2018 Canadian Risk Forum Schedule

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Pre-Forum Workshop: Monday, November 12
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Opening Remarks: Welcome
Speaker:  Chris Merriman, PRMIA Edmonton Regional Director

8:40 AM - 9:30 AM Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction
Speaker: Jonathan Leonardelli, Director of Business Analytics, Financial Risk Group

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Break

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Measuring and Detecting Risk Exposures using ML and AI Techniques
Speaker: Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Principal, Financial Risk Group

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ML and Big Data for Financial Risk Management
Speaker: Dr. Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Governance of Advanced Data Modelling Techniques
Speaker: Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Principal, Financial Risk Group

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks
Speakers: Dr. Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame;
Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Principal, Financial Risk Group

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Day 1:  Tuesday, November 13
7:30AM-
8:15AM
Registration & Breakfast
Collect CRF material and start engaging your practitioner network
8:15AM-
8:30AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome
Speakers: Mihaela Capra, PRMIA Board Member;
Craig Davis, Partner, KPMG

  Morning Theme: Non-financial Risks
8:30AM-
9:30AM
Session 1: Systemic Risk
Speaker: Ben Gully, Assistant Superintendent, Risk Support Sector, OSFI

9:30AM-
10:30AM
Session 2: Fireside Chat
Host: Kathryn Hume, VP, Product & Strategy, integrate.ai;
Speaker: Daniel Moore, CRO, Scotiabank 
10:30AM-
10:45AM
Break
10:45AM-
11:45AM
Session 3: Conduct Risk 
Moderator: Greg Davis, VP, Enterprise and Corporate Risk Management, Sun Life Financial;
Speaker: David Peters, Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company;
Gord Piercey, Managing Director Risk Assurance Services, PwC
11:45AM-
1:15PM

Luncheon: CRO Panel 
Moderator: Mario Schlener, Partner, EY
Panelists: J.F. Bureau, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, PSP Investments;
Feroz Noorani, Kuwait International Bank, General Manager;
Bruce Schouten, Chief Risk Officer, Coast Capital Savings  

  Afternoon Theme: Regulatory Risk
1:15PM-
2:15PM

Session 4: Basel IV
Speakers: Jason Au, Director, Advisory Services, KPMG; 
Bill Collette, VP of Product Management – Finance, Risk & Reporting America’s

2:15PM-
3:15PM

Session 5: Panel Discussion: Traditional Risk
Moderator: Harry Chopra, Chief Client Officer, AxiomSL
Panelists: Mark Engel, Senior Vice President, Scotiabank;
Kathryn Fric, Senior VP & Chief Credit Risk Officer, Sun Life Financial ;
Keith M. McQueen, Senior Vice President, Market Risk and Model Development, TD Bank Group

3:15PM-
3:30PM
Break
3:30PM-
4:30PM
Session 6: Model Risk: Evolution of Models and Their Risk
Moderator: Mihaela Capra, Head of Global Model Risk Management, Sun Life Financial
Panelists: Grigoris Karakoulas, President, InfoAgora;   
Marlene Lenarduzzi, Vice President, Model Validation, BMO;
Jennifer Page, VP, Treasury Modelling & Stress Testing, Treasury and Balance Sheet Management, TD Bank

4:30PM-
5:30PM
Closing Remarks & Networking Reception
Speakers: Andreea Amariei, PRMIA Toronto Regional Director;
Kabil Jaa, PRMIA Montreal Regional Director
Day 2: Wednesday, November 14
7:45AM-  
8:30AM
Registration & Breakfast
  Morning Theme: IT/Technology
8:30AM-  
8:45AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome
Speaker: Andreea Amariei, PRMIA Toronto,Regional Director
8:45AM-  
9:30AM
Session 7: Cyber Risk
Moderator: Daniel Marcotte, B.Sc., CISSP, CISM, ITIL, PCI, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor,IBM Associate Partner, Security Strategy, Risk and Compliance (SSRC)  
Speaker: Seth Kulakow, Director, PFG Cyber Practice;
Saj Nair, Partner, Cyber-security and Privacy Practice Leader, PwC

9:30AM-
9:45AM
Break
9:45AM-  
10:45AM

Session 8: Panel Discussion: Technology in Risk Management
Host: Jeff d'Avignon, Sr. Sales Executive Risk and Compliance Watson Financial Services Solutions, IBM Industry Platforms
Speakers: Steven Lee, MD Market Risk Infrastructure, Bank of Montreal; 
Mark Teper, VP and Risk Management IT, Scotiabank;
James Zante, Risk & Regulation Technology, EY  

10:45AM-
11:00AM
Break
11:00AM-
12:00PM

Session 9: Data Governance, Data Analytics, Use of Data, Data Availability 
Host: James Babicz, Head Of Canada & Senior Vice President, AxiomSL;
Speakers: Corina Deaconu, Executive Director, Financial Risk Management, KPMG;
Dessa Glasser, Principal, FRG

12:00PM-
1:30PM
Luncheon: Climate Risk
Speaker: Tiff Macklem, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
  Afternoon Theme: Emerging Risk
1:30PM-
2:30PM

Session 10: Panel Discussion: Social and Environmental Risk
Moderator: Dustyn Lanz, CEO, Responsible Investment Association
Panelists: Jackie Daitchman, ESG Consultant, MSCI;
Bertrand Millo, VP Cross-Sectoral Risk Analysis, CDPQ; 
Michael Torrance, Chief Sustainability Officer and Associate General Counsel in the Legal, Corporate and Compliance Group, BMO Financial Group

2:30PM-
2:45PM

Break

2:45PM-
4:00PM
Session 11:  Panel Discussion: A Decade on From the Financial Crisis, What Now?
Moderator: Victoria Guo, Associate Director, Group Treasury, Scotiabank
Panelists: Bruce Choy, Partner, PwC; 
Craig Davis, Partner, Risk Consulting, KMPG;
Barbara Hooper, EVP Treasury & Corporate Development, TD Bank;
Julia Moynihan, Managing Director and Head of Money Market, CIBC’s Global Markets Division;
Lois Tullo, Executive, GRI

4:00PM-
4:15PM
Closing Remarks
Speakers: Andreea Amariei, PRMIA Toronto Regional Director;
Kabil Jaa, PRMIA Montreal Regional Director

 

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