WERR Disaster Preparedness Seminar Agenda – September 25, 2008

7:00-8:00       Registration/Continental Breakfast/Sponsor Reception

8:00-8:15       Welcome
Liz Thompson, WERR President/Director, Encore Unlimited, LLC

8:15-9:15       Creating and Implementing a Disaster Management Program:  A Case Example of West Bend Mutual’s Own Program from Inception to Ongoing Evolution
Jeff Puetz, West Bend Mutual  

As an employer with over 1000 employees, Jeff shares West Bend Mutual's approach to ensuring business continuity in the event their offices are impacted by a catastrophic event. We will review the structure of their disaster management program, priorities within, and how it continues to evolve.

9:15-9:40       Pull Out Those Policies!  Insurance Solutions for Protecting Your Business, Income, and People BEFORE a Catastrophic Event Occurs.
Tom Boudreau, R&R Insurance Services, Inc.
                       
From fires, windstorms, and power outages to hackers and software problems, companies need to protect against a variety of threats. Various forms of business insurance are needed to keep vital operations up and running, and indemnify losses that occur when productivity is crippled or security is compromised.  This session will review coverages that will help your business rebound and keep your operations running in the event of a catastrophic loss.

9:40-10:30     Legal Considerations When Responding to Workplace Disasters. 
Frank Gumina - Attorney, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek
Richard Lewandowski – Attorney, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek

This valuable session will help you prepare a legal strategy for responding to workplace disasters to limit liability exposure. Topics covered will include: OSHA and other governmental investigations; working with law enforcement; proper notification of insurance carriers; gathering and preserving critical evidence; dealing with media and other public relations issues.

10:30-10:45 Break/Sponsor Exhibits

10:45-11:10  Your Emergency Response Communication System is Invincible…or Is It?      
David Dukelow, Motorola Market Development Distributor - ACS, Inc.

It seems obvious, but proper and effective communication is at the heart of recovering from a
disaster. This presentation will focus on the implementation and execution of important
communication efforts, techniques, and tools to improve your company’s rebound during and after a catastrophic event.  Included are case examples of prior catastrophic events and their impact on communications.

11:10-11:45  BUILDING DISASTER TOLERANT IT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT GOING
BROKE
Tom Mount, Exec VP/CFO 
Paragon Development Systems, Inc.

The cost of disaster tolerant IT infrastructure can be worse than the disaster.  The IT industry is addressing the need to provide cost effective solutions to reduce risk.  Tom will provide a simple planning template to begin Disaster Recovery planning; review low cost tools available today that reduce risks of failures; and overview current trends in computing that will make your IT infrastructure more resilient to the unexpected.

11:45-12:45 Lunch/Sponsor Exhibits

12:45-1:15     Tomorrow’s Survival Depends on Today’s Planning
Les Spindler, Contingency Planning Solutions, Inc.   

Are you confident your business will survive a disaster?  How will you respond?  Do your employees know what they need to do?  Do you have a comprehensive, documented, executable plan?  Les has been developing Business Continuation Plans for 20 years and will share his approach.  He has helped businesses execute their plans after a disaster…and survive. 

1:15-2:15       Domestic Violence: When Home Comes to Work (50 min + 10 min Q&A)
Angela Mancuso - Executive Director, Sojourner Truth House
Rhonda Matthews – Attorney, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek
Patrick Callahan - Attorney, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek

Domestic violence is common across all income levels and lifestyles. This presentation will raise your awareness of this unfortunate reality and how often it infiltrates the workplace. You will learn warning signs, preventative measures, available community resources and how a violent incident at work can affect your business legally and practically.

2:15-2:30       Break/Sponsor Exhibits

2:30-3:45       Thinking About the Unthinkable:  Disaster Preparedness and Response for Business
                         
The panel  brings together medical, emergency response, human resource, and legal experts to raise companies' awareness of the many factors to account for in disaster planning and response. How will your staff respond to medical emergencies in a catastrophic event?  What can you do to facilitate the emergency responders' needs?  How will your organization survive and operate during and after a disaster? What types of resources are available for businesses to assist in disaster planning?

-  Medical:  Dr. Gina Buono, MD, MPH, Physician of Occupational Medicine,    
              Lakeshore Medical Clinic.
-  Dawn M. Adams, PHR, Owner of HResults, a Human Resources and  
              Organization Development Consulting Firm          
-  Battalion Chief Mark Owen, Milwaukee Fire Department Bureau of Special
              Operations and  Office of Homeland Security                                                      
 -  Mediator:  Patrick Callahan, WHD

3:45-4:00       Conclusion/Door Prizes

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Human Resources, Risk Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Disaster Management Personnel, Business Owners, CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s, Legal Council, Senior Management

PAYMENT DEADLINE:  Deadline to register with payment is September 16, 2008.

CANCELLATION/SUBSTITUTION POLICY:
In the event you need to cancel, please contact Kerry Ernst through EMAIL by September 15, 2008 for a full refund. Confirmed registrations who fail to notify WERR of cancellation by this date forfeit all fees paid. A $30 administration fee will be charged for cancellations received after September 15. Please note substitutions are welcome.

COURSE CHANGES:
Session titles are tentative and subject to change, but topics will remain the same. Please refer to the conference program the day of the event for final session titles.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Sponsor donations are used to reduce fees for all attendees.  Sponsors will be exhibiting throughout the seminar.  You will have opportunity to talk to companies with resources available for planning and responding to catastrophic events.

QUESTIONS/CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information, please contact Monica Murphy-Bredin or Kerry Ernst at (800) 434-2520.