Business Recovery Association of Virginia
The
Business Recovery Association of
Virginia is an independent professional
association of those involved in Business Continuity/Recovery and Contingency
Planning. Membership is open to
anyone who would like to participate.
There are no membership dues or meeting fees.
Leadership is by an informal Steering Group.
Meetings
are held quarterly at host sites, generally in the Richmond area.
Regular
Meetings format: 1:30pm registration, 2:00pm meeting
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informal meeting time for user exchange, experiences, networking
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presentations by members; personal experience/efforts
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vendor participation welcome; restricted presentations (non-sales)
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presentations average 30-45 minutes each, plus time for Q&A.
Info.
from other organizations, publications, meetings of interest, etc. available
at meeting.
Feb. 7 - Automated
Notification - Capital One, Innsbrook
March 14-16 - VEMA 2001 Conference - Williamsburg Marriott
March 15 - Rapid Response
DR Options - Williamsburg Marriott
April 11 - Sungard Seminar, Mobile unit demo - Richmond Sheraton West
May 10 - Mock D.R.
Exercise - Bank of America
Aug. 9 - Hot Site
Alternatives: Co-location, 3rd party Hosting, Managed Solutions - SunTrust
Mortgage Center; tour of Relera data center
Nov. 14 - Terrorism: Mitigation and Response - Joint
meeting w/VISE - Trigon
Programs-2002: (quarterly meetings)
Feb. 14 - Certifications and Training for Business Continuity
Planning
March 12-15 - VEMA 2002 Conference - Williamsburg Marriott
May 9 - Richmond-area Disasters (James Center etc.)
- Suntrust Mortgage
August 8 - Storm Ready/NWS Support/Hurricane Season
- U of Richmond
Nov. 13 - 9/11/01, Workarea recovery (Joint meeting
with VISE) - Trigon
Programs-2003: (quarterly meetings)
Feb. 13 – Training & Awareness for Business
Continuity – Capital One
March 12-14 –VEMA Conference (Preconf. Training 3/11)–Williamsburg
Marriott
May 8 - DR Exercises/Workshop – Bank of America
July 9 – Homeland Defense - Joint meeting w/VISE
– Anthem Blue Cross
August 14-15 - VEMA Summer Conference– Richmond Holiday Inn Koger Center
December 4, 2003 - Capital One
Programs-2004: (quarterly meetings)
Feb. 12 – Networking session: Issues of Interest
to all – U. of Richmond
March 17-19 –VEMA Conference (Preconf. Training 3/16)–Williamsburg
Marriott
May 13 – Human Side of Recovery Planning –
Bank of America-BEST bldg
July 15 – DR Software - VHDA
August 11-13 - VEMA Summer Conference– Richmond Holiday Inn Koger Center
November 17 – IT Security & Information Availability
– SunTrust
Programs-2005:
Feb. 10 – (VDEM): Emergency Management-Bridging
the Public & Private Sectors – Circuit City
April 5-9 Va. Emergency
Mgmt Conference -Williamsburg Marriott
May 12 – BC Planner Skills-What’s in Your
Toolkit? - Bank of America
July 14 - Succession Planning - LandAmerica
August 17-19 - VEMA (Va. Emergency Mgmt Assoc.) Summer Conference– Roanoke
Nov. 9 - Joint meeting w/VISE (Va. Info. Security
Exchange) – Anthem Blue Cross
Programs-2006:
Jan.12 – Networking - Joint meeting with ACP - DominionTek
April 4-7 - Va. Emergency Mgmt Conference -Williamsburg Marriott
April 25 – VA EOC Tour & Overview – Joint with ACP (Word Document)
May 11 - Mobilizing Your Organization's BCP/DR
Plans - LandAmerica
July 13 – Alternate Workspace
Alternatives – Bank
of America
Nov.8
- After Katrina--Print-to-Mail Continuity Lessons Learned – Anthem
Blue Cross (Download
PDF of the Presentation)
Programs-2007:
March 15 (1pm) – Justifying Business Continuity; Tornado Awareness – Red
Cross
April 17-20 Va. Emergency Mgmt Conference -Williamsburg Marriott
May 10 – Records
Disaster Recovery and Protection - VHDA
- Download the Presentations from the Meeting (Presentation 1 | Presentation 2)
July 12 - Business
Continuity Software – Bank of America
-Download the Presentation from the Meeting (PDF)
Nov. 8 – Pandemic Planning - SunTrust
Programs-2008:
February 21 – Telecommuting, Pandemic Plans and BCP - VHDA
March 11-14 Va. Emergency Mgmt Conference –Hampton Roads Convention Center
May 8 –
Aug. 14 –
Nov. 13 –
Steering meetings on 2nd Thursday of
month following regular meeting
Contact: -- Clarence Elliott (804-272-1549), email clelliot@ix.netcom.com