December 9^th 2020, DRIE Virtual Quarterly Meeting

• Tobi Martin M. Phil., M.Sc. R. Psych, Lead, Psychosocial Response Team, Alberta Health Services
  Don’t Just Muddle Through! How to Provide Meaningful Psychosocial Support
  Presentation Slides Download PDF Document [1.49 MB]
  To see more about Tobi Martin click here
• Jeanne Powell MBCP, President/CEO, DAHR Consulting Services
  Exercise Considerations for Outage, Emergency, and Disaster Plans
  Presentation Slides  Download PDF Document [0.98 MB]
  To see more about Jeanne Powell click here

September 16^th 2020, DRIE Virtual Quarterly Meeting

• Vito Mangialardi, Senior Manager, Enterprise Business Continuity, Metrolinx, Ralph Dunham, Retired BCP & RM Executive and Des O’Callaghan, Semi-retired Business Continuity Professional

  Barks and Bites (4.0) 'What Pandemic?' 
  Presentation Slides Download PDF Document [1.17MB]
  Presentation Notes Download PDF Document [881KB]
  To see more about the presenters click here

March 11^th 2020, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Dr Trish Huston, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine
  The new Coronavirus – SARS revisited?
  Download PDF Document[2888KB]
  To see more about Trish's presentation click here

• CSIS
  Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
  Download PDF Document [569KB]
  To see more about this presentation click here

December 4^th2019, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Douglas May, Senior Director, Emergency Management Programs, Public Safety Canada
  Business Continuity Management (BCM) in the Government of Canada
  Download PDF Document[1013KB]
  To see more about Douglas' presentation click here

• Betsy Sayers, CEO, Sayers Recovery Group Inc.
  SRG Tips from the Trenches – Session #2:  Pandemic Planning
  Download PDF Document[1742KB]
  To see more about Betsy's presentation click here

September 11^th2019, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Franz Kropp, Director, Generation, Portage Power, an affiliate of Hydro Ottawa Holding, Inc.
  Portage Power and the impact of Spring flooding
  Download PDF Document[2859KB]
  To see more about Franz' presentationclick here

• PaolaParenti, Emergency Management Program Coordinator, Emergency Management, City of Ottawa
  2018 Ottawa Tornadoes
  Download PDF Document[6965KB]
  To see more about Paola'spresentationclick here

June 5^th2019, DRIE Annual Conference

• Joanne Winckel, Speech-Language Pathologist, Aphasia Centre of Ottawa
  Communicating with Disabled Residents during Emergencies
  Download PDF Document[204KB]
  To see more about Joanne'spresentationclick here
• AlexJankovic, Principal Consultant, StratoGrid Advisory
  BCM Program: Importance of engaging your IT Organization
  Download PDF Document[652KB]
  To see more aboutAlex'spresentationclick here
• KatePloeger, Earthquake researcher
  Earthquake risk in the National Capital Region: 17 seconds
  Download PDF Document[5,756KB]
  To see more about Kate'spresentationclick here
• Vito Mangialardi, Ralph Dunham &Des OCallaghan
  "The YouTube guide to BCM
  Download PDF Document[1732KB]
  To see more about Vito, Ralph &Des'spresentationclick here
• Dennis Lenard, CBCP, MBCI, PMP, Lenard Consulting
  DR 101 or the Basics of a DR Program
  Download PDF Document[930KB]
  To see more about Kate'spresentationclick here

March 20^th2019, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Dana Fleming,Emergency Manager, University of Ottawa
  Its time to upgrade your Fire Warden program
  Download PDF Document[2,248KB]
  To see more aboutDana'spresentationclick here

• JocelyneLahaie, Emergency Management, Public Safety Canada
  EM Exercise Planning: Overcoming Challenges and Celebrating Wins
  Download PDF Document[1,261KB]
  To see more about Jocelyne presentationclick here

December 05^th2018, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Karl Poitras,Security and Emergency Officer,Department of Justice Canada
  Department of Justice Mass Notification System: Lessons learned
  Download PDF Document[576KB]
  To see more aboutKarl'spresentationclick here
• Ann Nitschke, Senior Exercise Officer, DSO - Privy Council Office,
  Exercise in a Box
  Download PDF Document[471KB]
  To see more about Ann presentationclick here

September 12^th2018, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Dr. Peter Berry, Senior Policy Analyst / Assistant Adjunct Professor, Health Canada
  Climate Extremes, Disasters and Human Health: Adaptation to Protect Canadians
  Download PDF Document[4,400KB]
  To see more aboutDr. Berry'spresentationclick here
• Carine Thorkelson, Business Continuity Manager, Entrust Datacard
  Active Attacker Training
  Download PDF Document[2,292KB]
  To see more about Carine'spresentationclick here

June 6^th2018, DRIE Annual Conference

• TimLott, Acting CIO, Carleton University
  Carleton University Ransomware Attack
  Download PDF Document[355KB]
  To see more about Tim and his presentationclick here
• Ken Kuehni,Security Architect City of Ottawa,Mark Cunningham, Senior Security Analyst City of Ottawa, Frank Slater, DRIEOttawa President
  Panel Discussion: The blurred lines between ITDR, BCP & Cyber Security -managingthe aftermath of a Cyber Attack
  Download PDF Document[1,541KB]
  To see more about Ken, Mark &Frank and their presentationclick here
• DaleWindle, President, Aventus Solutions Inc.
  Integration of Cyber Security and Business Continuity Management
  Download PDF Document[1,297KB]
  To see more about Dale and his presentationclick here
• Brian Miller, President,Vanguard EMC Inc.
  Incident Management: Back to the Future
  Download PDF Document[958KB]
  To see more about Brian and his presentationclick here
• Tony Paterson, Director Security and Risk Management, Rhea Group
  I did the TRA why doesnt anyone get it?
  Download PDF Document[1,909KB]
  To see more about Tonyand his presentationclick here

