LONDON, July 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts from the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, India, Canada, United States and Australia meet to discuss 'Practical steps to protect organisations from out-of-control spreadsheets'.

The European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) is holding its 2010 conference on the theme of Practical steps to protect organisations from out-of-control spreadsheets on the 15th - 16th July 2010 at the University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. The line up of 20 speakers includes Dean Buckner of the UK FSA, leading researcher Prof. Ray Panko of the University of Hawaii, financial modeller Morten Siersted of F1F9, actuary Mary Pat Campbell, and developer Simon Murphy.

EuSpRIG once again brings together the cream of the crop of expertise, research excellence, and heavyweight industry figures to present the latest views on spreadsheet risk, said Patrick O'Beirne, Chair 2010 of EuSpRIG. More and more organizations are accepting the need to manage data and spreadsheet-based processes to achieve control and good governance, he added.

The FSA paper on 'Spreadsheets and Solvency' II will be keenly awaited by delegates from the insurance industry. Financial modellers will be keen to debate 'Spreadsheet Engineering of Large Financial Planning Models', 'Evaluating Financial Model Performance', and 'Best Practice Modelling Standards'. Risk management features in seven other papers, and approaches to training and curriculum development in four more. Alternative technologies to spreadsheets are explored in 'Transforming Critical Spreadsheets into Web Applications at Zurich Finance' and 'Smarter Spreadsheets'.

About EuSpRIG

EuSpRIG (http://www.eusprig.org) offers Risk Managers the world's only independent, authoritative comprehensive web based information describing the current state of the art in Spreadsheet Risk Management. EuSpRIG provides speakers and content for professional societies, associations, conferences and journals. EuSpRIG is a not-for-profit organisation governed by an elected committee operating under the terms of a written constitution. Committee members include senior managers and directors of leading accounting firms and senior academics from European Universities.

EuSpRIG 2010 Conference Co-Sponsors

The following organizations are pleased to support the EuSpRIG 2010 Conference: Cimcon, Protiviti, Baker Tilly, Spreadsheet Engineering Ltd, Systems Modelling, Information Systems Audit and Control Association - Northern England Chapter, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, University of Greenwich and STEF ENS Cachan.

EuSpRIG Contacts Patrick O'Beirne EuSpRIG Chair Systems Modelling Ltd +353-5394-22294 Patrick@eusprig.org Simon Thorne EuSpRIG Programme Chair, UWIC Cardiff +44-2920-416398 SThorne@uwic.ac.uk Website: http://www.eusprig.org/annual-conference.htm

SOURCE: The European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG)

CONTACT: Patrick OBeirne, EuSpRIG Chair, Systems Modelling Ltd,+353-5394-22294, Patrick@eusprig.org; Simon Thorne, EuSpRIG ProgrammeChair, UWIC, Cardiff, +44-2920-416398, SThorne@uwic.ac.uk