IDRC Business Continuity Post-Conference 2012
Prepare for the Unexpected in Times of International Crises  – Business Continuity through Integrative Risk Management

Friday, 31 August 2012

  08:15 to 08:45    Registration & Welcome Coffee

  08:45 to 09:00    Welcome and Introduction to the Principles of Integrative Risk Management

Walter Ammann, President & CEO, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, Switzerland
Principles of Integrative Risk Management

  09:00 to 10:30    Session 1: Business Continuity in Times of International Crises

Donato Kiniger-Passigili, Senior Specialist, International Labour Organisation ILO
Multi-Hazard Prevention and Prepardeness – Business Continuity for small and medium-sized enterprises

John N. Zeppos, Group BCM & ERM Deputy Director, COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., Maroussi, Greece
Telecoms BS25999-2:2007 Certification & Transition to new ISO22301 BCM standard

Henry Willis, Associate Director, RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center at the RAND Corporation
Risk analysis tools to resource allocation and risk management decisions

Glikeria Zigouri,Group Business Continuity Manager,COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., Maroussi, Greece
Implementing a Business Continuity Management System in Telecoms

David Alexander, Chief Senior Scientist, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, Switzerland
Consequences of the Buncefield fire and the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption for Business Continuity

10:30 to 10:45    Coffee Break

  10:45 to 12:15    Session 2: Successful Solution for Risk Reduction and Crisis Management

David Alexander, Chief Senior Scientist, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, , Switzerland
Consequences of the Buncefield fire and the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption for Business Continuity

Otto Kocsis, Head of Business Resilience Practice, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, Switzerland
With Integrative Risk Management and Business Continuity Management to Resilience Based Competitive Advantage

12:15 to 13:30    Networking Lunch

 13:30 to 15:00    Session 3: Mastering Successive Impacts

Otto Kocsis, Head of Business Resilience Practice, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd., Switzerland
With Integrative Risk Management and Business Continuity Management to Resilience Based Competitive Advantage

Marco Gruber, Partner,Gruber Partner AG, Switzerland
Mastering the ante in Critical Infastructures - a Swiss approach to visualizing trends, realizing opportunities and defeating threats

 15:15 to 16:15    Session 4: Business Continuity through Integrative Risk Management

                          The Way Forward (Panel Discussion)          

Walter Ammann, President & CEO, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, Switzerland

John N. Zeppos, Group BCM & ERM Deputy Director, COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., Maroussi, Greece

Otto Kocsis, Head of Business Resilience Practice, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd., Switzerland

David Aexander, Chief Scientific Advisor, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, , Switzerland

  16:15 to 16:30    Closing / Wrap-up of the conference