London hosts BC conference

This year’s Business Continuity Conference 2008 takes place on April 2 and 3 at EXCEL London and runs alongside Business Continuity Expo 2008.

The 2008 conference agenda explores the issues affecting Business Continuity today, illustrated with end-user case studies and analysis from experts such as Gerald Corbett, chairman of SSL International, PJ di Giammarino, chief executive officer JWG-IT, Colin Clark, head of corporate business control – Somerfield Supermarkets and Kathryn Holloway, presenter and broadcaster – Press Alert and Visor Consultants.

“Wider industry understanding of business continuity as a key risk issue is growing, as more and more firms realise that with risk comes reward, if managed effectively."

Martin Caddick, Leader, business continuity management team, Marsh

Laurence Myerson, chief executive officer, SMS Worldwide will be one of the panellists who will address the issues around good solid business continuity management. He said: “Optimising Resilient Communications is a highly potent session discussing how to ensure the use of communication in the event of a crisis, even when all communication systems have failed including the Mobile Phone Networks. With the Metropolitan Police, The Cabinet Office and SMS Worldwide we shall uncover the tricks of the trade in our session and well worth attending."

Martin Caddick, Leader, business continuity management team, Marsh says about the event: "Wider industry understanding of business continuity as a key risk issue is growing, as more and more firms realise that with risk comes reward, if managed effectively."