Welcome and Introductions

Overview: Understanding the Disease

Introduction to the Vichara Partners Business Continuity Planning & Recovery Framework

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Your Workforce

• In Close Proximity: The Spread of COVID-19 in Office & Manufacturing Settings
• Exposure in Transit: The Danger of Travel
• The Result of Fear and Panic: A Less Productive Workforce

Options for Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 within Your Company

• Wash Your Hands! And Other Effective Personal Protective Measures
• Reducing Transmission through Collective Measures from Social Distancing to Shutdowns
• The Role of Travel Restrictions in Keeping Your People Safe

Decision-making Amid Uncertainty: Protecting Your People and Your Company

• Safeguarding Your Operations: Who to Keep On-Site, Who to Send Home
• The Challenges of Working from Home
• Difficult Decisions: Deciding Whether or Not to Shutdown
• Running R&D Facilities During a Crisis
• On the Line: Manufacturing with Fewer Employees
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Data Centers, Warehouses, and Electrical Grids

Communication Strategies

• Difficult Choices: Conveying Information About Corporate Decisions
• Improving Productivity: Staying Connected During the Coronavirus Crisis

Roundtable Discussion and Q&A

Conclusions and Next Steps

SPEAKERS

Lorraine Martin, President and CEO, National Safety Council 

To view speaker biographies, please click here. 

NOTE:  The agenda above is subject to change, especially as our collective knowledge of the impacts of the pandemic improves. A final agenda will be posted here no later than May 1. All webinars will be recorded and made available after the live broadcast. 

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