Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas (CPAC)

GS1 - Bruce Blythe – CEO, Crisis Management International, “Strategic Crisis Management “ - When serious crises hit, senior management’s responsibilities are to protect the organization’s core assets, e.g., people, reputation, brand, and finances. Most crisis planning, however, focuses only on tactical response. It is vital to the well being of the organization that crisis managers at all levels be prepared to make high-leverage, defining moment decisions when needed. This calls for strong Strategic Crisis Leadership, which involves being the right kind of person during stressful times, knowing what to do to lead effectively, and executing decisions with efficiency. This presentation will provide take-and-use guidelines based on latest crisis leadership research, case histories, and the speaker’s vast Strategic Crisis Leadership consulting experience..

“Strategic Crisis Management Applied” - At the heart of any crisis response are strategic decisions that will serve as “defining moments.” These strategic decisions have the critical power to bring you and your organization swiftly toward media, etc. Beyond tactics, the focus of this presentation is on strategic crisis successful resolution . . . or they can spiral your organization deeper into entanglements that can increase the damage.

GS2 - Ronald C. Osborne, Director SCEMD – Involving the Private Sector in SC Preparedness Programs

GS3 - John Copenhaver, CBCP, President & CEO Disaster Recovery Institute International, “Title IX, The New Federal Legislation”

GS4 - H. Douglas Hoell, Director, North Carolina Emergency Management "The Public/Private Sector Partnership - Building the Bridge". A critical effort in planning for regional disasters is interstate and intrastate mutual aid, mission ready resource packaging, and how the private sector must become a part of that effort.

GS5 - Ask the Experts : Panel Discussion

WS1 Business Impact Analysis - Accomplishing the Goals While Avoiding the Pitfalls, (3 hours), Barry Cardoza, CBCP, VP/Manager of Business Continuity, Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery, Union Bank of California, N.A and Robert Moisoff, MBCP, Business Continuity Manager, ADP NAS Pro, Business Division. Regulators are stressing that a Business Impact Analysis should be the first step in an institution’s Business Continuity Program. New developments suggest that this will soon be an expectation of all companies, including those that do not currently fall under specific regulatory guidelines. The BIA also ensures that contingency planning resources are appropriately allocated. This session will show how you can use as few as four key data points to produce a wide range of genuinely useful deliverables for regulators, executive management, line-of-business management, and other stakeholders. Attendees will come away with a CD containing sample databases and other tools that they can apply within their own organizations.

WS2 - Richard Zinno, CBCP – “BCP/DR Exercise Workshop…The only source of knowledge is experience” Being prepared to respond to and recover from emergencies is everyone’s challenge. Training programs and business continuity plans cover over 95% of the information required for emergency response. However, it is difficult for employees to analyze all the information appropriately unless they are forced into a course of action under the stress of a simulated emergency situation. Exercises create important knowledge and decision patterns in the mind of participants who can then, during actual emergencies, identify with those familiar situations based on past experiences and make appropriate decisions. This is a two-part breakout session that will cover the following:

Overview of an exercise program
Benefits and critical success factors
Types of exercises
How to structure an exercise program
Exercise planning and tools
Exercise Roles
Scenario and Simulation Development
How to run an exercise
How to evaluate an exercise.

Topic Sessions

TS1 - Don Campbell, CEM, Assistant Coordinator, Guilford County EM, NC “Not Your Normal Partnership - EM & Competing Media Outlet Partner to Ensure BC for Mass Media Infrastructure”

TS2 – John Kunert, COO. Facility Continuity Services, LLC, “Implementing Command and Control (C2) by Implementing an Incident Command (ICS) in the Private Sector”

TS3 - Sean Lowther, President, Stealth Awareness, Inc. – “The Awareness Intrapreneur” - Utilizing entrepreneurial skills in the corporate world, "intrapreneuring," helped one man implement a successful awareness program for one of the largest financial institutions in the world. Learn the skills, how he diverted budget to other groups and commanded managements attention..

TS5– Rick Hudson, Board Member, Rowan County (NC) Economic Development Commission, Rowan County (NC) Planning Board, Rowan County (NC) Land Use Steering Committee, “Container Security Issues” In the period since 9/11, the US government has prioritized the inspection of containerized freight entering American ports. Behind this focus lies the very real fear that terrorists could use the cargo infrastructure to smuggle radiological, biological, chemical or explosive weapons into this country. Over the past five years a number of programs have sought to address this concern. Most recently, these efforts culminated with the Act implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission which was signed into law by President Bush on August 26, 2007. This legislation calls for a number of measures ranging from blast-resistance cargo containers for aviation to full non-intrusive scanning of marine cargo containers. Each measure stems from a valid concern yet every countermeasure comes with its own economic impact. Commercial entities and organizations have already raised objections to some of the provisions. Of equal importance, there is also a degree of concern focused on domestic transport in the US. The need exists to better track and secure potentially dangerous cargoes traveling on the nation’s roadways as well as coordinate the transit with local emergency management and preparedness jurisdictions. This presentation will: provide an overview of the history of container and cargo security efforts since 9/11, review the current state as well as the criticisms of efforts and look at the issues around domestic transit.

