Programme
Outline as at
20/2/2012 (subject to amendments)
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| 7.45am |
Registration from 7.45am
at Addington Events Centre
Coffee/Networking
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| 8.00am
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Theme Setting
"When a City Falls " Compelling
excerpts from Gerard Smyth's documentary about the Christchurch
quakes
"...this is the story of the people of Christchurch,
living through their hardest year. And it's the film they
deserve. At once a celebration of endurance and a lament
of loss, it will still be being watched 50 years from now.
" David Larsen Listener, 28 November 2011
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| 8.30am |
Official Opening - Mayor Bob Parker
Peter Townsend CEO, Canterbury Employers' Chamber
of Commerce
Earthquake issues and opportunities
The CECC was displaced from its CBD offices
by the February 22 quake and Peter ran the Chamber's recovery
response from his own home for several months while advocating
on behalf of business owners in Canterbury and playing a major
regional and national role in the response and recovery. He
sets the theme of the forum by looking back at the issues
of recovery and looking forward to the future of a new and
vibrant city. |
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| 8.45am |
Scenarios and simulations
for emergency response
John
Vale CE, Vynco
Many organisations are insufficiently prepared
to respond to incidents that threaten their businesses.
Losing critical assets, processes, data or systems can send
an organisation into a tailspin from which recovery could
be impossible. John lost his hill home and his CBD factories
in the February 22 quake. However, earlier business continuity
planning had led Vynco to open an outlet in Auckland which
proved to be crucial to the company's survival as Vynco
people demonstrated how to work in new ways to keep export
channels open and flowing.
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| 9.00am |
Jim
Boult CE, Christchurch International Airport Ltd
Keeping Christchurch International Airport
open, apart from a few short periods to check the runway,
during the almost 10,000 quakes in Christchurch since 4 September
2010 has been a major challenge which Jim and his team have
met. This allowed emergency crews early access and saved lives
and has allowed in bound tourism and business travel to carry
on virtually unimpeded. How did CIAL prepare for such an emergency
and what is the role of the airport in the changed business
and tourism environment? |
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| 9.15am |
Peter
Davie CE, Lyttelton Port Company
In
today's technological and economic environment, the ability
to prevent, prepare for or quickly recover from a disaster
is a critical success factor. Pre quakes the Port of Lyttelton
had run seismic simulations as part of its long term development
plan. These became a key part of the Port's emergency response.
Despite 28 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more between September
2010 and the end of the financial year on 30 June 2011 cargo
kept flowing with minimal downtime.
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| 9.30am |
Keynote
Roger
Sutton CE, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
From preparation and response at Orion to recovery
and rebuilding at CERA
In his then role of CEO of electricity lines
company Orion Roger was the public face of the early emergency
response to the shattering events of September and February.
In his new role at CERA he has an unprecedented responsibility
on behalf of the New Zealand Government to co-ordinate the
recovery and rebuild of Christchurch.
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| 10.00am |
CEO Response Stories: Planning
and people
Mary
Devine MD, J Ballantyne and Co
Anchoring Re:Start and holding the centre
Ballantynes has had to realign its business
and staff numbers to what will be a different trading environment
for the company, which lost 2000 sq m of retail space in
the central city because of the quakes. Pre-earthquakes
there were 52,000 people within the Four Avenues. This is
now significantly reduced and will remain so over the next
few years while the rebuild takes place. This is has been
offset by the growth in direct business and other outlets.
Anthony
Leighs CE, Leighs Construction
Deconstruction and reconstruction
Leighs Construction was involved in the very
first rebuild, involving temporary container retail, within
the Christchurch CBD. RE:Start opened in the Cashel Mall
to the public at the end of October 2011 and has received
overwhelmingly positive reviews. Both retailers and the
general public continue to show their appreciation of this
new shopping precinct, which was a project chaired by John
Suckling,chairman of Restart the Heart Trust. Leighs Construction
is currently involved in several Christchurch demolition
projects and rebuilding projects as the recovery starts
to build up momentum.
