Risk Management in Government Congress Agenda

Conference day one – Wednesday 18 May 2022

Reporting in focus: Enhancing vigilance through innovations

• Identifying the new technologies and techniques available within risk reporting
• Mapping your organisational needs across to the best-in-class processes
• Implementing new techniques and rolling out training
• Embracing the range of new insights and decision-making improvements

Alex Dunn, Head of Risk, Office for National Statistics (UK)

Technology case studies: Remote access, cloud storage and emerging risks

• Understanding NASA’s Risk Management approach incorporates emerging risks with technology.
• Identifying processes, tools and system deployed
• Reflecting on lessons learned from developing new programs
• Sharing case studies of significant NASA risks

Dr. Jeevan Perera, Senior Engineer, NASA

Pandemic Case Study: The cultural impact of risk uncertainty

• Identifying the risks posed to the community from the pandemic
• Analysing how to communicate this with key risk stakeholders
• Collating anecdotes and data on the program
• Reflecting on the areas of success and development

Speaker / representative, Services Australia

• Researching your case to enlist management support for key changes
• Framing the changes so they are embraced rather than ignored
• Simplifying concepts, removing jargon and making ideas relevant
• Ensuring communication is tailored, engaging and influential

Dannya Hu, Chief Risk Officer, Defence Housing Australia

Risk leadership: Modelling a refreshed risk appetite across an organisation

• Influencing the mindset of colleagues
• Encouraging peers with education and clear messaging
• Assimilating the concerns of staff and keeping them engaged in a collaborative process
• Shifting the perception of risk away from being an inhibitor

Peter Pierre, Chief Audit and Risk Officer, Victorian Department of Health

Risk maturity: Calibrating the trade-off between stability and inertia

• Analysing the history of risk management in an organisation
• Selecting the essential areas for change
• Considering the value of autonomy

Stuart Marshall, Risk and Business Continuity Coordinator, Camden Council

Agile risk culture: Implementing an adaptive process

• Holistic identification of the frameworks and matrices
• Building changes to risk culture that are robust, clear and evidence based
• Aligning risk agility into the goals of senior leaders
• Embedding the changes and evaluating their impact over time

Lynsey Maher, Principal Advisor – Risk & Audit, City of Hobart

Afternoon Tea

The psychology of risk: Applying it in practice

• Using data analytics to diagnose red flags and identify emerging risk factors
• Collecting data to make better decisions on specific risks
• Applying data analytics in risk reporting
• Exploring opportunities in machine learning 

Anthony Browne, Manager Risk and Resilience, Melbourne Water

Data Science: Machine learning and compliance as a risk enabler

• Adopting the latest insights into data science within risk management
• Identifying the scope for data science in your organisation
• Analysing how to rollout new data science resources
• Using the data to better capture the risks taken

Harry Lu, Data Analytics Manager, Spotify (USA) (live via zoom)

Conference day two – Thursday 19 May 2022

Risk and line managers: Achieving collective adherence

• Selecting the key motivators of each line manager
• Incentivising interest with clear examples of the benefits
• Simplifying and adapting processes to meet each unique structure
• Engaging to make communication clear, concise, and impactful

Pete Dalton, formerly Head of Protection – Chief Inspector, Thames Valley Police (UK)

Risk indicators: Insightful vigilance through prioritisation

• Filtering through the myriad of emerging and existing risks to isolate the essential information
• Selecting the risks that have the most influence on your operation
• Embedding knowledge of the risks that will be tolerated, encouraged and combatted and why
• Revisiting the framing and assumptions to remain relevant over time

Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Cybersecurity: The impact of online delivery

• Capturing the ongoing change within the digital environment
• Mitigating and monitoring your operations’ vulnerability to attacks
• Building resilience and accountability to respond appropriately when a breach occurs
• Recalibrating approaches as the threat evolves with fresh technologies and techniques

Representative, Australian Signals Directorate

Risk in remote work: A robust risk culture in a fragmented workplace

• Identifying the emerging risks posed by a flexible workplace environment
• Mitigating the mental health risks through proactive steps to reduce isolation
• Embracing the opportunities for staff to build more balanced lives
• Reviewing the changes made and building best practice

Tim Gove, Chief Risk Officer, Worksafe Victoria

Strategic risk within business planning: Risk at the forefront

• Identifying the spectrum of risk for your organisation
• Building risk mitigation strategies for each area
• Embedding risk mitigation within the business planning process
• Reviewing the process to engage in continuous improvement

Jamie Blanchard, Manager, Governance, City of Stirling

• Understanding the challenges posed with gaps in risk appetite and real risk
• Analysing the techniques to audit these gaps
• Embedding a risk assurance method across the organisation
• Reviewing the tactics deployed and the outcomes achieved

Kumar Srinivasan, Head of Risk, Sydney Metro

• Identification of the holistic aims of your organisation and the role of the internal audit function.
• Establishing the processes that best allow audit to support the risk management function
• Embedding clear rules around collaboration and demarcation
• Cascading the governance framework throughout your organisation

Bronwyn Davies, Chief Auditor, Airservices Australia

Business continuity: Getting back to normal

• Identifying the spectrum of risks present in the modern world
• Analysing the best-in-class approaches to achieving business continuity
• Guiding your organisation to build fresh models that integrate risk management and business continuity planning
• Implementing innovative processes to futureproof your organisation

Maria Ross, Manager Risk & Compliance, SA Department of Treasury & Finance

• Defining resilience and considering its influence
• Selecting the resilience strategies most relevant for your teams
• Understanding resilience implementation from a range of case studies
• Isolating the skills required for resilient behaviour

Catriona MacLachlan, Senior Advisor, Tasmanian Health System

Closing remarks and conference end