Airmic, the association that represents UK risk and insurance professionals, is preparing for the return of its annual conference later this year as part of plans to reintroduce in-person events. A final decision will be taken to commit to preparations, at the end of June, based on consultation with stakeholders, a risk assessment and health and safety advice. The Airmic Annual Conference is set to be held in Brighton and will take place from 4 to 6 October. The conference, which normally takes place in June, has been moved from Manchester to Brighton out of necessity. The theme of this year’s event is “Driving Transformation - Shaping the Future”, with applications from positioning for growth to creating an environmentally sustainable future. This theme focuses on meeting the challenges faced in mitigating risks and converting opportunities, with underlying confidence for risk professionals to actively work together to shape their organisation’s place in the new world with a sustainable future. Prior to the headline event, a programme of forum events will start with a Technology Forum on 13 May. The focus will be on how the pandemic has pushed organisations over the ‘technology tipping point’ and transformed business forever. The second forum will be a FastTrack Forum, taking place on 8 July. Airmic is also planning an Enterprise Risk Management Forum in November. John Ludlow, CEO of Airmic, says: “As risk professionals, we can spot a need or demand, understand what’s driving a threat or causing a vulnerability, and develop our own ideas about what might form a solution, speak to people about it, and gain support for changing what was otherwise inevitable. That’s what leaders do.” He adds: “The next big challenge is the environment. Now we understand that for sustainable development we need to protect the environment to sustainably grow the economy. It’s another example of shaping our environment, quite literally.”
