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Breakout Session Track 2
Monday - March 7, 2005-
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Strategic Session 2
Novice/intermediate/Advanced

Next Generation Continuity Planning: Simpler and More Effective
Carla Blum
Motorola

During 2004 Motorola completely revised its BC program so it is simpler and easier to implement. This presentation will review Motorola’s experience and will discuss how other companies might apply this approach to their own operations. We will discuss a short-form BIA with a straightforward test for criticality; standard process maps designating operations presumed to be business-critical; two bottom-line criteria for setting recovery time objectives; a checklist for suppliers; and an eight-step continuity plan. The complete program guide and other materials used by Motorola will also be shared with participants.
Carla Blum is the manager of business continuity and crisis management at Motorola. She is responsible for helping to develop and teach programs and exercises for business continuity and crisis management to our teams worldwide.


Managerial Session 2
Intermediate /Advanced

Managing a Business Continuity Plan Development Project
Virginia M. Miller, CBCP
Two Seven, Inc.

This presentation will walk participants through the steps of managing a business continuity plan development project from both the technical and business perspectives. It will address project scoping, task delineation, and hours estimating for conducting a business impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery strategy design, plan development and recovery team training. It will also address managing executive expectations, conducting presentations as well as common pit falls and lessons-learned from successfully managing more than 30 BCP projects.
Virginia Miller is currently with TwoSeven, Inc. and has more than 20 years experience in the IT profession. She has provided information security and business recovery consulting services internationally to Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the New York City Transit Authority.


Technical Session 2
Intermediate/Advanced

Creating Information Technology Recovery Plans
Scott L. North
First Charter Bank

Information technology (IT) is one of the key areas to include in any business continuity plan. For the average BCP employee with a limited knowledge of IT, this can be an intimidating task. Using an organized, project management approach, this session helps to define the major components of the plan, issues to be addressed, and staff required in order to produce a working and testable IT recovery plan. The attendee will leave with tangible ideas and templates on how to create this critical component of their overall business continuity plan.
Scott North is a senior manager of information security and business continuity for First Charter Bank, with more than 18 years of practical experience, mostly in the financial services industry. He received his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1981.


Emergency Response Session 2
Novice/Intermediate

Implement Business Continuity for Minimal Cost
Ray Castellano
Public Service Enterprise Group

Do you need a governance strategy in your organization to facilitate the business continuity planning process? Are you frustrated by the cost and complexity of business continuity solutions? Learn how to quickly implement business continuity solutions in your organization – regardless of its size. See an organization’s business continuity planning process and learn how to provide the information and data executives are concerned about – such as:

  • How many systems are needed to support the organizations critical processes?
  • How many systems would be impacted if the organization lost its headquarters building?
  • How can corporate governance be used to leverage business continuity and disaster recovery?

This workshop will start you on a path to gather the data you’ll need to increase the confidence that your organization can survive the unexpected.

Ray Castellano is a Principal at Public Service Enterprise Group, an energy and energy services company headquartered in Newark, NJ. Ray has worked at PSEG for 24 years and has held numerous positions in the Information Technology Department including Business Partner, Enterprise IT Architect, and Director-Project Management Office.
After the Northeast Power Blackout in August 2003, Ray was asked to assess the organizations business continuity capabilities. He is presently leading a focused effort to increase assurance that critical business processes will be maintained in a manner consistent with business needs and risks following a major disaster.
Ray has a BS and MS in electrical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology.


Advanced Session 2
Advanced

Initiating Business Continuity Planning for Terrorism Threats Facing Every Organization
Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D.
Pepperdine Univ.

In the aftermath of 9-11, awareness of the risks of terrorism against corporate and public targets in North America has grown exponentially. Analysis on terrorist vulnerabilities and risks have begun in many work rooms, but there remains too few standard approaches to such preparation. This session seeks to offer a summary of approaches and representative models of contemporary best practices to vividly illustrate and document the lessons learned in previous terror attacks. This session will feature a short film on best practices that is appropriate for senior managers, executives, and all employees in your organization.
Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Communication and chair of the communication division at Pepperdine University. He is a recognized expert on organizational systems, human factors during organizational crises, and organizational communication assessment.


Information Session 2
Novice /Intermediate/Advanced

Certificates, Credentials, and Degrees: The Education and Training of BCP and Emergency Management Professionals

Numerous academic, private and public certifications are becoming commonplace. What are the issues and challenges facing education and training organizations, and what are the implications for business continuity planners and emergency managers? There is some resistance amongst veteran first responders who are unimpressed with classroom training replacing years of on-scene experience as the best way to prepare emergency management or disaster recovery leaders. We’ll examine the best practices and explore the standards, certification and accreditation programs paving the way in the post 9/11 world.
Dr. Thomas D. Phelan, president, Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc., is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Phelan was named to the IBM Worldwide Crisis Response Team in 2002.


Sessions/ Workshop Schedule

Sunday Workshop Sessions Sunday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
General Sessions Various Times (Mon/Tues/Weds)
Breakout Session Track 1 Monday, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Breakout Session Track 2 Monday, 3:15 p.m - 4:15 p.m
Breakout Session Track 3 Monday, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m
Breakout Session Track 4 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday Worshop Sessions Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m

 

 

 
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