Contingency planning is a not just a key issue for both treasurers and risk managers; it is the issue that brings these risk professionals together, along with line management, to deliver practical ways to tackle their organisations’ risks, both now and in the future. At the recent Zurich-sponsored, joint ACT/AIRMIC conference Key issues concerning treasurers and risk managers in difficult markets, delegates had the opportunity to hear different, but complementary, views on that topic. At the end of the day, more than one person left the conference saying that they now had new ideas to protect value through contingency planning.