TelCoa / ACP Event
Telework, Business Continuity and Preparing for a
Pandemic or Other Critical Business Interruptions
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What: Press Conference and Luncheon
With the strong possibility of a bird flu pandemic either this year
or next, the threat of terrorism hanging over us all, and the more
frequent occurrence of businesses being closed by severe weather
conditions, we felt it necessary to speak out about a critical missing
part of most Business Continuity and Disaster Avoidance plans -
the people side. How will a business carry on if all personnel,
employers and employees, can not or should not get to their
primary places of employment? A well designed Business
Continuity plan including the critical telework component is
imperative for maintaining and protecting the economic viability
of our country.
This event is a call to action directed at both the public and private
sectors from The Telework Coalition (TelCoa) and the Association
of Contingency Planners (ACP) who have formed a strategic
Alliance to address this issue and present solutions.
Q and A will follow the keynote address and panel presentations.
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Who: Keynote Address: Former Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore III
Chairman of the National Council on Readiness and
Preparedness (NCORP)
President of USA Secure
Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Served five years as Chairman of the Congressional Advisory
Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for
Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
(“Gilmore Commission)
Introductions: Cynthia de Lorenzi, CEO, PatriotNet, TelCoa Board
Moderator: John Edwards, Chairman of the Board, TelCoa
Panelists:
Dr. Dan Perez, Professor, University of Maryland
Paul Striedl, Corporate CEO, The Association of Contingency
Planners
Chuck Wilsker, President & CEO, The Telework Coalition (TelCoa)
Michael A Wermuth, Director of Homeland Security,
The Rand Corporation
Special Guest:
Thomas Lockwood, Department of Homeland Security,
Director of Homeland Security for the National Capital
Region
When: December 8, 2005 (Thursday) at 12:00 noon
Where: National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045
(202) 662-7500
Background: There is rising awareness of the high probability of avian flu
mutating and becoming transmittable between humans.
Cases to date have resulted in a startlingly high death rate of
around 50+%. Unfortunately, protection against avian flu is not
likely to be available in sufficient quantities for at least 6-12
months. Consequently, it could spread unchecked, with
devastating affects both on the U.S. and global economies and
populations.
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