KEYNOTE PANEL SESSIONS

KEYNOTE PANELS

Keynote panels are 60 minute panels with experts on the conference themes of
  • macro risks in the economy, government and regulatory responses, and impact on financial services
  • advances in risk analytics, focused on systemic issues
  • crisis management, developing capabilities to manage through non market risks

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

The world is challenged by continued financial instability and economic uncertainty, natural disasters and environmental change as well as ongoing social transformation in many countries. What issues are key for financial services firms and risk managers, how serious are they and what can be done to ensure resilience to future shocks?

PANELISTS

Craig Broderick - Chief Risk Officer, Goldman Sachs

Charles Calomiris - Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School and member of the Shadow Open Market Committee

Bennett W. Golub - CRO, BlackRock

Kenneth Rogoff - Professor of Economics, Harvard University and author of "This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly"

Moderator

Hank Prybylski - Partner - Global Financial Services Risk Management Practice Leader, Ernst & Young LLP


MACRO-PRUDENTIAL RISKS, GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY ACTIONS

Macro-prudential issues in the financial system and its link to the global economy have been key in policy responses to the credit crisis and currently in Europe. What are core issues and how can governments and regulators be most effective?

PANELISTS

Allan M. Malz - Vice President, Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and author of "Financial Risk Management: Models, History, and Institutions"

James Rickards - Partner, JAC Advisors and author of the bestseller, "Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis"

Mrs. Usha Thorat - Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research & Learning (CAFRAL) and former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Moderator

Dr. Colin Lawrence - Director, Risk Specialists Division, Prudential Business Unit, Financial Services Authority, United Kingdom and Vice Chairman, PRMIA Board of Directors




RESTRUCTURING FINANCIAL SERVICES IN VOLATILE MARKETS

Business models in financial services are changing, with deconsolidation and more silo businesses driven by regulatory capital pressures and market changes. Will there continue to be a shadow banking system, will it include securitization and how will this impact financing options for firms and consumers? Can we avoid future disasters from unregulated pockets of the financial system? How should risk managers think about these questions in managing for growth and safety in systemically significant institutions?

PANELISTS

Tom Daula - Head of Global Research and Analytics, formerly Investment Bank COO and CRO, UBS

Mark W. Olson - Co-Chair, Treliant Risk Advisors, former Chair of the PCAOB and former Federal Reserve Board Governor

James Sweeney - Managing Director, Global Strategy, Credit Suisse

Stefan Walter - Principal and Global Bank Supervisory and Regulatory Policy Leader, New York, Ernst & Young LLC and former Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, on Restructuring Financial Services in Volatile Markets

Moderator

Marc Groz -Managing Director, Head of Corporate Development, SPM LLC




EMERGING RISKS - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS

Experts discuss current approaches in quantitative risk analysis, including stress testing in dysfunctional markets, measuring and managing systemic risk, volatility management and model risk. What are the challenges for quantitative risk managers in mastering theory, application, communication and decision-making in developing as leaders?

PANELISTS

Professor Carol Alexander - Chair of Financial Risk Management, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School at Reading and Chair, PRMIA Board of Directors

Aaron C. Brown - Risk Manager, AQR Capital Management

Ron D'Vari - CEO & Co-Founder, NewOak Capital

David X. Li - Managing Director, AIG Asset Management and former CRO, China International Capital Corporation

Moderator

Barry Schachter - CRO, Woodbine Capital




CRISIS MANAGEMENT: NAVIGATING NON MARKET RISKS

Catastrophes are rarely predicted: an event happens and is immediately public around the world, causing potential or actual dramatic losses. How can organizations prepare and manage for extreme crises that jeopardize their franchise? How can risk managers develop appropriate capabilities to help navigate and lead their firms in such times?

PANELISTS

James C. Allison - Manager, Global Risk, ConocoPhillips

Robert E. Bostrom - Co-Chair Global Financial Institutions and Funds sector, SNR Denton and former EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Freddie Mac, on Navigating Non-Market Risks

Kevin Brock - Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton, former Principal Deputy Director, National Counterterrorism Center and former Assistant Director, FBI, Directorate of Intelligence

Harlan Loeb - Global Practice Chair - Crisis & Risk Management, Edelman and Professor of Crisis Litigation and the Court of Public Opinion, Northwestern University Law School

Leo M. Tilman - President, L.M. Tilman & Co. and author of "Financial Darwinism"

Moderator

Jon Lukomnik - Managing Partner, Sinclair Capital L.L.C. and Executive Director of the IRRC Institute