• Tania MacGillivray, Senior Security Analyst, City of Ottawa
  Roll the Dice - Risk Management 101
  Download PDF Document[2,999KB]
  To see more about Tania and her presentation click here

March21^st2018, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Tam Williams, PM & BCP Consultant,& Steve Rogers, BCP & Marketing Consultant, Kingsbridge
  Jump theHurdles! How to Keep Your Plan Development Moving
  Download PDF Document[210KB]
  To see more about Tam & Steveandtheir workshopclick here

March21^st2018, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Tam Williams, PM & BCP Consultant,& Steve Rogers, BCP & Marketing Consultant, Kingsbridge
  Jump theHurdles! How to Keep Your Plan Development Moving
  Download PDF Document[210KB]
  To see more about Tam & Steveandtheir workshopclick here

December 6^th2017, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Jennifer Forsythe, Acting Director, EM & BC, ESDC
  Debrief of ESDCs Senior Management Horizontal Chaos Tabletop Exercise
  Download PDF Document[1225KB]
  To see more about Jennifer and her presentation click here

• John Robertson,FORTLOG Services Inc.
  From Surviving to Thriving! -The S-H-I-F-T Approach to Creating a Resilient Workplace & Culture
  Download PDF Document[558KB] Hand-out only
  To see more about John and to contact himabout a copy of us presentation (through his website)click here

September 13^th2017, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Ken Bendelier, Manager Cyber Situational Awareness and Liaison Team, CCIRC
  Introduction to the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre,
  Download PDF Document[811KB]
  To see more about Kenand his presentation click here

• Panel Presentation
  What to do Next?
  Download PDF Document[671KB]
  To see who was on the panel and what was to be discussedclick here

June 7^th2017, DRIE Annual Conference

• Ken Kuehni & Mark Cunningham, Senior Security Analysts with theCity of Ottawa
  Cyber Security Incident Response. Are You Ready?
  Download PDF Document[1,133KB]
  To see more aboutKen & Markand theirpresentation click here

• Peter R. Laz, MBCP, MBCI Senior Managing Consultant Fusion Risk Management, Inc.
  The BCM Program of the Future
  Download PDF Document[1,374KB]
  To see more about Peterand his presentation click here
• Andrew Chester, President of Juno Risk Solutions
  Designing an Active Shooter Exercise
  Download PDF Document[1,729KB]
  To see more about Andrewand his presentation click here
• Lisa Maddock,Vice President of Operations &Cynthia D. Wenn,Associate Director of Operations and Client Relations, ofVanguard Emergency Management Consulting Inc.
  The Future of Federal Business Continuity Management
  Download PDF Document[1,158KB]
  To see more about Lisa & Cynthiaand theirpresentation click here
• Richard Moreau, Director Emergency Management Training at Calian Group
  Building Organizational Resiliency through an Exercise Program
  Download PDF Document[2,742KB]
  To see more about Richardand his presentation click here
• Glen Pilon, Senior Regional Investigator, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
  Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Train DerailmentAccident Investigation
  Download PDF Document Train En[621KB]
  Download PDF Document Train Fr [733KB]
  Download PDF Document OC Trans En [770KB]
  Download PDF Document OC Tran Fr [865KB]
  To see more about Glenand his presentation click here

March 22^nd2017, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Jim Montgomery, Deputy Chief Emergency Management, City of Ottawa
  Municipal Critical Infrastructure & Your Dependencies ,
  Download PDF Document[4,177KB]
  To see more about Jim and his presentation click here

• Cynthia Kearns-O'Hara, Manager Corporate BCP, DND
• Ed Emond, Defence Scientist, DND
  How to prioritize critical services in a large government ,
  Download PDF Document[557 KB]
  To see more about Cynthia and Ed and their presentation click here

December 07^th2016, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Wesley McGregor, Director and Senior Strategist, CGI
  Enterprise Architecture: The Multi-Tool of the Enterprise ,
  Download PDF Document[2,933KB]
  To see more about Wesley and his presentation click here

• Tony Lackey, Director Risk and Insurance Services, Carleton University
  Risk Management at Carleton University ,
  Download PDF Document[946KB]
  To see more about Tony and his presentation click here

September 14^th2016, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Christina Daly, Senior Account Executive, Eagle Professional Resources
  Contracting in the Public Service &/or Private Industry,
  Download PDF Document[394KB]
  To see more about Christina and her presentation click here

June 1^st2016, DRIE Annual Conference

• John McMahon, Chief Strategist, Defence and Security
  ADGA Group
  Think Big on Cyber,
  Download PDF Document[7,047KB]
• Frank Slater
  The Mank Group
  Execise to Prepare for Cyber Attacks and Data Breaches,
  Download PDF Document[3,578KB]
• Dennis Lenard, Senior Consultant
  CGI
  Best Practices for a Disaster Recovery Program,
  Download PDF Document[1,302KB]
• John Robertson, President
  FORTLOG Services Inc.
  The New Norm - Highlighting Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace,
  Download PDF Document[3,368KB]

March 16^th2016, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Jim Montgomery, Deputy Chief Emergency Management
  City of Ottawa
  Transit & Train Collision: September 14, 2013,
  Download PDF Document[2,678KB]
• Dr. Michel P. Deilgat, MD
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Zika virus update: from a Public Health Emergency Management Perspective,
  Download PDF Document[2,629KB]

