Agenda for the 2018 Global Duty of Care Summit Announced by the International SOS Foundation

March 26, 2018

Early bird tickets on sale now until 11 April 2018

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The International SOS Foundation today reveals the agenda for the Global
Duty of Care Summit, the only global conference on risk management for
workers who are globally mobile or assigned in challenging environments.
This year’s theme is ‘Empowering Sustainability and Resilience’.
The Summit will comprise of seminars by security, healthcare, travel and
compliance leaders from worldwide corporations in a wide range of
sectors, including, aviation, education, finance, pharmaceutical,
technology, retail and leisure. The Summit will take place in
Chicago on 17 May 2018.

Laurent Fourier, Director of the International SOS Foundation, comments, “We
have an incredible programme of industry speakers addressing key issues
in managing global mobility and mitigating risk to this critical
workforce. Some of the focus topics are geopolitical influences,
the gig economy, data privacy and wellbeing. With the benefit of the
best practice insight and practical advice at the Summit, we strive to
enable organisations worldwide to be empowered to improve their own
processes and programmes for sustainability and resilience.”

2018 GLOBAL DUTY OF CARE SUMMIT AGENDA
Company	Session
Chubb	Keynote presentation
Control Risks and KPMG	Geopolitical Trends and Forecasts
American Airlines and Hostage US	How American Airlines and Hostage US are Putting Duty of Care at the Forefront of their Global Safety and Security Programmes
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts	Developing an Award-Winning Wellness Programme: How Walt Disney Parks and Resorts (WDPR) Successfully Integrated a Company-wide Safety, Health and Wellness Strategy
United Airlines	Aviation Safety: Identifying and Managing Errors Through the use of Technology to Transform your Organisations Safety Programme
Sony, Everbridge & BCI	The Golden Hour: Communicating with your Workforce in a Crisis
The World Bank Group	A Data-Driven Approach to Population Health Management
Corporate Medical Advisors	In Search of Well-being: Can we Enable Total Worker Health?
Graham Lowe Group	Building a Culture of Well-being for your Traveller Population
Johnson & Johnson	How Johnson & Johnson Transformed its Travel Security Programme by Leveraging People, Processes and the Latest Security Technologies
Walgreen Co.	How Communications Transformed Walgreen’s Travel Security Programme
Harris Corporation	The Importance of Resilience in Managing Security Risks
GoDaddy	The Practical Steps to Developing a Mandate for Internal Data Privacy
Columbia University	Transforming Duty of Care in the Education Sector
Stanford University	Duty of Care: Perspectives from the Law & Academia

For more information on the 2018 Duty of Care Summit and speaker
profiles, click here.

To secure tickets for this exclusive Summit at the special Early Bird
ticket price of $589, or $749 for a Summit and Gala Awards Dinner
ticket, go to https://2018_duty_of_care_awards_summit.eventbrite.co.uk.
Early bird tickets close 11 April 2018.

The Summit will be followed by the 2018 Duty of Care Awards
ceremony, recognising organisations and individuals who drive excellence
in the mitigation of travel, health and security risk and contribute to
effectively protecting workers overseas.

ENDS

About International SOS Foundation

Established in 2011, the International SOS Foundation ― Ambassadors for
Duty of Care www.internationalsosfoundation.org
– has the goal of improving the safety, security, health and
welfare of people working abroad or on remote assignments through the
study, understanding and mitigation of potential risks. The escalation
of globalisation has enabled more individuals to work across borders and
in unfamiliar environments; exposure to risks which can impact personal
health, security and safety increases along with travel.The Foundation
is a registered charity and was started with a grant from International
SOS. It is a fully independent, non-profit organisation. For more
information on Duty of Care and the International SOS Foundation, please
visit http://www.internationalsosfoundation.org/

Contacts

International SOS
Suzanne Withers
Head of Group PR
T:
0208 762 8494
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