Sam
Johnson Founder, Student Army
Mobilising a quick response
The University of Canterbury class of 2011
was an outstanding one in terms of the support it gave to
the community of Christchurch. Following the September 2010
earthquake then UC Student Sam Johnson initiated the Student
Volunteer Army (SVA) to help affected Christchurch residents
clear their properties of liquefaction. After the February
2011 earthquake there was even greater support. How did
Sam use Facebook to gather support and co-ordinate the thousands
who joined the SVA? What can businesses learn about mobilising
their workforces in extraordinary times?
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| 10.35am |
Keynote: Resilience
Dr Allan Freeth CEO, TelstraClear
Organisational effectiveness in times of crisis
Dr Freeth provides some frank and
powerful insights into leadership in challenging times and
into an organisation's preparedness to handle major business
interruptions by being agile in the face of emergencies.
He also outlines TelstraClear's key infrastructure role
in restoring and maintaining telecommunications in Canterbury
in the wake of the quakes.
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| 11.00am |
Networking Coffee Break |
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| 11.25am |
Dr
John Vargo Resilient Organisations UC
Resilience and agility in response to the Canterbury
quakes: some case studies
An entrée of case studies from the Canterbury
Earthquakes which shed light on the ingredients of a resilient
organisational culture and best business practices for enhancing
resilience. The series of Canterbury earthquakes has inspired
many companies to consider the factors that contribute to
business resilience, and has provided numerous stories about
how businesses can develop the capacity to recover from serious
threats and respond to new circumstances with agility. They
have regarded the February disaster as an opportunity to build
a more secure, capable and responsive organisation. |
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| 11.50am |
Joseph
Thomas CEO, NZIM Southern
Learning and applying leadership lessons
Because of on-going seismic activity Christchurch
has become a laboratory for new ways of working and accelerated
change. It is important for organisations to identify and
develop the cadre of new leaders who came to the fore during
and after the February quake by their leadership behaviour
not their job title. This leadership potential needs to be
harnessed as the city lays the foundations for an exciting
and vibrant new Christchurch. |
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| 12.10pm |
When a City
Rises
Dr Fran Vertue
Post Traumatic Growth
Dr Fran Vertue uses the concept Post Traumatic Growth to describe
opportunities for post disaster-growth at both the personal
and organisational levels, linked to the resilience of the
people concerned. People can't be creative when they're anxious
or fearful, but there are unique opportunities for personal
and organisational growth in the wake of traumatic events,
depending on timing and the mix of resilience factors.
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| 12.35pm |
Dr
Rod Carr VC, University of Canterbury
The learning organisation: from crisis to opportunity
The February quake hit on the second day
of the new academic term. The University of Canterbury had
to quickly re-timetable courses in temporary accommodation
while many staff worked from home and utilised e-learning
technology to keep up teaching involvement. The challenge
now is to minimise the loss of students from outside Christchurch
and off-shore and to maintain critical academic mass and build
new capability in areas related to seismicity. How is the
University turning crisis into opportunity by strengthening
its iearning and innovation roles in seismic related areas
and other domains? |
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| 1.00pm
-1.45pm |
Networking Lunch |
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| 1.45pm |
Keynote
Dr
Colin G. Harrison IBM Smarter Cities, USA
New Christchurch-A Smarter City
Smart green cities are energy efficient,
healthy, attract creative talent, create new jobs and indicate
to the world that they are a progressive place in which
to invest. Post quake Christchurch has a unique opportunity
to reinvent and rebrand itself through clever IT strategies,
flexible infrastructure and sustainable values.
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| 2.30pm-5.00pm |
Urban
Safari
Brief city bus tour on the way to chosen workplace streams
hosted by Christchurch organisations
More... |
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| 5.30pm-7.30pm |
Networking
event and Virtual Expo
Westpac Business Hub, Addington
With refreshments and finger food |