December 2^nd2015, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Jeff Donaldson, MA(DEM) CD
  Department of National Defence
  Small Business Continuity Planning in Rural Ontario,
  Download PDF Document[284KB]
• Dr. Philip ONeill, PhD, Chief Scientist
  RiskLogik
  Introduction to Network Risk Assessment,
  Download PDF Document[997KB]

September 17^th2015, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Gavin McLintock
  McLintock Consulting
  Building Organizational Resilience,
  Download PDF Document[2,664KB]
• Neal Kushwaha, CEO & Director of Professional Services,
  Impendo
  Planning the DC,
  Download PDF Document[2,016KB]

June 3^rd2015, DRIE Annual Conference

• Brian Miller, Partner at
  Vanguard Emergency Management Consulting Inc.
  Protecting the Workplace,
  Download PDF Document[2,204KB]
• Barry McLoughlin & Laura Peck, Senior Partners,
  TransformLeaders.ca
  Crisis Communications,
  Download PDF Document[1,493KB]
• Peter Gamble, Team Leader,
  Emergency Measures Radio Group
  Amateur Radio Emergency Communications,
  Download PDF Document[1,454KB]
• Dennis Lenard, Consultant within
  CGI's Global Infrastructure Services
  Planning and Execution of a Disaster Recovery Live System Exercise,
  Download PDF Document
  [1,534KB]
• Pat Moore, Systems Librarian andDr. Wayne Boone, Principal, Precision Security Consulting
  Projects and Technologies, Carleton University
  Large BCM Project Management
• John Robertson, Trainer - Coach,
  Speaker FortLog Services
  Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM),
  Download PDF Document
  [7,567KB]

March 4^th2015, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Betsy Sayers, Senior Emergency Management Analyst,
  Sayers Recovery Group Inc.
  DRIE After the Table Top Exercise,
  Special Guest:Dr. Kate Ploeger
  Download PDF Document
  (2014 Shakedown DRIE Session2: Exercise Methodology) [1,793KB]
  Download PDF Document
  (2014 Shakedown DRIE Session2: Final Inject Re-entry) [1,412KB]
  Download PDF Document
  (2014 Shakedown DRIE Session2: Input Report with Notes) [1,505KB]
  Download PDF Document
  (2014 Shakedown DRIE Session2: Questions and Answers from December 3, 2014 Session) [405KB]
  Download PDF Document
  (2014 Shakedown DRIE Session2: MSEL from December 3, 2014 Session) [598KB]

December 3^th2014, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Betsy Sayers, Senior Emergency Management Analyst, Sayers Recovery Group Inc.
  DRIE Table Top Exercises, Special Guest:Dr. Kate Ploeger
  Download PDF Document(2014 Shakedown DRIE Table Top Exercise, Pre 72 hours) [2,517 KB]
  Download PDF Document(2014 Shakedown DRIE Table Top Exercise, Post 72 hours) [1,851 KB]
  Download PDF Document(2014 Shakedown DRIE Table Top Exercise, Player Templates) [476 KB]

October 17^th2014, HEPCO Conference 2014

• Tom Watts, Director Emergency/Disaster Management for Alberta Health Services (Calgary Zone)
  Southern Alberta Floods
  Download PDF Document[2,652 KB]
• Scott Holland, Director of Operations IFT & CPP Alberta Health Services - EMS (Calgary Zone)
  2013 Southern Alberta Flood Disaster, Lessons Learned from Planning to Recovery
  Download PDF Document[4,555 KB]
• Dr. Kate Ploeger, University of Ottawa
  Earthquake Risk in the NCR: Evaluating Medical and Public Health Vulnerabilities and Consequences
  Download PDF Document[649 KB]
• Norm Ferrier, Consultant Ontario Health Association
  2013 Ontario Ice Storm
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[3,329 KB]
• Kari Keays, Community Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Ottawa
  We Are Ready, or Are We?
  Download PDF Document[2,001 KB]

June 4^th2014, DRIE Quarterly Meeting, RCAF Officer's Mess

• Brian Miller, Vanguard EMC Inc.
  Application of ICS Principles in the Emergency Operations Centre
  Download PDF Document[855 KB]
• Edward Manukian & Don Brooks, Codimensions Continuity Refined
  Running Simulation Exercises on a Tight Budget Workshop
  Download PDF Document[3,868 KB]
• Kate Ploeger, University of Ottawa
  Earthquakes and the Capital Region Update
  Download PDF Document[9,925 KB]
• Kari Keays, City of Ottawa
  City of Ottawa Emergency Preparedness
  Download PDF Document[1,569 KB]
• Dr. Bill Pomfret, Managing Consultant, Safety Projects International Inc.
  9 Habits of Effective Safety Leadership
  Download PDF Document[1,303 KB]

March 5^th2014, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Cynthia Wenn, Business Development Manager, Continuity Coordinator
  Leverage Social Media to Enrich your BC/EM Plans
  Download PDF Document[579 KB]
• Frank Slater, Director of Consulting Services with CGI
  Travel and Working Abroad Risk Management
  Download PDF Document[1,708 KB]

December 4^th2013, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Dale Windle, President, Aventus Solutions
  Gaps in BCP Response Connecting the Dots
  Download PDF Document[380 KB]
• Ramesh Warrier, Managing Director, eBRP Solutions
  Planning for Incident Response
  Download PDF Document[2,089 KB]

October 10^th2013, eBRP Session Presentations

• Ramesh Warrier, Managing Director, eBRP
  Planning for Incident Response
  Download PDF Document[2,733 KB]
• Frank Slater, BCP & Security Consulting Practices Lead
  Travel and Working Abroad Risk Management
  Download PDF Document[1,534 KB]

September 11^th2013, DRIE Quarterly Meeting, RCAF Officer's Mess

• Terry Ledden, Managing Partner, Sandler Training
  The Buy-in Formula
  Download PDF Document[2,896 KB]
• Deborah L. Smith, Canadian Red Cross
  Disaster Management Alberta Floods 2013
  Download PDF Document[7,077 KB]

