NEW YORK, LONDON and BEIJING, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating ten successful years of organizing the premier risk management event, the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP: www.garp.org) announces its 10th Annual Risk Management Convention & Exhibition will be held February 9-12, 2009, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. This year's annual gathering will attract financial risk professionals from across the globe and will kick-off and conclude with four separate one-day workshops and an exclusive Enterprise Risk Management Forum on February 9, 2009 and February 12, 2009.
"The Annual Risk Management Convention & Exhibition is the largest GARP event of the year and our 10th annual event promises to be the most significant ever," says Richard Apostolik, GARP President and CEO. "As the risk management playing field is rapidly changing, risk professionals must be prepared to address the new set of challenges that have emerged in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis. This Convention provides the ultimate environment for networking, exchanging ideas and experiences in the field of risk management, and discussing how the discipline of risk management will transform over time."
The Convention will feature keynote addresses from the world's leading risk management experts, including:
-- Malcolm Knight, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group
-- Robert Jarrow, Professor of Finance and Economics, Cornell University
-- Luo Ping, Director General, China Banking Regulatory Commission
-- Michel Flamee, Chairman, CBFA -- Banking, Finance and Insurance
Commission
Led by top industry practitioners and academics, 11 new track sessions will run simultaneously during the Convention, entailing the latest advances in risk management research, and strategies and techniques utilized by the world's leading firms. Sessions will cover credit, energy, market and operational risk, as well as enterprise risk management. A special track this year will feature researchers presenting their papers that received a grant from GARP's Research Center.
An exhibition hall will run alongside the two-day Convention. It will feature an array of leading companies within the risk management industry, offering their products and services. Exhibitors include firms such as McKinsey & Company, Moody's Analytics, SAS, Oracle, Teradata, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Algorithmics.
The 2008 Risk Manager of the Year Award, which honors outstanding contributions in the field of financial risk management, will also be presented at the 10th Annual Risk Management Convention & Exhibition.
Registration for the 10th Annual Risk Management Convention & Exhibition is now open. GARP offers early registration discounts until December 12, 2008. For further information on the Convention and to register, please visit: www.garp.com/events/garp2009.
About GARP
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit independent association of close to 100,000 risk management practitioners and researchers representing banks, investment management firms, government agencies, academic institutions, and corporations from more than 167 countries worldwide. It also administers the Financial Risk Manager (FRM), the certification recognized by financial risk professionals worldwide. As the leading professional association for risk managers, GARP's mission is to advance the risk profession through education, training and the promotion of best practices globally. www.garp.org.
Contact: Greg Winsper
Global Association of Risk Professionals
111 Town Square Place
Suite 1215
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Phone 201.719.7240
Fax 201.222.5022
E-mail: Greg.winsper@garp.com
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