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Sunday, April 27th

1:00pm – 4:00pm

PRE1: What Should My Organization be Doing for Active Assailant Preparedness? 

 Prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery…each phase is crucial to emergency preparedness for extreme violence events at your facilities. Senior management and their teams have an important role in every phase of preparedness. What specifically does your organization need to do to be able to prevent and respond to incidents? What should be included in your Business Continuity Plans? 

What does the National Standard for Workplace Violence Prevention and Active Assailant Intervention include? What should your organization be doing to prevent incidents? What should you be doing to prepare, prior to an incident? What does preparedness “look like” for your organizations? What have we learned from prior incidents that should be addressed in preparedness efforts? 

Join us for a 3-hour discussion on the steps organizations should take in every area of preparedness: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery. 

Dave Hunt, CPP, FBCI, a national expert in the field of assailant emergency preparedness will address a variety of topics, including: 

● Principles of Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery 
● Recognition and Reporting Behaviors and Concern
● Notification 
● Personal Protective Actions 
● Management’s Role in Active Assailant Preparedness 
● Threat Management 
● What Your Preparedness Plan Should Include 
● How To Best Protect Your Employees From Harm 
● Steps for Recovery from an Incident 
● How to Use Active Assailant Prevention Principles to Prevent Insider Threat 

Registration Fee: $350

Dave Hunt, CPP, FBCI
KETCHConsulting 

Sunday, April 27th

1:00pm – 4:00pm

PRE2: Learn To Create A Tabletop Exercise: An Exercise In Business Continuity/COOP Preparedness!


In this class you will be given five different table-top scenarios, including the injects, and you will learn how to create a situation, scenario, and injects for your audience, your business, your location, and your BCP maturity. You will identify operations, decisions, and policies that impact the ability of a business unit to execute plans. The exercise helps you address conclusions and discussions which can change, emphasize, and otherwise affect your business continuity/COOP plan. You will conclude with an “after action” report which will lead to effective modifications and improvements to the plans being exercised. 

Registration Fee: $350

Ted Brown

KETCHConsulting

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Monday, April 28th

Plenary Session

8:30am – 9:30am

P1: When Things Go Wrong While The World Is Watching

Award-winning event producer Frank Supovitz has been behind-the-scenes at major events like the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and Indy 500. At widely viewed and well-attended events, mistakes are broadcast for the world to see in real time. Frank will share lessons learned from his experience managing disasters in sports and entertainment venues. He will cover what business continuity and resilience professionals can do to prevent a crisis from happening, and how to manage it if it happens anyway.

Tuesday, May 7th

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Frank Supovitz

President & Chief Experience Officer at Fast Traffic Events

Breakout Sessions

9:45am – 10:45am

A1: Organizational Resilience—It’s A Team-Of-Teams Sport

More organizations recognize that current siloed operation and processes across resilience disciplines—operational risk, BC, cybersecurity, physical security, EM/IM, CM, compliance, etc.—are ineffective and leave significant gaps in risk identification, treatment/mitigation, and more importantly in response and recovery. This session will show how to apply Gen McChrystal’s Team-of-Teams theory to create a joint force with joint operations using a continuous risk management process to address any threats or incidents as a combined operation.

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Bruce McIndoe

McIndoe Risk Advisory LLC

B1: What To Do When The Crisis Manager Is Having Their Own Crisis

As crisis managers, we are expected to remain calm and in charge during a disaster or crisis event. People turn to us for guidance, support and information during the worst possible times. But what does a crisis manager do when the crisis personally impacts them? Hear three real-life scenarios where the crisis manager had to deal with real-life. One scenario is a company declaring a disaster due to a hurricane, the second is when the crisis manager’s position was downsized and third, when a medical emergency thrusts the crisis manager into a situation they were unprepared for.

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Tom Serio

MTS & Associates

C1: Maturing Of The Resilience Industry: Why Aren’t We Further Along?

Why isn’t business and IT continuity not more mature as a discipline? It’s been around since the 80s. Why is cybersecurity more advanced despite only being focus for a shorter amount of time? In this presentation we will review the history of the resiliency field, compare and contrast it to cybersecurity, and review the external challenges facing resilience professionals in maturing the field. It will close with discussion on what legislation is needed to ensure the safety of America’s infrastructure against business interruptions

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Tonya York

Central California Alliance for Health

D1: Why The Hell Do I Do Continuity Planning?

