Agenda

Wednesday November 19, 2025


8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ethics in Crisis Management Workshop
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Tabletop Exercise

Thursday November 20, 2025


7:30 am - 8:00 am
Registration Open
Breakfast
Start your day off right in the Grand Salon with a nutritional breakfast and networking.

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker


Chris Mathers, Crime, Risk, and Cybersecurity Expert

9:05 am - 10:30 am
Fireside Chat - Strategic Insights

Moderated by Rachelle Loyear, Brigadier General (ret.) André Demers and Major General (ret.) William J. Walker sit down to discuss their experience in navigating high-pressure events from national security roles to their current positions in the private sector.


10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions


  • Modern IT disaster recovery: ensuring continuity in the age of cyber-attacks, Tarek Habib

  • Fieldnotes from the Grey Zone:  An Emergency Management Perspective on Business Continuity, Complexity and Collaboration, Caroline Mellor

  • Monter de niveau en planification de la continuité des activités: comment nous avons adapté nos pratiques pour couvrir de longs projets, Etienne Després

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions

  • Navigating Labour Disruptions and Climate Change in UK Rail, Gary Campbell

  • TBA
  • Bâtir la résilience organisationnelle :  du concept à la capacité d’agir, Akli Feraoun

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
  • Integrating RTO with Criticality Score, Garth Tucker, Nancy Holloway-White, Emad Aziz
  • Human-Centered Continuity Planning: Putting People at the Core of Business Resilience, Claire Mechan

  • City Strong, Business Strong: The Urban Planning-Business Continuity Connection, Marion Benkaiouche


4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Session
Chantal Hébert,  Resiliency in Times of Political Uncertainty

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Reception
Join us as we wrap up a day of dynamic discussions and shared insights with a closing reception that brings together business continuity professionals from coast to coast. Celebrate the connections made, the knowledge exchanged, and the collective commitment to strengthening our national network. This is your opportunity to continue the conversation, forge new partnerships, and toast to a united vision of resilience.