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Australasian Business Continuity Summit

21 April 2011 - 11 June 2011

Summit Highlights

• The Summit is the only business continuity conference in Australia with a program developed by subject matter experts.
• The Summit program combines diverse presenters and topical subjects to address contemporary issues of concern to practitioners of business continuity and related disciplines.
• Presentations from over 20 expert speakers from diverse public and private sector organisations including Suncorp, Qantas, the ABC, Australian and New Zealand Federal Government agencies and the Universities of Canterbury and New South Wales.
• Hear multiple case studies presentations covering recent incidents such as the Queensland Floods and the Christchurch earthquakes, the Qantas A380 event and the BP Gulf Oil spill.
• Participate in interactive Mini-workshops focused on Running a Scenario Exercise or Effective Business Impact Analysis.
   Attend detailed Workshops covering Organisational Resilience (full day) or Managing the media in a crisis (half day).

The Australasian Business Continuity Summit 2011 is the principal annual business continuity conference in Australia and New Zealand.  The Summit combines two conference days, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th June, followed by Workshops on Friday 10th June.  The Summit is organisation jointly by the Business Continuity Institute Australasian Chapter and Continuity Forum.

The Summit is planned by subject matter experts to combine diverse presenters and topical subjects into a program that addresses contemporary issues for practitioner of business continuity and related disciplines.

Key themes to be covered at the 2011 Summit include:

•  Case studies of organisations disrupted by recent natural disasters in Christchurch and Queensland
• How Qantas responded to a serious incident affecting it A380 fleet
• Seeing an incident through the eyes of the media to help your organisation protect its reputation.
• Updates on Organisational Resilience from academics and practitioners
• Experiences on the practical application of business continuity software applications by end users.
• Implementing business continuity practices in organisations during a time of significant change.
• How emerging technologies are affecting business continuity.
• Practical workshops demonstrating how to conduct effective Scenario Exercises or Business Impact Analysis.

The Australasian Business Continuity Summit provides the best opportunity in the region for learning and networking with experts and practitioners in business continuity, crisis management, resilience, crisis communications, emergency response, IT disaster management, risk management and the organisations which supply and service these disciplines.

Who should attend?

Executives, Managers and other professionals with responsibility for

• Business Continuity Management
• Crisis or Incident Management
• Organisation Resilience
• Risk and Compliance Management
• Security and Emergency Management
• Communication and reputation management
• Business analysis and planning
• IT Service Continuity Management
• Operational Audit

For more information please contact Linda Nguyen on 02 9415 4180 or email manager@continuity.net.au