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Australia & New Zealand Business Continuity Awareness Week
22nd – 26th March 2010
Proudly Sponsored by KPMG
Preparing for a disruption in business is a continuing challenge for all industries. The associated issues of business resilience will be addressed during the 2010 Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW). The theme of this eventful week is “Resilience over Uncertainty” and comprises of an international initiative where businesses are encouraged to conduct several initiatives throughout the week, aimed at promoting business continuity within their workplace.
In Australia and New Zealand, Continuity Forum is working to present a program of events to raise business continuity awareness locally. During 22-23 March, a series of kick off events are set to run in the Australian capital cities of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra; and in the New Zealand capital cities of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. In Australia, the various meetings in these cities will be run in collaboration with the local Australian Chapters of the Business Continuity Institute, as a joint event. More details on these meetings are noted below.
To complete the week, the Business Continuity Summit will take place in Sydney as a two-day joint conference with the Australasian Chapter of the BCI on 24-25 March 2010 which will be held at the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel. The Summit brochure will be made available soon.
  
Mark these events in your diaries!
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Meeting Details
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| MELBOURNE |
22 March 2010, 4.00pm–6.00pm
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Panel Discussion Topic: Current Business Continuity Standards and Surveys
Panelists:
• Lawrence Cox, MBCI, Principal, LIC Business Continuity Advisory Services
• Patrick Ow, Risk Management Advisor, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
• Ken Brandt, Executive Director, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
• Phil Carter, FBCI, Business Continuity Management Group, ANZ
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| BRISBANE |
22 March 2010, 4.00pm-6.00pm |
Topic: My Business Continuity Journey
Speaker: Dr. Karin Walduck, Executive Manager, ICT Services, State Library Queensland
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| SYDNEY |
23 March 2010, 4.00pm–6.00pm |
Topic: Current Business Continuity Management Standards and Risk Management Standards
Speaker:
Jeff Bergman, Founder and Member, Standards Australia Risk Management Committee and BCM Working Group.
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| CANBERRA |
23 March 2010, 4.00pm–6.00pm |
Topic: From Governance to Resilience - A New Paradigm in the Corporate Stewardship of the Australian Federal Police
Speaker: Mark Sullivan, Coordinator, Planning and Governance, Australian Federal Police Force
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| NEW ZEALAND |
23 March 2010, 3.00pm–5.00pm |
Topic: Best Practice for Business Continuity Management
Speaker: Brigitte Theuma, Director, Business Continuity & Resilience Services, Deloitte
Meeting locations: Auckland, Christchurch & Wellington
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The above kick-off meetings are all free networking meetings. If you wish to register please email Laila at web@continuity.net.au.
Other Initiatives
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BCI Launch, Pert WA, 22 March 2010
The BCI Australasian Chapter will officially launch a BCI Forum in Perth, WA on 22nd March 2010. The launch will be commemorated with a FREE half-day symposium “Resilience Over Uncertainty” followed by three half-day workshops on business continuity management.
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More information
Download the brochure.
Contact Kenny Seow at kenny.seow@thebci.org.au
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Linus' Half-day Seminar, 23 March 2010
At this free information session you will hear how two organisations have approached real situations that challenged their understanding of resilience and Business Continuity Management.
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More information
Download the brochure or contact Chris Bakowski on 0418 502 889. To register email bcaw@linus.com.au or visit http://www.linus.com.au/bcawreg.htm
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We would be pleased to hear of any information on initiatives conducted by your organisation during BCAW 2010. Please contact Agnes at support@continuity.net.au or phone Continuity Forum on +61 (0)2 9415 4180 to share your ideas.
What your organisation can do to contribute
This year's BCAW is the perfect time for businesses to evaluate the resilience of their current business continuity plans. By involving your entire workplace, the importance of having business continuity plans as part of the work environment, may assist in mitigating the risks associated with potential business interruptions.
The following suggestions can be put into place for raising your organisation's BCP's profile among colleagues:
- Hold an awareness session with your own management team and/or staff
- Conduct a desk top simulation test
- Reassess what has changed in your environment and what new risks need to be covered
- Update and reissue your Business Continuity Plans
- Refresh your own business continuity training
- Share your experiences and stories, attend a business continuity information exchange networking forum
- Submit a case study and/or BCM tips
- Announce your commitment to improve your overall business resilienceHold an awareness session with your own management team and/or staff
Testimonials from 2009's BCAW and Summit
"The kick-off event during BCAW 2009 was very interesting and comprehensive"
"The Summit and kick-off event I attended was useful to get to know other BC practitioners in my location"
"The conference had a good diversity of speakers with experience across different sectors"
"Being new to the business continuity planning role, I found the presentations very useful - hearing how other businesses embedded business continuity management in their business added to my learning"
"A highly successful event and collaboration between the Business Continuity Institute and Continuity Forum"
"Audience participation was great!"
"Fantastic - a great networking opportunity!"
"Very well organised, good topics and speakers"
"Worthwhile, speakers were quite inspirational and thought provoking from a leadership perspective"
To find out more about the 2009 BCAW and to access past presentations, click here
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