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Corporate Risk Associates Announces Speakers for its Annual Risk Forum

As one of the UK’s leading independent risk management consultancies – Corporate Risk Associates (CRA) - prepares to host its seventh annual Risk Forum, the company has announced a host of highly esteemed speakers for the event including a wealth of well-known industry figures.

Due to be held on the 5th and 6th October at the Stratford Manor Hotel in Stratford Upon Avon, the event provides an excellent opportunity for professionals, academics and peers in the industry to learn about the latest advances in Mission Critical industries.

The event, titled ‘To Automate or Not to Automate’ will feature 14 speakers who have all had first-hand experience in mission critical industries, with many working on the risk management of major projects. They will share their expertise and wealth of experience with attendees as they contribute towards the development of Risk Analysis and Human Factors.

Speakers include Bryan Coxson from EDF Energy who will be presenting a case study focusing on specific features of the Sizewell B design, having worked in the design team since 1986, as well as Elaine Vinton and Richard Screeton from the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) who will be discussing the use of Advanced Control Rooms and automation from the UK nuclear perspective.

Speaking about the line-up of speakers, Jasbir Sidhu, CEO and founder of CRA said: “We have a fantastic host of speakers at this year’s event who will all be presenting their own dynamic and thought-provoking views on the use of automation in safety critical industries – a very poignant topic in the sector.

“It is great to see that we have attracted such a high calibre of leading professionals and academics to speak at this year’s forum. And as we run into our seventh year, we believe this is very much down to CRA providing a valued voice for the industry through hosting events such as this and promoting open discussion. We have successfully created an excellent platform for experts to share best practice and transfer valuable and insightful knowledge as we pursue our goal to make the risk management sector the best it possibly can be.”

The two-day event will focus around whether the reduction of human input, with the introduction of increasingly complex automated systems, will be either a friend or foe to the industry.

Anticipated to attract at least 100 attendees from all over the globe, the events popularity has grown year on year, with people travelling from as far as the West Coast of the USA and New Mexico to engage with leaders in the industry.

Other speakers include Karl Fleming, President of KNF Consulting Services right through to Andrew Buchan, Head of Analysis and Assessment, Security and Resilience at Sellafield and Jeton Partini from CGM in Sweden.

Established in 2000, CRA specialises in managing safety, reliability and risk across the nuclear, transportation, defence and finance industries. With offices at Vox Studios, London Warrington and other locations, the company has recently been shortlisted as Risk Management Team of the Year at this year’s CIR Risk Management Awards.

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