9th EuSpRIG Annual Conference

Provisional Title:
In Pursuit of Spreadsheet Excellence

The European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRig) which is an interest group of academia and industry promoting research regarding the extent and nature of spreadsheet risks, methods of prevention and detection of errors and methods of limiting damage. They bring together researchers and professionals in the areas of business, software engineering and audit to actively seek useful solutions.

Research has repeatedly shown that an alarming proportion of corporate spreadsheet models are not tested to the extent necessary to support Directors' fiduciary, reporting and compliance obligations. Uncontrolled and untested spreadsheet models therefore pose significant business risks. These risks include:

• Lost revenue & profits
• Mispricing and poor decision making due to prevalent but undetected errors
• Fraud due to malicious tampering
• Difficulties in demonstrating fiduciary and regulatory compliance

These risks are ignored due to a widespread failure to inventory (keep records of), test, document, backup, archive and control the legions of spreadsheets that support critical corporate infrastructure.

To counter these risks and address the pertinent management issues, EuSpRIG will be holding their 9th annual conference at the University of Greenwich, London UK on July 10-11 2008.

This conference will provide attendees with an opportunity to share experiences with a broad range of researchers, practitioners and recognised leaders in the field of spreadsheet research. For further information check out http://www.eusprig.org/