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From: Shobita Parthasarathy <sp73@cornell.edu> Date: Thu Feb 6, 2003 7:57:30 PM US/Eastern To: STSGRAD-L@cornell.edu (STSGRAD-L) Subject: ETR2A Conference - 11-13th June 2003 - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Reply-To: sp73@cornell.edu
European Telecommunications Resilience & Recovery Association
Advance Conference News
Inaugural conference of the European Telecommunications Resilience and Recovery Association - ETR²A is taking place in Newcastle upon Tyne in June 2003.
Date: June 11 - June 12 2003 Venue: St James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: June 13 2003 Venue: Lipman Lecture Theatre, Northumbria University
This new association will be based at the Disaster and Development Centre at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK The conference and association is aimed IT Managers, Finance Directors, Chief Executives, Business Community, Public Sector Managers and Academics.
Key Topics are:
• Financial implications of resilience and recovery to businesses • Communications resilience • Business Continuity Planning • Alternative communication methods and emerging technology • Information and E-security • Disaster preparedness and response> • Managing risks and hazards.
• Speakers include: • Nick Prettejohn, CEO, Lloyds of London, UK • Ben Tartaglia, Executive Director, International Disaster Recovery Association, USA • John Sharp, CEO, Business Continuity Institute, UK • Hugh Rees, Director, CESG, UK • Sir Chris Donnelly, Special Adviser for Central & Eastern European Affairs, NATO, Europe • Richard Wetherill, Director of Policy, Cabinet Office, UK • David Alexander, Cranfield University, UK • Helena Molina Valdes, United Nations, USA • Peter Troy, DFID, UK • Stephen Ross, Deloitte and Touche, USA • Vernon Poole, Deloitte and Touche, Europe • Sir Edmund Burton, PITA, UK • Camel Szrnick, CEO Czech Telecom • Maurizio Caruso, Director, Hughes Network Systems Europe • Dexada Jogensen, Bell Canada • Debi Ashended, Qinetiq • David Spinks, EDS, Europe • David Snowden, IBM Europe
Representatives from: • British Telecom • Cisco • Microsoft • Oracle
This unique combination of speakers will include case studies from all business sectors and provides the opportunity to pose questions to the panel. Booking information will be available shortly, in the interim please contact the conference office T: +44 191 241 4523 www.etr2a.org E: info@etr2a.org
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