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Conference Day One

Monday, 25 October 2010

08.30 Registration And Morning Refreshments
   
09.15 Opening Remarks From The Chair
   
 

Opening Keynote Address

09.20 Facilities Management Trends In The Gulf: A Macroeconomic Analysis And Forecast For What 2011 Will Bring To Facilities Management In The Gulf
• What’s in store? A comprehensive understanding of how the economy will shape the
   facilities management industry in 2011
• What do the early signs of economic recovery mean for the industry?
• How can the FM sector respond?
• Evaluating how the FM sector can led the way out of the economic downturn

Kumar Ramesh
Programme Manager – Environment and Building Technology Practice, Frost & Sullivan, India
   
10.15

Improving Energy Efficiency In Your Facility To Reduce Energy Costs And Save On The Bottom-Line
• Implementing the established guidelines to improve energy consumption in your facility
• Quantifying the achievable savings to your facility through improved facility management
   and responsible consumption of energy
• Reducing the cost of your physical plant: Developing effective energy management
   solutions that deliver a win-win situation for both owner and occupier
• Identifying the latest processes and technologies that will ensure energy reduction and
   increased sustainability

Tim Bushell
Director, Engineering, Atlantis, The Palm, UAE

   
10.50 Overcoming The Hit-And-Miss Legacy Of The Tender Process In The Middle East
• Understanding the process for Clients to successfully tender a contract and attract the right offers
• Understanding how to produce a winning bid as a Service Provider
• Common pitfalls during the tender process by both clients and providers leading to costly
  decisions later on
• The importance of transition, mobilisation, payment processes and performance management
• The impact the economy has had on the tendering process for both clients and providers
• The impact of FM cost on the bottom line in Dubai – how FM profits affect the whole society

Linda Engstrom
Senior Consultant, Specialised Services – Facilities Services, Davis Langdon, UAE
   
11.35 Morning Coffee And Networking Break
   
12.05 Condition-Based Maintenance: Weighing The Pros And Cons Against Planned Maintenance
• Introducing condition-based maintenance to invoke major changes in how maintenance is
   performed
• Using condition-based maintenance as an important tool for running your facility in an
   optimal manner
• Why implement condition-based management?
  o Improving maintenance agility and responsiveness
  o Increasing operational availability
  o Reducing life cycle total ownership
• Identifying scenarios where planned maintenance outweighs condition-based
   maintenance
   
12.30 Reducing Lifecycle Costs For A Facility Through Effective Asset Lifecycle Management – Proven Results
• Understanding the cost-value equation and professionally managing the project to
   optimise costs
• Reducing supply chain costs through management, innovation and technology – Defining
   the objective from day one
   o Absolute transparency in cost models
• Using management technology alongside FM and different approaches to contracting to
   positively affect the industry and property owners in the long-term
• Breaking the mold: Moving toward output specification models linked to asset life cycle
   management
   
13.35

Lunch And Networking Break
The lunch session will feature networking topic tables based on hot topics and questions that arise throughout the morning presentations. Delegates will choose which topic table they wish to take part in to further enhance their Conference experience.

   
14.35 Interactive Topic Table Recap
The recap session will give delegates the opportunity to share their group’s ideas and suggestions to improving or overcoming the challenge they discussed at lunch – fostering group interaction and best practice idea sharing.
   
 

Crisis Management And Business Continuity Planning

15.00 Business Continuity Planning: A Strategic Facility Management Function
• Identifying the specific requirements necessary for implementing, operating and improving
   your Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
• Actively planning and preparing for emergency situations to minimise disruption should a
   situation arise
• Not just another statistic: Investing the right amount of time and resource into BCP
   preparations to avoid permanent closure

Mick Dalton
Managing Director, Musanadah FM, KSA, Middle East Regional Liaison, IFMA Foundaton, Past Chairman, British Institute of Facilities Management
   
15.30 Risk Assessment and Management
• Identifying the potential hazards and people at risk. Do vulnerable employees require
   special considerations?
• Producing maintenance related risk assessments and method statements that support the
   maintenance departments activities
• Outlining risk assessment criteria for specific hazards from fire to hazardous materials to
   manual handling activities
• What are the implications to the business if risk is not properly assessed and managed?

Shauquat Alam
Facility Manager, Abdullatif Al Issa Holding Group Co., KSA
   
16.00 Afternoon Refreshment And Networking Break
   
 

Case Study Presentation

16.30 Emergency Response: Moving Beyond Disaster Recovery Planning
• Discussing the technological aspect of business continuity planning
• Identifying the advanced planning and preparations that are critical to minimising loss and
   ensuring continuity of the critical business functions
• Determining the key players in the organisation that make up the organisation and the role
   that each play in the decision making and disaster response process
• What makes crisis management work effectively?

Edward Gregory
Director of Business Continuity Planning, Office of Risk Management, DePaul University, USA
   
17.00 Crisis Management And Business Continuity Planning Question And Answer Panel
This question and answer session will bring together all of the speakers from the previous 4 sessions. Put your most pressing questions and burning issues to the panel and take away varying perspectives to your greatest concerns.

Mick Dalton
Managing Director, Musanadah FM, KSA, Middle East Regional Liaison, IFMA Foundaton, Past Chairman, British Institute of Facilities Management

Edward Gregory
Director of Business Continuity Planning, Office of Risk Management, DePaul University, USA

Shauquat Alam
Facility Manager, Abdullatif Al Issa Holding Group Co., KSA
   
17.30 Closing Remarks From The Chair
   
17.35 Close Facilities And Asset Management Conference Day 1