ACP-LA 2008 Program Calendar

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Sept. 9, 2008 Presentation: USC Emergency Preparedness & The Great Southern California ShakeOut
Speaker:  
Steve Goldfarb
Organization:  USC
Sponsor: Mail+Gard

  WCC - Pepperdine University

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Friday, Sept. 5th

Oct. 14, 2008 Presentation: TBD
Speaker:   TBD
Organization:  TBD
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Sportsman's Lodge

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Friday, Oct. 10th

 
Nov. 11, 2008 Presentation: TBD
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 WCC - Pepperdine University

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Friday, Nov. 7th

 
Dec. 9, 2008 Presentation: TBD
Speaker:   TBD
Organization:  TBD
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Sportsman's Lodge

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Friday, Dec. 5th

 

ACP-LA 2008 Previous Programs

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January 12, 2008

The January ACP-LA chapter meeting will be dark this month in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ACP at a special dinner meeting. Please follow this link for all the details.

The Warehouse Restaurant
4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, 90292
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Cost is just $38 per person

Payment accepted at the door (cash or check)

February 12, 2008

Presentation: “Lessons from History: The Titanic"
Speaker:
Mark Kozak-Holland 
Organization:  
Sponsor:
Tonya York, CBCP

Sportsman's Lodge

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March 11, 2008

Presentation:Protecting your Business and your Customer’s Trust”  WRF White Paper
Speaker: Eric Nelson, CIPP 
Organization:  Secure Privacy Solutions
Open Discussion:
Bring your questions or issues and get answers or feedback from fellow professionals

 WCC - Pepperdine University

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April 8, 2008

Presentation: Climate Change Issues for BCP Managers (click the link to download presentation)
Speaker:
Karen Scott-Martinet, MS, ABCP 
Organization:  Northrop Grumman Corporation
 

Sportsman's Lodge

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Sungard
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May 13, 2008

Presentation: Planner as Trainer: How to “Do More with Less” & Achieve Greater Results   Storyboard
Panel Speakers:  Phil Lambert
Organizations:  
The
Center for Continuity Leadership

 WCC - Pepperdine University

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June 10, 2008

Presentation: How to Facilitate Effective Exercises & Meetings
Speaker:  Rich Schiesser
Organization:  RWS Enterprises
Sponsor's PowerPoint Presentation

Sportsman's Lodge

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Wave-SecureDataGroup

Wednesday
July 9, 2008
Note: Special date

Presentation: (lunch, tour, presentation)
Speaker:  John Bogner
Organization:  Capital Group Companies
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Capital Group Recovery Site - Long Beach

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Capital Group Companies

August 12, 2008 Presentation1: The Forgotten Aspects of SLAs
Speaker1:  Tim Coats
Presentation2:
Info Sec and Privacy in BCM
Speaker2:  Gisela Gadelha
Organization:  Deloitte & Touche
Sponsored By: RBZane Advisory Group, LLC - Presentation Slides

Sportsman's Lodge

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ACP-LA 2007 Previous Programs

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January 9, 2007

 

Presentation: Why BIA's Fail
Speaker:   Richard Schiesser
Organization:   RWS Enterprises
American Red Cross Building  

Mailgard

 

 

      February 13, 2007

Presentation: Leading People through Disasters
Speaker:   Kathryn McKee
Organization:   Human Resources Consortia

Panel Discussion: Possible speakers:

Mark Gerner  

 

This is a New location

American Red Cross Building

in

Santa Monica

 

Rentsys

      March 13, 2007 Presentation: Public Warnings in the Digital Age: Will My iPod save my life?
Speaker:   Richard Rudman 
Organization: Remote Possibilities
Speaker2: Diana McClure
Organization2: Institute for Business and Home Safety
Sponsor: Phil Lambert
Westside Conference Center Pepperdine University

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The Center for Continuity Leadership

Amgen

      April  10, 2007 Presentation: Pandemic Exercise: Lessons learned at Amgen
Speaker1:   Chris Wright
Organization1:   Amgen
Speaker2: Aizita Magana, MPH
Organization2:
LA County Dept. of Public Health
Speaker3: John Grizz Deal
Organization3: Company for Information Visualization & Analysis
Sponsor:
Bob Bulik (Download Flyer)

Sportsman's Lodge

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      May 8, 2007 Presentation: Managing BC Compliance with Critical Vendors
Speaker:  
Philip Bigge, CBCP
Organization:  Countrywide Financial
Speaker2: David Eads
Organization2: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Sponsor:
Jason Miller (Paragon)

WCC - Pepperdine University

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SunGard

     June 12, 2007 Presentation: 2007 Continuity Insights/KPMG Benchmarking Study
Speaker:  
Cole Emerson
Organization:  
CI & KPMG
Sponsor:
National Notification Network

Sportsmen's Lodge

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VA Tech chooses 3n

       June 28, 2007 Presentation: Special Regional ACP Event: Mock Disaster Exercise Workshop
Speaker:  
Paul Klier
Organization:  
ACP/DSPN/ECCU/Continuity Insights

Hosted by ECCU in Brea

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NonMembers $165

Members $99

  July 10, 2007 Presentation: Port Security: Boat Tour Port of Los Angeles
Speaker:   David Mailn
Organization:  
Port of Los Angeles
Sponsor:
Afsar Syed

