Conference Programme

Confirmed Speakers

DAY ONE – Tuesday, 24th November:
Time Programme
08.30 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.10 Introduction by Chair
Peter Streets, Emergency Planning Manager, Coventry City Council
09.10 – 09.40 Keynote Presentation - Civil Contingencies in 2009 and Beyond
Bruce Mann, Head of Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office
09.40 – 10.10 Civil Contingencies Act Performance Development Framework
Kathy Settle, Deputy Director of Civil Contingencies Secretariat - Local Response Capabilities, Cabinet Office
10.10 – 10.40 Improving Preparedness: Communications Interoperability the Vital Link
Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Hallowes, Head of Strategic Operations, National Policing Improvement Agency
10.40 – 10.55 Break
10.55 – 11.25 The Fire & Resilience Programme Update – Meeting the Provisions for Major Incidents
Ian Wakeling, Fire & Resilience Programme Integration Director, Communities & Local Government
11.25 -11.55 The Twenty First Century Demands a Twenty First Century Response
Chief Fire Officer Vij Randeniya, West Midlands Fire Service
11.55 -12.25 Working with Business to Make the Work of Terrorists More Difficult – The UK Crowded Place Strategy
DCI Chris Phillips, Head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, NaCTSO
12.25 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 An Integrated Approach to Delivering a Safe and Secure Olympic and Paralympic Games
Commander Ian Quinton, Head of Security Architecture & Design, Olympic Security Directorate, Home Office
14.30 - 15.00 Delivering a Resilient Olympic and Paralympic Games – Approach of the London Resilience Partnership
Lorraine Shepherd, Head of the London Resilience Team, Government Office for London
15.00 - 15.30 Working Together to Manage Incidents on the Highways Agency Network
David Stones, Group Leader – Programme Delivery Group, Highways Agency
15.30 - 15.45 Break
15.45 – 16.15 An Overview of Inter-Hospital Mutual Aid in the Event of an Evacuation
Dr. Penny Bevan, Director Emergency Preparedness and Dept of Health
Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam, Clinical Director of Anaesthetics and Critical Care and medical Lead for N.W. London Critical Care
16.15 – 16.45 HART Two Years On
Russ Mansford, Strategic Ambulance Adviser, Dept of Health
16.45 - 17.15 CFOA Specialist Response Week - Developing Modern Specialist Operational Capabilities
Mr Peter Crook, Group Manager: Civil Resilience and Specialist Response, USAR Team Co-ordinator, Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
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DAY TWO – Wednesday, 25th November:
Time Programme
08.30 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.05 Introduction by Chair
Peter Streets, Emergency Planning Manager, Coventry City Council
09.05 – 09.35 Keynote Presentation - The The British Red Cross Contribution to the Response to the Flu Pandemic
Vanessa Spiller, Head of Emergency Planning & Response, The British Red Cross
09.35-10.05 Responding to the H1N1 Pandemic – Did it all Work?
Professor Nigel Lightfoot, CBE, Chief Advisor, Health Protection Agency
10.05 -10.35 Crowd Behaviour for Mass Emergency Evacuations
Dr G. Keith Still, Chief Technical Officer, Crowd Dynamics Ltd
10.35 – 10.55 Break
10.55 -11.25 The Government Decontamination Service – The Evolving Service
Nigel Wilson, Head of the Emergency Response and Recovery Programme, Government Decontamination Service
11.25 -11.55 ShelterBox - Offering Post Disaster Support to UK Resilience
Mr Mervyn Kettle, ShelterBox
11.55 -12.45 Lunch
12.45 – 13.15 National Resilience Extranet – An Overview
John Harrison, Project Manager – National Resilience Extranet, Cabinet Office (CCS)
13.15 – 13.45 The Resilience Chain – Aligning Continuity Through the Community
Russell Price, Chairman, Continuity Forum
13.45 – 14.15 Taking Resilience to the Next Level
Stephen Grogan, Head of Birmingham Resilience Team, Birmingham City Council
  Close

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