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PROGRAMME

The forum will be hosted in dedicated space at the Royal Institution in central London.  Panels will take place in the Conversation Room and breaks, lunch and networking will be the adjoining Mezzanine.

08:45 - 09:15

Registration and Coffee

09:15 - 09:30

Welcome address

Nick Shanagher, our MC for the day, will share the objectives for the day.

09:30 - 10:25

ISO 31030: the missing link or the millstone? Richard Merry hosts this panel that will do a deep dive into ISO 31030 and its use as a guide for TRM implementation, looking at:

•    good/bad aspects of it
•    is it a useful and easy to use framework?
•    are there quick wins?
•    Do some elements pose major challenges?
•    does it help travellers?

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Panellists:

Laetitia Piroddi, PwC

Andrew Lipinski, WaterAid

David Herd, Unilever

10:25 - 10:55

Coffee & networking

10:55 - 11:55

Assistance Providers: the good , the bad and the ugly! Justine Oliver will host the panel and look at their different experiences and perspectives of using Assistance providers, including:

•    are they all essentially the same?
•    do they provide value for money?
•    conducting an RFP/audit?
•    what is change process like?

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Panellists:

Steve Barry, Kellanova (Kellogg's)

Gemma Crolla, DLA Piper

David Jovic, Vodafone

12:00 - 13:00

Travel risks: more of the same or are they evolving?

Jeremy Wilkes will host this panel looking at the travel risk landscape:

•    has anything changed post-pandemic?
•    are risk evolving, becoming more sophisticated or more of the same?
•    have recent geopolitical upheavals changed things, especially for Western travellers?
•    age considerations?
•    have medical risks changed?

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Panellists:

Nathanael Jarrett, Danish Red Cross

Graeham Mackenzie, Viridien

13:00 - 13:50

Lunch

13:50 - 14:40

IT & AI in TRM: making TRM easier or more complex?

Is technology changing the way that travel risk is managed, this panel will investigate:

•    is information availability keeping people safer?
•    how is AI stirring things up, will it produce any game changers?
•    trackers, apps and information sources, what is changing, and for the better?

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Panellists:

Andy Lowe, bp

Will Libby, Consultant (formerly BAE Systems)

14:45 - 15:35

TRM as a function of security

This panel will look at how TRM fits into the wider security function, in particular:

•    is it increasingly becoming a dedicated role/team?
•    competing issues/priorities?
•    push back to implementing a full TRM program (ISO)
•    what concerns C-suite, how to make the case for TRM 7 budget?
•    how is AI stirring things up, will it produce any game changers?
•    career path, is TRM a good intro to security or a dead end?

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Panellists:

Ceri McQueen, Dyson

Ben Mason, BBH

Julia Pettifer, Blackrock

15:40 - 16:00

Wrap up

Nick Shanagher will look back at the sessions from the day and share his findings and some of the key actions the panels shared.

16:00 - 17:00

Drinks and networking

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