Optimising Enterprise Resilience Capability and Innovating Business Continuity Strategy

The global marketplace offers limitless commercial opportunities for increased profitability and decreased operating costs. The ability to successfully expand business interests across multiple territories and into emerging economies, while at the same time optimising operational infrastructure, can result in competitive edge and increased profitability. However to ensure the success of such operations, and the continuing economic viability of existing interests, organisations must have the capacity to respond in a resilient manner to an increasing spectrum of business risk, and leverage continuity planning to ensure operations can function and recover in adverse or extreme conditions.

Designed specifically for senior security, risk, and continuity professionals, this forum attracts decision makers who are tasked with defending commercial interests, determining risk appetite, and enabling strategic and tactical business objectives.

Organisations who attended in 2008 included Alliance Boots; AstraZeneca; BBC; BG Group; BP; Burrill Green; Cmed; Cobra Solutions; Computer Sciences Corporation; ConocoPhillips; Constellation Energy Commodities Group; CPNI; Cranfield University; Credit Suisse; De la Rue; Deutsche Bank; EADS; FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Fidelity Investments International; General Dynamics; HBOS; HM Land Registry; HM Revenue and Customs; HSBC Holdings; International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); Kellog Brown and Root; Kenyon International; Linde Group; National Air Traffic Services; Nexen; Novos; Pfizer; Pielle Consulting; Production Services Network; Prudential; Raytheon Systems; Royal Bank of Scotland Group; Royal Sun; Saga Group; Selex Galileo; Serious Organised Crime Agency; SGB Services; Sony Corporation; Source 8; Stirling Assynt; Thames Water; Threadneedle Asset Management; Transport for London; UBS Investment Bank; Unisys; Virgin Management; Vodafone Group; Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company; Wyeth Europa and more.. This event works with a range of experts and practitioners in order to deliver unique strategic insights and operational perspectives on how best to leverage and structure security practices to enhance business defence. The agenda focuses on progressive methodologies that can be applied and implemented to ensure you can plan for and respond proactively to existing and emerging risks, react effectively to incidents and crises, and enable seamless business continuity.

2008's speaker line up Hugo d'Apice, Global Security Director Weatherford International, Ltd. Joseph B. Donovan, Senior Vice President Beacon Capital Partners Martin Gallagher, Operations Security Manager, Emerging Markets Cisco Systems Ltd. Robert Hall, Senior Security Manager, Risk & Crisis Management, Group Security British-American Tobacco Brett J. Holmgren, Risk Manager Robert M. Currey & Associates Peter Jenkins, Political Underwriter, Political & Contingency Group BEAZLEY Nick Mann, Director of Group Fraud, Risk and Security Vodafone Andrew Martin, Director of Sales and Marketing ArmorGroup Paul Mercer, Theater Security Operations Manager, Europe and Emerging Markets Cisco Systems Ltd.  Sue Singh, Senior Analyst American Airlines Inc and more from CPNI SISBO