December 3, 2017 Four Seasons Hotel- Doha - Qatar

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"Stability and Achievements"

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Under the patronage ofHE Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada

Business Continuity ConferenceUnder the theme

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It is the responsibility of any government to protect its people and wealth from potential economic or social risks.In his historic speech to the world at the UN General Assembly, HH the Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, rightfully said that the current crisis was nothing but ’''a blessing in disguise’''.

Over the past few months, the Government of the State of Qatar has, under the wise leadership of HH the Emir, has set a new standard in crisis management. It has demonstrated to the whole world the sophisticated structure and advanced system by which it runs its institutions, and through which it alleviated the effect of the blockade. The readiness and diligence of the system has, in no time, reflected positively on the everyday life of nationals and expats alike, and particularly on investors.

It is during such trying times that partnerships between the government and business sectors prove to be an absolute necessity and a national obligation. Such partnerships help reinforce the concepts of business continuity, diligence and crisis management, and shed light on international criteria that measure the efficiency of these sectors and their readiness to confront and overcome any potential dangers.

Nevertheless, partnership and coordination need to go in parallel with continuous and relentless analysis of internal and external conditions and of the economic, social and political developments influencing investment at all levels.

The Business Continuity Conference, organized by the Business Continuity Institute-Qatar Forum, a pioneer in the field, should give all stakeholders the chance to present the most successful and effective business continuity models they are adopting to alleviate the economic and social impact of this current crisis. Recommended mechanisms and approaches reached during this important event should be thoroughly reviewed and appropriately applied to drive our nation slowly, but surely towards the future.

Regards,Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-SadaMinister of Energy and IndustryState of Qatar

Foreword by H.E. Minister of Energy and Industry

The conference, organized by the Qatar Business Continuity Forum, under the theme ''Stability and Achievement'' underlines the prominent role of businessmen in activating tools and systems needed to ensure business continuity and work flexibility under emergency conditions or natural disasters, putting forth the importance of the partnership between the Qatari Businessmen Association and the Qatar Business Continuity Forum as a strategic necessity that will work towards establishing the concept of business continuity management, flexibility and risk management. Moreover, such partnership will guarantee continuity in delivery and achievement required to conform with state directions’.

Yours sincerely،

Sheikh Faisal Bin Qasim Bin Faisal Al ThaniChairman, Qatari Businessmen Association

Foreword by Qatari Businessmen Association

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The BCIQF has strived hard to bring Business Continuity to the forefront and highlight the inherent importance across all domains in Qatar. With this view we established the Forum which now hosts over 200 members across the State of Qatar. The Forum has been instrumental in conducting several gatherings for its members with interactive events and presentations by the Business Continuity experts across various industries from Qatar.

Now we would like to take our activities up a notch to conduct a Conference which will showcase the resiliency and preparedness of the State of Qatar in any crisis.

The BCIQF is planning to organize a Business Continuity Management Conference which will be held on the 3rd December 2017, in Doha, Qatar. The theme of the Conference is "Stability and Achievements’" with an emphasis on communication and international best practices on business continuity management systems. The Conference particularly will be focused on crisis scenarios.

The BCIQF not only provides an opportunity to learn about BCM in Qatar, but also to network with the best and brightest in the industry from across Qatar.

Business continuity plans and promotes corporate resilience in the face of potential ’game-over’ scenarios. A robust plan will lead a company successfully through the steps required to continue operations.

Regards,Eng. \ Abdullatif Ali Al-YafeiChairman - BCI Qatar Forum

Foreword by bci Qatar Forum (BCIQF)

Crises and incidents revealed that the many vital sectors, institutions and strategic companies in Qatar managed to successfully overcome the impact of the crises whilst maintaining their day to day businesses resulting to little to no impact to Qatar’s economy and social life.

In many strategic entities and large companies - in all sectors - the existence of risk management, business continuity and resilience in is one of the main reasons why the impact of a crises or incidents were so ineffective.

