The Human Dimension of
Business Continuity and Disaster Response
Date:Thursday 26th August 2010
Time:8:00 – 9:30am
Venue:KPMG - Board Room, Level 8,
235 St Georges Terrace, Perth
To register for this event
please email jane.day@thebci.org.au latest by 23rd Aug.
07:45 amCoffee / networking
08:00 amCritical incident stress management
What is critical incident stress
How to identify critical incident stress in employees
What to do about it – prevention of CI and types of
de-briefing
Anneliese Smith, Welfare
Coordinator, Registered Psychologist, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
WA
08:20 amDealing with impacts of disasters on
people and communities
Impact of major incidents on people and families
Type of help that they need and what help is available
How employers can help
Pointers on how to better prepare you and your family for a
disaster
What Red Cross does to help people in emergencies
Rebecca Wringe, State
Manager Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross
08:40 amIndividual and family preparedness for
disaster the master key in BCM
Training our society into a non-resilient state
Resilience and BCM – hand in glove
Resilience –making it personal!
Lewis Winter, Deputy Manager Community Law and
Safety, City of Bunbury
09:00 amPanel Q&A
Coffee / networking
09:30 amEnd
WA BCI Forum Meeting - May 2010
The most recent WA BCI Forum meeting was held on Thursday 27th May from 8:00 am – 9:30 am. Despite the inclement weather, over 60 people attended the Forum.
26th Aug 3rd WA BCI Forum meeting – details to be announced
25th Nov 4th WA BCI Forum meeting – details to be announced
WA BCI Forum Launch
The Western
Australian (WA) BCI Forum was successfully launched in Perth on 22nd March 2010 with a half-day
symposium that drew over 80 participants from 56 public and private sector
organisations.
Six speakers
presented papers on pandemic preparedness and response, lessons learned in
implementing BCM, BCM risks in Asia and their impact on global businesses, and
governance, risk and business continuity.
The event also
attracted 56 people to apply to become Affiliate Members of BCI. Following
the symposium, 40 participants attended 3 half-day workshops on an introduction
to BCM, pandemic planning and plan testing.
