GemaTech will be running a seminar on telecoms resilience, looking at both the reasons for implementing a resilient telecoms solution as well as how to comply with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. An added bonus session will be recommendations on how to engage local authority procurement departments in order to turn plans into reality led by an ex-procurement manager from a local authority.

Technology does not have to be complicated to plan and implement, and this seminar will show how to engage the relevant people to make it happen with a powerful business case so that when the office gets flooded, the ‘last mile’ telephone cable is cut, or employees can’t get to work because of the snow, the phone can still be answered and essential public services still provided.

If you are unable to make the conference you can still sign up for our newsletter which will have the content from the seminar available FREE in our next issue.

GemaTech are running a seminar on Telecoms resilience both in the morning and in the afternoon, with presentations from 3 leading experts in buisness continuity, telecoms continuity and local authority procurement.

I have included the seminar synopsis below, and details of how to get the FREE whitepapers after the event:

Telecoms Resilience: How to protect mission critical services and comply with the Civil Contingencies Act

Learn, explore and discuss telecoms resilience with industry experts to understand what your organisation needs in order to protect mission critical public services and to comply with the Civil Contingencies Act.

The Business Case for Telecoms Resilience and how to Comply with the CCA
Dean Beaumont, Business Continuity expert and former head of BT Group Business Continuity with 8 years experience in the mobile telecoms sector at strategic, tactical and operational levels, holding an MSc in Emergency Planning Management and a Member of BCI and EPS.

Proactive and Reactive Telecoms Continuity Solutions Explained
Graham Chick, specialist in ‘last mile’ telecoms resilience and CEO of GemaTech, leading providers of proactive and emergency telecoms continuity solutions.

How to Present the Business Case to Procurement to Obtain Budget and Sign off
Terry Thomas, former Head of Procurement for Dorset County Council and currently Marketing Manager for Topline Telecom, specialists in finding savings against utility spend by Local Authorities.

FREE white papers from the seminar will be made available in our next company newsletter.

Hope to see you at the Civil Contingencies Conference 2010 next week!

Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Minister for Marine and Natural Environment, Defra: Adapting Resilience Planning to Changing Threats

Lorraine Shepherd, Head of Resilience, Government Office for London: Delivering a Resilient Olympic and Paralmpic Games

Dr Nigel Brown, Director of Resilient Telecommunications Strategy, Cabinet Office: The Challenges to Telecommunication Resilience in Business Continuity Planning

One particular keynote session has caught my attention in light of recent flooding in the UK:

‘One year on from the government’s response to Sir Michael Pitt’s Review, Huw Irranca-Davies will discuss what has been achieved, with particular discussion of the draft Flood and Water Management bill. The centre-piece of this response, the bill promises to create a simpler and more effective means of managing the risk of flood and coastal erosion.’

A ‘Strategic Framework and Policy Statement on Improving the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure to Disruption from Natural Hazards’ document has been released for consultation to which GemaTech is responding by the deadline of the 18th January.

Click here to register.

Business Continuity Planning is an on-going, ever adapting practice which needs input and influence from what is being generated by government departments and therefore all business continuity planners should attend. Do you agree?