Based on the importance of business continuity and resilience for the public and private sectors, the bci Qatar Forum (BCIQF) is organizing Business Continuity Management and Resilience Conference under the theme ’"Stability and Achievements" on 3rd December 2017, in Doha, Qatar. The theme of the forum is ’BCM practices with an emphasis on coordination and communication and international best practices on business continuity management system’. The Conference will particularly be focused on different crisis scenarios in Qatar.

Busines Continuity Conference Under the Theme "Stability and Achievements"

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The BCI Qatar Forum (BCIQF), is hosting a Business Continuity Conference on the 3rd December 2017, in Doha, Qatar.

The theme of the Conference is ’"Stability and Achievements ’" with an emphasis on coordination and communication and international best practices on business continuity management system.

The Conference will particularly focus on crisis management and how the businesses have been able to tide over the crisis through an astute use of business continuity principles and framework.

This Business Continuity Conference will bring together the businesses and the BCM practitioners and demonstrate successful BCM practices, effective communication and coordination skills that have helped Qatar maintain normalcy by effectively rebuilding its supply chain network.

The Conference will also provide an opportunity to the attendees to connect and socialize with the best and brightest in the industry from across Qatar and learn from their experiences.Business continuity forum plans promote corporate resilience in the face of potential ’game-over’ scenarios.

The Conference will aim to bring the best minds in industry to share their experience in managing their business in the crisis and also learn the best practices for building an effective BCM program within their organization.

Introduction and Objectives

1. Learn how organizations in Qatar have successfully managed to continue operations in the crisis.

2. Discuss case studies of how an effective communication, collaboration, and coordination contribute to success of BCM

3. Foster healthy discussion on the subject and hear from industry experts through panel discussions and questions.

4. Understand organizational business continuity management strategies in context of the current crisis

5. Learn about Best practices for managing Emergencies, Crisis Response, BCM governance, Safety, Security and EHS.

6. Network with professionals from various industries of Qatar

Objectives:

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The Program

8:30 – 9:15 REGISTRATIONS

9:20 Welcome Speech

VIP Inaugural Speech

Recognitions & Awards

Panelist Presentations & Discussions on Successful Business Continuity:- Air, Land & Sea- Supply chain - Case Studies - Embedding BCP in the entire value chain

Coffee break

Panelist Presentations & Discussions on effective communication, collaboration, and coordination:

- Lessons learned from a large scale exercise - Importance of effective communication, collaboration, and coordination.- Interdependencies and interfaces - Competency assurance system

Prayer and Lunch break

Panelist Presentations & Discussions on organizational business continuity best practices and strategies:

- Business continuity program & leadership commitment - BCP planning & implementation - Cost effective strategies - BCP operation, maintenance and sustainability

3:00pm Closing

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An entire day fully dedicated to Business Continuity and Organizational Resilience, with more than 15 presentations

with Q&A involving experts and professionals from both the private and public sector.

attendWho should

- Government & Public Sector

- Oil, Gas & Petrochemical

- IT / Cyber Security

- Aviation Industry

- Rail & Public Transport

- Power & Utilities

- Media & Crisis Communication

- Education Sector

- Solution Providers & Vendors

- Construction Industry

- Strategic Logistics

- Critical Infrastructure

- Finance Sector

- Food Industry

- Hospitality Sector

- Event Management

- Health / Medical Sector

- Manufacturers

- Emergency & Rescue Services

- Retail Sector

- Tourism

- Marine & Shipping

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About the Business Continuity Institute Qatar Forum (BCIQF)

The Qatar Business Continuity Forum was established in 2014 as one of the 110 forums/chapters around the world under the umbrella of the Business Continuity Institute in the United Kingdom. The Qatar Forum has become the national leading professional body for business continuity and resilience professionals. With circa 200 members from public and private sectors across diversified industry segments, the BCIQF started to bring together BCM professionals across the country and share the knowledge and good practices in Business Continuity Management and resilience domain. BCIQF strives to contribute the cumulative knowledge and experience to the resiliency challenges, emerging issues and threats of this region. It also facilitates the knowledge experts to come together to develop, enhance and share various Business continuity programs which can be instrumental for individual companies to develop/manage their Business Continuity Management Systems and optimize their Organization resiliency and drive through the leadership in Business Continuity. In addition, BCIQF seeks to promote and facilitate the adoption of good business continuity practice in Qatar by raising standards in continuity and resilience and supporting local entities in developing their BCM.

