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 A listing of business continuity training workshops and events taking place in Australia.
Writing a Business Continuity Plan Workshop
18 February 2009, Melbourne.
This workshop is aimed at professionals with a basic understanding of business continuity management. For newcomers, prior attendance of the Introductory BCM workshop is recommended. The workshop will include group work in creating a strategy and plan. Participants will be guided through the development of the recovery strategy, the creation of the strategy report and how to gain management approval. Participants then develop a sample recovery plan based on the strategy created. Strategy report and recovery plan templates are provided for the participants to use in their own organisations.
Emergency Management for Business and Industry Workshop
24 February 2009, Sydney.
The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with an understanding of emergency management. The outcomes of the workshop are to provide the participants with practical knowledge and understanding of:
* Concepts and principles of effective emergency management and its relationship with business continuity in the workplace;
* Key roles and responsibilities of the emergency responders;
* The all hazards and risks approach to emergency management;
* Keys to developing an emergency management plan; and
* Keys to testing emergency management plans and protocols.
Crisis Management Workshop
25 February 2009, Canberra.
The outcomes of this workshop will provide participants with the practical knowledge and skills to:
* Define the aim and objectives for conducting an effective exercise
* Prepare and conduct a crisis management for your organisation
* Appreciate the risk and challenges of conducting an exercise with your organisation
* Experience crisis management exercise options through discussion with experienced exercise facilitators.
Testing IT Disaster Recovery Plans
18 March 2008, Adelaide.
This workshop covers the fundamentals of planning for and executing IT disaster recovery tests. Delegates will gain an understanding of how IT disaster recovery fits into the overall crisis and business continuity management process and how the IT DR plan can be tested, either independently, or in conjugation with, business continuity testing. All delegates will be given an opportunity to plan and run a hypothetical exercise, based on a sample case study, and using DR scenarios and test templates provided during the course.
Introductory Business Continuity Management
24 March 2009, Brisbane.
The objectives of this workshop are to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to be able to apply the information presented and discussed in the workshop to their own organisation’s business continuity programme and plans, commence an action plan for any changes and improvements to business continuity plans and review current business continuity documentation effectively.
Key topics:
* What is business continuity management?
* The business continuity management processes
* BCM initiation
* Business impact analysis and risk assessment
* The business continuity plan.
Pandemic Planning Workshop
24 March 2009, Brisbane.
Effective pandemic planning will make your organisation more resilient and will provide a real return whether or not a pandemic occurs. This course will provide you with a sound understanding of the pandemic planning process, the scope of the pandemic plan, and how it aligns with and strengthens your organisation’s business continuity plans.
Business Continuity Standards
Essentials Workshop 24 March 2009, Brisbane.
There are a growing number of business continuity management standards and guidelines promoted by organizations from around the world. Each new standard aims to offer the latest and most complete solution to the challenge of creating and maintaining business continuity capablilites in an increasingly complex world. It can be a challenge just to understand the benefits and variations between them, let alone know which one to follow. This half day workshop will focus on the essential information to help business continuity professionals appreciate more clearly:
* What are the key benefits and differences between the BCM standards?
* What does a BCM standard really offer to organisations?
* Is there one ‘best’ BCM standard?
* How to use BCM standards to your advantage?
Business Continuity Summit
25-26 March 2009, Brisbane.
The Business Continuity Summit 2009 is the principal annual event to address issues common to all aspects of business continuity and related disciplines. It will provide an excellent opportunity for training and networking with experts and practitioners in business continuity, crisis management, crisis communications, emergency response, it disaster management, risk management, security, and the organisations which supply and service these disciplines.
More details of all the above can be found at www.continuity.net.au
•Date:15th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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