June 5, 2013, The 12^thAnnual DRIE Ottawa Conference (full day), Hellenic Centre

• Melanie Millar-Chapman, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  A Privacy Emergency Kit
  Download PDF Document[1,886 KB]
• Dr. Bill Pomfret, Safety Projects International Inc.
  Workplace Violence Prevention: What we need to know, what to do, How to do it.
  Download PDF Document[4,489 KB]
• Brian Millar and Carole Loop, Vanguard
  Business Continuity Management and ICS/IMS Integration
  Download PDF Document[423 KB]
• Ramesh Warrier, eBRP
  Incident Management
  Download PDF Document[1,593 KB]
• Rory Kilburn, DLS Inc.
  What you dont know can hurt you
  Download PDF Document[3,712 KB]
• Carmine Caloia, NetApp
  Continuous Availability for Business-Critical Data
  Download PDF Document[2,397 KB]

April 17, 2013, DR seminar for IT professionals, at the RCAF

• Roger Mcilmoyle, Senior Solutions Architect, Sungard
  Evolution of DR to Business Resilience
  Download PDF Document[1,774 KB]
• Jason van Gaal, COO, Granite Networks
  The True Cost of Not having an IT Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Plan
  Download PDF Document[1,414 KB]

March 6, 2013, DRIE Quarterly Meeting,
RCAF Officer's Mess

• Dave Scott, Regional Life Safety Design & Consulting Inc.
  2013 Fire Warden Training
  Download PDF Document[558 KB]
• Dale Windle, Principal, Aventus Solutions Inc.
  Introduction to Cloud Solutions For Business Continuity
  Download PDF Document[775 KB]

December 5, 2012, The Disaster Recovery Conference
(half day), RCAF sponsored by eBRP

• Troy McMillan
  Enabling Organizational Resilience through Enterprise Architecture
  Download PDF Document[1,355 KB]
• Betsy Sayers, Fire Chief & CEMC, Township of Greater Madawaska
  Macro-Burst Disaster
  Download PDF Document[7,593 KB]

September 6, 2012, The Disaster Recovery Conference
(half day), RCAF

• Harrison Moon, Coordinator, Specialty Task Force, City of Ottawa
  Ottawa USAR Presentation
  Download PDF Document[3,150 KB]
  Download PDF Supporting Document[3,972 KB]

October 26, 2012, HEPCO Symposium

• Hilda Chow, Program Manager, Ottawa Public Health
  Northern Evacuation 2011
  Download PDF Document[258 KB]
• Clint Shingler, Manager training exercises and awareness, Ministry of Health and long term care
  Evacuation Planning for the Health Sector
  Download PDF Document[230 KB]
• Cathy Clark, Manager 911 and Emergency Planning, County of Simcoe
  Three Weeks in Winter
  Download PDF Document[1,988 KB]
• Mark Keim, MD Associate Director for Science Office for Environmental Health Emergencies, CDC National Centre for Environmental Health
  Principals for Preparedness for Hospital Evacuation
  Download PDF Document[1,900 KB]
• Barb Mills, Peterborough Red Cross, ON
  Northern Evacuation 2011
  Download PDF Document[2,595 KB]
• Dr. Graham Dodd, MD Disaster Emergency and Family Medicine, Kamloops BC
  Do what? In Canada? Hospital Evacuation
  Download PDF Document[7,698 KB]
• Jim Montgomery, Deputy Chief Security and Emergency Management, City of Ottawa
  Setting the Table
  Download PDF Document[1,209 KB]

June 6, 2012, 11th Annual DRIE Conference, Hellenic Centre (full day conference)

• John Proctor, Director, Cyber Resilience, CGI
  Travel and Working Abroad Risk Management
  Download PDF Document[861 KB]
• Terry Glancy, Senior Consultant, The ADGA Group
  A Personal Disaster in Real Life Two Years After
  Download PDF Document[523 KB]
• Donald Byrne, President & CEO, Metrix 411 and Adj. Professor Boston University
  How to Talk to Your CEO About BCM
  Download PDF Document[4,663 MB]
• John A. DiMaria, Product Marketing Manager, BSI Group Americas Inc.
  Introducing ISO 22301, the New Global Standard for BCM
  Download PDF Document[652 KB]
• Aron Feuer, Principal Consultant, Cygnos
  BIAs vs TRAs and the Commonality
  Download PDF Document[1,882 KB]
• Walter Cooke, Chief Security Officer, QuoVadis Group Bermuda
  Recovering the Recovery Centre
  Download PDF Document[2,165 KB]

April 17, 2012, The Disaster Recovery Conference
(half day), RCAF

• Paul Armstrong, National Solution Architect, Storage Management and High Availability, Symantec
  Service Availability and Disaster Recovery: The Need for Automation
  Download PDF Document[1 MB]
• Frank Slater, President, CD, CBCP, MBCI Director Consulting BCP Practice Lead, CGI
  Best Practices DR Program
  Download PDF Document[1 MB]
• Roger Mcilmoyle, Solution Architect, SunGard
  Whats Your Availability? Cloud and Disaster Recovery
  Download PDF Document[2 MB]

March 7, 2012, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Frank Slater, Business Continuity Practice Lead, CGI
  Exercising
  Download PDF Document[1 MB]
• Chris MacArthur, President, IT-Business Continuity Lead, HRSDC
  BlackBerry Emergency Contact List Initiative
  Download PDF Document[1 MB]
• Wayne Boone, Coordinator and Principal Instructor,
  (IPIS) (NPSIA) Carleton University
  Carleton University (EMCO) Project
  Download PDF Document[102 KB]

