In conjunction with the summer conference (Aug. 11-16), SHARE would like to put on a 1 day symposium on managing business continuance during natural emergencies or disasters. All of us are involved in planning for disasters and other emergencies. All that planning and testing is done with the hopes that it never actually has to be put into action. So, what happens when the real thing occurs?
During the past year, the north east part of the US has experienced a "super storm", and a blizzard that affected many major corporations as well as small businesses. Other parts of the country have also experienced major weather events as well as earthquakes, etc. The focus of the symposium will be application of disaster and business continuance plans during a real emergency. We are especially looking for experiences from different types of industries, i.e. health, education, financial, etc. It does not have to be limited to mainframe technology. Please pass this message on to anyone in your organization who might be interested in taking part in this symposium. Presentation proposals can be submitted through the normal SHARE CFP process at http://www.share.org/ under either General Submissions or Enterprise Data Center. Martha McConaghy Deputy Director of Operations SHARE, Inc.