Risk professionals can now register for the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Risk Forum Australasia, to be held on August 22-23 in Melbourne.

The event will feature educational content and networking opportunities.

Speakers include XL Catlin Country Head Australia Robin Johnson, Global Leader of the Insurance Regulatory and Tax Consulting Practice at Marsh Praveen Sharma, and former Scotland Yard police officer John Yates, who is now security chief for shopping centre developer Scentre.

Aon Risk Solutions CEO Australia Lambros Lambrou, AIG Head of Multinational Asia-Pacific Tony McHarg and James Benham, CEO of IT services business JBKnowledge will also speak.

Topics for discussion include:

• Top risks and insurance market update
• Security and business resilience
• Developing and articulating risk appetite
• The “risk retention conundrum”
• The Internet of Things
• Global insurance programs
• Cyber risk
• Non-traditional risk management.

Early bird registration rates are available until June 17. Visit here.