This presentation explores the motivations, challenges and real-world value of continuity planning from a candid perspective and covers why working in continuity planning is both challenging and rewarding. It starts by asking the big question: why spend so much time preparing for things that might never happen? The speaker shares relatable stories about planning for the unexpected. While this work can seem frustrating and pointless, this session will show how it makes a real difference in keeping people safe and organizations running smoothly when things go wrong.

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Brandon Robbins

Washington University

D2: Fusion Risk Management Tabletop Exercise Part 1  

This tabletop exercise session will be held in two parts. Part 2 follows at 11:00am, and attendees should register for both sessions.

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Fusion Risk Management Team

11:00am – 12:00pm

A2: Enabling Operational Resilience Through Cyber Playbooks

Achieving operational resilience can be a daunting task, especially with the increase in complexity across our organizations. This session will introduce a novel approach from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on preparing for cyber incidents/outages: the Cyber Response Playbook. Taking lessons from his time as an emergency manager and volunteer firefighter, Matt Miller will detail the Dallas Fed’s approach to pre-positioning key information that enables business areas and cyber responders to gain critical information immediately, versus waiting to gather basic system information. Citing several use-cases, Miller will share tools to create your own Cyber Response Playbooks and enable a more effective and expeditious response to cyber incidents.

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Matthew Miller

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

A3: From Silos To Synergy: Uniting BCM And GRC For Greater Resilience

Both governance, risk and compliance and business continuity management play vital roles in an organization’s success. However, these teams often operate in silos, leading to misalignment and missed opportunities for collaboration. How can BCM and resilience leaders bridge the gap and foster a collaborative relationship with their GRC counterparts?  In this session, you’ll discover how to align the goals and perspectives of BCM and GRC teams. Learn practical strategies to break down barriers, connect data, and create a shared language around risk and resilience. By fostering closer collaboration, both teams can work together to build a more resilient organization and cultivate a culture of resilience. 

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John Verdi
Riskonnect

C2: Artificial Intelligence: The Upside & Downside 

Considered by many as groundbreaking as the Industrial Revolution or the Personal Computer, AI is dramatically changing the world around us. There are many upsides and downsides. This session will discuss the pros and cons/risks and rewards of AI for the world, especially Risk Management, Crisis Management, and BCP.

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Ted Brown
KETCHConsulting

D3: Case Study: Extreme Weather Crisis Management—Hurricanes Helene And Milton

In the face of two devastating hurricanes—Helene and Milton—this case study examines the strategic coordination and operational resilience that kept lives safe and businesses running. From meticulous pre-crisis preparation to seamless coordination with first responders, this study highlights the importance of effective decision-making structures and processes. It delves into the transfer of work to alterative locations, securing facilities, and maintaining real-time storm tracking. After the storm, the focus shifts to accountability, assessing facility viability for swift operational recovery. See how proactive planning can support organization collaboration, coordination, and frequent reporting ensured operational resiliency.

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Mickie Williams
USAA

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Timothy Heath
USAA

D2: Fusion Risk Management Tabletop Exercise Part 2  

Fusion Risk Management will present a two-part tabletop exercise. Part 1 precedes this session at 9:45am. Attendees should register for both sessions.

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Fusion Risk Management Team

12:00pm – 1:30pm

R1 and R2: Roundtable Discussions

Engage in dynamic roundtable discussions with business continuity professionals to exchange insights, strategies, and best practices for navigating today’s complex risk landscape. These interactive sessions foster collaboration and innovation, empowering participants to enhance organizational resilience and continuity planning.

1:30pm – 2:30pm

A4: The Convergence Of Geopolitical Risk And Operational Resilience: Lessons From The Frontline

This session will offer actionable insights from leading enterprise-wide crisis responses to recent global events, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel crisis. It will provide practical frameworks and strategies that experienced practitioners can implement in their organizations. Key focus areas include real-world case studies and lessons learned; practical frameworks for managing complex geopolitical disruptions; strategies for maintaining operational continuity during multilayered crises; and the integration of geopolitical risk assessment into business continuity planning.

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Mary-Ann Anyikam
HP

B2: Resilience Journey At Microsoft Global Data Centers

Learn about the resilience journey at Microsoft global data centers, from a one-person show to a global team of 11 full-time employees and three supporting vendors. The presentation will focus on the implementation of continuity and resilience strategies and  include information about crisis management, data center resilience planning, data center resilience validation, and pandemic response (COVID-19), and more.

