Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 15, 2016- Business Continuity Institute in collaboration with Fleming. aims to celebrate the achievements and recognise the outstanding contribution of business continuity and resilience professionals and organizations operating across the Middle East region.

Furthermore, for clarity the BCI has defined the Middle East for this purpose as: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Zenab Husain, Production Director with Fleming. expressed- 'Fleming. is pleased to collaborate with the BCI and co-host their much coveted BCI Middle East Awards alongside our Annual Business Continuity And Emergency Response Forum. While the event aims at giving each participant a learning experience unique to their professional needs, it will now offer an additional platform to showcase, exhibit and endorse the leading Business Continuity expertise in the region by felicitating the winners for their extra ordinary performance and Business Continuity Excellence.’

To match the heightened focus on corporate resilience and business sustainability, the 6th Annual Business Continuity & Emergency Response Forum endeavors to offer invaluable advice and best practice guidance through peer-led interactive sessions, thought provoking debates and real-life case studies, each aiming at equipping business leaders with the tools needed to not just survive, but thrive in this new world of risk. Featuring 20+ speakers and a choice of over 25 topics, the event, over course of two days, will focus on building a sustainable and defensive business continuity framework involving various stakeholders to manage tolerance levels of safety, minimize loss time, speedy remediation and recovery to normalcy.

Talking about BCI awards and the forum, Lorraine Darke, Executive Director, BCI commented, 'We are delighted that the BCI Middle East Awards will take place as part of the Fleming's Business Continuity & Emergency Response Forum in Abu Dhabi, we know it will be a great success and look forward to seeing all of the award winners there.'
Headline speakers include :-
Saif Al Qubaisi | Regulation & Supervision Bureau, Director General
Ahmed Awad Al Katheri | National Emergency Crisis & Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA), Head of Prevention,
Colonel. Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Albastaki| Dubai Police, Director – Transport Security Dept.
Dr. Mohamed Ali Karkoukli| SEHA, Group Emergency Preparedness Director
Dr. Humaid Al Kindi| Environment Agency– Abu Dhabi (EAD), Manager, Emergency Management
Ragy Saro|UNISDR, Programme Officer- Regional Office for Arab States
Liaqat Amin Satti| Supreme Council for Delivery & Legacy, Project Director

The conference has gained industry wide support from BCI & IIRSM and is also sponsored by including Ernst And Young, Marjason Consulting DWC LLC and MIR3.