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Human Aspects of BCM

10 September 2009 - 10 September 2009

Guys Campus, King’s College London

During past weeks many, perhaps even the majority, of Business Continuity practitioners have been involved in the review and updating of pandemic plans for their organisations.  At the same time we have seen the World Health Organization moving to the formal declaration of a flu pandemic and increasing expectations of a significant upsurge in H1N1 infections as we head into the autumn.

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) recently undertook a survey to ask about the extent of members’ pandemic preparedness and it was clear from the excellent response that plans are generally well advanced.  Consequently the BCI are developing a Workshop programme that will contribute to the refinement and validation of these plans by providing an update on the latest situation as understood by the central authorities and an exchange of planning assumptions amongst BC practitioners.  The BCI will be exploring the ways in which pandemic plans can be tested and exercised and, finally, will provide a challenge to our ways of thinking about how we are preparing to “crisis manage” the situation as we move from minor disruption into the area best described as the “unknown unknowns”.

The Workshop is scheduled for Thursday 10 September in London and the afternoon exercise means that the number of delegate places will be strictly limited.

Who should attend?

The Workshop is designed for BC practitioners, at all levels, that are already involved in the planning and deployment of contingency plans for responding to the consequences of the current pandemic threat.  It is not a training course in how to develop a pandemic preparedness plan.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about all aspects of their pandemic plans and seek advice from both the expert session leaders and their fellow professionals, mainly BCI members.  The BCI’s main purpose is to assist delegates in validating their plans.

What does it cost and how do I book?

See Business Continuity Institute Human Aspects of BCM Workshop for details.