December 7, 2011, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Albert Bissonnette, President, Proactive Security Inc.,
  The Art and Science of Resilience
  Download PDF Document[934 KB]
• Frank Slater, Business Continuity Practice Lead, CGI,
  Family Preparedness: Ensure a Successful Business Recovery
  Download PDF Document[1,968 KB]

September 14, 2011, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Kres Jadan, Director of IT Continuity and Security, CRA
  Briefing for The Disaster Recovery Information Exchange
  (presentation has been removed at presenter's request)
• Ann Wyganowski, President, HZX Business Continuity Planning
  Bringing Together Emergency Management & BCM
  Download PDF Document[1,805 KB]
  Greater Toronto Incident Management Exchange
  Download PDF Document[816 KB]

June 1, 2011, DRIE 10th Annual Conference and Trade Show

• José Miguel Sobrón, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Analyst, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) The Way from Security to Resilience
  Download PDF Presentation[4,910 KB]
• Richard Moreau, Principal, TDV Global Inc. Training and Exercises. Why Bother?
  Download PDF Presentation[5,424 KB]
• Brian Miller, President, Vanguard EMC Preparing for a Business Continuity Audit
  Download PDF Presentation[334 KB]
• S. Kate Ploeger, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa Earthquakes in Ottawa: Understanding the Hazard to Estimating the Losses
  Download PDF Presentation[8,715 KB]
• Nancy Samson-Booth, Co-ordinator, Emergency Management and Response Development, City of Ottawa,
  and
  Jim Montgomery, Program Manager, Office of Emergency Management , City of Ottawa Emergency Management Training and Exercise Program: The Municipal Perspective
  Download PDF Presentation[2,914 KB]
• DRIE 10^thAnnual Conference and Trade Show Agenda
  Download PDF Presentation[2,600 KB]

April 6, 2011, Special DRIE on IT Disaster Recovery Meeting

• Paul Armstrong, Storage and Availability Management, Symantec Data Centre Modernization and Disaster Recovery
  Download PDF Presentation[3,375 KB]
• Roger Mcilmoyle, Solution Architect, SunGard Data Explosion: Effects on Disaster Recovery
  Download PDF Presentation[8,824 KB]
• Tyson Macaulay, Security Liaison Officer, Bell Canada Critical Infrastructure Interdependency and Data Centre Threats
  Download PDF Presentation[973 KB]

March 2, 2011, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Frank Slater, Business Continuity Practice Leader, CGI - Cloud Computing and Your BCP
  Download PDF Presentation[916 KB]
• Dennis Lenard, Senior Consultant, CGI - G20 Experiences and Lessons Learned
  Download PDF Presentation[1,244 KB]

December 8, 2010, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Dr. Wayne Boone, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Deputy Director, Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies
  Pat Moore, Assistant University Librarian, Head of Systems Carleton University - Sharing The MacOdrum Applied BCP Course Experience
  Download PDF Presentation[916 KB]
• Grant Lecky, National BCP Coordinator Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  Michael Parkes, Ph.D., PCIP, Executive Vice President, CONSILIUM - ISO 31000 and Anticipated Impacts on Security Risk and Business Continuity Management in Canada
  Download PDF Presentation[375 KB]

September 15, 2010, DRIE Quarterly Meeting

• Louis Douville,VP and General Manager at CTV Ottawa,
  Sharing of Lessons Learned - The CTV Ottawa Fire
  Download PDF Presentation[3,660 MB]

June 02, 2010- 9th DRIE Annual Conference

• Dr Wayne Boone, Assistant Professor and Security Consultant, Carleton University
  Continual Professional Development The Key to a Rewarding Career in Asset Protection and Security
  Download PDF Presentation[1, 061 MB]

  An Analysis of the Approach to an Integrated Framework for Government Security Education in Canada
  Download PDF Presentation[2, 603 MB]

• Barney Owens, A/Director, Continuity of Operations Section, Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
  Overview of the OPS Emergency Management Program
  Download PDF Presentation[18, 173 MB]

• Richard Moreau, Senior Consultant, TDV Global Inc, and Commanding Officer 33 Brigade Battle School
  Situational Awareness
  Download PDF Presentation[11,814 KB]
• Roger McIlmoyle,Managed Services Specialist, Sungard
  Cloud Computing and Storage Optimization
  Download PDF Presentation[1,602 KB]
• Brian Millar,President, Vanguard EMC
  Business Impact Assessment One Step at a Time
  Download PDF Presentation[233 KB]
• Terry Glancy,Consultant, Adga Group
  A Personal Disaster in Real Life
  Download PDF Presentation[142 KB]

Videos

• One Day Closer
• Red Lake Incident

March 03, 2010- DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• John Green,International RescueHaiti Earthquake Response, January 2010"
  Download PDF Presentation[8, 443 MB]
• Sherry Nigro, Quality and Standards Ottawa Public HealthOttawas response to H1N1
  Download PDF Presentation[692 KB]

December 09, 2009- DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Chris Davis, Lansdowne Technologies, Operation Intersect A groundbreaking multi-stakeholder approach to emergency preparedness and response
  Download PDF Presentation[58 MB]
• Bill McMillan, Manager of Corporate Accounts, GAL Power SystemsContingency Planning for Critical Building Systems
  Download PDF Presentation[2,289 KB]

September 16, 2009- DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Dr Bill Pomfret, Safety Project International Inc.
  A Review of the Employers Liability for Home Workers, and a Program to Insure Due Diligence
  Download PDF Presentation[4,176MB]
  Working From Home or Telecommuting
  Download PDF Presentation[342 MB]


