Please join ISRM supported by the BCS IT Leaders Forum for this two-day conference.
Speakers
Michael Crooymans
Rick Cudworth
Professor David Denyer
Lord Toby Harris
Gill Ringland
Dr David Rubens
Professor Ed Steinmueller
Professor Liz Varga
More speakers to be added soon.
Agenda
Day 1 - Monday 18th May
10:00 - Round Tables: Challenges - the impact, the evidence
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - Round Tables: A language for Organisational & Operational
Resilience - presentations and case studies
Day 2 - Tuesday 19th May
09:00 - Round Table: IT Resilience – presentations and case studies
12:00 - Lunch
13:00 - Round Tables: Applying What We’ve Learned
15:00 - Plenary
16:00 - Event close
Synopsis
The CEOs of the UK’s FTSE350 companies have been urged by the UK Government to look toward "resilience engineering", that is, systems that can anticipate, absorb, recover, and adapt, in the event of IT threats.
Organisations face a growing array of IT related risks. These include cyber-attacks, supply chain and third-party failures, infrastructure failures, coding errors and problematic software updates leading to service outages. These outages have become features of modern life – with
complacency in the face of growing loss of productivity and growth potential.
Why have IT related service outages not yet become central for risk management, training and skills for workforces or for legislation or regulation?
First, dealing with these risks is often framed as about costs rather than opportunity, with little appreciation of liability and reputation damage.
Second, because catastrophic failures are relatively rare, even if risks are acknowledged, addressing them appears to be a low priority.
Third, knowledge about where to begin to manage a journey toward IT resilience and the opportunities stemming from better service availability is often fragmented within organisations – or may be completely absent.
With economic resilience and security now a national priority for the UK Government, the impacts of failing to proactively build resilience are increasingly visible.
A conference to share insights and action plans
This conference brings together risk, resilience, business continuity and IT professionals to share insights on how to improve the availability of services through resilience engineering. The BCS’s ITLF, the BCI, ISRM, NPC and Resilience First, are coming together to develop and share plans for action to improve resilience against IT threats.
This 2-day in person conference will have five sessions: including expert briefings, round table discussion and sharing of action ideas in plenary. The slides used at the event and a capture of the outcomes will be available after the event and shared during subsequent virtual events.
The conference will be held at BCS London on 18th and 19th May 2026.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
This meeting is conducted in accordance with the BCS Code of Conduct for Meetings.
BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. Join BCS today
Please note: if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk, and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.
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For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is brought to you by: ISRM and the BCS IT Leaders Forum
