DNV successfully conducted its first seminar on Business Continuity Management (BCM) in Colombo.
The main aim of the seminar is to discuss the outcome, benefits and business drivers for Business Continuity Management (BCM) system. Moreover, the seminar also focuses on BCM vs. Risk Assessment- implementation status and integration with other systems.
Senior Managers from key and large customer organisations along with some leading Consultants namely Dialog, Dimo, DSI Samson Group, LTL Holdings, Dilmah, Access Engineering, Aitken Spence, Somaratna Consultants, representing the telecom, media & technology, manufacturing, and banking sectors, attended this seminar in large numbers. Active participation and encouraging feedback was the highlight of the seminar.
Mr. Nandakumar Shamanna, Zonal Manager (South Zone, India) said, "All in all, the event went off very well. Besides sharing our know-how and experiences with participants, we encouraged active participation and exchange of ideas.”
He goes on to say that, “Participants asked some pertinent questions on training, certification, and capacity building solutions, and we see a strong possibility of these enquiries getting converted to contracts.”
Emergence of 'Best Practices'
With the emergence of 'Best Practices' from Business Continuity Institute (BCI) & Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) for continuity management, along with the development of the business continuity standard- BS 25999- there is a sense of urgency and eagerness amongst business houses to know more about the BCM concept.
“Our seminar created a lot of buzz amongst industry circles, since it addressed the current market dynamics,” says Nandakumar, adding, “And hence DNV is well positioned to be the 'Thought Leaders' in this area of business.”
In addition to the emergence of best practices, the two-decade long civil war in Sri Lanka which came to an end six months back has increased the Industry Sector activities and consequently the significance of implementing Systems including the Business Continuity Management programme. Even more, the focus of the public and private sector companies in Sri Lanka has moved more towards establishing stability and sustainability.