The Global Association of Risk Professionals is a global, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preparing professionals and organizations to make better informed risk decisions. The mission of GARP Events is to advance the knowledge of risk practitioners worldwide by delivering the critical intelligence they need to immediately improve job performance, enhance their understanding and knowledge of the latest risk management thinking, and learn new, best-practice strategies.

What sets GARP Events apart from other event providers is the active involvement and deep subject matter expertise of the most renowned financial risk professionals from the academic and financial sectors. This ensures the transfer of knowledge from senior risk professionals, open dialogue between risk practitioners, regulators, consultants, and academics and highly practice-driven event content.

With a global membership of over 150,000 risk management practitioners and researchers from banks, investment management firms, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions from more than 195 countries, GARP is uniquely positioned to focus event content to reflect the regional influences and local issues prevalent to risk management.

GARP Events are delivered in a variety of ways including:

The Global Association of Risk Professionals' Annual Risk Management Convention held in New York City, is now firmly established as one of the most anticipated gatherings of international risk management professionals. The Convention hosted over 650 participants -- leading CRO's, heads of risk management, risk management executives, government policy makers and leading academics -- for two days of in-depth discussion and debate and the sharing of the latest best practices in the global risk management sector.

GARP's one day and half-day conferences, forums and master classes are highly educational, practice-driven events focusing on current market concerns, new regulations, best practice risk management and educational topics that affect the role of the risk manager on a daily basis.

Produced with the collaboration and input of the GARP Content Committee, these meetings present a valuable outlook on current practices in risk management. They are designed to give experienced risk professionals from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to debate, discuss, and share their points-of-view on emerging risk management topics, and their insights on the strategic direction of risk management strategies. Click here for more information on upcoming events.

GARP has developed an Executive Briefing program to facilitate open and informed dialogue on among qualified risk professionals on current and emerging issues in risk management in a format that is easy for busy risk professionals to access, and short enough not to have to take a day out of the office. Click here for more information on upcoming Executive Briefings.

Professional and University Chapters provide risk managers and individuals interested in careers in risk management, the opportunity to connect on a local level. Chapter meetings focus on current, risk-related topics and members can learn from senior-level risk practitioners, academics and regulators. Additionally, these forums allow members to network and build relationships within the risk community. Contact membership@garp.com for more information. To see a list of upcoming Chapter Meetings, click here.