Student Involvement

The 2016 Fletcher Conference on Managing Political Risk – Register Now!

Please join us for a one-day, student-run conference that will bring together business professionals, academics, and students focused on international relations and business to consider the risks and opportunities that companies, investors, and organizations face today. Attendees will represent a range of industries, including banking, insurance, consulting, security, energy, travel, government, and multilateral organizations, amongst others.

Learn more about the conference

March 5, 2016
The Fletcher School
Medford, MA

Keynote Speaker: General Keith Alexander

CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity
Former Director of the National Security Agency,
and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command

Panels include:

“Strategies for Protecting Private Investment Against Political Risk”
featuring

Talinn Demirjian, VP, Sovereign Risk, State Street Bank
Jared Kotler, Political Risk and Credit Underwriter, Talbot Underwriting Lt
Catherine Reidy, Researcher, Office of the President & Comparative Analytics, Eurasia Group
Robert Steigerwald, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Moderator: Patrick Schena, Adjunct Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School

“Protecting Data and Digital Assets from Expanding Cyber Threats”
featuring

Phillipa Girling, SVP, Chief Risk Officer, Investors Bank
William Glass, Threat Intel Analyst, FireEye
Michael Rohrs, Senior Consultant, Control Risks
Murray Walton, Chief Risk Officer, Fiserv, Inc.

Moderator: Corey Thompson, SVP, Global IT, CB&I

For more information on the agenda, breakout sessions, and speakers, please visit the Fletcher Political Risk website.

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