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Tarek Azoz
Microsoft

E1: Cut The Fluff: Focusing On The Business Continuity Practices That Truly Build Resilience

In our day-to-day, many practitioners follow annual routines without questioning their true impact on the resilience of the organization. Drawing from over 20 years of experience advising businesses of all sizes across various industries, Marie-Hélène will explore which activities and tools add real value to organizational resilience—and which ones are overrated. She will share insightful examples and practical strategies to help attendees refocus their efforts on what truly works.

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Marie-Hélène Primeau
Premier Continuum

F1: How The “White Glove Approach” Will Optimize Your BCP

Whether your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is inherited or created from scratch, it must be practical, efficient, and up to date—not put on the shelf to be ignored. In this session, Barry Morgeson, Business Continuity Director at Ryan Specialty, draws on his two decades of experience to offer actionable insights and recommendations for crafting a Business Continuity Program that achieves ROI across the business. Practitioners will listen and discuss: Why you should prioritize revenue-generating business verticals when building your BCP; why you need internal champions to help your BCP succeed; and how to identify the “must-haves” versus “nice to haves” for your BCP.

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Barry Morgeson
Ryan Speciality

G1: Anticipating Unanticipated Consequences For Continuity Managers

As increasingly complicated and interconnected variables happen fast, and new technology combined with systemic complexities changes the world in which we plan for continuity challenges, effective decision-making skills and predictive abilities are more critical than ever. As experienced leaders can attest, very few decisions are made with all the relevant information available and for which all variables are known (let alone understood). Furthermore, predicting all the outcomes of key decisions and measures chosen the capacity for anticipating unintended consequences of our actions has become a critical KSA. This session presents a framework for better predictive forecasting of unintended consequences and an orientation essential for adaptive rather than static continuity management. The session points towards a model for improved decision-making, better forecasting, consequence anticipation (especially unanticipated-unintended consequences), and a mindset to better mitigate or adapt to, factors both foreseen and unforeseen.

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Robert Chandler
Emperiria

2:45pm – 3:45pm

A5: It’s Time to Begin Your Resilience Journey   

Many organizations focus their resilience capabilities on being prepared and managing the risk of natural disasters, climate change, supply chain disruptions, IT outages, information and cyber security, and more. While being prepared for the unexpected and managing risk is very important, it is also more narrowly focused on operations. It is essential that organizations begin to understand the importance of a holistic view of organizational resilience that addresses weaknesses by developing strategies to strengthen all aspects of the organization. Attend this session and learn how to get started on the Road to Resilience Journey.  We will begin the journey by understanding what is needed to get started and then will consider who’s in charge, how culture impacts the journey, managing change, measuring performance, and more.

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Lynnda Nelson
ICOR

B3: Innovation And Technology To Achieve Optimal BCP At Edwards Lifesciences 

 When the manufacturing process involves making heart valves and cardiovascular surgical systems globally, the complexity of managing BC becomes much more challenging. At Edwards Lifesciences, the approach to business resilience has required innovation and a creative use of technology to support the unusual requirements of business leaders. In this presentation, we will outline program objectives and requirements as well as providing an overview of the approach involving the use of technology to calculate risk scoring to highlight areas of vulnerability, manage complicated regulatory requirements, produce response-oriented Business Continuity Plans, and the intricacies of a complicated supply chain.

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Grace Burley
Witt O’Brien’s

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Joe Heckman
Edwards Lifesciences

C3: Having Your Voice At The Table

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, operational resilience has become a critical factor in sustaining success and managing disruption. This insightful talk explores why operational resilience must be integrated into strategic decision-making and have a prominent role at the leadership table. Drawing from real-world examples, this session outlines how resilience not only protects an organization’s core operations, but it also enhances competitive advantage. Key discussion points include the financial impact of disruptions, growing importance of resilience embedded in business strategy and leveraging a crisis as a catalyst for resilience. Finally, we will discuss real-world case studies and tips for not only getting a seat at the table but keeping it. This talk is essential for leaders, executives, and professionals seeking to safeguard their organizations and position resilience as a strategic priority in an increasingly volatile world.

Tuesday, May 7th

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Dawn Grzena
B4 The Crisis

Tuesday, May 7th

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Renuka Darbha
Pure Storage

D4: Business Continuity Past, Present and Future of Plans, Reaction and Resilience

This is an interactive discussion on the Business Continuity evolution as the industry has expanded and enhanced where we need to be in the present and where we need to go toward the future.We will discuss past incidents that were the springboard to push industries to look within their company structure to keep the ‘Doors Open for Business’. How Business Continuity Professionals initiated bridging the gaps between ‘Business Recovery Silos’ and the need to standardize Business Continuity programs, naming conventions, and defining a system of ‘resilience’. 

