This was the second year Pakistan’s leading Management Consultants, Ferguson Associates (PVT) Ltd organized and presented this event.

The main conference was preceded by two days of practical training workshops in four different streams:

• Business Continuity Management

• Digital Forensic & Cyber Investigation

• Practical Disaster Recovery Planning & Implementation

• Introduction to Practical Operational Risk Management

The Operational Risk Management course was written and presented by IOR Member, Horst Simon and the course was endorsed by the IOR in line with the entry-level requirements for education in Operational Risk Management. The course was attended by 10 delegates from companies in Pakistan, mainly banks.

This was the first time such a training course was presented in Pakistan as part of this high profile event, an event attended by over 200 leading Pakistani Businessmen and Bankers.

The IOR Branding was very obvious in the conference displays and was also well placed on all conference brochures,
other conference material and in the presentations delivered by at the main conference on the 3rd day Horst delivered a presentation on the Importance of Business Continuity Planning and Crisis Management as a part of Operational Risk Management. During his visit to Karachi he also delivered an evening lecture on Operational Risk Management at the Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education.