TS6 - Jack Wiles, President & Co-Founder, The Training Company, producers of the annual Techno Security and Techno Forensics conferences “High Tech Crimes and Low Tech Bombs” It's been a couple of years since we had Jack present one of his threat briefings. During this session, he will provide us with a current update on some of the things that we need to be aware of in the worlds of both physical security and technical security. Any CPAC member attending this meeting will be invited to attend the 10th Anniversary Techno Security Conference at Myrtle Beach next year as a VIP guest of The Training Co. You will need to provide your own transportation and hotel expenses, but the $1,195 registration fee will be waived as a benefit of your CPAC membership.

TS7 - James Payne – MS, CEM, CAS, President & CEO - 6P International – “Integrated Preparedness: Eliminating Duplicated Effort in Regulatory Compliance” Companies and businesses of all types are duplicating effort in their regulatory preparedness efforts. Regulatory agencies such as OSHA, EPA, NFPA, Joint Commission, and many others require businesses to develop programs and plans to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a variety of potential disasters. These programs and plans overlap or duplicate effort in many areas creating cumbersome, nonfunctional plans that sit on a shelf and collect dust rather than serve as a functional plan in time of need. What businesses really need is a preparedness solution that fully integrates Disaster Response & Recovery, Business Continuity, Environmental Health & Safety, and Emergency Management program needs into a single, well developed, functional plan.

TS8 - Vince DiCarlo, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service – “Interpreting Weather Data for Successful Business Decisions: What to Do When ‘Partly Cloudy’" Isn't Good Enough” - A review of meteorological warnings, available on the Internet, that can be incorporated into plant safety plans as well as forecast data that can optimize operations and transportation functions in various industries. Also an analysis of warning criteria and NWS verification scores to evaluate risks associated with weather forecasts.

TS9 - Faye Stone, Deputy Executive Director NC Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service and Director Citizen Corps – “Corporation Involvement: Helping Survivors after a Disaster” When disasters happen, most people want to either donate something to the survivors or volunteer to help. Corporations can play a major role in these efforts. In this session participants will learn the do’s and don’ts of collecting donated goods. They will also learn how they can help manage the masses of volunteers that show up after a disaster. A follow-up training and disaster exercise will be offered to corporations who attend this session.

TS10 - John Dorman, Director Geospatial and Technology Management Office NCEM

TS11 - Robbie Atabaigi, CBCP, IT Foundation and Manager, KPMG, LLP, IT Advisory Services, Terrific Tabletop Tips … the Expanded Version DRJ published the ‘Terrific Tabletop Tips for a Crisis Management Exercise’ in their Winter 2005 edition of the magazine. The article has been well received by both the public and private sectors. Come join this session for lively, interactive discussions to expand upon this topic. Discussions will include leading practices in preparing and facilitating a tabletop exercise as well as the reporting aspects. It is highly likely you will leave this session with new ideas to take back to your organization.

TS12 - Robbie Atabaigi, CBCP, IT Foundation and Manager, KPMG, LLP, IT Advisory Services, The DRI International Certification Process - So you’ve thought about applying for DRI International certification (ABCP, CBCP, CFCP, or MBCP), but not sure of how to get started? This session will share information learned at the recent DRJ Conference and will focus on the process to become certified. DRI International is a recognized leader in providing education, standards, and professional certification.

ES1-1 –Sungard Networking Reception – Meet your are Sungard Representatives and network with your peers

ES1-2 –LeftHand Networks invites CPAC Symposium Attendees to register for an informational reception at 6:30, for refreshments and information on Building the Virtual Data Center with VMware and LeftHand Networks; VMware Infrastructure 3 has powerful capabilities such as VMotion, DRS, and HA that require a Storage Area Network (SAN). While many iSCSI SANs work in a VMware environment, LeftHand Networks delivers a virtualized iSCSI SAN solution that mirrors VMware’s server virtualization capabilities. This presentation will focus on three main topics; 1) how to create a low cost yet highly available IP based SAN, 2) how to leverage the synchronous replication capabilities of LeftHand Networks to reduce RPO and RTO to objectives never before possible and 3) how to deploy virtual SAN's in remote offices to increase availability and protect data. Mark Avery - VP Enterprise Sales LeftHand Networks, started his career in the Disaster Recovery industry and co-founded Recovery Management, Inc. RMI was a pioneer in the business continuity software marketplace and its flagship product, Rexsys was a leader in the field. After selling his company to Comdisco, Mark served in a number of management roles including Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comdisco Storage Services. He was a pre-launch member of the Centera division of EMC where he worked in Sales, Channel Sales, Global Account Sales, Marketing and Product Management. Today Mark is responsible for Enterprise sales of LeftHand Networks SAN/iQ and Virtual Storage Appliance products.

ES2-1 – CPT Tracker Demo – BC/DR Planning Tool. Learn how an effective, well designed tool will actually be used by your recovery planners and business units.

SPONSORS

Gold Sponsors $3000 (includes 5 admissions 2 exhibitor tables, +)
Silver Sponsors $2000 (includes 4 admissions 1 exhibitor table, +)
Luncheon Sponsor $1500 (includes 4 admissions)
Continental Breakfast Sponsors $850 (includes 3 admissions)
Break Sponsors $750 (includes 3 admissions)
Exhibitor Tables $350 + at least two door prizes (includes 2 admissions)

Sponsors and Exhibitors receive recognition in the Symposium Attendee Package, on appropriate tables, during general sessions, and on the CPAC Website. All sponsors are asked to provide suitable door prices for general session and luncheon drawings for which they will receive full recognition. Exhibitors will select their tables from exhibit floor diagram during registration process.

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