WCDM - About the Conference

Please note: This is our preliminary Conference at a Glance Schedule

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WS Times	WS01 - Advanced Master Workshop	WS02	WS03	WS04	WS05	WS06	WS07	WS08
9:00 - 12:00 (EST)	AUS - Matthew Anderson Designing an Effective and Efficient Exercise	USA - Sandy Davis How to Get Out of Your Own Way!	USA - Alan Berman Business Continuity In the 21st Century	USA - Oliver S. Schmidt Effective Media Management in Times of Crisis	USA - Scot Phelps Implementing the Antiterrorism Vulnerability Assessment for Critical Infrastructure	AUS - Jennifer McMahon/Malcolm Hedley Communities Respond - Building Community Resilience Through Self Help and Mutual Aid in Urban and Rural Environments	USA - Crisis Simulations International Experiencing a Pandemic: Managing a Toronto Crisis	CAN - Malcolm Smeaton Strategies for Maintaining Business Continuity Planning Momentum
12:00 - 1:00 (EST)	Concession Lunch will be available
1:00 - 4:00 (EST)	WS09 - Advanced Master Workshop	WS10	WS11	WS12	WS13	WS14	WS15	WS16
1:00 - 4:00 (EST)	AUS - Carl Gibson USA - Gavin Love Climate Change Risk Management and Resilience	USA - Bruce Blythe Crisis Decision Making	USA - Regina Phelps/Jan Sysmans Create a Virtual Emergency Operations Center (VEOC)	CAN - Faith Wood The Sky Is Falling! (Getting Your Message Across When Seconds Count)	USA - Geary Sikich/John Stagl Pandemic: The Second Wave How Prepared are We? What will the State of Your Business Continuity Plan be in When the Second Wave Strikes?	GER - Rolf von Roessing/Haemmerle Matthias Resilience and Crisis-Prone Organizations: A Holistic Approach to Business Resilience	UK - Arthur Rabjohn Exercising - Raising Your Game	CAN - Pete Learoyd/Jerome Rodriguez Command, Communicate, Coordinate - Emergency Management and the Incident Command System