Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Events
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat is committed to working closely with external stakeholders, and being as open as practical about its role and responsibilities. We believe that regular external engagements support our work to improve the UK's preparedness for and response to emergencies. As part of this work, we often have engagements in Parliament, such as statements, debates or parliamentary questions (PQs). CCS staff also attend and speak at a range of events, including conferences, seminars and workshops at local, regional, national and international levels.
This page provides information on forthcoming events involving CCS staff, including conferences, speeches and parliamentary business. It also archives events involving CCS staff.
FUTURE
Conferences & Speeches
Parliament
- No confirmed dates at present.
Other
- Emergency Planning College Programmes in Partnership with the University of Leeds. Through the EPC partnership with Leeds University Business School a range of academic qualifications are being delivered with a strong practical element in civil protection, risk management, business continuity, emergency planning and other related subjects. This exciting opportunity offers delegates; City & Guilds Licentiateship, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters, MBA and Professional Doctorate. Partnership details here[External website]
- Emergency Planning College - Emergency Planning Training in partnership with the Health Protection Agency (HPA)[External website]. Developed in conjunction with the Health Protection Agency, this immensely popular, cutting edge two-tier training programme aims to equip NHS Emergency Planning Officers with the skills and knowledge to plan for and manage health emergencies. The foundation module gives those with emergency planning responsibilities (as described in the CCA) an overview of the principles of emergency preparedness and their relevance to their organisation. The second tier builds on the foundation course and comprises six further modules.
PAST
Conferences & Speeches
- 4th April 2008 - Cabinet Office Business Continuity Conference
- Importance of Business Continuity and Emergency Planning - Bruce Mann, Director, Civil Contingencies Secretariat [PDF 8 pages, 176KB]
- BS25999: Why Certification? Chris Green, Business Continuity Institute [PDF 15 pages, 164KB]
- Headline findings from the Chartered Management Institute Continuity Survey - Patrick Woodman, Chartered Management Institute [PDF 19 pages, 612KB]
- BS25999 – the future of the standard, accreditation - Julian Thrussell, British Standards Institution [PDF 24 pages, 646KB]
- Local Authority approach – Maddi Bali, Gloucestershire County Council [PDF 20 pages, 287KB]
- Business Continuity Incident Management - Steve Mellish, Sainsbury's [PDF 16 pages, 1.1MB]
- Reputational Risk - Russell Price, Continuity Forum [PDF 16 pages, 310KB]
- Business Continuity capabilities and training - Michael Charlton-Weedy, Emergency Planning College [PDF 14 pages, 153KB]
- 3rd July 2007 - Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, and Lindsey Davies, Director of National Influenza Pandemic Planning in the Department of Health, spoke at the Tripartite Annual Business Continuity Conference.
18th-19th June 2007 - The Emergency Planning Society [External website] Annual Conference 2007 was held at the Riviera Conference Centre in Torquay. Speakers included the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, and Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet.
- 24th April 2007 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave a presentation on pandemic influenza preparedness at the British Bankers' Association's Business Continuity Management Seminar www.bba.org.uk [External website].
- 17th April 2007 – Michael Charlton-Weedy, Chief Executive of the Emergency Planning College, gave a presentation on civil protection at the British Bankers' Association's 4th Annual Security Conference aimed at senior security managers www.bba.org.uk [External website].
- 22nd March 2007 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Local Government Association and Cabinet Office Conference on 'Meeting the Challenge of Civil Contingencies – Emergency Preparedness in the 21st Century'.
- 19th March 2007 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Local Authority Chief Executives Resilience Summit in Central London. The event was organised by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority in partnership with London Councils. It provided an opportunity for Local Authority Chief Executives to discuss the strategic management of civil disasters.
- 1st March 2007 - John Tesh (Deputy Director, Capabilities, CCS) spoke at Royal United Services Institute's 'UK Resilience: Preparing Scotland Conference', held in Edinburgh www.rusi.org [External website].
- 31st January 2007 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave the keynote address at City & Financial's Sixth Annual Conference on 'Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in the Financial Services Sector'.
- 18th January 2007 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave a presentation on 'Engagement of the Voluntary Sector' at the Voluntary Sector Civil Protection Forum meeting held in Whitehall.
- 5th December 2006 – Peter Tallantire (Deputy Director, Horizon Scanning & Response, CCS) spoke at the BSI launch of the new Business Continuity Management (BCM) Standard, BS 25999. The event was entitled 'Strategic use of the new British Standard on business continuity management to achieve resilience'
- 1st December 2006 – Liz McIntosh, Pandemic Flu Desk Officer in the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, spoke at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's Security Information for Business Overseas (SISBO) Forum on 'Avian and Human Pandemic Planning'.
- 20th November 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke on Government's efforts to improve UK Plc's emergency preparedness and response at Survive's 17th Annual Conference.
- 14th November 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Advisory Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (ACNDR) Conference.
- 18th November 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave the keynote speech at the Government Office for the North West's Resilience Seminar.
- 8th November 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Core Cities Study event entitled 'Have we got the capability to respond to a CBRN incident?', which was held at the Emergency Planning College.
- 3rd November 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, spoke at the Annual Red Cross Chairs' & Presidents' Conference held at the Radisson SAS Hotel at Manchester Airport.
- 25th October 2006 – Ken Lawson, Director of Training & Doctrine at the Emergency Planning College, spoke at the RUSI Workshop on Simulation & Training.
- 19th-20th October 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave the keynote speech on the first day of the Emergency Services Show. He gave a joint presentation on pandemic flu preparedness with Professor Lindsey Davies of the Department of Health on the second day.
