Key Topics Addressed:> Toward a Resilient New Zealand: progress and initiatives

> Earthquake – The Real Thing

> Business Continuity Issues for Global Traveling Work Forces -The issues and the solutions to this constantly changing environment

> Publish your Continuity Plans or be damned!

> Business Continuity Management: Project or Profession?

> Governance at times of Crisis – Help or Hindrance?

> Information Protection Services

Hear from Expert Presenters:> John Hamilton, Director, Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

> John Worthington, Consultant, Recover Pty Ltd,Board Member, Business Continuity Institute,Chairman, BCI Risk and Audit Committee

> Milton Turner, Business Continuity Coordinator – Information Assurance, SPARQ

> David White, Business Development Director, International SOS

> Brigitte Theuma, Service Continuity Manager, Telecom New Zealand Ltd

> Mitchell Brown, Assistant Fire Region Commander, Western Fire Region, New Zealand Fire Service

> Greg Inge, Director, Business Assurance, CQR Consulting

> Richard Westlake, Director, Westlake Consulting Limited & Chair, Standards Council of New Zealand

> Richard Taylor, Heads of Sales and Marketing, BSI Management Systems

> David Thompson, BCM Consultant, Continuity Services Ltd and NZ Representative, Continuity Forum Pty Ltd

> Andrew Fry, Service Product Line Leader, Business Continuity & Resiliency Services, IBM Australia (Platinum Sponsor)

> Dan Twigg, Manager, Systems Operations Risk & Performance, Transpower New Zealand Limited (chair)

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Business Continuity Conference Wednesday 5 November 2008 Wellington, NZ

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NZ$1,110 per person for a non-member.

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8.30am Registration

9.00am Welcome by Conference ChairDan Twigg, Manager, Systems Operations Risk &Performance, Transpower New Zealand Limited

9.10am KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONToward a Resilient New Zealand: Progress and InitiativesThe presentation will review the concept ofresilience, highlight the progress made inenhancing the levels of resilience in communitiesand suggest some initiatives that could beundertaken by business and communities toimprove their ability to “Get Ready and GetThrough” an emergency.John Hamilton, Director, Ministry of Civil Defence& Emergency Management

9.50am Earthquake – The Real Thing> Gisborne 2007 & China 2008 just a few!!> Power fails – what goes with it?> Crisis first & what are the priorities?> Getting back to business & traps abound

John Worthington, Consultant, Recover Pty Ltd,Board Member, Business Continuity Institute,Chairman, BCI Risk and Audit Committee

10.20am Skeptics, Stakeholders and the Management of Outsourced RiskThis presentation takes a look into the perceptions across business continuity which thepeople we need to work with may have. Additional complications under an outsourcedmodel, using Information Technology services as an example, are discussed. Milton Turner, Business Continuity Coordinator –Information Assurance, SPARQ

10.50am Morning Tea

11.20am Business Continuity Issues for Global TravelingWork Forces - The issues and the solutions tothis constantly changing environment.This presentation will address the issues corporatesface whilst conducting global travel, why seniormanagement respond in such ways to crisis eventsand what best practice can be applied to preventbusiness continuity breakdowns.David White, Business Development Director,International SOS

11.50am Business Continuity Management:Project or Profession?

> What approach is more common?> What are the risks and benefits of each approach?> Qualifications available for BC Professionals> Professional Organisations which support BCM

ProfessionalsBrigitte Theuma, Service Continuity Manager,Telecom New Zealand Ltd

12.20pm Panel DiscussionFacilitated by David Thompson, BCM Consultant,Continuity Services Ltd & NZ Representative,Continuity Forum Pty Ltd

12.50pm Lunch

1.50pm What are Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) and the Fire Service doingworking together?Mitchell Brown will be discussing how alignmentof business practice with that of the strategicalignment of the Fire Service and LocalGovernment through the Long Term CouncilCommunity Plan and Fire Service Strategic BusinessPlan will achieve effectiveness and efficiencies.Mitchell Brown, Assistant Fire Region Commander– Western Fire Region, New Zealand Fire Service

2.20pm Publish Your Business Continuity Plan or be Damned!

> Driving the business towards better continuityplanning;

> How did we generate the interest within thebusiness and how are we keeping it going;

> Understanding the important factors within thebusiness;

> Lessons the project team learnt;> Lessons the business learnt;

Greg Inge, Director, Business Assurance, CQR Consulting

2.50pm Information Protection Services(Platinum Sponsor Presentation by IBM Australia)

> Explosive data growth and distributed IT operationswhich can make it difficult to reliably protectvaluable data

> Loss or compromise of critical business and client data

> Questionable data security that exposes theorganisation to risk

> Lack of IT resources to regularly back up data Andrew Fry, Service Product Line Leader, Business Continuity & Resiliency Services (BCRS),IBM Australia

3.20pm Afternoon Tea

3.50pm Governance at times of Crisis –Help or Hindrance?

> From Seagull to Scissors - what is organisationalgovernance?

> FICKS™- the role of the Board> The responsibilities of Board members> When disaster strikes

Richard Westlake, Director, Westlake ConsultingLtd and Chair, Standards Council of New Zealand

4.20pm Business Continuity Management -A Standards Approach

> Introduction to the BS25999 standard> How it was developed?> Benefits of the standard> Global adoption of the standard > Benefits of compliance and certification

Richard Taylor, Heads of Sales and Marketing, BSI Management Systems

4.50pm Final remarks from chair

5.00pm Close of Conference

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