Achievements:BCIQF made a remarkable achievements since its inception such as:- Organizing the 2015 BCI Middle East conference 2015 in Doha.- Development of the Qatar BCM Guidelines which was launched during 2015.- Organizing around 8 local forums.

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BCIQF Organizing Committee

Chairperson: Eng.\ Abdullatif Ali Al-Yafei,the Executive Director of Portfolios Investment in United Development Company (UDC). Mr. Al-Yafei is responsible to oversee and direct operated subsidiaries, including strategy, operations and financial performance, monitor performance of non-operated investments, and manage investment/divestment process. Prior joining UDC, Mr. Al-Yafei got around 20 years of experience in Qatar Petroleum leading and managing several activities including project management, operations maintenance, Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity Management Systems.

Liaqat Amin Satti:–Executive Director Operation –SOMOD Resilience Centre. He is Master in Disasters Management, an advanced level expert with 30 years of international experience in the fields of EHS, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Safety and Security. He is also Certified Business Resilience, Crisis Management & Business Continuity Professional.

Samir Pawaskar:is Head Cyber Security Policy and Standards at Q-CERT, has more than twenty years of information security and BCM experience. He has been one of the early proponents of BCM in the region and co-founded the ME-BCP group. He also conceptualized and contributed towards the Qatar Business Continuity Guidelines and has also managed the National Cyber Security Drill Star X exercises.

Mike Frayne:Mike is an Executive Director at Sidra Medical and Research Center with responsibility for Business Continuity and Major Incident Planning. Mike worked in a similar role at Hamad Medical Corporation where he was also a Gold Command member of the Major Incident Rota with HMC Ambulance Service. For over 4 years Mike supported the opening of new HMC Hospitals and established a Mobile Healthcare Service delivering care in homes in Qatar. Prior to working in Qatar Mike held board level positions in the private and public health sector in the UK. Mike’s early career was in the Police Service in the UK

Abdus Salam:is Head of Business Continuity at Qatar Islamic Bank has over 12 years of BCM experience across Banking, Software, Mortgage & BPOs. He has been instrumental in managing the events for BCI in Qatar.

Mahmoud Marzouk:is a Manager Business Resilience at Qatar Airways Group. He is one of the team that has responsibility to create, maintain and test business continuity plans across the organization. Mahmoud has over 16+ years experience of cross functional experience in Business Continuity management, Governance, Audit, Compliance and Risk Management. He had joined different Global and Middle East Awards judging panel for the Business Continuity. Moreover, he was a member of the working committee which produced the first Qatar BCM Guideline in May 2015. ISO 22301:2012 Lead Auditor and ISMS – ISO 27001:2005 Internal Auditor certificates.

Ayub Shaik:is an Entrepreneur and Technocrat with vast experience in Technology resilience, IT Disaster Recovery Automation and Enterprise Risk Management Automation. He was instrumental in organizing the BCI Middle East Conference in Qatar. as an organizing committee member of The BCI Qatar Forum, he is committed to contributing and developing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery community in Qatar.

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BenefitsDiamond

Sponsor100,000 QR

Gold Sponsor

75,000 QR

Sliver Sponsor

50,000 QR

1. The name and logo of the sponsor in the media and advertising of the event 2. Participation in the press conference 3. Mentioning the name of the company in press interviews and television 4. Include a leaflet about the sponsor in the event brochure 5. Advertising material in the event brochure 6. To highlight the sponsor’s name and logo in social media of the event 7. Provide the sponsor with the event’s recommendations 8. Allocation of VIP seats at the opening of the event 5 3 29. Honoring the sponsors at the opening ceremony

December 3, 2017Doha - Qatar

Business Continuity Conference Under the theme

"Stability and Achievements"

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