Tuesday, May 7th

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DeBorah Lozada, Ph.D.
Bright Horizons

G2: Meet People Where They Are

In today’s world of personal technology, interpersonal communications are going backward. But today’s college students are the professionals and leaders of tomorrow, and the Northeast’s Latinx population is one of the fastest-growing demographics. However, many organizations still communicate primarily in English during emergencies, leaving out important groups. This session will discuss the communication barriers faced by individuals who are non-native English speakers or adults with limited literacy skills. We will explore the risks these challenges pose to risk management, crisis communication, and business continuity planning, as well as potential solutions to ensure the safety and continuity of all members of your organization.

Tuesday, May 7th

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Dr. Bernard Jones, CBCP
St. John’s University

Tuesday, May 7th

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Ted Brown
KETCHConsulting

4:00pm – 5:00pm

A6: Applying Adaptive Principles To Disaster Recovery

Can the adaptive business continuity principles be applied to the world of disaster recovery? Of course they can! Practices and approaches vary but the concepts are very much applicable. At the end of the day, the work of improving technology resilience involves the people who must do the work and the leaders who must make the decisions and write the checks to cover the costs of technology resilience investments. There are some nuances and specifics that make this work quite different from that of business continuity. Join us as we dive into the world of disaster recovery—the Adaptive way.

Tuesday, May 7th

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Mark Armour
Brinks

B4: Stories From Frontline Disaster Heroes

While emergency response and business continuity plans, training and exercises are all must-haves for any organization, it’s the people behind those entities who really step up and shine through. Hear how ordinary people who have selflessly devoted time and efforts to respond and rebuild following some of the world’s most significant disasters. The presenter will also share a tale or two about some local heroes. Attendees will learn more about the disaster “survivor” mentality, how to channel their own ‘inner hero’, and leave feeling empowered and acknowledged for the work they do.          

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Suzanne Bernier
SB Crisis Consulting

C4: The Evolving Threat Landscape Of Geopolitics, Cybersecurity And AI

Businesses today face a complex geopolitical threat environment, ranging from a complex war in the Middle East involving Israel, Iran and the latter’s proxy actors to Russia-Ukraine, and potentially China-Taiwan. These geopolitical events are driven by intense competition among states with capabilities that are elevating risks in a cybersecurity domain that is also becoming increasingly hazardous with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is also lowering the bar of entry for non-state actors into cybercriminality and terrorism which will add multiple layers of complexity in addressing the threat. While the key to readiness for business continuity professionals is preparation, factoring in geopolitics as a driver of malicious activities in cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important to sustain business operations. This presentation will explore the current and future geopolitical threat environment as a driver of cyber insecurity, and how the adoption of AI for malicious use will present future threats. The presenter will discuss how to connect and anticipate business needs in the current and future geopolitical risk environment, and how geopolitical risk management can positively impact operations, investment, and staff safety.                  

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Joe Frederick
Northstar

A7: The Power Of Decentralization For The Evolution Of Operational Resilience

This session will explore the transformative power of decentralization in modern business operations. Attendees will learn some innovative techniques to engage their organizations in the evolution towards building operational resilience, ensuring adaptability and sustainability in an ever-changing business landscape. Join us to discover how decentralization can drive efficiency and foster a resilient operational framework.

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Gina Gavito
Capital Group

G3: The Dog Ate My Crisis Plan: The Lighter Side of Resilience    

Business Resilience, Cyber Security, and Crisis Management are serious disciplines. After all, the future of your organization is at stake. However, there is a lighter side to our profession. The presenter who has just about seen it all will share experiences that are not only amusing but also offer valuable lessons to be learned. Listen to several humorous but actual BR/CS/CM situations and what can be learned from them.

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Dr. Steve Goldman
MIT

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Tuesday, April 29th

Plenary Session

8:30am – 9:30am

P2: Scandals: Not Just Another Crisis

Scandals are a unique variant of an organizational crisis that places great demands on those tasked with managing the crisis and ensuring the ongoing operational success of the company. This crisis can be particularly damaging to corporate reputations because people begin to question the nature and characteristics of an organization. Scandals are perceived to reflect a lack of integrity and that hits at the heart of a corporate reputation. To successfully navigate a scandal, managers need to realize they are in a scandal, why scandals are unique threats, how best to respond to the scandal, and how to measure the effectiveness of the scandal response. This plenary is built around those four concerns. 

