Benefits of Attending

Here's what you will learn at the Gartner Business Continuity Management Summit:

• How to develop an effective IT disaster recovery test strategy
• How to make sure you are making the right technology purchase decisions
• How to design business resiliency into the organization
• The latest in the area of business certification
• The latest information on server, storage and management software-related topics

Who Should Attend

All industry sectors, including: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail/Distribution, Healthcare, Service Industry, Energy, Government, secondary Education and Colleges/Universities.

IT professionals and decision-makers with responsibility for their company's:

• Business Continuity & Resiliency
• Enterprise and Operational Risk
• Continuity of Operations
• Crisis/Emergency Management
• Disaster Recovery
• IT Infrastructure, Network and Operations
• Application Development
• Systems Analysis, Architecture, Administration & Integration
• Electronic Messaging/Communications
• Strategic Planning

Product/Business Functions:

• Customer Service
• Sales
• Human Resources
• Legal
• Operations
• IT
• Information Security
• Risk Management
• Financial Management

Testimonials

"EVENT WAS AN EXCELLENT STUDY IN TRENDS AND STRAEGIES FOR BC/DR PROFESSIONALS."
Kurt Bahrs, Disaster Recovery Consultant, Aetna

"On the right track for defining & providing assistance to standards & how to grow in this area."
Diane Oliphant , Mgr Business Continuity, Ryder System, Inc.

"Finally somewhere that speaks my language! Such focused sessions on DR & BCP."
Paula Gardner , Technical Analyst, Rogers Communications, Rogers Communications

"The event was very informative. Selected topics were relevant and applicable."
Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson , Director, Data Centre OPS

"Pretty valuable for seasoned as well as new DR/BC specialists."
Cathy Luders, Consulting Compliance Specialist, Steelcase

Summit Value

Every Gartner Event is designed to give you practical, relevant, and immediately applicable ways to lower IT costs, deliver more business value with IT, and achieve greater returns from every IT investment - including the one you make with us to attend.

Justification Kit

With these justification tools, we've made it as convenient as possible to justify your investment to attend and present the ROI you've received post-event.


Pre-Conference

• Customizable Letter to Your Manager: A Word template with a cost/benefit analysis.
• Justification Tips
• Top 10 Reasons to Attend a Gartner Event

During the Conference

• ROI Worksheet: A Word template for productive note-taking onsite for your sessions, Analyst One-on-One Briefings and Face-to-Face Sponsor Meetings.

Post-Conference

• Customizable Trip Report: A Word template to help you easily report your ROI from the conference.
• Post-Event Brief: A PDF that highlights what was new and notable, key takeaways, what attendees asked about, interactive polling results, exhibit showcase highlights and more.