University of Pennsylvania November 28, 2017
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Continuity Insights is partnering with the Disaster Conferences on this event to assist in providing compelling content and subject matter experts. Their mission is simple, to provide valuable education, training and the best practices to assist organizations and communities prepare, respond and recover from emergencies and disasters.
Since 2006, the Disaster Conferences has held over 60 conferences across more than 35 cities in the United States. With an impressive past attendee list and a collection of respectable sponsors, our conferences offers essential knowledge and education while also creating opportunities for personal interaction. Our conference provides connection and support to local, regional, state and national entities.
With a focus on delivering both informative and resourceful conferences by offering programs and activities, the Disaster Conferences succeeds by centering on relative and modern topics on disaster management.
When it comes to emergencies and disasters, getting involved in a community that includes experts and valuable resources in disaster management is the key to success. By providing these assets, our conference reaches its goal of delivering the best resources available.
The 2017 Philadelphia Disaster Conference will take place on November 28 on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Houston Hall located at 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
Phone: 215-387-8000
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Philadelphia Disaster Conference
University of Pennsylvania November 28, 2017
Disasters 101: Introduction to Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC)
Tim Mathews D.Sc., Executive Director Enterprise Resiliency, Educational Testing Services
Continuity planning is about building and improving resilience in your business. It is about identifying key products and services, the interdependencies of activities, risk analysis, and developing plans and strategies to ensure continued business operations and/or enable you to recover quickly and effectively. This session will provide the participants with a roadmap from where they are now to where they need to be.Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Frank Perlmutter, President, StrategicBCP
The business impact analysis (BIA) is the foundation on which to build a business continuity program. This session will review the critical methodology, tools, scope, and summary of the BIA in a way that ensures alignment with objectives and priorities.Gaining Management Buy-In
Kathy Lee Patterson, Business Continuity Manager, and Hannah Zimmerman, Business Continuity Analyst, Independence Blue Cross
The presentation will cover why it is important to speak in terms and priorities that management understands, to engage their support and buy-in for business continuity programs. Learn what your management cares about and how you can use that to help sell the value of DR/BC planning.
Supply Chain Business Continuity Planning and how critical it is for the SMB Market Firms
Ralph Petti, President, Continuity Dynamics
Can you really DEPEND on your Supply Chain partners to respond to your needs when a disaster strikes? You have planned for your own firm, but have you required your Supply Chain partners to have their own BC Plans? Can you afford to have a critical partner NOT be prepared – or, do you look elsewhere for someone who can be there for you? This session will give you specific tips that you will use immediately at your own firm.Social Media and Managing Crisis Communication
Ted Brown, President, KETCHConsulting
Social media has become a major channel for businesses, but ultimately it is harder to control the message on social than on other media. The session will look at the different procedures and philosophies with using social media when handling internal and external incidents.Personal Preparedness
Robbie LaRocca, Ed.D., CFE, CPP, PCI, MBCI , Associate Director Global Security Group, Merck, and Tracy Gkonos, ProTinue
Personal responsibility – the power of one – is the most important component of focus to recover from an interruption to your business. This session will discuss personal preparedness planning for your most valuable asset, your employees.
Cyber Risks and Emerging Technology/Threats
Frank Leonetti, President, Northstar Advisory
Some of the highly publicized cyber-attacks have illustrated that adversaries are interested in more than just access to valuable information assets. This session will discuss real-world insights from recent cyber incidents. How does preparedness planning for cyber incidents differ from traditional business continuity planning? What other precautions should be taken to prepare for cyber-attacks?
Violence Preparedness
Steve Sacchetti, Vice President, Allied Universal
No organization can assume that it will be immune to a wide range of disturbing, threatening, and violent conduct. A better grasp of behavioral sciences can lead to a more complete explanation for why people behave in a certain way in disasters, emergencies and violent incidents. This session will assist organizations to be better prepared to understand and manage crisis-related human behavior.Emergency Preparedness and Assessing Critical Infrastructure
Greig Fennell, Sr. Director, Business Continuity, and Marc Tumolo, Manager, Business Continuity, Comcast
Having a major footprint in the City of Philadelphia, Comcast’s Business Continuity Office (BCO) manages the establishment of Floor Captain Programs, First Aid Training, Location Response Plans and exercises to the train teams and employees on what to do during different situations involving the Comcast Campus. Throughout the country, the BCO works to identify and assess business risks related to the loss of technologies, operations, locations and people; and partners with various business teams to develop proactive and reactive strategies
Workshop: Basics of Building a Business Continuity Program
Michael Harding, Program Lead – BCM, Automotive Resources International
This session will introduce the basics of building a business continuity program. Where do you begin? Ideas on how to gain support, identifying and rating risks, planning, exercising, and reports will be shared.Agenda | Updates | Register | Additional Education | Special Events | Travel Information | Exhibiting | Sponsors
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We invite you to network with your fellow attendees during the breakfast and lunch, and the many conference breaks throughout the day.
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Build and network your business with the Disaster Conferences.
Just by participating in the conference you’ll gain the opportunity to display your services, knowledge and products to industry leaders and decision makers. There will be an array of organized activities, speakers and promotions to allow opportunities to network your business.
Some of the opportunities include:
- Networking and building connections with professionals and industry leaders representing government organizations, high profile businesses, and non-profit organizations.
- Showcase yours knowledge, resources, and products to industry leaders.
- Gain an advantage in the industry of Disaster Management
- Media Coverage that covers the event.
- Listing on the website as an attendee both before and after the event.
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