Click here to review the Resilient Scotland 2025 Programme

Take a look at the photos from the conference here. Lots of smiley faces.

Massive thank you to:

• Our Members. Thank you for celebrating 30 years with us, and once again bringing your energy, questions, and engagement.

• Our Speakers: Amanda Coleman (Director and Founder of Amanda Coleman Communications Ltd), Professor Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE, Chris Ullah (Critical Event Management Evangelist, BlackBerry Critical Event Management and Communications), Robert MacFarlane OBE (Head of Resilience, Department for Work and Pensions), David Ferbrache OBE (Managing Director, BeyondBlue), Professor Phil Wood MBE (Consultant, Inverroy Crisis Management), Dennis Flynn OBE (Founder and CEO of Ardenna), Chris Butler (Resilience Director, Databarracks), Charlie Maclean Bristol (Director, PlanB), Ciaran Pugh (Physical & Geopolitics Security Threat Intelligence Manager, NatWest), Sandra Riddell – Scottish Continuity Board Member

• Our wonderful Sponsors and Exhibitors for their generous support: Blackberry, Databarracks, Beyond Blue, Inverroy Crisis Management, PlanB Consulting, Noggin, Continuity2, wavenet

• Our Charity Exhibitors, whose impactful work resonates with the core mission of Scottish Continuity in fostering a more Resilient Scotland: Gareloch Riding for the Disabled Association.

We also asked you and our speakers who they would like to donate to instead of the usual conference memorabilia and gifts. Watch this space (while I get final figures!)

Click here to review the Resilient Scotland 2024 Programme

Massive thanks to:

• Our Members. Thank you for your energy, questions, and engagement.

• Our Speakers: Ciaran Pugh (Physical & Geopolitics Security Threat Intelligence Manager, NatWest), Sara Cheyne (Team Lead – Business Resilience, CNOOC International), Pauline Adam (Crisis Manager, National Gas Transmission), David Ferbache (Managing Director, Beyond Blue), Jacqui Semple (Manager Risk, Resilience & Safety, Angus Council), Keith McDevitt (Incident, Vulnerability & Exercising Coordination Lead at Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre), Charlie Maclean-Bristol (Founder of PlanB Consulting and Business Continuity Training), Chris Butler (Head of Consulting, Databarracks), Andy Groundwater (Head of Media Relations, Fifth Ring), Matthew Wardner and Kirsty Bremner (Managing Director and Senior Consultant, Inverroy Crisis Management)

  You can access speaker presentations by simply clicking on the hyperlinked speakers name above. There was no presentation for the panel discussion with David Ferbache, Jacqui Semple, Keith McDevitt, Charlie Maclean-Bristol and Chris Butler. Unfortunately, we were not granted permission to share presentations for all speakers. We respect the presenters decisions regarding the distribution of their materials.

• Our wonderful Sponsors for their generous support: Barrier, Assured Data Protection and Databarracks

• Our valued Exhibitors, whose products and services enrich our members experience: Inverroy Crisis Management, PlanB Consulting, Noggin, Blackberry Cybersecurity, Daisy, CyberScotland, F24

• Our Charity Exhibitors, whose impactful work resonates with the core mission of Scottish Continuity in fostering a more Resilient Scotland: RE:ACT, Cross-sector Safety & Security Communications (CSSC)

Click here to review the webinar/ speakers supporting slides

Thank you to our speakers: Eric Leavy (Head of Transmission Networks, Scottish Power Energy Networks), John Beresford (Senior Resilience Co-Ordinator, East of Scotland RRP), Mark Freeburn (BCM & Civil Resilience Specialist, Networks) Amanda Coleman (Crisis Communication Consultant, Amanda Coleman Communication)

These video links may also be of interest

Amanda Coleman Communications ‘10 minutes with Canadian crisis management expert Shawna Bruce’

Amanda Coleman Communcations ‘10 minutes with Aamir Abbasi’ on communicating blackouts when working for an energy company in Pakistan

The Yarrow View | National Preparedness Commission