Meadowlands chamber, Bergen County plan disaster preparedness conference

A Public Private Partnership to ensure business continuity:

• Is your company prepared for a natural disaster?
• Can you operate your business if the effects of a severe weather incident prevent your employees from getting to work?
• Can your business sustain multiple days without power?
• Is your critical data really safe?
• Have you adequately assessed your risk… are you certain you have the proper insurance coverage’s?
• Are you aware of terrorist attack exclusionary clauses in your policy?
• What service does Bergen County Government offer to assist you?
• How can you be better prepared?

The answers to these and many other questions will be answered in this powerful and informative conference.

We will present:

• County and municipal OEM’s to highlight the resources that are available to businesses and provide you with important information on how you can plan for such disasters and implement a business continuity plan for your company and employees.
• Executives from critical utility companies will inform you on how best to communicate outages and disruptions and help you to better understand the process that is in effect during a natural disaster or State of Emergency.
• Risk managers and insurance executives will review step by step procedures that will help you protect your business assets.
• Technology experts will reveal how enterprise level systems are available to small and midsized companies.

Agenda:

8:00-8:30am – Registration, Exhibits & Breakfast

8:30am – Welcome and Introduction of County ExecutiveDave Meredith, Chairman of the Meadowlands Regional Chamber

8:50am – Opening Remarks

County Executive Kathe Donovan

9:00am – Session 1 – Public & Private Resources

9:00-9:30am – County & Government 

Lt. Matthew Tiedemann – Bergen County OEM

Maybelle Jadotte-Clairvil - New Jersey Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness

9:30-10:15am – Utility Executives discuss critical infrastructure

• Sam Delgado – Verizon
• Dave Hollenbeck - PSE&G
• John O’Mara - United Water

10:15-10:30am – Q&A 

10:30am – Session 2 – Business Continuity

10:30-10:50am –Risk Management & Insurance
NJM Insurance Group 

11:10-11:30am - Technology experts reveal options 
Oscar Danzey - Earthlink Business

11:30- Who Can Help?

• Janet Sharma - VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) Sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Bergen County
• Dennis McNulty- American Red Cross
• Bob Lotterstedt - NJ Manufacturers Extension Program 
• Sara Maffey Duncan - NJ Economic Development Authority Office of Recovery

12pm - Networking Lunch and Table Top Exhibits

Who should attend this event:

• CEO’s / COO’s

• Business Owners

• Facility Managers

• Commercial Property Managers

• Professional Service Firms on behalf of their clients

• Public officials, municipal mayors, municipal workers, police officers, OEM workers

 Who should sponsor this event:

• Insurance Companies & Insurance Agencies

• Utility Companies servicing Bergen County

• Providers of security and protection equipment

-Generator and battery backup companies

-Data recovery back-up companies

- Restoration Companies

- Communications equipment companies

- Security firms

- Emergency equipment suppliers

Attendees will leave with the following:

• What resources are available to their business

• How they should be preparing their business for a Disaster event

• A package including “how to” and contact resource information

• Knowledge and understanding of items currently in the marketplace:

- generators

- portable batteries

- data recovery technology

- restoration companies

- radio & cell communication equipment etc.

Title Sponsorship- (1 Exclusive): $5000

Logo Recognition on all marketing material

Opening Remarks (limited to 3 minutes)

Event Signage

Table Top display exhibit

Ten Tickets and a Reserved VIP Table

Feature article in Meadowlands USA as post event follow up

Presenting Sponsorships – (Sessions 1&2): $2500

Logo Recognition on marketing material

Event Signage

4 Tickets at Reserved VIP Table

Table Top display exhibit

Table Top Exhibits: $ 500.00

6’ Skirted Table with 8.5 x 11 Plexi sign

2 Tickets

Individual Attendee Tickets: $ 49

Tables of 10 discounted to: $ 400