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W.T. (Timothy) Coombs, Ph.D.
Editor in Chief, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

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9:45am – 11:00am

D5: Global Trends and Predictions in Risk and Resilience

What are the top risks that worry resilience professionals and what can we expect in the coming year?  This session will provide an overview of how we, as members of this exciting and evolving profession, prioritize, and respond to some of our biggest challenges. Based on DRI’s annual survey of resilience professionals across all industries and sectors, our research shows a variety of major issues such as artificial intelligence, cyberattacks, natural disasters, and economic uncertainty. With so much to think about, what should resilience professionals focus on? This year’s predictions highlight still more potential threats on the horizon. Attend this session for a lively discussion led by DRI Cyber Resilience Instructor Raymond Seid. 

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Raymond Seid
DRI International

B5: Stories From The Dark Side          

In this session, up to 10 individuals with more than 200 combined years of resilience experience will present their unique challenges and/or mini-case studies, experiences that were clearly outside of the recovery norm or something that you won’t read in a book of BC best practices. Each expert will share examples of a practice, use-case, method, or other response that they had planned for or implemented to address that unique situation.

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Mark Carroll
Boston University

D6: Does Your Business Have Written Business Continuity And Cyber Resilience Plans?

Organizations and their executives have a professional responsibility to protect their business and client/customer data.  This includes attacks made by on-line criminals, or threat actors.  Business servers contain a wealth of sensitive information, and cyber-criminals know how to access that data.  This session will discuss how organizations can develop a cyber resilience plan to protect against on-line threats.  Cyber resilience plans should document what specific technology is being used in the business, and the steps being used to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from any cyber threat that the organization may face. This session will also focus on the elements of both a robust business continuity plan and cyber resilience plan and provide guidance for a plan that will comply with client and insurance requirements and help ensure the organization’s reputation if a cyber threat occurs. 

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Kathryn Scourby
KNS Consulting

E2: The Difference Between Business And Technical Scenarios

As practitioners, we are familiar with the business scenario that is created based on the specific risks identified in the business impact analysis. With the rise of technology as a primary contender in the creation of scenarios, we need to find compatibility between the business and disaster recovery scenarios, so we reach our goal: to establish a redundant or resilient process and solution.  This presentation reviews scenarios that result from the BIA and technical risk analyses with pointers to help. We have to look in both directions to understand the power of the scenario as the leading definer of disaster recovery solutions, whether business- or technically-motivated. 

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Andrea Houtkin
Houtkin Consulting

G4: Panel Discussion: Is Operational Resilience Really Where We Want to Go? 

Everyone thinks about and approaches operational resilience in a different way. This engaging panel session will explore different approaches to operational resilience, and what it means for driving value and end-to-end recovery for an organization. Using practical examples, panelists will share their personal approaches to operational resilience in their respective organizations. Then, panelists will discuss thought-provoking questions about what is driving this push for operational resilience, and how it’s different from what has already been done in this space.

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Guy Gryspeerdt
Honeywell

2:00pm – 3:15pm

A8: Maintaining Operational Resiliency Through Unprecedented Times

Operational resilience is a company’s ability to adapt to, withstand, and recover from unexpected disruptions by integrating multiple disciplines, teams, and tools. It’s more than just business continuity planning, and it’s a key factor in employee morale and success during times of uncertainty. Learn how Kenvue has developed and implemented a global model and are taking lessons learned from the most recent supply chain disruptions, geopolitical conflicts, natural hazards and the pandemic to move toward an antifragile state. 

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Magdalena Mills
Kenvue

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Philip Young
Kenvue

C5: Pros And Cons Of All Hazards vs. Scenario Based Planning

Today, threats to businesses are becoming increasingly severe, frequent, and complex. They are also occurring concurrently. In this environment, organizations need business continuity planning strategies that will prepare them for any disruption. This session will explore two planning strategies—scenario-based planning and building resilient infrastructures—and the challenges and opportunities associated with each in the current risk landscape.

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Andrew Witts
Infinite Blue by Everbridge

D7: Driving The Shift From Reactive To Proactive And Quantitative To Qualitative Deliverables

This session will cover how organizations have shifted from an action to outcome-based risk management mindset. The speaker will review the events that created this shift, including proactive planning associated with key events; integration of a proactive approach into TTXs; and the utilization of predictive risk framework to target environments for risk-based planning; among others. Leverage key risk partners, stakeholders, and external inputs to focus on the development of qualitative resilience outcomes.              

