NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Miles Everson will deliver a presentation on "Getting Back to Business: Integrating Governance, Risk and Compliance Activities" during an Executive Solution Session at Oracle(r) OpenWorld 2007. Everson will discuss how an integrated approach to governance, risk and compliance (iGRC) helps companies rationalize and integrate risk and compliance management activities into a streamlined process based on recognized enterprise risk management principles. He will explain how applying PwC's iGRC framework can help companies eliminate duplication of effort and escalation of costs while improving risk and compliance management. The session will take place on November 12, 2007, at 4:45 pm in room 305, Moscone South, at the San Francisco Moscone Center.
Miles Everson is a leader in PwC's Advisory practice focused on the critical issues of governance, risk and compliance. He is a principal author of the COSO Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework, a project that established a widely accepted definition and view of enterprise risk management used by companies as a basis to design and implement enterprise risk management programs and to establish the relationship between risk management and entity value. Everson also authored The Acceleration of Change - Seizing the Future Through Focused Business Risk Management, published by Federated Press.
Oracle OpenWorld is one of the world's largest events dedicated to helping enterprises understand and harness the power of information. PricewaterhouseCoopers is a Platinum sponsor of the event and will host an exhibit in Moscone West, Booth 3748, at the San Francisco Moscone Center. PwC has a relationship with Oracle designed to leverage PwC's business advisory services and Oracle's technology to help organizations realize large scale, enterprise-wide transformational change.
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