Workshop

Post-conference workshop

Risk Management - a practical approach in a changing market
Wednesday 2 April 2008

Led by:
Phil Keown, Head of Technology Risk Services UK, Grant Thornton

The Telecoms industry has changed radically over the last few years, and continues to do so. With rapid growth in virtual network models, technology convergence and still-emerging models of content provision, the risk landscape for telecoms providers has never been more complex.

This workshop is intended to be a practical and hand-on session, through which practitioners can both share their experiences of risk identification and profiling, and through which the group will evolve common views of the wide risks faced across the industry, some common responses to those risks, and ideas about what nature of assurance is needed.

We want participants to be as open as possible about the issues their companies face, and to be prepared to contribute to what could be genuine thought leadership for the industry.

09:00     Registration

Start of workshop 

·  Risk management in the evolving telecoms sector
·  Key markers and the identification of risk 
·  Risk assessment and profiling
·  Risk management and Revenue Assurance
·  Considering risk on a broader industry scale

Phil Keown is head of Grant Thornton's Technology Risk Services practice in the UK, providing IT auditing and advisory services to companies of all sizes, as external auditor, internal auditor and consultant.  He is a leading member of Grant Thornton's Technology industry team.  His main area of expertise lies in helping organisations to manage and control their use of systems and information technology, and get the best value from it.

Grant Thornton UK LLP is a leading financial and business adviser operating from 38 UK offices nationwide with 320 partners and some 4,400 staff.  We are the UK member of Grant Thornton International, one of the world's leading international organisations of accounting and consulting firms, providing a comprehensive range of business advisory services from around 520 offices in over 110 countries worldwide.  Although Grant Thornton International is not a worldwide partnership, the firms share a commitment to providing the same high quality service to their clients wherever they do business. Website: www.grantthornton.com