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Ted Sokolowski
Bristol Myers

F2: Planning, Key Lessons And In-Demand Competencies For Organizations 

Learn the key competencies in high demand by organizations when they are looking to hire for critical roles. In an era defined by rapid change, uncertainty, and unexpected disruptions, organizations have recognized the critical need to evolve into resilient entities. Building resilience isn’t just about reacting to crises but involves proactive, strategic planning, cultivating the right competencies, and learning from past experiences. Takeaways include data findings on crisis management pre-planning efforts along with what was beneficial during a crisis. And lessons learned—what works well and what doesn’t. 

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Cheyene Marling
Witt O’Brien’s

Tuesday, May 7th

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Melissa Mack
Witt O’Brien’s

G5: How to Internally Market (& Sell) Your Resiliency Program

Do your company’s employees care about resiliency?  Do they understand the “Why?”  Maybe it’s time to start marketing and selling your program internally. This presentation will cover the importance of a well-organized strategy utilizing marketing best practices and sales techniques.  After all – your “customers” are your company’s employees and recovery teams. And you need them to “buy-in” to accomplish your program goals and objectives.  

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Paul Lambert
Ripcord Solutions

3:30pm – 4:30pm

A9: Locking Your Keys In The Car: Access Management Is A Resiliency Issue  

In our increasingly digital world, managing identities and access is crucial for any robust information security program. As organizations rely more on digital systems, effectively managing and protecting user identities and access rights is essential for operational resilience. This presentation will explore the vital role of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in safeguarding enterprise systems and data, highlighting the necessity of integrating IAM into a broader security strategy. 

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Kevin Finch
Sayers

C6: Balancing Biometric Advances With AI-Driven Security Challenges

This session will provide practical strategies for integrating biometrics into governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks while balancing the benefits of innovation with emerging security challenges. Learn about the latest Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance and updates to significant privacy regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and BIPA, along with the AI regulation being formed in the UK, which is all reshaping biometric data usage. The value of attending lies in gaining actionable insights to help secure your organization’s authentication processes while staying compliant with evolving regulations. By exploring real-world examples, you’ll leave this with the tools needed to navigate the intersection of cutting-edge biometrics, AI, and security in today’s landscape. This topic is vital as organizations must stay ahead of these rapidly evolving threats and ensure a secure, compliant future. 

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Megan Epperson
Axonius

Tuesday, May 7th

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Kyle Alexander
Axonius

C7: Recipes To Adapt And Thrive In The Digital Age   

As the world becomes increasingly obsessed with and driven by artificial intelligence, how do we standout and thrive?  It’s not technical skills and writing good chatGPT prompts that will help you most. It’s your soft skills, the ability to do what machines cannot, that will make a difference—the ability to ask better questions, think creatively, and connect deeply. The digital age will still be powered by people. In this session, we’ll actively delve into mental models and other thinking tools to spice up your toolbox and supercharge your ability to navigate complexity, think better, and be more adaptive and resilient.  

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Leah Andrews
HelloFresh

D8: From Chaos To Control: Integrating Incident Response And Crisis Management For Enhanced Cyber Resilience

In an era where cyber threats can rapidly escalate into full-scale crises, the ability to respond effectively and efficiently is key to an organization’s resilience. In this session, attendees will learn how to build a seamless framework that bridges the gap between technical incident response teams and crisis management functions, ensuring coordinated action during high-pressure situations. The speaker will discuss strategies for developing comprehensive incident response playbooks, conducting realistic tabletop exercises, and building cross-functional communication channels that facilitate swift decision-making. The session will also address how organizations can leverage data from incident responses to inform crisis management strategies, enabling proactive planning and continuous improvement. By the end of this session, participants will gain practical insights into creating a unified incident response and crisis management approach, empowering their organizations to navigate and recover from cyber incidents with resilience and confidence.

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Matt Defrain
BDO

G6: Workplace Risk Management: Protecting Your People, Safeguarding Your Business

This session will explore the critical role of workplace risk management in fostering a safe and supportive environment for employees. Led by Matt Doherty, Managing Director of Workforce Risk Management at Sikich and a former U.S. Secret Service agent, the presentation will provide actionable insights into identifying and mitigating violence risks in the workplace. Attendees will learn how to build comprehensive violence prevention programs, assess insider threats, and empower their workforces to recognize and respond to risks before they escalate. By implementing these best practices, organizations can not only protect their people but also improve employee morale and reduce operational disruptions.   

