In September, the BCI hosted a Pandemic Planning Workshop in London.
The purpose of the workshop was to review the situation regarding H1N1 pandemic and validate assumptions made in developing and implementing continuity plans.
Through a series of presentations and discussion exercises, attendees considered a range of issues that a flu planner would need to know. These included:
• Are my assumptions valid? What have I not taken into account?
• How can I test my plans?
• Which public services will be affected; how; and for how long?
• What do other people see as the key issues?
• What should I be saying to senior management about immediate priorities?
• What are the strategic implications - risks and opportunities – for my organisation?
The workshop included three presentations which were as follows:
Presentation 1
Helping Business Preparedness – Briefing and Situational Updates
Stephen Conroy, the Flu Team, UK Cabinet Office
Presentation 2
Case study: The realities of an effective influenza pandemic plan
Dan Castle, Resilience and Crisis Management Advisor, Company Secretariat and Security, RWEnpower
Presentation 3
Validating the plan - A plan is not a plan until it is tested (?)
Kevin Brear, Business Continuity Manager, Information & Security Group, Practice Protection, Deloitte & Touche LL
Each presentation was designed to highlight the key issues relating to that particular topic,while the discussion exercises enabled participants to review the points made and provided an opportunity to share experiences and best practice.
The purpose of this Report is to provide a summary of the presentations which were given at the workshop and to highlight the main points from the discussion exercises.
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