Business Continuity Institute: local forums

In its summer newsletter, the Business Continuity Institute has provided an update on BCI local forum meetings which are taking place in the next few weeks:

Australia Brisbane Forum - next meeting to be held on 15 August 2006 between 12:15 and 14:00 at Classic Blue, 733 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley. The agenda includes a presentation by Mike Edmonds (formerly Corporate Risk & Compliance Manager, Brisbane City Council) on Business Continuity Management - A Local Government Perspective". The presentation would also include aspects of BCM preparation for Human Influenza Pandemic. For further information please contact Phil Kinch on 0419 759 580 or Mandy Freestone on 3308 7062

Nordic - next meeting in Copenhagen : August 29th 2006. For more information please contact mail@thebci.dk

UK Channel Islands – the Channel Islands Keynote Summer lecture will be presented on 5th September by Dr Deborah Pretty who proved to be a very popular speaker at the BCI Symposium last year. Dr Pretty’s lecture is entitled Business Continuity Management - Measuring Contribution to Performance covering:
Investment in Business Continuity Management is critical to avoid tragedy, at worst, or a sudden loss in shareholder value, at best. Research is presented which measures the prevalence of reputation crisis, identifies the most common triggers behind sudden drops in value and demonstrates the sustained impact on firms and their chief executive officers. In addition, the research demonstrates the value of investing in business continuity management by offering a framework for analysing BCM investment in a shareholder value context. As might be imagined places are filling up very quickly for this Jersey based event so enquiries should be directed to Chris Oliver at chris.oliver@itex.gg to check on availability.

Australia NSW - the next BCI NSW Forum meeting will be held on 7th September 2006. As usual, the meeting time will be from 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Full details will be given when the venue and speakers are finalised. The final meeting for 2006 will be held on 7th December. Contact Peter Sierwald at peter.sierwald@phoenix-continuity.com.au for further details.

UK South West - next forum will be held on Thursday 14 September 2006 at Marsh in Bristol, full details to be circulated in due course. Contact Helen.ENGLAND@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

Switzerland – the next meeting is scheduled for 22nd September and is due to beheld in Zurich. If you wish to attend please contact Terry Dawes at terry.dawes@commissum.ch

UK North Midlands - the next quarterly meeting will take place on the afternoon of Monday 9th October at Link Associates offices in Derby. The agenda, timings, etc will be published in due course. Contact Andy Osborne aosborne@acumen-bcp.co.uk

UK London Forum Seminar – Under Crisis Conditions
The London Forum has a few places still available for its seminar due to be held on 7th September near Heathrow Airport. The seminar will be based around you demonstrating your skills in ‘communicating effectively’ under crisis conditions. What does this mean? Well, if you want a challenge, expect your ‘personal states’ to be fully ‘tested & exercised’ when you become an active member within a crisis management team (CMT), responding to a realistic scenario that is in someway aligned to an event planned for 2012. www.bcilondonforum.org

Further details on BCI Forums available in your area can be found at http://www.thebci.org/regionalforums.htm

•Date: 15th August 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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