Events Calendar
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Events > October 2008
October 2008
1 October
CRISIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS WORKSHOP
Duration: 1 day Max number of participants: 12 Cost: £129 p.p. SYNOPSIS The most challenging part of crisis communication management is reacting - with the right response - quickly. In a crisis, it's the non-action and the resulting spin that can cause embarrassment, humiliation, prolonged visibility, and sometimes, unnecessary litigation. True crises have several critical dimensions in common, any one of which, if handled poorly, can disrupt or perhaps destroy best efforts at managing any remaining opportunities to resolve the situation and recover, rehabilitate, or retain reputation. Failure to respond and communicate in ways that meet community standards and expectations will result in a series of negative outcomes. FOR DATES, LOCATIONS & VENUES ...of all of our workshops, please visit our website. IN-HOUSE DELIVERY ...we are always happy to deliver our workshops in-house at very competitive prices, so please just get in touch with your requirements. 10% DISCOUNT ...is available for block bookings of 5 or more places. You are not required to nominate specific workshops, locations and dates at the time of booking.
8 October
Disaster Management Exhibition & Conference
8-9 October 2008
UK Resilience
As the potential magnitude of public safety threats and hazards continues to grow, so the task of ensuring effective resilience against them becomes more challenging. Resilience - in the face of climate change and increasingly frequent episodes of extreme weather, coastal and fluvial flooding, pandemics, earthquakes, energy insecurity, dwindling resources and terrorism - requires an unprecedented coalition of partner organisations and agencies and, critically, shared experience of best practice and domain knowledge. Featuring a prestigious group of experienced senior decision makers, policy makers, academics, technology developers and planners from the international resilience community, this major 2-day event will be of great value to anybody with a professional interest in understanding the latest thinking in the field of resilience, learning about interoperable support technologies and what the future resilience of countries and communities will require, and what their organisation’s contributions to resilience could entail. Key confirmed contributors include: Michael Brown, the former US Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response and Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will give the evening keynote presentation to the conference. Titled ‘Katrina: An Insider’s Story’, Brown will speak in the UK for the first time, giving a frank and revealing account of the much criticised Federal response to the costliest natural disaster in US history. As someone who has a unique insight into what it is like to be at the centre of the response to a major disaster and an international media maelstrom, Michael Brown has many valuable lessons to share with the conference audience. This is a unique conference presentation.
15 -16 October
Storage Expo 2008 - The UK’s largest dedicated data Storage event
Storage Expo 2008 is UK’s definitive event for data storage, information and content management. Now in its 8th year, the show features a comprehensive FREE education programme and over 100 exhibitors.
16 - 18 October
IFSEC India
The Event is co located with the first ever Firex India. With plans to cater for the fire and safety industries this year, IFSEC India looks set to become a must-attend event for the entire South Asian region. For more information or to register for free entry go to:
19 - 22 October
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
The Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR) are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress - The theme is Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction. Invited to this congress are parliamentarians, decision - makers in national governments, environment organizations, youth leaders and media practitioners, funding/ donor agencies/ organizations (Female and male participants are welcome.) The Congress will have the following objectives: Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for legislators and decision-makers in national governments and leaders at all levels in formulating gender-responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction. Specific Objectives: a) to understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts, and its implications and study the appropriate risk reduction strategy; b) to review and examine the gender aspects in climate change and disaster risk reduction and formulate appropriate actions to address these; c) to define the roles women can play in addressing the impacts of climate change and disaster risk reduction programs and policies at the global, national and sub-national levels; and d) to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy advocates, and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt gender responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction.
www.capwip.org/3rdglobalcongress.htm
21 October
PCI Europe - 2nd Annual Pan-European Forum on Payment
If your organisation is seeking to reduce fraud, increase data security, and ensure a secure transaction environment for your clients and customers this a must attend event. Why attend? This year we will explore innovative PCI DSS compliance solutions for merchants, payments processors, payment application providers, PED manufacturers, ISP's and acquiring banks. This year's agenda will provide insights, advice, and critical information on technical and strategic issues connected with compliance including: Why not securing credit card data could result in increased costs to your business How PCI can help you win valuable budget to improve IT security Whether out of the box solutions are the most effective solution for complying with encryption demands and security architecture How to reduce the perceived burden of PCI compliance using simple strategies that save time and money Why cross-border data protection considerations can affect how PCI is implemented across multiple jurisdictions
22- 24 October
NAVSUP' 08
XVI International Scientific and Technical Conference "The Role of Navigation in Support of Human Activity at Sea" CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZERS: -The Navigation Section of the Geodesy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences -The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy -The Maritime Office in Gdynia CONFERENCE TOPICS: -Navigation -Geodetic and hydrographic support of human activity at sea -Radionavigation and satellite systems -Hydrometeorological support of maritime shipping -Safety and security of maritime shipping -Manoeuvrability and hydrodynamics of ships -Maritime education and training
22 October
GIS in Emergency Planning Driving efficiency and improving emergency response
Effective GIS can turn data into information that has the potential to save lives and property in an emergency. It is also driving huge operational efficiencies for many organisations. Realising the benefits of GIS requires a clear view of its capabilities, an understanding of best practice in managing and sharing data, as well as an understanding of what data is available through partner agencies and how to make best use of it. This conference will showcase some of the best examples of GI data sources that are available to local authorities and emergency services and feature best practice case studies in how to use and manage this data. GIS has a significant role to play in delivering an effective response to an emergency. This one day event aims to help you learn from the best practice of other public authorities: How to use GIS to help plan emergency response Finding and sharing GI data from a variety of sources Maintaing large amounts of GI data Assembling and distributing GI data to partner agencies during an emergency Understanding what the Pitt review will mean for GIS practitioners This conference brings together GIS experts from across the public sector who will share their practical experience and knowledge. They will cover the context and significance of GIS in relation to data and information sharing, evidence-based practice and its applications in Integrated Emergency Management. Early bird discount applies until 19 September.
www.publicsectorforums.co.uk/page.cfm?pa…
