Learning new strategies, techniques, skills, and practices is essential for both business continuity professionals learning the ropes and advanced practitioners. It’s the most direct path to achieving new heights of resiliency within your organization.
The 2021 Continuity Insights Management Conference has developed a first-rate curriculum packed with meaningful sessions addressing critical topics that will help all BC professionals stretch their boundaries, form collaborations, acquire first-hand information from subject matter experts, and learn how to incorporate exciting new skills, methods, and tools into their own business continuity plans.
Scheduled for October 4-6, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Minnesota, the 19th Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference offers educational tracks devoted to Trending Topics, Program Development & Advancement, Measurement, Metrics, and Maturity, Emerging Technology, and Professional Development, and Case Studies, which will include lively and insightful “Ask the Experts” panels.
Learn From the Experts
The 2021 Continuity Insights Management Conference faculty is comprised of proven business continuity leaders, strategists, practitioners, and peers. Many of them are current business continuity and resiliency professionals; others are well-respected industry leaders who provide unique insights on the business continuity landscape and have experienced first-hand the situations you want to know about.
The full conference program, including speakers, sessions, plenaries, and panel discussions, is available for download here.
The preliminary schedule kicks off on Saturday and Sunday, October 2-3, with a selection of pre-conference workshops and certification classes, providing in-depth learning related to key business continuity and resilience topics.
The main conference will commence on Monday, October 4. The opening keynote will explore Critical IT Infrastructure Resilience: Pre- and Post-Pandemic.
Given that critical infrastructures, processes, policies, supply chain, cloud, networking, along with a myriad of essential protocols that were designed and built pre-COVID, what challenges and vulnerabilities did COVID reveal? While many organizations quickly adapted and responded effectively, many did not. This presentation will unlock some of the key lessons learned and best practices developed to help you be better prepared for the next big event.
Continuing Education
The rate of change within the profession mandates that business continuity practitioners remain current with industry certifications. It’s the unspoken commitment to serving organizations of all sizes to ensure that continue to operate at full capacity without interruption. Attendance at the 2021 conference will provide up to 29 continuing education credits (CEUs).
Attendees will also have the opportunity to network with other practitioners during attendee breakfasts, lunches, breaks between sessions, and a second reception in the exhibit hall on Monday evening. More than 40 business continuity service providers and consultants will be demonstrating products and answering questions in a relaxed setting during exhibit hours.
The main conference program will conclude at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6.
Post-conference certification and workshops will take place on Thursday, October 7 and Friday, October 8. Both pre- and post-conference programs are available to all attendees for an additional fee outside the conference registration. Click here for the complete list of pre- and post-conference workshops.
Learn more and register for the 2021 Continuity Insights Management Conference here.
