Association of Continuity Professionals upcoming events

DRJ Fall Conference (27 Sep 2026)

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Learn more and register on DRJ's website here.

Chapter Webinar: From “What If?” to “What Now?”- Lessons from an Active Threat Exercise (30 Sep 2026)

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:45:00 GMT

Wed, Sep 30, 2026 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

PRESENTATION INFORMATION: An active threat doesn’t stay neatly within the boundaries of security—and neither should our response. This session takes you inside Suncoast Credit Union’s active threat exercise, conducted with the C-Suite, Incident Management Team, and Physical Security team in collaboration with DHS and Hillsborough County SWAT. We’ll unpack what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons that emerged—showing how a well-designed exercise can expose gaps, strengthen cross-functional coordination, and turn “what if?” into actionable resilience. PRESENTERS: Alison Osborn is an Air Force veteran, consultant, and continuity professional whose career has focused on helping people and organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruption. Following military service, Alison worked in behavioral and teaching-focused roles, building a strong foundation in communication, training, problem-solving, and understanding how people respond under pressure. This experience evolved into consulting work supporting organizations with emergency management, preparedness, resilience, and organizational planning, followed by a role with the American Red Cross. Today, Alison serves as a Business Continuity Planner with Suncoast Credit Union, where she leads enterprise-wide business impact analysis and continuity initiatives designed to strengthen organizational resilience and recovery. Alison also serves as Vice President of the Greater Tampa Bay Association of Continuity Professionals, where she supports the growth of the continuity profession and creates opportunities for professionals to connect, learn, and share best practices. Stacy Jackson is the Director of Business Resilience at Suncoast Credit Union, where he leads enterprise-wide efforts to safeguard people, facilities, and critical operations against disruption. In this role, he oversees crisis management, business continuity, emergency management, and physical security programs supporting more than 80 facilities and 2,600 employees across the organ

Resilience Reinvented: AI in Business Continuity and Emergency Management with the Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter (16 Oct 2026)

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Early Bird pricing closes on August 31st at 23:00!!

Arkansas Chapter Meeting (21 Oct 2026)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Guest Speaker, Ben Whooten, VP of Emergency Management and Safety at Memorial Health

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Monsters of Disruption: Taming Threats and Building Resilience with the Eastern Great Lakes ACP Chapter (22 Oct 2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Education SIG: The Value of AI to Assist with Emergency Planning, Training, and Exercising: From the Classroom to the Simulation Lab (22 Oct 2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how emergency managers plan for, train against, and exercise responses to an increasingly complex threat landscape. This 30-minute presentation explores the practical value of AI across the full preparedness cycle, examining how emerging tools can strengthen hazard and risk assessment, accelerate plan development and review, generate realistic exercise scenarios and injects, and enhance after-action analysis and continuous improvement.

Speakers

Dr. Bernard Jones, MBCP

St. John's University

Dr. Bernard Jones is an Associate Professor at St. John’s University in the Division of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security. He is a certified business continuity and disaster recovery professional with over 25 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-level business continuity, disaster recovery, and emergency management programs across both the public and private sectors.

Arkansas Chapter Meeting (18 Nov 2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Guest Speaker: Chapter member Cameron Wells - Business Continuity from an ITDR Perspective

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Cybersecurity/IT SIG: Cybersecurity / IT SIG Roundtable Panel Discussion (19 Nov 2026)

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Arkansas Chapter Meeting (16 Dec 2026)

Wed, 16 Dec 2026 15:00:00 GMT

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Banking & Finance SIG: Enterprise Risk Management: Topics in the Financial Industry: Focus on the Current Risk Landscape (17 Dec 2026)

Thu, 17 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT