Conference Program

Conference Day 1 | Conference Day 2

DAY 1
8:00 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 9:15
Chairman Opening Speech
Lyndon Bird, Technical Services Director, The Business Continuity Institute
9:15 – 10:00
Keynote Presentation
Implementing an Effective BCM Program across Regions
- Identify key principles that shape business continuity in different cultures
- Overcome the culture differences
- Adapting BCM in global operation
- Tips on avoiding pitfalls
- Critical success factors

“Every attempt to integrate resilience across multiple terrains and operating environments can induce a variety of challenges and obstacles. A flexible BCM program with innovative will minimize the hi-ups involved.”

Henry Ee, Director, Business Continuity Planning Asia Pte Ltd

10:00 – 10:45
Networking Break
10:45 – 11:30
BCM Awards Presentation
11:30 – 12:15

Overcoming the Odds: From Ground 0 to Business Continuity
- Views from the trenches of BCM
- Things you always wanted to know but was afraid to ask
- Looking ahead: the future of BCM

“To start an undertaking is challenging, to maintain the legacy is more difficult.”

Kenny Seow, Asia Business Continuity Award 2007, Winner of Lifetime Achievement

12:15 – 1:30
Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:15

Case Study: Natural Disasters: Is your Business Prepared?
- Impact of Jakarta flood
- Business interruption that PT Astra Group faced
- Managing denied access to work place cause by transportation breakdown, telecommunication disruption and electricity shutdown
- Challenges PT Astra International Head Office encountered during Business Continuity Plan activation
- Lessons learnt during the disaster and improvements made to increase business resilience

“Some crises cannot be averted totally despite the best of efforts and intentions. How well we survive the crisis depends on the preparatory work that has been done anticipating, preparing and mitigating the potentially disastrous effects of an incident before it unfolds.”

Samuel Manasseh, General Manager, Head of Group Risk Management Division Group Internal Audit & Risk Management, PT Astra International Tbk

2:15– 3:00
Moving your Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Plans to the Next Level

Where do you stand today ?
- Back to Basics
- Shared vs Dedicated
- Backup Restore vs Replication/Mirroring
- Governance and State of Readiness
- Justification to Executive Management

Stephen Tan, Project Manager / Consultant, Business Resiliency and Continuity Services, IBM Global Services, IBM Singapore Pte Ltd

3:00 – 3:45
Afternoon Break
3:45 – 4:30
Working with the Authorities - The Suntec Experience
- Authorities roles in BCM
- Understand authorities practices and procedures in dealing with a disaster
- Authorities and organizations cooperative initiatives
- Communicate your recovery strategies and procedures to the authorities
- Integrate authorities’ feedback into BCM

“By working together, the authorities and the companies can quickly learn from each other the way crisis is managed.”

Mohd Anwar Abdul Kader, Assistant Manager, Crisis Management & Security Services, Suntec City Management Pte Ltd

4:30 – 5:15
Panel Discussion: What would be the Future of BCM Standards?
- Overview on business continuity standards; NFPA 1600, BS 25999, TR 19:2005, etc..
- How are they different?
- What should you do to prepare?
- How can they support the implementation of the best practices?
- How will they affect you and your organization?

“Complying with business continuity standards is likely to play an important role in staying competitive and winning new business in future.”

Moderator: Wong Tew Kiat, President, Business Continuity Group

Panelist :
> Lyndon Bird, Technical Services Director, The Business Continuity Institute
> JC Sekar, General Manager (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa), Management Systems Registration Services, Underwriters Laboratories(UL)

5:15 – 5:30
Chairman Closing
5:30 – 6:30
Networking Cocktail Session

Conference Day 1 | Conference Day 2

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