Day One: November 3, 2008
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| 08:30 |
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Registration |
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| 09:00 |
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Welcome, introduction and outline of the day
Professor Patricia Broadfoot CBE,
Vice Chancellor, University of Gloucestershire |
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| 09:10 |
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Chair of the day opens event
Dr Walter J Ammann,
Chairman, International Disaster and Risk Conference |
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| 09:20 |
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Strategy for Disaster Reduction - Message from Salvaño Bricéno,
Director, International, United Nations |
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| 09:30 |
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Global threats: an overview - climate change, weather risks and other threats; a look to the future
Rob Varley,
Government Services Director, Met Office |
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| 10:10 |
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Networking Coffee Break and exhibition |
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| 10:45 |
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The 2007 floods: How the insurance industry responded and lessons learnt
Tim Humphreys,
Association of British Insurers |
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| 11:10 |
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Resilience and recovery - from National to local - a discussion involving the role and vision of national and local government |
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| 11:35 |
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Local government perspective on resilience and recovery
Councillor Carl Minns,
Hull City Council |
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| 12:00 |
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Crisis management: What can you expect from civil responders? This session will also explore the concept of "Business Gold Command" - crisis and emergency management for businesses
Chief Fire Officer Paul Hayden,
Hereford and Worcestershire Fire and Rescue Service |
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| 12:25 |
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Louis B Jones,
Deputy Chief Fire Officer / Director of Operations at Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service
‘Crisis – What Crisis? On 16th August 2008, Northern Ireland experienced its most extensive period of flooding in living memory. This case study examines the Fire & Rescue Service response and the challenges faced within a devolved administration.’ |
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| 12:50 |
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Open forum, questions and discussions |
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| 13:00 |
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Networking lunch and exhibition |
| Workshops - Choice of 2 from 4, 1hr 15mins each |
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| 14:30 |
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Workshop options include: |
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Looking Back Going Forward - Summer 2007 Severn Trent Water
Overview Looking Back - Severn Trent Water and the water industry
The learning points Going Forward
Severn Trent Water - Our approach
Defence Resilience and Contingency, Where are we 1 year on
John Lee
Senior Management, Business Resilience at Severn Trent Water
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Business Continuity Management - theory, process and practice for SMEs
Alan Gardner,
Director of Professional Issues, Emergency Planning Society |
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'Business Gold' - Crisis and emergency management for businesses
CFO Paul Hayden, MA, MSc, MIFireE
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service |
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Risk Mapping – integrating organisations and technologies
Johannes Kebeck
Virtual Earth Technology Specialist, Microsoft |
| 17:30 |
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End of Conference Day 1 |
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| 19:30 |
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Conference Dinner: Cheltenham Racecourse |
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Day Two: November 4, 2008
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| 09:00 |
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Workshops - 2 running in parallel, 1hr 15mins each |
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The Atlantis Initiative: Post the Pitt Review
Atlantis is a public-sector initiative to understand the underlying issues and agree the standards to collectively provide interoperable base geographic and environmental datasets to better support water management in flooding and water quality for the 21st century.
John Kimmance,
Head of Public Sector & Utilities, Ordnance Survey |
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Organisational Resilience: developing the capacity of business to cope with uncertainty
Dr Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor,
Research Unit Director, Warwick Business School
Dr Layla Branicki,
Research Fellow, Warwick Business School |
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| 12:00 |
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Networking lunch and exhibition |
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| 13:30 |
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Chair of the day opens event
Councillor Roger Thomas,
Chairman of the LGA's Coastal Issues Special Interest Group and member of the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee |
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| 13:40 |
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The Convergence of Emergency Services: Are we fit for purpose?
John Astbury,
International Consultant, VectorCommand and former CEO of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
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| 14:05 |
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National business continuity - Resilience: Sainsbury’s Response to the Gloucestershire Floods
Steve Mellish,
Head of Business Continuity for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd & Director of the BCI |
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| 14:30 |
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Business continuity: Management goals for handling critical incidents and extreme weather related events |
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| 14:55 |
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UK National Recovery Guidance
Kathy Settle,
Deputy Director Local Response Capability, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office |
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| 15:20 |
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Networking coffee break and exhibition |
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| 15:50 |
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The media: What is its involvement in the whole cycle of managing critical incidents and extreme weather events?
Ian Cameron,
BBC Nations & Regions |
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| 16:15 |
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Community engagement with local flood histories: understanding risk and resilience
(with River Severn as a case study)
Professor Lindsey McEwen,
Department of National and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire |
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| 16:40 |
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Open forum, lessons learnt and discussion
(will be presented as outcomes on website and distributed to delegates) |
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| 17:00 |
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Close of Conference Day Two |
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