Aon’s annual risk management conference begins in Melbourne tomorrow with the theme Maximising Performance, Managing Volatility.

The event is part of the company’s Insights series and follows conferences in Singapore and London in the past month.

Aon Australia CEO James Baum says the conference aims to provide information, techniques and tools for harnessing the opportunities that come with volatility.

“Global risks are at an all-time high, and risk readiness has fallen to its lowest point in over a decade, according to the Aon 2019 Global Risk Management Survey,” he says in a statement.

The survey found the top five risks in Australia are damage to reputation or brand, economic slowdown, business interruption, increasing competition and cyber attacks or data breaches.

Aon is expecting about 300 people to attend the two-day event at the Sofitel on Collins.