Calgary One Day Event - June 2, 2025

One Day Event

The DRI Canada Board of Directors is pleased to host a professional development day in Calgary, June 2, 2025, conveniently located at the Courtyard Calgary Airport.  Join us for the day, or for lunch.


Navigating Integrity Through Chaos and Crisis, is a full day workshop, presented by Suzane Bernier, CBCP.  

Josh Bowen, ABCP, will be our guest speaker over lunch, presenting Beyond the Checklist: Institutionalizing Readiness in an Age of Compounding Disasters

The day will finish with a presentation Douglas Olthof on the Social Recovery from the 2024 Jasper Wildfire, followed by a reception. 



Navigating Integrity Through Chaos and Crisis Workshop
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost:  $129
Participants will be registered for the lunch event and receive a certificate of completion and eight (8) continuing education points.

Beyond the Checklist: Institutionalizing Readiness in an Age of Compounding Disasters
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Cost:  Free
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance and two (2) continuing education points.

Social Recovery from the 2024 Jasper Wildfire
4:00 pm - 5:20 pm
Cost: Included in full day registration

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance and one (1) continuing education point.


Details

Courtyard Calgary Airport

Date:  June 2, 2025

Time:  8:30 - 6:30

Registration

Certified Professionals

$129 - One Day Event 

includes all speakers, lunch and reception)

FREE - Lunch only

Regular Rates

$199 - One Day Event

$45 - Lunch only


Registration

Navigating Integrity Through Chaos and Crisis Workshop

In times of crisis, ethical clarity can mean the difference between trust and turmoil. This interactive one-day workshop is designed for business continuity, emergency management, and resilience professionals seeking to lead with integrity under pressure. Drawing on real-world case studies and Canadian examples, participants will explore the ethical complexities of crisis management—where split-second decisions meet long-term consequences.

Guided by award-winning crisis consultant and author Suzanne Bernier, this session offers a structured yet dynamic learning experience, including group activities, decision-making simulations, and expert-led discussion. Participants will learn to recognize ethical blind spots, apply proven frameworks for ethical decision-making, and communicate transparently and responsibly during high-stress scenarios.


Beyond the Checklist: Institutionalizing Readiness in an Age of Compounding Disasters

As disasters grow more frequent, complex, and interconnected, the traditional boundaries of business continuity and disaster recovery are no longer enough. In this provocative and forward-looking keynote, Josh Bowen draws on insights from over two decades of experience in emergency management and crisis leadership to challenge how organizations define and pursue readiness.

Drawing on real-world experience from disaster zones and the boardroom alike, Josh explores why static plans fail in dynamic crises—and what it means to build organizations that are truly ready for the unexpected. He introduces a practical model for institutionalizing readiness through cultural transformation, adaptive leadership, and systemic thinking.


Social Recovery from the 2024 Jasper Wildfire

Disaster recovery operations typically proceed through the identification of a number of distinct but interrelated priorities. Social recovery is one such priority that begins from the recognition that disasters happen to people and communities. Social recovery is the thread that connects all the other recovery priorities but can often be the most difficult priority to deï¬ne and to measure. This presentation will explore how social recovery objectives have informed all other priorities in the Jasper wildï¬re recovery context and how positioning Jasper residents as active participants in recovery is contributing to the re-establishment of strong networks of community support.