Improving Business Continuity Management
BS 25999 and Beyond

4th Annual BCM conference and workshop

How can you deliver improved Business Continuity in a recession?

Are your resources being cut, and senior management distracted by other issues – while the threats and challenges continue to multiply?

This conference from BSI will help you understand how standards can improve your business continuity processes despite the current economic climate, and provide you with good practice guidance from those organizations that are leading the way in BCM implementation and maintenance.

You should attend this conference and workshops for:

• Latest updates on international and UK standards and their impact on your organization and processes
• Be among the first to hear updates on the current revision to the Civil Contingencies Act from Andy Fraser, Deputy Director, Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme
• Real life BS 25999 implementation case studies and guidance from organizations leading the way such as Foodvest Ltd, BAE Systems, West Sussex County Council and the Department of Health
• Public and private streams will allow you more choice and targeted information relevant to different sectors and needs and to enhance networking opportunities
• Guidance on how implementing BS 25999 will help save you money and refine your BCM process in a recession.

Conference price includes 20% off BS 25777:2008  Information and communications technology continuity management. Code of practice

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Plenary sessions

Chair’s introduction and update on continuity related standards

• UK – Recovery management, human factors, crisis management, ICT continuity and risk  
• USA
• ISO

John Sharp
Managing Director, Kiln House Associates

British Standards and business continuity management

• How the standard fits with other Management Systems standards 

• Certification to BS 25999
• BS 25777
• Feedback on the standard
• BSI's continuity standars and activity 

David Adamson
Committee Manager – Risk, QA and Security,  BSI British Standards

Discussion session

• Does the recession emphasize the need for BCM or push it further down the priority chain?
• Does business continuity add value to an organization?
• How do you measure the value added by BCM?

Please note streams 1 and 2 run concurrently. Delegates may change streams between presentations. Please indicate your session and stream selections when booking e.g. A1, B2, C2, D1. Online bookings will be contacted by a customer services’ representative for their selection.

Plenary sessions

Discussion session: How can the public and private sector work together to improve BCM processes? What are the common issues?

Supply chain - BCM's greatest challenge!

• The growing risk of supply chain and outsourcing
• Some impacts of supply failure
• Common difficulties in dealing with the risk
• What can be done about it - some practical measures

Martin Caddick
Head of BCM Practice, Marsh

Case study: Business as usual following a terrorist attack

• Emergency response
• Working in partnership 
• Crisis management 
• 23:59 Badge of Honour

Gillies Crichton
Head of HSE Compliance, BAA Glasgow Airport

All those for whom Business Continuity and/or Compliance is wholly or partly their responsibility or for whom it impacts on their role including:

• BC professionals
• Risk managers
• IT directors
• Senior directors of SMEs
• Disaster recovery managers
• Crisis/Incident response managers
• Emergency planning officers
• Health and Safety managers
• Facilities and operations managers
• Quality managers
• Compliance officers
• Certification bodies
• Auditors
• Corporate governance managers
• Company secretaries
• Heads of communications
• Corporate risk officers.

Pre-conference workshop - 12 May 2009

Your BC plans and BS 25999 – Where to start 

Giles Alexander
Consultant, Needhams 1834 Ltd  

Post-conference workshop - 14 May 2009

How to effectively exercise and test your BC plan

Ian Francis
Business continuity consultant

Pre-conference workshop
12 May 2009

Your BC plans and BS 25999 – Where to start 

Workshop overview:

The ‘Your plans and BS 25999 – Where to start’ afternoon workshop is an interactive session of presentations, discussion, case studies, tools and more to build delegate knowledge, understanding and confidence for those considering, or about to commence, the journey of implementing and maintaining BS 25999 within their organization. 

The three main questions answered are: 

• What are the requirements of the standard?
• What do I have in place now?
• What do I need to do to progress towards compliance?

This workshop will be delivered by Giles Alexander from Needhams 1834 Ltd, a BSI trained BS 25999 Lead Auditor, with multi-sector experience of working with clients to achieve BS 25999 alignment/compliance.

Suitable for:

• Anyone seeking to progress their knowledge and understanding of BS 25999
• Anyone preparing to implement and maintain BS 25999 in their organization
• Business continuity managers or organizational leads
• Managers with the responsibility and oversight for BCM.  

Workshop outline:

• The essentials:
  - Part 1 and Part 2
  - The BCM lifecycle
  - Documentation
  - The BC management system and processes
  - The certification process
• Your plans:
  - Undertaking a gap analysis
  - Alignment or compliance?
• Implementing BS 25999:
  - Managing and delivering your project plan _
  - The lifecycle and documentation
  - The underpinning BC management system

Giles Alexander
Consultant, Needhams 1834 Ltd  

• The objectives of business continuity exercises
• Planning the exercise programme
• Exercise development
• Technology and resources
• Exercise management
• Evaluation and feedback  

Ian Francis
Business continuity consultant