Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Financial Services
Tenth Annual Conference
Thursday January 27th 2011
Thistle Marble Arch, London W1

Having weathered the worst financial crisis in a generation, financial institutions continue to face threats that demand sophisticated business continuity planning. The recent air cargo bomb scare underlines the continuing terrorist threat, while the surge of cyber attacks shows how risks to business continue to evolve. Then, unexpected technological events such as the so-called "flash crash" in the US in May this year or the breakdown of the LSE Turquoise trading platform this November pose another level uncertainty for BC professionals.

Although dramatic in their impact it is the ongoing challenges that occupy most of the business continuity manager's time. For instance the degree of integration between business continuity and overall company security, or persuading the top management that business continuity management is a compelling area for investment in these straitened times.

This year the conference programme aims to combine coverage of both the sudden high impact events and the continuing work-a-day challenges.

• A new model for resilience and preparedness
• BCM: Compliance or a compelling proposition
• Business continuity and the political context
• Integrating business continuity and security within a major organisation
• Lessons from Exercise Orion
• Major cyber threats to firms' security and business continuity
• National security and resilience in 2010
• The Financial Authorities
• The Manchester City-wide exercise

Chairmen

Rick Cudworth, UK Head of Resilience and Business Continuity Division, Deloitte
Andy Tomkinson, MBCI, Partner, Adtapt

Keynote speaker

Lord Cotter, Former Liberal Democrat Spokesman in the House of Lords on Business, Innovation and Skills

Speaker panel

Tim Armit, Managing Director, Clifton Risk Management
Jeff Brooker, MBCI, Head of Security and Business continuity, HM Revenue & Customs
Tobias Feakin, Director, National Security & Resilience, Royal United Services Institute
Clive Furness, Managing Director, Contango Markets
Peter Jopling, Security Sales & Strategy Manager, Software Grp, IBM UK Ltd
John Milne , Sector Manager for Financial Stability, FSA
Kathy McCarthy, Senior Manager, Business Continuity Division, Bank of England
James Snook, Head of Financial Sector Resilience, HM Treasury
Roland Trott, Group Business Continuity Management Adviser, BP
Roy Wilsher, Chief Fire Officer, Hertfordshire and Programme Director, Exercise Orion

Morning chairman
Rick Cudworth, UK Head of Resilience and Business Continuity Division, Deloitte LLP

08:15 Coffee and registration

08:55 Chairmen’s opening remarks

9:00 Keynote address - Business continuity and the political context
Lord Cotter, Former Liberal Democrat Spokesman in the House of Lords on Business, Innovation and Skills

09:30 The Financial Authorities
John Milne, Sector Manager for Financial Stability, FSA
Kathy McCarthy, Senior Manager, Business Continuity Division, Bank of England
James Snook, Head of Financial Sector Resilience, HM Treasury

10:15 Lessons from Exercise Orion
􀁺 Testing the effects of countrywide significant earthquake
􀁺 A multi-agency exercise led by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
􀁺 Could your organisation cope?
Roy Wilsher, Chief Fire Officer, Hertfordshire and Programme Director, Exercise Orion

10:50 Morning coffee

11:10 Recent major failures of trading systems and their implications
Clive Furness, Managing Director, Contango Markets

11:45 Integrating business continuity and security within a major organisation
􀁺 Common objectives: managing risks by understanding what is strategically and operationally important
􀁺 Similar challenges: skills that consider protection to recovery; organisational designs to enable effective control across risks that include IT
Jeff Brooker, MBCI, Head of Security and Business Continuity, HM Revenue & Customs

12:20 Major cyber threats to firms' security and business continuity
􀁺 The growing threat from malware
􀁺 Detecting and responding by integrating change management within your infrastructure
Peter Jopling, Security Sales & Strategy Manager, Software Grp, IBM UK Ltd

12:55 Lunch

Afternoon Chairman
Andy Tomkinson, MBCI, Partner, Adtapt

14:00 BCI Update
Speaker to be confirmed

14:15 National security and resilience in 2011
Dr Tobias Feakin, Director, National Security & Resilience, Royal United Services Institute

14:50 The Manchester City-wide exercise
􀁺 The first independent simultaneous exercise of all organisations affected by a single incident involving Emergency Services, Council, University, Retail Malls, Banks and Communications
􀁺 The approach, how it was run and the lessons learnt
Tim Armit, Managing Director, Clifton Risk Management

15:20 Afternoon tea

15:35 A new model for resilience and preparedness
􀁺 Defining typical attributes
􀁺 Assessing and building enhanced capabilities
􀁺 The case for simulations and war games to understand probability, risks and strengthen preparedness
Rick Cudworth, UK Head of Resilience and Business Continuity Division, Deloitte LLP

16:10 BCM: Compliance or a compelling proposition?
Roland Trott, Group Business Continuity Management Adviser, BP

16:45 Chairman's summary and close of conference

This conference is accredited by both the Solicitors' Regulation Authority and the Securities and Investment Institute for 6 Continuing Professional Development Points

The event is being held at:
Thistle Marble Arch
Bryanston Street
London W1H 7EH
Tel: 0870 333 9116
Fax: 0870 333 9216
Website: www.thistlehotels.com/marblearch

Nearest Tube Stations:
Marble Arch (Central Line)
Bond Street (Central & Jubilee Lines)