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Business Continuity Awards 2012
Wednesday 30 May, 2012, Hilton on Park Lane, London, UK
The Business Continuity Awards are now open for entries.
Deadline for entries: 17 February 2012
Now in its 14th year, the Business Continuity Awards recognise business continuity, security, resilience and risk professionals whose innovative strategies and industry savvy make them stand out above the rest. This year’s winners will be honoured and awarded at a gala dinner and ceremony on Wednesday 30th May – an evening that will bring together over 700 industry leaders together for a night of networking and celebration. We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you at the Awards.

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Women in Resiliency
18:00-20:30, 9 February, Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf, London, UK
WiR provides a forum for women who work in resiliency to share experiences and provide support and advice to strengthen the community as a whole and will include two speakers and time for networking. Interested parties should contact Emma Read at JP Morgan: 020 7325 1945 / women.in.resiliency@jpmorgan.com.

FSA Investigations & Enforcement Regime
21 February, London, UK
This event aims to update delegates on how best to prepare for and to handle an FSA investigation, and, if this leads to enforcement action, the strategies and tactics that are likely to result in the best outcome. In addition to a keynote address from the FSA, the following topics will be covered:

•Enforcement trends through a review of recent cases
•Tactics in responding to investigations and procedures
•Internal investigations: a practitioner's perspective
•Fines and penalties
•Settlement negotiations and settlement decision making procedure
•Contested cases- the Regulatory Decisions Committee
•Challenging FSA decisions at the Upper Tribunal
•Cross border investigations and enforcement




CIR and FStech Secure Information Conference 2012
15 March, Hilton London Tower Bridge, London, UK
This free one-day conference is open to financial institutions, IT practitioners, retailers or consultants only. If you work in IT security for a financial sector, other large corporate or governmental organisation where security is key this high-level conference is a must attend event.

RIMS 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition
15-18 April, Pennsylvania Convention Centre, Philadelphia, PA, US
Keynotes, networking, conference, exhibition, special sessions and more at the biggest risk and insurance gathering in the US.

DRJ Spring World
27-30 March, Orlando, Florida, US
Gain hundreds of hours of training, networking and educational events for what the organiser maintains as the "lowest fee in the industry". The event features a welcome reception, numerous sessions, networking meals, hospitality, product demos, a mock disaster exercise and an exhibition hall.

Infosecurity Europe 2012
24-26 April, Earls Court, London, UK
Infosecurity Europe is back at Earls Court for its major annual event. Some 10,000 unique visitors and almost 300 exhibitors will discuss and share the latest trends and developments in IT security.

IFSEC International
14-17 May, NEC, Birmingham, UK
A considerable networking and learning opportunity that expects to bring together some 25,000 security professionals from over 100 countries, featuring the latest innovations and new product launches.

BIBA Conference 2012: Shaping our Futures
16-17 May, Manchester Central, Manchester, UK
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the Oxford University graduate who invented the World Wide Web has been confirmed as the closing keynote speaker at BIBA 2012. He is joined by Andrew Marr, who will address brokers on the first day and also host the rest of the conference. A high-profile panel of industry speakers has been confirmed for the first day to debate the issues affecting the future of the insurance sector, including Arthur J Gallagher's David Ross, Lockton's Julian James, Stuart Reid of Bluefin, Sean McGovern from Lloyd's and Towergate's Nick Houghton.

DRI 2012
20-23 May, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, US
The full conference programme for DRI's inaugural event will be published in July. The global certification and training body for business continuity, business resiliency, and continuity of operations professionals, will be putting on a series of special events around this three-day conference.

Airmic Exhibition 2012
12-13 June, ACC, Liverpool, UK
The annual meeting place and learning event for almost 800 risk professionals, insurance professionals, insurers, brokers, loss adjusters, claims managers and more.

Alarm Learning & Development Forum
24-26 June, Manchester, UK
Alarm celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Alarm National Forum and Exhibition in 2012. The UK's favourite public risk management event will feature the trusted mix of educational and learning opportunities, networking events, the Annual Exhibition and presentation of the 2012 Annual Awards.