The Central Maryland Chapter of the Association of Continuity Professionals would like to invite you to our July 10 meeting in Baltimore.

We’re very excited about this month’s presentations!  Here’s a synopsis:

Business Continuity Management During Mergers/Acquisitions

Paul Striedl, Stifel

You have a great business continuity management program. Your internal customers are happy, Senior management supports the process and you survive audits with only minor findings. All of the sudden, a merger is announced and a major reorganization begins. What do you do now that many of your business continuity plans (not to mention your BCM policies and procedures) are no longer valid!

This presentation is a case study on how the Business Continuity team at a large retail company managed their way through a merger/reorganization of several supermarket brands with a shared support organization.

The topics addressed will include conducting a gap analysis, relaunching BCM policies, procedures and templates, managing recovery services contracts, utilizing org charts and announcements, and leveraging administrative, temporary and consulting support.

Maintaining Resilient Communications: Planning to Eliminate Common Failures

Roger Davis, Verizon Business Group

Communication systems have always been a primary need of any organization. We will discuss ways to identify and reduce a wide variety of risks that could impact any communication infrastructure. We will also discuss the importance of prioritizing business functions using communication capacity when 100% backup is not available.

The meeting will begin at 8:00 am with a complimentary breakfast and networking session and will conclude by 10:30 am.

Please click here for more information and to register: https://acp_july10.eventbrite.com.

Whether you are a continuity planner, disaster recovery manager, resiliency planner or emergency manager, this event is designed for you. We hope you can join us for this unique learning and networking opportunity!