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The European Spreadsheet Risks
Interest Group (EuSpRIG)
(in association with Compassoft Inc)
2007 conference

"Enterprise Spreadsheet Management:
A Necessary Evil?"
11th - 13th July 2007

Experts From Europe, United States, Canada and Australia Meet will discuss
Enterprise Spreadsheet Management issues at the 8th Annual Spreadsheet
Risks Conference at the University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.

Keynote speakers include Professor Ray Panko of the University of Hawaii, who will be speaking on "Spreadsheet Errors - What the Research Says" , Dean Buckner of the Financial Services Authority who will be giving a regulatory update on the use of spreadsheets in the financial markets, and Paul Bach, CEO of Compassoft, who will be outlining the state of technology identifying and managing spreadsheets in enterprise environments.

"Many studies have shown that significant sums of money are lost by organisations of all sizes because they fail to check thoroughly that spreadsheets, critical to their business, are free of material error", said Patrick O Beirne, EuSpRIG chairperson. EuSpRIG was formed in 1999 to address this and related issues. "The annual conference is an excellent place for leaders in this field to come together to discuss the issues and agree on best practice", he continued.

"Finance teams and auditors everywhere know that there is a very high likelihood of multiple material errors in key spreadsheets that are used every day in their company. Compassoft is proud to work with EuSpRIG to raise this issue to a top priority among CFOs, Controllers, and Audit Firms", said Paul Bach, CEO of Compassoft, the main conference sponsor.

EuSpRIG 2007 is a forum for business people, regulators, auditors, academics and other interested parties to share information and ideas about the management of spreadsheet risks, related problems and opportunities. There are 18 papers and presentations in this year's conference. Speakers and delegates are expected from all over Europe, USA, Canada and Australia including representatives from Merrill Lynch, Lloyds TSB, HMRC, UK, Shell and universities worldwide.

Further information about EuSpRIG, including the conference programme and booking information is available at www.eusprig.org

About EuSpRIG

EuSpRIG is an organisation dedicated to informing organisations about the
material commercial and financial risks involved in the uncontrolled use of
untested spreadsheets created by end-users who are not experienced in
developing information systems. 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 2007 Conference Co-Sponsors

The following organizations are pleased to support the EuSpRIG 2007
Conference: SecureXLS, Baker Tilly, Spreadsheet Engineering Ltd, AuditNet,
Systems Modelling, Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Northern Chapter, University of Wales Institute Cardiff and the University
of Greenwich.

EuSpRIG Contact

Grenville Croll, EuSpRIG Membership Secretary, c/o Spreadsheet Engineering
Ltd, 63a Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom, IP30 0RL, +44
(0) 1449 736551, grenville@spreadsheetrisks.com.

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