• Denis Goulet, Continuity Link
  Back to Basics! - How to Complete a BIA
  Download PDF Presentation[261 KB]
• Patrick M Monaghan, PM Monaghan Consulting Service
  Pandemic Update September 2009
  Download PDF Presentation[601 MB]

May 27, 2009 - 8^thAnnual DRIE Ottawa Conference and Tradeshow

• Jay Rosenblatt, Simpson Wigle LAW LLP
  Legal Risk: Assessment & Management DRIE Ottawa
  Download PDF Presentation[2,024 MB]
• Denis Staples, Deslaurier Custom Cabinets
  How a Small Business Survived a Disaster
  Download PDF Presentation[81 KB]
• Richard Arthur Meunier
  Corporate Risk Management in Times of Financial Crisis
  Download PDF Presentation[1,314 MB]


• Betsy Sayers, Sayers Recovery Group
  Incident Response
  Download PDF Presentation[200 KB]


• Bill McMillan, Gal Power
  Contingency Planning for Critical Building Systems
  Download PDF Presentation[875 KB]


• Brian Miller, DRI Canada
  DRI Canada Certification Application Workshop
  Download PDF Presentation[402 KB]

March 4, 2009 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Roberta Schulz, TBusiness Continuity Planning Officer, Transport Canada: Transport Canadas Business Continuity Planning Program
  Download PDF Presentation[1 MB]


• Richard Moreau, Vice-President, Emergency Preparedness, Prolity Corporation: Leadership in Crisis A look at the role of leaders in Emergency and Crisis Management
  Download PDF Presentation[4 MB]

December 3rd, 2008 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Dave Shanahan, Project Manager Canadian Standards Association, CSA Z1600 Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs
  Download PDF Presentation[568 KB]


• Diane Pryde, President, BSI Management Systems Canada Inc., BS2559 Business Continuity Management
  InformationSecurityManagement
  Download PDF Presentation[41 KB]
  BS 25999 a framework for resilience and success
  Download PDF Presentation[3,127 KB]
  How to Deploy BS 25999
  Download PDF Presentation[1,403 KB]

September 9th, 2008 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Heather Tomalty, President DRIE Ottawa, DRIE Ottawa Governance "Overview and executive survey results"
  Download PDF Presentation[327 KB]
  and Survey results
  Download PDF Presentation[242 KB]
• Ian McCallum, Netconnect,
  Teleworking The solution to high absenteeism
  Download PDF Presentation[3, 368 KB]


• Peter D Johnston, Vice President Critical Infrastructure Institute Canada CIP & BCP
  Download PDF Presentation[967 KB]

May 21, 2008 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Dale Windle, Decisive Technologies, "Government of Canadas New BCP and DR Compliance Requirements"
  Download PDF Presentation[392 KB]
• Donovan Arnaud, Chief of Operations (NOHERT), "National Office Health Emergency Response Teams (NOHERT)"
  Download PDF Presentation[3,917 KB]


• John Clayton, Bell Canada, "Expanding the Horizons of BC Planning"
  Download PDF Presentation[112 KB]


• Maribeth Tessier, Nortel, "IT BCP Nortel"
  Download PDF Presentation[1,703 KB]


• Brendan Hodgson, Hill & Knowlton, "Social Media Implications of a Crisis"
  Download PDF Presentation[68 KB]

March 5, 2008 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• John Neily, RCMP, Are We Telling the Right Story for Change Leadership for Effective Operational Readiness?
  Download PDF Presentation[352 KB]


• Todd (William) Moxley, retired Lieutenant-Colonel from the Canadian Forces, Decision Making in a Crisis
  Download PDF Presentation[58 KB]


• Patrick M. Monaghan, BCP Consultant, Pandemic Update
  Download PDF Presentation[68 KB]

December 4, 2007 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly (Winter) Meeting

• Phillip Geoffrion, Ontario Emergency Management Office, Incident Management System
  Download PPT Presentation[1.4 MB]


• Barry Thomas, OC Transpo, Public Transit & the Terrorism Challenge
  Download PDF Presentation[2.5 MB]


• Barry Thomas, OC Transpo, Emergency Evacuation or Shelter Buses for Privately Owned Facility
  Download PDF Presentation[388 KB]

September 12, 2007 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly (Fall) Meeting

• Alain Normand, City of Brampton, "Personal Preparedness: Should It Be Part of Your BC Plan?"
  Download PDF Presentation[135 KB]


• John Ash, City of Ottawa, "Are You Ready Campaign"
  Download PDF Presentation[1,128 KB]


• Frank Slater, CGI, "Nothing To Sneeze At: Pandemic Threat Response Plan" and "Pandemic Preparedness Checklist"
  Download PDF Presentation[1,210 KB]
  Download PDF Checklist[88 KB]

May 31, 2007 6th Annual DRIE Ottawa Conference and Tradeshow

• Pierre Gagnon, Public Safety Canada, "Continuity of Government"
  Download PDF Presentation[264 KB]


• David Parry, Platinum Sponsor, Telus, "All-Hazards Emergency Management in Canada and the World"
  Download PDF Presentation[11,248 KB]


• Karen Khachaturov, Capital Data Recovery, "Myths of Disk Recovery"
  Download PDF Presentation[2,388 KB]


• Hana Benabdallah and Lucie Kealey, Public Works and Government Services Canada, "Proposed PSO Classification Task Based Services"
  Download PDF Presentation[507 KB]


• Communications Security Establishment, "Cyber Protection Supply Arrangement"
  Download PDF Presentation[322 KB]


• Ron Hysert, Deloitte, "Leveraging CPSA for BCP Work"
  Download PDF Presentation[509 KB]


• Jill Courtemanche, City of Ottawa, "Pandemic Planning: Progress and Pitfalls"
  Download PDF Presentation[2,692 KB]


