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:
- CIOs/VPs/Directors
- DR Managers
- Infrastructure & Security Managers
What You Will Learn
In this one day conference attendees will learn:
- Enhancing Business Continuity/Network Continuity with the use of Cellular Technology
- Designing Resilient Infrastructure: Strategies for Disaster Preparedness
- Regulatory and Compliance Considerations for Resilient Infrastructure
- Leveraging Technology for Infrastructure Resilience: Innovations and Tools
- Building a Culture of Resilience: Training and Leadership for Infrastructure
- Post-Disaster Assessment and Recovery: Learning from Infrastructure Failures (Panel Discussion)
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.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
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:
- Core principles of resilient infrastructure design
- Case studies of successful disaster-resistant infrastructure
- Guidelines for integrating resilience into new and existing infrastructure projects
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:
- Key Components of a Successful Table-Top DR Scenario
- Conducting the Table-Top DR Exercise
- Post-Exercise Review and Assessment
- Q&A and Open Discussion
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:
- Overview of 5G technologies for the LAN and WAN
- Examples of 5G WAN solutions in action – IoT, Mobile, & Branch.
- Discussion on the use cases for Private Cellular Networks (PCN) within the enterprise
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:
- Approaches to developing resilience-oriented training programs
- Leadership practices that support a culture of resilience
- Techniques for embedding resilience into organizational culture
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:
- Overview of key regulations and standards for infrastructure resilience
- Strategies for achieving and maintaining compliance
- Impact of regulations on infrastructure planning and implementation
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:
- The Evolving Role of IT in Risk Management
- Best Practices in Disaster Recovery Planning
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration
- Technology Solutions and Innovations
- Training and Culture Building
- Measuring Success
- The Future of IT Leadership in Business Continuity
Moderated by: Paul Wirtzfeld, Enterprise Account Executive, HPE
Panelists include:
- Peter-john Byrnes, Manager of IT Infrastructure and Security, Above Lending, Inc.
- Carol Glennon, Global Cyber Security Director, McDonald’s
- Kevin P. McGregor, Regional Lead – Americas Business Management & Operational Resilience, Aon
- Rani Skariah, Program Manager IS Disaster Recovery, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
- Patrick Stefanski, Manager – IT Infrastructure & Support, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC
- Other DR/BC executives sharing strategies, tactics, and lessons learned
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.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
