This highly anticipated event will bring together business leaders from around the world to share insights and best practices for building strong and sustainable GRC and quality management programs
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — MetricStream, a market leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management solutions announced today that they will host the MetricStream GRC Summit 2014 from April 29 – May 1, 2014 at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The MetricStream GRC Summit is the premier forum to interact with some of the most prominent GRC and quality management executives, including industry thought leaders, consultants, analysts, and MetricStream partners and customers. Over 400 attendees from across 200 organizations around the world are expected to be in attendance for the 3-day event.
"We are pleased to announce the MetricStream GRC Summit 2014," said Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream. She continued, "Our first-ever GRC Summit in 2013 was an overwhelming success, and we are looking forward to hosting an even more compelling and memorable event in 2014. Our upcoming GRC Summit will bring together the best and brightest minds in GRC to discuss, analyze, and map out the GRC strategies and solutions required to build more risk-intelligent, compliant, and well-governed organizations."
The 2014 Summit will feature a range of inspiring keynotes, informative industry panel discussions, engaging customer case studies, and analyst presentations. The theme for the event is "Towards Pervasive GRC," which represents MetricStream's vision and desire to help individuals, businesses, societies, and governments thrive on risk by fostering a culture of good governance, risk awareness, and sustainable compliance.
Commenting on the theme of the Summit, MetricStream Executive Chairman, Gunjan Sinha said, "Today's business environment is marked by global market volatility, expanding supplier and partner ecosystems, complex regulations, and new risks arising from social networks, mobility, and the cloud. Over the years, MetricStream has played an instrumental role in shaping key GRC initiatives, and is now working towards its vision of Pervasive GRC, which adds a whole new dimension to the industry. Pervasive GRC is about effective GRC strategies that are embraced by every employee, and embedded at every level within the organization and across suppliers. We look forward to engaging with business leaders and distinguished GRC experts at the MetricStream GRC Summit 2014, who will help us bring our vision of Pervasive GRC to life."
The Summit speakers will address a wide range of GRC issues, challenges, and opportunities, and will provide practical strategies and best practices that organizations can use to strengthen their own GRC initiatives. The Summit will also offer attendees exclusive networking opportunities and interactions with leading executives, industry experts, consultants, analysts, and MetricStream executives.
MetricStream is currently accepting speaking proposals for the Summit. Selected speakers will have the opportunity to share their point of view, present their success stories, and articulate their vision for GRC. The last date to submit speaking proposals for consideration is 30thNovember, 2013. Please click here to download the speaking proposal form.
To learn more about the MetricStream GRC Summit 2014, and to register for the event, please visit http://www.grc-summit.com/2014.
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as UBS, Barclaycard US, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer, Philips, United Technologies Corporation, SanDisk, Cummins, and Autogrill in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government, Hi-tech and Manufacturing to manage their risk management programs, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
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