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The 2023  International Risk and Resilience Conference offered the latest thinking from individuals and organisations who live, eat and breathe risk and resilience, with their practical insights offering real tips on how to improve robustness. The 2023 programme was been put together in partnership with Resilience First.

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Resilience First

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10:30
  1. 10 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference
    The importance of preparedness and resilience in our troubled and complex times
10:40
  1. 35 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    A panel discussion looking at the practicalities behind Martyn's Law from a parliamentary, implementation and insurance perspective

    • Encourage businesses to look at their preparations against terrorism attacks and to stress test this regularly
    • Present what businesses could consider doing now to prepare for when Martyn Law is passed
    • Talk about the pitfalls to avoid and the benefits of preparation
11:15
  1. 45 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    A fireside chat focusing on global challenges from a security, resilience and economic perspective

    • An understanding of the nature and extent of de-globalisation
    • A review of its root causes - across economics, politics, civic society and business itself
    • An understanding of the emerging, interconnected risk landscape
    • Advice on how to build business resilience is a less global world  
12:00
  1. 45 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    Chief Resilience Officers (CRO) have a critical role to play in helping their organisations’ prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change. There is a myriad of climate reporting and risk analysis going on, but this is often decoupled from resilience responses. Integrating the CRO into the reporting process presents an opportunity for organisations to become more resilient today but more importantly, prepare for a more resilient future.
    In this discussion, we explore how the role of the CRO can help to cohere companies’ disclosures to aid response planning and risk management activities for existing risks, as well as horizon scanning for emerging risks.

12:45
  1. 30 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference
    • What is typical due diligence and how can you enhance your due diligence
    • How to get the most out of your multi-domain due diligence
    • Using multi-domain on corporate entities, when would you apply it?  
13:15
  1. 30 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    Introduced in the Victims and Prisoners Bill (VPB) that was presented to Parliament on 1st March 2023. The IPA will act for victims and bereaved families directly affected by future large-scale public disasters and dates back to a government commitment made in 2016 following the new Inquests into the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster. The role is subject to detailed policy development running alongside the progress of the VPB. 

15:30
  1. 30 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference
    • The relevance of civil protection today and for the future
    • Lessons from the past and lessons from other disciplines
    • Making informed decisions and organising ourselves to best effect
    • Horizon scanning and futures thinking in addressing risk and driving resilience   
16:30
  1. 60 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference
10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    A Debate Examining Standards in Resilience

    This house believes resilience standards are not up to standard 

    • Standards codify good practice and provide a common language and expectation 
    • To this extant they can only reflect current maturity and convergence on the subject 
    • Nevertheless, there is now increased convergence and the revised BS 65000 Code of Practice is a significant step forwards in the right direction   
    • Standards are a compensation for not wanting to do something they promote mediocrity they are poorly authored
11:15
  1. 45 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference
    Keynote Address: No more weak links by Verity Davidge, Director of Policy, Make UK, followed by a panel discussion in partnership with Resilience4Ports
12:00
  1. 45 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    A Panel Discussion with Frances Murray 

    • Estimated cost of cybercrime to UK businesses in 2023
    • The four responses to cyber security risks: treat, tolerate, terminate transfer
    • Updates / case studies on the latest corporate ransomware attacks / scams as of September 2023
    • The ten steps to cyber security: risk management, engagement and training, asset management, architecture and configuration, security vulnerabilities, identify and access management , data security, logging and monitoring, incident management, supply chain security 
    • Cyber threat horizon 
    • Importance of cyber resilience over cyber security
    • Cyber risk management and communicating cyber risk to senior management
    • Key controls to navigate the cyber insurance market
12:45
  1. 30 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    The UK Government Resilience Framework commits to the delivery of the UK Resilience Lessons Digest.  Work on the Digest sits at the heart of programme at Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College (EPC), to synthesise lessons learned from exercises and emergencies. This session will cover:

    • The Digest's core objectives
    • Key insights into the Digest's development, design and delivery 
    • Lessons and learning themes of relevance to the resilience community, arising from lesson analyses in Digests 1, 2 and 3.  
13:15
  1. 30 mins
    • International Risk & Resilience Conference

    Human Aspects of Emergencies - 10 Key Principles – all on a single page!

14:45
  1. 45 mins
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    Keynote Address: The National Risk Register 2023, by Helen Warren, Cabinet Office, followed by a Panel Discussion

    • Insight into the latest from central Government on resilience
    • Discussion on how to best support a whole society approach
    • Opportunity to share what else required to support effective planning and activity   
       
    • Learn about the key findings from our global resilience survey
    • Better understand the current state of global business resilience
    • Identify emerging risks and opportunities for your business
    • The value of integrating reputation management into traditional resilience structures, and practical steps for achieving this
    • Monitoring and pre-emptively planning for emerging risks, and the reputational impacts of these
    • The increasing importance of good communications during 'operational crises' e.g. flooding, extreme heat, and the critical role communications can play in protecting people and intangible assets