- 5th October 2006 – Bruce Mann, Director of Civil Contingencies in the Cabinet Office, gave the keynote speech at a Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) conference on 'UK Resilience- Joining up the Sectors' www.rusi.org [External website].
- 3rd October - Daniel Greaves, Head of the Civil Contingencies Act and Local Response Capability Team, spoke at the Norfolk Resilience Forum study day. The presentation "Civil Contingencies Act 2004 - Preparing together" [PowerPoint presentation, 1.7MB] can be viewed here
- 11th September 2006 - Second meeting of the Business Advisory Group on Civil Protection, which provides a forum through which business representative groups and government meet to discuss civil protection issues. The BAGCP is co-chaired by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Home Office. For more information on the group, including presentations, visit the BAGCP page of the Preparing for Emergencies website [External website].
- 26th June 2006 - First meeting of the Business Advisory Group on Civil Protection, which provides a forum through which business representative groups and government meet to discuss civil protection issues. The BAGCP is co-chaired by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Home Office. For more information on the group, including presentations, visit the BAGCP page of the Preparing for Emergencies website [External website].
- 28th-29th June - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at "Public sector security: Multi-Agency Command and Control" conference at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
- 21st & 28th June - Hertfordshire Resilience "Buncefield Briefing Days" [PDF 224KB, 1 page]. Lessons Learned and Emerging Issues, with presentations from CCS, Hertfordshire Police, Fire and Health organisations, Local Authorities, the Business community, and other key responders
- 26th April - Daniel Greaves, Head of the Civil Contingencies Act and Local Response Capability Team, spoke at the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health conference.
- 8th-9th May - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at a Wilton Park conference - "European Policy in Preparing for Pandemics". Conference preview available on the Wilton park website [External PDF, 3 pages, 66KB].
- 31 May 2006 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at Continuity Forum and CIR Magazine conference "Improving Organisational Resilience: From the Butterfly Effect to Preparing for Pandemics." Title of presentation - "What Government has learned from recent disasters". For more information on the event see the CIR magazine website [External website].
- 21st March and 23rd March 2006 - CCS hosted Two Conferences on Evacuation and Shelter in London and Manchester. The programme included speakers from the US talking about their response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The CCS's booklet, "Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - A Perspective", and the delegates' presentations are on the Evacuation and Shelter page.
- 1st March - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the CityForum 4th Homeland Security Roundtable on the subject of "What was achieved during the UK's EU Presidency?" Download his presentation here [PowerPoint presentation, 1.15MB].
- 20-21 February 2006 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the SMI Homeland Security & Resilience Conference, London. Title of address: "Developing Security Awareness and National Resilience Strategies - Challenges Overcome and those on the Horizon".
- 13-15 February 2006 - Peter Tallantire (Director of Assessments, CCS) and Cheryl Plumridge (Director of Capabilities, CCS) spoke at the Wilton Park conference "Improving the Emergency Response in Europe". For more information on the event go to the Wilton Park website - conference agenda [External website].
- 24 January 2006 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the British Bankers Association Risk Vision Conference - "Beyond Basel: Pertinent Issues at the Heart of Risk". Title of address: "Risk: Past, Present & Future". Bruce Mann's presentation: Risk: Past, Present & Future - [PowerPoint, 1.05MB]
- 30 November - 2 December 2005 - Emergency Planning College event - Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The event included demonstrations of the effectiveness and efficiency gains of using GIS in an emergency context, establishing a framework for GIS at a local level, good practice and standards for GIS and the launch of guidance published by EPC, Guide to GIS Applications in IEM [PDF, 128 pages, 2.4MB - VERY slow download]. Emergency Planning College website [External website].
- 22 October 2005 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, gave a keynote speech at the Control Risks Group Scottish North American Business Council Conference, Glasgow.
- 28 September 2005 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) conference on "UK Resilience: Joining Up the Sectors". Title of address: "Emergency Response and Recovery Capability".
- 20 July 2005 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the RUSI conference on "The Coming Flu Pandemic: Global Challenge, National Response". Title of address: "Health Related Crisis: Coordinating Readiness from Central Government".
- 30 June 2005 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the AMBEX (Ambulance Service Association) Annual Conference, Harrogate. Title of address: "The Civil Contingencies Act".
- 28 June 2005 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, spoke at the Emergency Planning Society (EPS) Annual Conference, Harrogate. Title of address: "The Civil Contingencies Act". For more information on the event go to the Emergency Planning Society website [External website].
Parliament
For information on Parliament, go to the Parliament website [External website].
- 30 November 2005 - The Science and Technology Standing Committee discussed Avian Influenza.
- 30 November 2005 - The European Standing Committee 'A' discussed Avian Influenza.
- 22 November - CCS and other Cabinet Office officials gave evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the Government's policy on risk
- 17 November 2005 - DEFRA Ministers answered PQs on Avian Influenza and Bovine TB.
- 15 November 2005 - The DEFRA Select Committee discussed Avian Influenza.
- 10 November 2005 - The House of Commons Delegated Legislation Standing Committee discussed the Civil Contingencies Act Regulations.
Other
- 4th-5th September - Emergency Planning College course - "Business Continuity Promotion". Dan Greaves, Head of the Civil Contingencies Act Implementation Team, due to speak. See the Emergency Planning College [External website] website.
- 19 January 2006 - Bruce Mann, Head of CCS, participated in an online "Ask the Experts" event on the Financial Times website with Dr. Michael Perdue (WHO) on how businesses should prepare for a flu pandemic. Financial Times web page [External website].
- 24 June 2005 - The Emergency Planning College and Leeds University Business School launched their academic partnership. For more information go to the Emergency Planning College website.
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