Real Events Lessons Learned
Tuesday, October 19
Who ever thought that a large portion of the eastern United States would be without power for several days? How do fierce wildfires burning mere feet from your facilities and homes impact contingency plans? How do you react when the fiercest storm in your city’s history knocks on your door? In the past year, contingency planners have been faced with a myriad of threats like none they’ve ever seen before. How did this impact crisis management and emergency response planning? Listen to planners who experienced these disasters first hand and learn about the sometimes drastic measures they took to recover their businesses.

Phil Bigge, Countrywide Financial
Jody Callahan, Constellation Energy
Debbie McCarty, Valley Independent Bank
Norman Snow, Tiffany & Co.

BCP Benchmarking for a New Era
Wednesday, October 20
The past few years have seen tremendous changes in the business continuity planning industry. With the new risks, regulations, and technologies, it is difficult to find out how your organization measures ups. This session will help you evaluate your organization’s BCP program and provide some metrics and benchmarks to help assess the effectiveness of your plan.

John Oborn, Gartner Measurement