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CHICAGO - March 6, 2014 - PRLog -- marcus evans, the leader in  Safety & Emergency Management Meetings for Utilities, will host the 2nd Annual Business Continuity & Emergency Preparedness for Utilities Conference, May 13-15, 2014 in Chicago, IL.

The meeting will cover lessons learned in business continuity and emergency response planning, ICS implementation, mutual assistance, cyber security threats, regulatory impacts and the aging workforce, among others. This conference will bring together key industry professionals to create an environment for benchmarking and knowledge sharing on key disaster recovery best practices.

Featuring Case Studies from Leading Business Continuity Experts, including:

Michele Guido, CBCP, MBCI, Business Assurance Principal, Southern Company

Joyce Shroka, CBCP, Director Business Continuity & Records, NiSource, Inc.

Jeff Riggins, Director Storm Governance, Duke Energy

Lisa Hood, ABCP, Manager Business Continuity & Emergency Preparedness Security Operations, Hydro One Networks Inc.

The 2^nd Annual Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness for Utilities Conference adds to the list of annual meetings in the marcus evans Utility Emergency Management Series, including the annual Outage Response & Restoration Management Conference and Utility Cyber Security Conference.

For more information on this conference & to get a complete list of speakers or sessions, click on the conference brochure: http://www.marcusevans-conferences-northamerican.com/BCEP2014_prlink or email Tyler Kelch, Marketing & PR Coordinator at tylerke@marcusevansch.com (mailto:tylerke@marcusevansch.com?subject=Business%20Conti...)

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