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Matthew Doherty
Sikich

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Wednesday, April 30th

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8:30am – 9:30am

A10: Enhance Operational Resilience: Strategies For FI In The Cloud Era

This session will will provide insights on compliance with regulatory standards, resilience strategies, strategic planning, tools to cover cloud resilience, and importance of regular testing. This session will discuss cloud resilience, disaster recovery strategies, implementing cloud controls, and continuous improvements.

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Saba Waheed

USAA

B6: Inside Microsoft’s Enterprise Resilience And Crisis Management Program

This session will explore Microsoft’s Enterprise Resilience and Crisis Management Program. It will cover new areas Microsoft is focused on, how its integrating global resilience, crisis and continuity programs, and how its leveraging AI. 

Tuesday, May 7th

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Jennie Clinton

Microsoft

C8: Crafting Exercises To Bolster Cyber Resilience

In today’s digital landscape, the risk of cyber incidents is higher than ever, and executives are increasingly aware of the critical importance of cybersecurity exercises. Join our presentation to learn how to strengthen your organization’s response to cyber threats and ensure your resiliency program is fully prepared for such an eventuality. We’ll delve into the importance of readiness when a cyber incident strikes, emphasizing the need for a mature and robust resiliency program. Gain valuable insights on designing and conducting increasingly complex cyber exercises equipping you to reinforce your organization’s cybersecurity posture. Attendees will walk away with practical exercise tips along with an understanding of common pitfalls to avoid.

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Fiona Raymond-Cox

Raymond–Cox Consulting

Tuesday, May 7th

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Victor Vela

Raymond-Cox Consulting

D9: Maturing From Compliance To Risk Oriented Approach

This session will cover building a framework to strategically drive maturity of resilience program from compliance to risk oriented approach. This is key as organizations are headed towards operational resilience.

Tuesday, May 7th

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Anshu Uppal

Adobe

9:45am – 11:00am

A11: Automating Business Continuity For Operational Resilience

Today’s company requires a holistic and agile approach to flexibly prepare for, respond to, and recover from any small, large, or catastrophic business disruption. This presentation covers industry considerations for automating business continuity based on relational impacts, loss scenarios, and creating contingent alternatives for ‘when’ not ‘if’ any operation is disrupted.  Automating this connection is not just a recommendation, but a survival requirement in today’s business landscape. Join me in discussing a variety of solutions for automating the business continuity and operational resilience for any industry.  

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Tina Rose

Resilient Resources, LLC 

E14: Making Metrics Simple: How To Assess Emergency Management Programs

This session will focus on private-sector emergency management strategies for business continuity and resilience professionals, specifically on key metrics needed to assess a program’s efficiency. Faith Newton, who formerly served as the Director of Preparedness and Public Private Partnerships for the Walmart Corporation, will share lessons learned from her experience. To successfully identify ways to provide maturity and growth for your organization, it’s critical to simplify your approach to program metrics. 

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Faith Newton

The Resiliency Initiative

B7: Continuity Confessions: Crowd-Sourced Case Studies  

So many conference sessions feature buzz phrases such as Best Practice, Innovation, etc. Ever want to hear how someone got it wrong? Hear some real lessons from candid practitioners who were not afraid to admit “Here’s where it went wrong and here’s what I would do differently next time.”  The presenter will share a list of potential pitfalls and how to avoid them, innovative ways to look at programs critically and improve using the experience of others as guideposts and take comfort that no program or practitioner is perfect, that it’s OK to make mistakes, and how to recover from them.

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Howard Mannella

Alternative Resiliency Services

F3: Supercharge Your Career By Fostering A Culture Of Resilience

As a continuity and resilience professional, how do you think about career resilience and growth as you work to fulfill your true purpose in your organization? As our industry and world have evolved, developing and fostering a culture of resilience across your company has become one of the most important factors to drive program success – which can lead to many things, including supercharging your career. Join industry veterans Tracey Rice and Melanie Lucht as they share their insights for early career and experienced professionals on how to build that culture of resilience, and how that can form the foundation for career advancement. Topics include: Career opportunities and challenges you may encounter and advice to overcome them; The importance of building cross-functional relationships for program and career success; Engaging executives to sponsor your program and support your growth.