• Ron Meyers, Canadian Standards Association, "CSA Z1600 Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs"
  Download PDF Presentation[1,826 KB]

March 7, 2007 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Bill Bowerman, CGI, "IT BCP Continuity Challenges"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[3,274 KB]
• Patrick M. Monaghan, PM Monaghan Consulting Services, "Pandemic Contingency Plan"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[580 KB]
• Betsy Sayers, Sayers Recovery Group Inc., "Pandemic Poker" - A fun and easy way to help management understand the unpredictable impact that Pandemic will invoke.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[41 KB]

December 6, 2006 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Rick DeBenetti, A/Director General, Health, Safety, Security Emergencies and Administration, Public Works and Government Services Canada, "The Importance of Governance and Senior Management Engagement in Business Continuity Planning"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[408 KB]

Panel Presentation on Governance and Pandemic Influenza Planning

• Brian Miller, Vanguard EMC, "Governance for Pandemic Preparedness"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[735 KB]
• Tony Patterson, Competitive Insights, "Governance and Pandemic Planning"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[460 KB]
• Dale Windle, Decisive Technologies, "Pandemic Influenza Planning Considerations"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[780 KB]
• Ann Wyganowski, HZX Business Continuity Planning, "Pandemic and BCP Leadership Top 5 Measures of Readiness"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[81 KB]

September 14, 2006 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Hal Newman, Managing Editor, Big Medicine, Managing Partner, Team EMS Inc., "Creating Realistic Exercise Scenarios"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[1.1 MB]
• Brian Miller, President of Vanguard EMC Inc., "Exercising Without Apprehension"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[757 KB]

June 1, 2006 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Keynote Speaker,Dr. Jim Young, PSEPC, "Small but Mighty: Dealing with Bacteria and Virsuses"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[2.4 MB]
• Platinum Exhibitor Speaker,Robert DiLossi, Sungard, "Lessons Learned from Recent Events"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[3.5 MB]
• Plenary Speaker,David Phillips, Environment Canada, "Weather and its Impact"
  
  Please note: Mr. Phillips's presentation consists mainly of photographs and is large.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[5.2 MB]
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[HTML]
• Dale Windle, Decisive Technologies Inc., "7 Habits of a Successful Continuity Planner"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[2 MB]
• Sam McCready, RCMP, "The RCMP's CBRN Program"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[2.1 MB]
• Chris Hallamore, Conference Board of Canada, "Results of the Pandemic Survey"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[440 KB]

March 8, 2006 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Frank Leonetti, Global Services Manager for the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Practice of Sun Microsystems Data Management Group on "DR Resiliency Planning for Information Lifecycle Management."
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[2 MB]
• Maribeth Tessier, Information Services, IS BCP Prime, Nortel on "Business Continuity in the Enterprise."
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[1 MB]
  Download Nortel IS Case Studyon "Eliminating Location Dependency in the Virtual Enterprise: The Role of Business Continuity at Nortel." [733 KB]

December 7, 2005 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Don Shropshire, Disaster Services, Canadian Red Cross on lessons learned from past events.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[5.07 MB]
• Ann Wyganowski, CBCP, Vice President, HZX Business Continuity Planning on "Adjusting your BCP for Pandemic Preparedness".
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[361 KB]

October 28, 2005 - "Pandemic Influenza - Preparing for, Responding to"

Hosted by the City of Ottawa and the Hospital Disaster Planning Committee of Ottawa.

• SARS Ontario Pandemic Plan,Dr. Basrur
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[104 KB]
• Pandemic Community Preparedness Panel
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• Pandemic Clinical Care,Dr. Worthington
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[608 KB]
• Ottawa Interagency Pandemic Plan,Dr. Huston
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[5.87 MB]
• Are You Ready,John Ash
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[3.57 MB]

September 14, 2005 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Ginette Soulieres, Regional Incident Management Coordinator for theHealth Care Network of Southeastern Ontario(HCNSEO), speaking on "A Regional Incident Management Framework! Understanding Emergency Management from an Health Care Perspective."
  Download PDF Presentation[299 KB]
• Gary Bauer, CEO ofWallace Wireless, speaking on some industry trends and what is happening with GPS.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[4.69 MB]

June 1, 2005 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Dr. Patricia HustonAssociate Medical Officer of Health and Manager, Surveillance, Emerging Issues, Education and Research Division, Ottawa Public Health on how the "City is Planning and Preparing to deal with Pandemics"
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[5.9 MB]
• Maurice Sigismondo, a Senior Solutions Architect in Professional Services with SunGard and a Platinum Sponsor, on the "Evolution of Information Availability"
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[1.5 MB]
• Brain Miller, President of Vanguard EMC and a Platinum Sponsor, on "Backwards BCP - A Radical Approach to Plan Development"
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[288 KB]
• Lindsay Merrill, Chief of Emergency Services in DFO on the "Canadian Approach to a Tsunami Warning System"
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[9 MB]
• Doug Harrison, Deputy Director of Emergency Management Ontario on their organisation and their Risk-based approach to Emergency Management
  Download PowerPoint Slide Show[1.7 MB]
• Heather Tomaltyon "Are YOU Prepared?"
  Download PDF[90 KB]

March 9, 2005 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Anton Holland,Vice-President of NIVA and Director of Science Communications, "Microwaves and Exploding Eggs- Good Science Writing and Other Important Factors for Effective Risk Communication"
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• Paul W. Wright, Chair of the DRI Canada (DRIC) Certification Committee, "The DRIC Certification Process"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[108 KB]