Directions to Berth 84 San Pedro

 

Sentryx

  August 14, 2007 Presentation: BIA Interviewing Workshop
Speaker:  
Rich Schiesser
Organization:  RWS Enterprises
Sponsor:
Jared Jerotz

Sportsmen's Lodge

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Iron Mountain

  September 11, 2007

Presentation: Business Continuity Risks from Terrorism in the Post 9/11 Age
Speaker:   Dr. Robert Chandler
Organization:  
Pepperdine University
Sponsor:
Stacy Henry - Strohl Fact Sheet

 WCC - Pepperdine University

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Strohl Systems

  October 9, 2007

Presentation: How to integrate risk management and business continuity planning
Speaker:  
Wayne Gustafson
Organization:  
Latham & Watkins
Presentation2:
The current job market and tips for continuity professionals in transition.
Speaker2: Cheyene Haase
Organization2:
BC Management
Sponsor:
Spencer Baker

Sportsmen's Lodge

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Lee Technologies

  November 13, 2007

Presentation: Toyota's New CERT Strategy & Mainframe Journey to a 4-Hr RTO
Speaker1:   Janet Mebust, CBCP
Organization:  Toyota
Speaker2: Terry Zercher

Organization2:
Toyota
Sponsor:
Ric Ross - NC4

 WCC - Pepperdine University

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NC4

  December 11, 2007

Presentation: Chasing Tornados
Speaker:  
Sean Casey
Organization:  IMAX Filmmaker
Sponsor:  ACP-LA

Sportsmen's Lodge

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ACP-LA 2006 Previous Programs

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January 10, 2006

Presentation: The Criticality of Business Context in Continuity Planning"

Speaker:  Mike Croy, Director,

Company: Forsythe Consulting

Red Cross - Westwood

Thursday

 January 5, 2006

Forsythe Consulting

February 14, 2006

Presentation: Mobile Recovery Solutions

Speaker:: Tom Price - Director

Company: Rentsys

Red Cross - Westwood

Thursday

 February  9, 2006

 Rentsys

March 14, 2006

Presentation:  Developing BCP at Gemstar - TV Guide

Speaker: Ed Sullivan - Director of BCP

Company: Gemstar -TV Guide

Red Cross - Westwood

Thursday

 March 9, 2006

Gemstar -TV Guide

April 11, 2006

Presentation: Pandemic Planning

Speaker: Kathleen McGrorty CBCP, a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche,

Company: www.deloitte.com

Directions to Toyota

 

Thursday

 April 6, 2006

 

Toyota Motor Sales USA

 

agami Presentation

May 9, 2006

Presentation: Presentation/EOC Tour

Speaker: Ellis Stanley

Company: City of Los Angeles - EOC

Map of LA EOC

Wednesday

 May 3, 2006

21 st  Century Software

June 13, 2006
 

Presentation: Exercising
Speakers: DeBorah Lozada, CBCP, Ph.D. & Kim Miller
Companies: UnitedHealth Group & Rx Solutions

American Red Cross Building

Thursday

June 8, 2006

MissionMode

Tom Mokry

July 11, 2006

Presentation: Crisis Management
Speakers: Jonathan Bernstein
Companies: Bernstein & Associates

IndyMac Bank Map

Thursday

July 6, 2006

IndyMac Bank

August 8, 2006
 

Presentation: Managing BCP Risk through Key Risk Indicators: BCP for the loss of technology, facilities, or staffing.
Speaker: Chris Kennedy CBCP

Speaker: Dan Phillips CBCP


Company: Wells Fargo Bank

American Red Cross Building

Thursday

August 3, 2006

Sungard Availability Services
 

September 12, 2006
 

Presentation: Top 10 Deficiencies in Today's BCPs
Speaker: Paul Striedl, Chairman/CEO
Company: Association of Contingency Planners (ACP)
Presentation: Benchmarking/Sustaining BCP
Speaker: Judy Bell
Company: Disaster Survival Planning Network (DSPN)

Vendor: Rick Iverson - DCC

American Red Cross Building

Thursday

 September 7, 2006

Dialogic Communications Corporation (DCC)

White Paper

October 10, 2006
 

Presentation: IntegrityContinuity: Avoiding Ethical Misconduct Disasters
Speaker:  Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D., Chair of
Organization:   Pepperdine University's Communication Division

Vendor: Angelique Springer - GoToMyPc

American Red Cross Building

Thursday

 October  5, 2006

GoToMyPc

Product Overview

November 14, 2006

Presentation: How FEMA applies lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina to improve response for future disasters
Speaker:   C. Gary Rogers, Deputy Chief, Operations Branch, Response Division, FEMA
Organization:   Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

American Red Cross Building

Friday

 November  10, 2006

MIR3

 

December 12, 2006
 

Presentation:  Holiday Luncheon /2007 Chapter Board installation also Seismo Lab Tour & Presentation
Speaker:
Margaret Vinci   Caltech Athenaeum

Vendor  Veronica O’Seni  -GBLCSS/myCOOP -

Chris Alvord  - COOP 

California Athenaeum map

CalTech Driving Directions to Caltech

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Friday

 December 8, 2006

Coop Systems