The World Risk Day Virtual Summit is a free event consisting of a series of webinars and webcasts for CFOs, risk professionals and project professionals. Led by industry experts, the Summit will hit upon critical risk management issues and opportunities.
- WorldRiskDay.com resource center -- The online resource center features a consolidation of the most relevant and informative risk information from around the world.
- World Risk Day blog -- The World Risk Day blog will cover the hottest topics related to enterprise risk management and feature expert commentary from guest bloggers.
- World Risk Day benchmark survey -- How well is your organization managing risk? Participants who fill out the World Risk Day benchmark survey at WorldRiskDay.com will gain access to the results for a better understanding of how their organization's risk maturity compares to others around the globe.
To learn more about World Risk Day or to join as a Supporter, please visit www.worldriskday.com or email info@worldriskday.com.
About Marcus Evans: Established in 1983, Marcus Evans' international network of offices produces more than 1000 strategic conferences and training courses annually across a range of sectors including telecommunications, pharma, energy, government, capital markets, manufacturing and IT. This information is disseminated through the following business divisions: summits, conferences, business training, market analysis, and corporate hospitality.
Every year Marcus Evans produces more than 150 of the world's leading business and economic summits for senior decision-makers. Held at exclusive locations around the world, these events provide attendees with a unique opportunity to individually tailor their schedules of keynote presentations, think tanks, seminars and one-to-one business meetings to provide an effective, highly focused interactive event. For more information: www.marcusevans.com
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