4th Annual Ready Your Business Conference
Sponsored by:
Utah Department of Public Safety
Division of Homeland Security
Utah Department of Health
Salt Lake Chamber
4th Annual Ready Your Business Conference
Thursday ● August 14, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hilton SL City Center ● 255 South West Temple ● Salt Lake City
usiness Owners ● Administrators ● IT Managers ● Security Directors ● Human Resource Directors ● Public Health ● Hospital ● Non-Profit Organizations ● Risk & Continuity Planners
Cost $45.00 includes lunch
($10 conference discount to award recipients)
Registration and Session Details:
http://www.saltlakechamber.org/calendar/events/detail/?EventID=2171
538-3400 Division of Homeland Security
328-5053 Salt Lake Chamber
Plenary Sessions
When the Shaking Stops – Wells, Nevada Earthquake
Bob King, Director of Retail Sales
Associated Food Stores
Following the Earthquake in Wells, Nevada, residents turned to their local grocer to provide them with necessary emergency supplies. Shelves emptied quickly. Associated Foods activated an emergency plan that proved to be valuable in efficiently responding to the needs of employees, business owners and the community.
Response Lessons from the Oklahoma City Bombing
Kerry Pettingill, Director, State of Oklahoma
Office of Homeland Security
On April 19, 1995, around 9:03 a.m., just after parents dropped their children off at day care at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, the unthinkable happened.
The massive bomb inside a rental truck exploded, blowing half of the nine-story building into oblivion. A stunned nation watched as the bodies of men, women, and children were pulled from the rubble for nearly two weeks. When the smoke cleared and the exhausted rescue workers packed up and left, 168 people were dead in the worst domestic terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Considered part of the crime scene, surrounding businesses were forced to close or relocate while the investigation continued....
Breakout Sessions, Awards, Exhibitors....
Facts about Financial Recovery
Zions Bank / SBA, Russ Taft, South Salt Lake Business Banking
FEMA, Jon Wallace
Presidio Group, Emily Edmunds, Risk Manager
Matthew Hill, Risk Manager
Making Security a Part of Your Business Model
Shawn Peppers, CIP Coordinator, Division of Homeland Security
Building Resilient Communities
Ana-Marie Jones, CARD Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
Options for Maintaining Emergency Communications
Creg Fielding, President, txtWire Communications
Tim Ruff, President, Telecom Recovery
Brian Coady, Government Accounts, Sprint/Nextel
Protect Yourself by Knowing the Eight Signs of Terrorism
Scott Hansen, Special Agent, Division of Homeland Security
Workplace Planning for Individuals with Special Needs
Cindy Lou Daniel, Disability Coordinator. FEMA
Congratulations to the 2008 Partners in Preparedness Award Recipients:
Wasatch Front
· E-Center
· Emergency Essentials
· KeyBank
· Telecom Recovery
· Utah Disaster Kleenup
· Utah Small Business Development Center
· Utah Trucking Association
· Zions Bank
Northern Utah
Presented April 8, 2008
· KUTA TV Channel 8 / Logan
· Utah State University, Judy Crockett
Southern Utah
Presentation Fall of 2008
· State Bank of Southern Utah