• Mail borne threats particularly those containing an unknown substance continue to create chaos and disruption in unprepared organisations • Many organisations prepare for dramatic events but this common and everyday threat has bought many organisations to a standstill • In the US two mail exchanges and one office block were closed for two years and cost hundreds of millions to decontaminate – how would your organisation cope? • What does your organisation do that upsets members of the public or indeed the staff? • No organisation is immune from this threat
Speaker: Tim Roberts, Managing Director, Powdersafe Pty Ltd
About the speaker: Tim Roberts the MD of Powdersafe Pty Ltd is a former Commonwealth employee who in conjunction with others developed a safe system of work and product known as the Powdersafe system for dealing with ‘white powder’ incidents. The Powdersafe system and training courses are now used by organisations around the world.
The presentation will look at the history of the mail borne threat using unknown substances, how vulnerable many organisations are, the potential consequences and some key strategies to defend against this threat.
BCI ACT Forum Meeting - Mar 2010
BCAW
Kick-off Event. 23rd March 2010. 4.00pm - 6.00pm
The ACT
Forum’s BCAW Event will feature a presentation by Mark Sullivan,
Coordinator, Governance and Planning, Australian Federal Police
“From
Governance to Resilience - A New Paradigm in the Corporate Stewardship
of the Australian Federal Police”
Stovepipes -
strategic oversight of risk, business continuity and business planning
A confluence of opportunity -
Corporate Change, ISO31000, and P3M3
Towards
resilience - the new integration of proven methods
Hopes
and challenges - How will this vision become reality?
