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Course

SERC Risk Academy

Ended Mar 20, 2025

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Full course description

At-A-Glance

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025
Course Dates/Times: March 18-20, 2025
Audience: Early to Mid-career Professionals/ Open to the public:

This course is ideal for early to mid-career risk practitioners – those currently in risk management roles as well as those that may not have risk in their title. Attendees will span industries.

There are no prerequisites for the course.

 
Offered by: Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium at Robert H. Smith School of Business
Cost: $5,600*
*Please email risk@umd.edu for discount inquiries.
 

Overview

The SERC Risk Academy is a three-day intensive training focused on the fundamentals of risk management and best practices across industry sectors. The underlying premise of SERC is that risk is industry-agnostic, and that every risk practitioner can benefit and learn from the experiences of other industries.

The goal of the Risk Academy is to expose up-and-coming risk practitioners to cross-industry perspectives so they can think about risk differently. Our high-caliber faculty are set to impart their knowledge on the next generation of risk practitioners, so they do not have to learn it the hard way!

Over the course of three days, the cohort will hear from leaders in financial services, pharmaceuticals, insurance and aerospace – all regulated industries, but each with different experiences in risk management. What better way to jump-start a career in risk management than by learning from these industry leaders!

 

Valuable Outcomes

  1. Understanding the fundamentals of risk management​ – everything from core definitions to taxonomy & appetite to management & mitigation strategies
  2. Introduction to how risk management issues present and are tackled in different industries
  3. Insights into key risks faced by companies in all sectors – financial, nonfinancial and nontraditional risks
  4. Application of key risk management skills, learned over the 3 days, in a team-based Capstone project
 

Meet the Academic Director

Dr. Clifford Rossi is an Executive-in-Residence and Professor of the Practice at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. Prior to entering academia, Rossi had nearly 25 years of experience in banking and government, having held senior executive roles in risk management at several of the largest financial services companies.

 

Course Notice: Non-credit courses and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) do not post to the University of Maryland transcript and do not count towards a student's academic record. Neither grade nor credit is earned. Non-credit students do not receive a University ID card nor access to University facilities such as recreation, transportation, and campus events. Non-credit students may access UMD Libraries as Visitors; see https://www.lib.umd.edu/about/visitors.