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Meet-the-Experts, Thailand Press Release 8 July 2010

Program Management - The Key to Business Continuity Readiness

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Bangkok, 8 July 2010 - While the current political situation in Thailand continues to test the effectiveness of an existing organization's business continuity (BC) plans, Thai professionals understand that it also calls for organizations to review and update its plan to be more comprehensive. BCM Institute will be hosting the upcoming Meet-the Expert (MTE) seminar on the topic of program management. The seminar will be jointly presented by Mr Khun Bhakorn Vanuptikul, Executive Vice President of Bangkok Bank and Dr Goh Moh Heng, President of BCM Institute on 14th July 2010 at the Grand Mercure Fortune Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. 


Top-notch BC speakers will be discussing how organizations should maintain its BCM initiative through advanced exercise and test regimes. It will cover the need to constantly train and increase the business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management awareness amongst its staff and stakeholders. This seminar also includes the audit and review of the current BCM initiative and lastly, to create a BCM culture so as to have long term sustainability for any organization preparing itself for unpredictable events. Events such as the Bangkok unrests have taught us to seriously review and upgrade our BCM capability based on the changing threat environment. “The lack of effort during the program management process in many organizations has resulted in a lack of a proper maintenance and update of a BCM plan which results in a lack of readiness to handle any new disruptive events to the organizations,” explained Dr Goh.

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For the first time in Bangkok and arising from pressing requests from over 100 Thai professionals, BCM Institute will be offering its crisis management and simulation masterclass sessions on July 14 and 15, 2010. The need to better understand how a crisis is managed at the management level and the integration with the BCM team is crucial, especially based on the turn of events over the past few weeks in Bangkok. In addition, masterclass participants will be trained to develop and experience a disaster simulation exercise. To enhance and maximise the learning experience, even further, BCM Institute will recall all the crisis details in a small class - Crisis Management and Simulation. Participants who complete this comprehensive exercise will be recognised as an esteemed Member of BCM Institute (MBCMI).

The Meet-the-Expert series continue to serve as a welcoming platform for leading business continuity expert practitioners to discuss Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery issues and to network. For more information on the MTE seminar, please log on to http://www.worldcontinuitycongress.com

 

About Meet-the-Expert

The Meet-The-Expert (MTE) seminar is a complimentary half-day event to encourage knowledge sharing amongst the industry professionals in specific countries. The MTE aims to address both the business and technical issues surrounding the Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) process. To facilitate a rich dialogue, Subject Matter Experts are invited to present their views, followed by a discussion session at the conclusion of each topic.

The MTE serves as an interactive discussion platform for leading industry professionals to share BC and DR knowledge, this seminar enables the respective BCM Institute’s country representatives to meet their community’s needs better.

About BCM Institute

Established in 2005, the BCM Institute aims to promote awareness and share knowledge in the business continuity management and disaster recovery planning community by offering courses, examinations, certification, conferences and seminars worldwide. Headquartered in Singapore, our global presence pulsates in more than 10 countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, with members growing to more than 1,500 located in 36 countries. Some of our notable clients are Fortune 500 organizations.

  

For Media enquiries, please contact:

Ms Susan Pereira

Marketing and Communications Manager

Mobile: +65 9006 0730

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For Course or Event enquiries, please contact:

Mr Choochai Mongkolkitikul

Country Manager

Mobile: +66 8 1171 0260, +66 8 6302 5050

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World Continuity Congress Malaysia 2010 Press Release 24 June 2010

Countdown To 10th WCC - Being Prepared is Not an Option

Kuala Lumpur 24 June 2010 – 'More initiatives from the public sector to promote business continuity management'. That is the tune that Organiser BCM Institute is hoping more organisations will be singing along to  in the upcoming World Continuity Congress (WCC). Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) practitioners will indeed be welcoming these growth measures as well as special Guest-of-Honour, Yang Berhormat  Tuan Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, who will be celebrating a decade of BC-DR Thought Leadership during the conference kickoff on 5th July. The WCC conference will be followed by masterclasses till the 9th July.


In the wake of global disasters, nothing befits the congress theme better than “Being Prepared Is Not An Option”. A timely event to address the  growing interest in the implementation of business continuity processes in various industries, the upcoming WCC comes with a one-day series of presentations, case studies, workshops subsequently followed by the optional in-depth four-day master class sessions.

Who will be speaking? Various industry experts rose to the occasion to speak and the list includes LTC (Rtd) Husin Jazri, CEO of Cybesecurity Malaysia, Steve Sobak, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Blood Bank, SingHealth; Willem Hoekstra, Societe General of BCM Asia; John Lounsbury, Senior Security Solution Architech of British Telecom Singapore Pte Ltd; Thomas Ng Seng Chew, Chief Information Officer of e-Genting Sdn Bhd also Chairperson of Share Guide Association (SGAM); Jason Teo, Senior Director of Business Continuity, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific who is also chairman of Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA ASIA); Michael Kum Regional President, IT Service Management Forum also Managing Consultant for MKF Solutions and Noraishah Omar Executive Director NISA Advanced Solutions Sdn Bhd.

BCM Institute's President Dr Goh Moh Heng further encouraged participants to "...be ready to learn from their vast experiences, how they handle and manage their business continuity management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) challenges. This is what you can expect from attending the World Continuity Congress.” Participants will indeed second Dr Goh's quote once they have attended this event.

BCM will also be offering the BCM-5000 (Advanced level BCM) and DRP-300 (Intermediate IT DR) courses in Malaysia for those who may not have the opportunity to attend the course in their home country. These courses will lead to the Business Continuity certified Expert (BCCE) and Disaster recovery Certified Specialist (DRCS) respectively.

For more information on the WCC, workshops and masterclasses, please log on to http://www.worldcontinuitycongress.com.

About World Continuity Congress (WCC)

WCC has established itself to be the unparalleled BC & DR event platform in Asia offering access to some of the most remarkable individuals in the industry through a 2-day get-together amongst industry professionals and would-be practitioners. Besides visionary BC and DR keynotes experts with workshops, It also combines with two days of in-depth master class sessions tailored to organizations, customers, and partners. The conference has been held annually since year 2000 in Singapore as DRI Asia, which was subsequently renamed as World Continuity Congress in 2007 to reflect a global presence. The Malaysian chapter began hosting WCC in Kuala Lumpur since 2006.

About BCM Institute Established in 2005, the BCM Institute aims to promote awareness and share knowledge in the business continuity management and disaster recovery planning community by offering courses, examinations, certification, conferences and seminars worldwide. Headquartered in Singapore, our global presence pulsates in more than 10 countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, with members growing to more than 1,500 located in 36 countries. Some of our notable clients are Fortune 500 organizations.

 

For Media Enquiries:

Ms Susan Pereira, Marketing & Communications Manager, BCM Institute

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Mobile : + 65  9006 0730

 

For Course or Event Enquiries:

Mr. Julius Tan, Sales Manager BCM Institute Malaysia

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Mobile : + 6 012 441 2930

 


 

 

 

 

 

   

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