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Tracey Forbes Rice

Fusion Risk Management

1:00pm – 2:00pm

A12: Aligning Enterprise Critical Application Risk Tolerance to Cost

Effective enterprise risk management balances executive risk appetite with cost to ensure enterprise risk is being appropriately managed while being financially prudent.  To that end, it is imperative that Business and Technology leadership are aligned on the assessment of criticality of business processes and supporting technical infrastructure and applications.  Business Continuity helps the company understand enterprise risk and promote resiliency by establishing business recovery time objectives that underpin recovery effort prioritization and technical recovery strategies. This presentation will take you through a process to leverage the BIA as the foundation to gain enterprise alignment at all levels on criticality for the organization and elevate the value of business continuity within your organization.

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Chuck Wachter

Northwestern Mutual

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Travis Morehouse

Northwestern Mutual

A13: Operational Resiliency And Maturity Steps

Our company is evolving and implementing standards that should help us achieve and maintain operational resiliency. This starts with collaboration between the business and IT.  There needs to be a clear understanding of the goals and discussion and consensus procedures and policies. In addition, these discussions should include the different levels of resiliency and account for them. 

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Lisa Casteel

Primerica

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Debbie Mason

Primerica

B8: How To Start A Continuity Of Operations Program  

The are several steps to developing a continuity of operations program, from getting buy-in from leaders, putting together an agency plan, creating individual division plans, writing agency policy, measuring compliance, and keeping the program on a track to always improve. This presentation will discuss the various the elements necessary for a successful COOP, requirements, implementation, monitoring, measuring, compliance, having the necessary tools.

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Craig Sewell

State of Arizona

C9: Bird Flu Breakthrough: Why Business Continuity Leaders Must Address Infectious Diseases In Their Plans 

In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, business continuity leaders face an array of challenges that demand vigilant preparation and strategic foresight. Among these, the risk posed by avian influenza (bird flu) is increasingly relevant and requires immediate attention. This presentation will provide an update of trends in bird flu and other infectious disease threats and will explore the critical need for incorporating these threats into business continuity plans. We will discuss strategies, best practices, and highlight actionable steps for leaders to take to enhance their preparedness. Attendees will gain insights into recent outbreaks and emerging trends that underscore the importance of addressing these threats within their continuity plans.

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Lisa Koonin

Health Preparedness Partners

2:15pm – 3:15pm

A14: Building Resilient Organizations: Navigating Disruption With “New” Tools

Navigating the path to organizational resilience is both exciting and essential. The journey begins with a clear understanding of what resilience truly entails. In a world rife with disruptive events, organizations must leverage innovative tools and concepts to ensure timely and effective decision-making.  This conference will introduce the Cynefin framework, a powerful tool for making sense of complex environments. We will explore the four key characteristics that define resilient organizations: adaptability, responsiveness, resourcefulness, and learning capability. These traits are crucial for developing robust systems that can withstand and thrive amidst challenges. Join us to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for fostering resilience in your organization. Together, we will explore how to build a foundation that not only survives but flourishes in the face of adversity. 

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Timothe Graziani

Capresiliania

C10: Resilience And Upskilling In The Age Of AI: Ignoring The Danger Won’t Make It Go Away

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries and redefining job roles, the need for resilience and continuous upskilling has never been more crucial. This 60-minute session will explore how professionals can not only survive but thrive amidst the technological upheaval brought on by AI. Participants will delve into the importance of adaptability, lifelong learning, and the cultivation of uniquely human skills that will remain indispensable in the age of AI.

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Vernon Williams

Rational Risk

D10: Cyber Exercises—Matching Program Maturity With Exercise Activities

In this session, Ron will share his journey of building a cyber response program at Mutual of Enumclaw and his approach to develop and maintain executive support and interest in quarterly cyber exercises. He will share lessons to match and grow the exercise maturity along with the program maturity. The session will include examples of their exercise materials. Since their program was developed seven years ago Ron has developed and facilitated 26 cyber exercises including with the BOD. 

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Ron Kamps

Mutual of Enumclaw

H4: Lessons Learned from 1,200 Ransomware Attacks in 2024            

This year, we’ll be learning from an unbiased survey of 1,200 enterprise organizations that suffered at least one cyber event in the past year, including viewpoints from CISO’s, Security professionals, and IT operations teams to discern trends on: how much data was affected and recoverable, alignment within the org before and after, which processes and technologies affected survivability, etc. This research-based session will inform on what happened in those attacks and facilitate discussion on what other organizations can do to be better prepared.

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Jason Buffington

Veeam Software

* PROGRAM is subject to change