Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity – Resilient Infrastructure: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois
Strategies to help protect and recover your organization’s most critical data.
November 7, 2024
9:00am-5:00pm
7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded
Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois
Overview
Your system crashing is inevitable! Never mind the reason. The goal is to make sure you have an infrastructure that is as resilient as possible so that it can meet business needs in the event of a disaster. There are steps you can take to maximize your availability and prevent significant downtime.
The content of this one day conference will help you in determining the right level of availability protection, how to design, implement, test and get management buy-in for a highly reliable network infrastructure.
Who Should Attend:
What You Will Learn
In this one day conference attendees will learn:
Conference Price: $299.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 10:00am: Designing Resilient Infrastructure: Strategies for Disaster Preparedness (Fireside Chat)
Patrick Carnathan, Director Of Information Technology, Quest Food Management Services
Brian Sherman, Hybrid IT Resilience Specialist, Group Technology & Operations, Zurich
Explore best practices for designing infrastructure that can withstand and quickly recover from natural and man-made disasters. This session will cover key principles of resilience engineering, including redundancy, robustness, and flexibility, and will provide real-world examples of infrastructure that has successfully weathered significant disruptions.
Key Takeaways:
Carnathan Sherman
10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
10:30am – 11:30am: Strategies for Effective Table-Top Disaster Recovery Scenarios
Ed King, Consulting Services Principal, 11:11 Systems
Attendees will gain insights into designing, conducting, and assessing table-top disaster recovery (DR) scenarios that improve organizational resilience and incident response capabilities.
Key Takeaways:
King
11:30am – 12:30pm: Enhancing Business Continuity/Network Continuity with the use of Cellular Technology
Nick Gregory, Director, Global OEM Partnerships, KORE
John Kelley, Director/Industry Evangelist, Ericsson
Leveraging 5G Technology for increased uptime and improved business continuity.
Discover the latest advancements in 5G Carrier connectivity and Private Cellular Networking (PCN) technology that can improve the resilience and uptime of critical infrastructure and applications. This session will highlight new and emerging 5G technologies for the LAN and WAN that can be leveraged to increase uptime and improve business continuity.
Key Takeaways:
Gregory Kelley
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch & Exhibit Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Building a Culture of Resilience: Training and Leadership for Infrastructure
Examine how to foster a culture of resilience within organizations responsible for managing infrastructure. This session will focus on training programs, leadership strategies, and organizational practices that promote proactive risk management and a resilient mindset among teams.
Key Takeaways:
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Regulatory and Compliance Considerations for Resilient Infrastructure
Understand the regulatory and compliance requirements related to building and maintaining resilient infrastructure. This session will cover relevant standards, guidelines, and regulations, as well as how to ensure compliance while implementing resilient infrastructure solutions.
Key Takeaways:
4:00pm – 5:00pm: IT Leadership in Disaster Recovery: Elevating Business Continuity Planning (Panel Discussion)
In an increasingly unpredictable world, the role of IT in ensuring robust disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans has never been more critical. This panel will explore how IT leaders can take proactive steps to not only safeguard their organizations against disruptions but also drive a culture of resilience and preparedness.
Key Discussion Points:
Moderated by: Paul Wirtzfeld, Enterprise Account Executive, HPE
Panelists include:
Wirtzfeld Byrnes Glennon McGregor Skariah Stefanski
Conference Price: $299.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
Exhibits
As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.