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BANG is a get together of BC management people who are entertained during the evening by a "controversial" guest speaker, in a social atmosphere. BC people have an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals. It is held on the last Wednesday evening of each month, in Central London.
The next BANG evening is on July 28th, and at Barclay Simpson, 1 Temple Ave, Embankment Tube.

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Business Continuity in London
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The BCI London Forum is the largest chapter or "forum" within the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and each year hosts and manages three seminars in London. It is run by a volunteer committee of BC practitioners.
For 2009, following agreement on a five year strategy, the London Forum is jointly delivering a "Four Seasons" seminar with the Emergency Planning Society and London First.
Last summer, the Forum began holding a "monthly get-together" on the last Wednesday evening of each month, excepting August & December, where a "subject matter" speaker presents their thoughts on a controversial issue to the assembled audience.
Any professional involved in business continuity, disaster, crisis, resilience, risk, emergency or facilities management with operations in London would benefit from these opportunities to learn and network with like-minded individuals in the Forum.
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- To define the professional competencies expected of business continuity professionals
- To provide an internationally recognised Certification scheme for the business continuity profession.
- To provide a programme of Continuous Professional Development to enable members to maintain their professional competencies.
- To initiate, develop, evaluate and communicate BCM thinking, standards and good practices
- To influence policy makers, opinion formers and other stakeholders worldwide in BCM issues
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Our Vision and Aims
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The vision of the BCI London Forum is to:
- Become the recognised leading authority on business continuity related issues within the London area by anticipating future business continuity trends and adapting its workshops and other networking events accordingly;
- Run events that challenge current thinking, are relevant, informative and accessible to all of those with an interest in business continuity management.
Our aims are to:
- Increase knowledge and awareness of business continuity management
- Increase BCI membership by developing relationships at a ‘grass roots’ level
- Increase BCI London Forum supporters
- Run 3 well attended, high quality content, low cost events per year
- Develop partnerships with organisations with similar objectives
Our strategy to fulfill that vision and complete these aims is here.
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In the afternoon of Tuesday, October 12th, at Atos Origin, 1 Triton Square, Regents Place, NW13HG, we will hold a seminar which will cover disruptive environmental events: weather; volcanic ash clouds; and solar flares that might affect London based businesses. The agenda is being built here 
See here for the results of our May 2010 survey on Work Area Recovery
See here for the results of our "What it takes to be a good BCM" survey and for other presentions given at our workshop on December 9th, 2009.
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£50 for BCI members*
£75 for non-members of the BCI
* Reduced fees for seminars also apply to members of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM), the Emergency Planning Society (EPS), the Institute of Operational Risk (IOR), the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the Communications Managers Association (CMA).
Dates of BCI-LF Committee Meetings (subject to change)
Next Committee Meeting: May 2010
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