10.30 Introduction - Meeting to be chaired by Steve White, Director Risk Assurance Services, PwC

Risk Management Overview, Andy Garlick, IRM North West
Business Continuity Overview, Stephen Blanchard, Business Continuity Support Manager, The Co-operative

Stephen and Andy will set the direction for the day by providing thumbnail portraits of their disciplines and the argument for why there are opportunities to be realised.

Risk Management and Business Continuity: How Can They Best Work Together - Workshop facilitated by Stuart Hosking-Durn, UK and Ireland Risk Manager, Sodexo

This session will enable participants to work together to develop their understanding of how the various activities can fit together to give an efficient and effective approach to the challenges we face. Building on this Stuart will help the teams to identify actions to improve current and common practices.

Lunch

Business Continuity Case Study, Petra Morrison, Vertex

Petra will describe how Vertex determined their business continuity strategy and gained senior level approval for it. She will go on to talk about the steps that were taken for implementation, as well as the plans that are in place and how they link to other functions. Beyond this, Petra will provide war stories about the obstacles encountered and how they were overcome.

Petra Morrison is a Business Continuity Analysist at Vertex Data Science, a business process outsourcing and information technology services company.

Business Continuity: Good Practice and Pitfalls, Asam Malik, PwC

Asam will provide an overview of key developments in this arena and highlight some of the pitfalls that organisations experience when creating their business continuity arrangements. The presentation will conclude with practical advice on good practice business continuity and examples of what organisations at the forefront of business continuity management are doing.

Asam is a Senior Manager in PwC's risk and assurance business in the North. He specialises in business continuity management, advising numerous clients in both public and prviate sectors, and is a key member of PwC's national BCM team.

Risk Management Case Study, Gary Richardson, Assistant General Manager IT, Cumberland Building Society

Gary will talk about the floods in Cumbria and the impact on the society's branch network. He will discuss the risk management programme and how this defines and develops the business continuity plans.

Gary joined the Cumberland Building Society in 1985. He has undertaken a wide range of roles leading up to his current position of AGM IT and is responsible for the Society's IT, Office Services and Premises. Gary was responsible for the creation of a new disaster site and new disaster recovery IT systems and controls that were installed in 2006.

Taking it Forward in the IRM, Kate Boothroyd, KB Risk Consulting
Taking it Forward in the MBCF, Tom Croall, Manchester City Council

Kate and Tom will draw the proceedings together by discussing the roles of the respective organisations and what they can do to work together on the issues raised.

Conclusion, Steve White, PwC

15.30 Close, tea and further networking

   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
   101 Barbirolli Square
   Lower Mosley Street
   Manchester
   M2 3PW

Lunch and refreshments will be provided and there is a very comfortable networking area. The room and refreshments are courtesy of PwC and we are very grateful for their support. We will be making a small charge to contribute to the cost of lunch. (For the avoidance of doubt, we will be asking all attendees to pay, independently of their expressed desire to take lunch.)

In order to find the location you use this map. If you travel by public transport the nearest Metrolink stop is St Peters Square. If you drive, you can use the G-Mex car park which is directly opposite.

Alternatively consult the NCP website (with the postcode M2 3PW) to find other local NCP car parks.