The constant disruptions due to both natural and man-made disasters continue to haunt the many businesses operating within Asia. The conference will bring together some of the best business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management experts to share the good practices that various industries can adopt to continue its critical business functions in the event of a disaster or business disruption.

This conference (in English) followed by 2-days of master classes and disaster simulation (taught in Thai) will be hosted by BCM Institute and Metro System Corporation.

Conference

At this one day conference, speakers will be sharing their experiences and good practices in business continuity management and disaster recovery implementation within the healthcare, logistics, financial institutions, insurance and telecommunication industry. The conference will focus on the following:

• Implementing Business Continuity Management  to complement the enterprise risk management, disaster recovery and crisis management functions
• Highlighting challenges of outsourcing IT disaster recovery and business continuity management function
• Sharing the experience of recovering and restoring business operations after a disaster
• Discussion on nation- and industry-wide level of preparedness for influenza pandemic (within Asia-Pacific)

4 Master Classes will be conducted over 2-days following the conference. Conference participants can opt to attend any of the class in-depth understanding of specific areas of BCM. Master Classes will be conducted in Thai.

• Master Class 1: BCM-2050: Simulation Exercise (1 day)
• Master Class 2: BCM-620: Risk Analysis and Business Impact Analysis Workshop (1 day)
• Master Class 3: DRP-300: Implementing IT DRP (2.5 days with 2.5 examination*)
• Master Class 4: BCM-300: Implementing BCM (2.5 days with 2.5 examination*)

For detailed information of Master Classes, click here.

*A 2 ½ hour examination will be conducted on 25 June 2010

Who Should Attend

• Senior Management overseeing business continuity and crisis management
• Business Continuity Planner, Contingency Planner
• IT and Financial Auditors
• Risk Management professionals, Risk & Compliance Manager
• General Manager, Managing Director of Organisations
• Head of IT, IT & MIS Manager, Disaster Recovery Planners
• Head of Sales & Marketing, Purchasing, Retail
• Engineer and Technician, Customer Relations
• Government Representatives
• Logistics & Supply Chain Manager
• Operations Director, Regulators, Project Manager
• Security Manager, Facility and Administrative Manager
• System Manager, Technical Specialist