December 1, 2004 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Rob Murray,Continuity Shield, "Your Business Continuity Plan: Is it a Disaster Waiting to Happen?"
  • Lessons Learned, What Works/What Doesn't
  • Challenging Assumptions
  • Underlying emphasis on Training and Awareness and People-centric planning
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[91 KB]
• Mike Goulet,The House of Commons, "A candid look at the Business Continuity Management Program at the House of Commons"
  • What's working, what's not working
  • What we have to deal with, what we don't have to deal with
  • Best practices, things put into practice
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[2.98 MB]

September 15, 2004 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Barry Tomas,OC Transpo, "Emergency preparedness planning that is in place at the City of Ottawa's Transit Services - OC Transpo"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[19.6 MB]
• Scott Ashley, President and founder ofActive Canadian Emergency Training Inc., "The Emergency Event and Business Recover: Bridging the Gap"
  Download PDF[1.9 MB]

June 2, 2004 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Keynote Speaker:Barry McLoughlin, McLoughlin Media, "The Role of Communications in a Crisis"
  Download PDF[768 KB]
• Platinum Keynote Speaker:Rino Iannotta, SUNGARD Availability Services, "Making the Transition from Business Continuity to Information Availability"
  Download PDF[678 KB]
• Ann Wyganowski, Nortel Networks, "Successful BCP Exercises"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[406 KB]
• Platinum Keynote Speaker:Ralph Dunham, IBM Canada - Business Resiliency Services, "Incorporating Resiliency in the BCP Process"
  Download PDF[2.5 MB]
• Dr. Ron St. John, Health Canada, "Pandemic Potential in Canada"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[696 KB]
• Dr. Michel Doré, Stratégies Multi Risque, "Implementing Contingency Planning: The Managers' Challenge"
  Download PDF[111 KB]

March 10, 2004 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• City of Ottawa's Vulnerability Assessment given byPerry McConnel
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[129 KB]
• Brian Miller and Pat Monaghan'spresentation on industry certifications
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[112 KB]

December 3, 2003 Coincided with International Business Continuity Awareness Week

• Emergency Alerting Technologies byDoug Allport,Allport Group Inc.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[489 KB]
• Dr. Dunkley's SARS perspective
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[885 KB]
• Ann Wyganowskion Nortel's BCP Program and their experience during the power outage
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[1.3 MB]

September 10, 2003 Discussion on how others in Ottawa handled the recent power situation

• Summary of Open Discussion regarding August's Power Outage. Many thanks to all that participated as well as Susan Sanford and John Thurston of NIVA Inc. for scribing and creating the report for us.
  Report
• John Green,P.R.E.P. Services International, "Disaster Recovery Lessons Learnt Since 9/11"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[27 MB]

June 4, 2003 Successes and Opportunities in Business Continuity Planning

• Keynote Speaker:Janet Bax, Director General,Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, "Critical Infrastructure Protection"
  Download ENGLISH PowerPoint Presentation[170 KB]
  Download FRENCH PowerPoint Presentation[432 KB]
• Platinum Sponsor Speaker:Maria Neupauer,Sungard Planning Solutions, "Integrating BCP and IT Security"
  Download PDF Document[3.33 MB]
• John Weigelt, Senior Director, Architecture, Standards and EngineeringTreasury Board of Canada, Secretariat, "Architecting Resilience in Government Service Delivery"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[406 KB]
• Dr. Guylène Proulx,National Research Council, "Success of the WTC Evacuation"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[236 KB]
• Jim Kennedy, Scotia Bank / Rob Moffat,Wallace Wireless, "Wireless Management of the BCP"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[3.61 MB]
• Art Pelletier,Export Development Corporation, "A Planned Approach to Survival"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[1.25 MB]

March 5, 2003 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• Nancy Kolassa, Manager, Emergency Operations Planning, Bell Canada, "Telecom Industry Cooperation for Emergency Preparedness"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[158 KB]
• Rob Moffat,Wallacewireless.com, "Wireless Communications for Crisis Management"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[4,806 KB]

December 4, 2002 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

The following presentations are intended for the attendees of the September 11th session.

• John Nihmey, President, NIVA Inc., "Communications and Documentation - Critical Support for BCP"
  Download PDF Document[1,914 KB]
• Elaine Glynn, Consulting Principal, IBM Canada Ltd, Business Continuity and Recovery Services, "Will my recovery plan work?"
  Download PDF Document[3,307 KB]

September 11, 2002 DRIE Ottawa Quarterly Meeting

• TCS, "Securing the Power Grid Infrastructure - ISO 17799 and managed security Services for Business Continuity"
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[681 KB]
• Barry Thomas, "Emergency Procedures for the "O" Trains Railway Operation"
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June 5, 2002 "Partnerships for Business Continuity"

More than anything, all the various aspects of emergency management depend on partnerships to accomplish individual goals and ensure the availability of critical infrastructure. These partnerships revolve around the commmercial and service sectors as well as governemnt recover, emergency response and crisis management.

Below, are the copies of presentations from the following speakers.

• Keynote Speaker:Fred Luevano, Gartner Group, "Lessons Learned following 9-11".
  Download PDF Document[177 KB]
• Steve Hurley, Sungard, "A 9-11 Recovery Experience".
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[6,483 KB]
• Doug Crowder, GTIS,"GTIS's New Role in Continuity Planning for the Federal Government".
• John Gagnon, City of Ottawa CBRN Team, "Local Partnerships in Emergency Response".
  
  Please note that all except one of the pictures have been stripped out and if you are interested in specific pictures or details to contact Captain John Gagnon of the Ottawa Fire Service directly.
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[255 KB]
• John Weigelt, Treasury Board, "Continuity Requirements for GOL".
  Download PowerPoint Presentation[153 KB]
• John Flute and Ralph Dunham, IBM Recovery Services.
  Download PDF Document[2,018 KB]