December 07, 2015- Abu Dhabi, UAE- Building on years of industry pedigree , Fleming., a new brand identity of the previously known Fleming Gulf, is organizing the 6th edition of their very successful series Business Continuity and Emergency Response Forum.It has been realized that a large percentage of middle eastern companies across the spectrum are experiencing disasters and are failing to revive back in terms of customer retention, infrastructure losses and financial cost etc. A research shows that up to 40 percent of businesses affected by a disaster never reopen. No matter how well your business is doing, disasters can happen that can threaten it's continuity. So, the question is, how do you build effective organizational resilience against any potential threats or disasters?

In order to address the above subject, Fleming. is organizing 6th edition of the Business Continuity and Emergency Response Forum 2016, aiming at enhancing the business continuity and emergency plans that will seamlessly aid in managing unforeseen risks, improve injury-tolerance levels, minimise loss time while continuing to have the highest levels of safety.

According to Maria Fjeldstad, Deutsche Bank AG, CSBC Relationship Management, UAE “In today's fluid threat environment, ensuring an adept emergency response and business continuity practices is more important than ever. Moreover, this event provides the opportunity for BCM professionals to exchange ideas, experience, best practices and lessons learned in order to safeguard the staff, clients, assets, and interests of their business”, added Ms. Maria.

The conference over two days followed by master-class on third day will be attended by 100+ professionals like Presidents / Vice Presidents Business Continuity, Head Crisis Management, Business Continuity Consultants, Emergency Response Specialist and many more from across the region. Equipping the business leaders with the tools needed to, not just survive, but thrive in this new world of risk by ensuring loss prevention and reduced downtime, the program topics will drill down into the specifics of organizational resilience, sustaining a defensible & progressive BC & ER program, successful integration of cyber security with business continuity, enhancement of business operations through real-time emergency exercises and worst case scenarios amongst many more.

According to Liaqat Amin Satti, Head of Crisis Management & Business Continuity, EMS Department, RasGas Company Limited “ The conference is taking place at the right time because due to increasingly complex and uncertain environment, oil and gas companies are facing relentless pressure to optimize the cost, re-organize, synergies and re-structure and it is all happening in a short span of time and this can be a big risk of major disruptions or disasters. Many of the most newsworthy business crises happened during such situations. The conference will greatly help industries to take a step by step approach to avoid major disruptions”, added, a regular speaker at the conference and also the member of the advisory panel.
Backed by powerful line-up of industry known national and international speaker faculty like Saif Al Qubaisi, Director General, Regulation & Supervision Bureau, Ragy Saro, Regional Office for Arab States, UNISDR, Dr. Robert MacFarlane, Assistant Director, UK Cabinet Office etc, the event promises to offer invaluable advice and best practice guidance through peer-led interactive sessions, thought provoking debates, real-life case studies, and practical activity- based workshops.