In Case of Emergency

- How does the New Directive Help Resilience of Critical Infrastructure? Guest Speaker - Alessandro Lazari, Senior Key Accountant Manager, F24 AG Alessandro has worked as a specialist on critical infrastructure protection, resilience and cyber security since 2004. He was a scientific officer at the European Commission Joint research Center, where he worked on a policy and an initiative to support...

- Understanding How to Support Survivors of Personal Loss Guest Speaker - Heidi Snow, Founder/CEO - AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services (ACCESS) Trigger warning: We will be discussing topics that involve death and sudden loss of loved ones based on real experiences, tragic losses and past disasters. If one of these things are triggering for you, please skip this episode. Heidi Snow has be...

- Looking back at the year It's almost time to wrap up the year. 2022 has been eventful - from global political events to their resultant crises, we have seen quite some disruptions. Perhaps to reflect this, our panel of experts for the podcast in Season 2022 spoke about the implications of these events and how to stay resilient for the upcoming times. In this special episode we bring you their hi...

- Looking back at the year It's almost time to wrap up the year. 2022 has been eventful - from global political events to their resultant crises, we have seen quite some disruptions. Perhaps to reflect this, our panel of experts for the podcast in Season 2022 spoke about the implications of these events and how to stay resilient for the upcoming times. In this special episode we bring you their hi...

- Dealing with the aftermaths of a crisis Guest speaker: Brian Power, Crime Training Manager, British Transport Police Brian Power shares his knowledge gained from over 40 years' experience as a specialist training manager working for the British transport police and how he dealt with dramatic crisis events impacting lives and individuals and those responding to the incidents. 02:14 What are the d...

- A step towards crisis preparedness Guest speaker: Nana Kalandarishvili, Manager at PWC and Expert in Geopolitics and Security Nana Kalandarishvili shares her knowledge on the topic of geopolitical conflicts and good governance. She talks about the impact of geopolitical conflicts on companies and their well-being. She also shares her insight on how companies can prepare themselves for big geopol...

- How do they contribute to public safety? Guest speaker: Amélie Grangeat, Senior Product Manager and Expert on public warning systems at F24 In this episode, Amélie Grangeat introduces you to the field of public warning systems. She gives an overview of the functionality, the legal framework but also the challenges, e.g. how do I warn people without access to technical devices? 2:13 Why is a publ...

- the key to a successfull response plan? Guest speaker: Jerry Allen, Director and Co-Founder CrisisVR With his many years of experience Jerry Allen, Director and Co-Founder of CrisisVR, shares his knowledge on how to prepare your operational staff to deal with unexpected situation and the impact of ambiguous events. While highlighting the importance of empowering the front line, he details the ne...

A Challenge to be mastered? Guest speaker: Eli Westad Garmann, Group Lead Cyber Security at Advansia Eli Westad Garmann, talks about the need for testing and running cyber security incident response plans and what to consider in this context. She gives some great tips on what cyber security measures an organisation must include in a plan and shares her experience of important aspects that are some...

A chance or problematic? Guest speaker: Markus Epner, Head of Academy at F24 In this episode, you'll gain a deeper inside on the field of crisis management. Speaking from his own experiences, Markus Epner talks about the changes that working remote brought to the field of crisis management. He outlines the advantages in managing a crisis virtual, but also shows the multiple challenges that this "n...

What are the important aspects of disaster response? Guest speaker: Abigail Pollard from Blake Emergency Services By discussing the sensitive topic of disaster response, this episode examines the importance of correct person of concern management. Abigail Pollard shares her experience in the aviation industry and outlines challenges in working internationally as well as the importance of defined c...

A global challenge or individualistic? Guest speaker: Prof. Luigi Martino, Head of the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Study at University of Florence Listening to this episode, you`ll attend an interesting conversation with Luigi Martino, Professor and Head of the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations at the University of Florence. He's sharing his insights o...

What can we derive from research? Guest speaker: Rachael Elliot, Head of Thought Leadership at the BCI Rachael Elliott talks about the challenges and developments she has observed in years of researching in the field of Resilience. This episode deals with the upcoming scientific insights of the BCI for 2022 and the possible change that will occur in Business Continuity and Resilience. You will als...

Is task management the digital "Open Line"? Guest speaker: Carol Mackenzie from TUI Group In this episode you'll gain a deeper insight into how digital task management supports globally working organisation like the TUI Group. The interview with Carol Mackenzie also highlights the advantages and changes digital task management during the last years of the pandemic. Furthermore, the example of Hurr...

How does effective media management work? Guest speaker: Peter Barrett from Powerscourt John Davison and Peter Barrett discuss the most important aspects of reputational management and why good media mangement can help to improve your reputation or even lead to invisible crisis for the public eye. Illustrated by remembering real examples of the past like the UK horse meat scandal or the Ratners Je...

What if today is not just another day? What if today the clouds roll in and the crisis hits. Are you ready for it? John Davison, Managing Director at F24 UK is hosting F24’s new flagship podcast series: „In Case of Emergency“. In this series we take you inside our global community, and we will feature conversations with international experts on issues that matter most in alerting, crisis managemen...

Let’s look at the future of F24: what does it look like? Guest speaker: Benjamin Jansen from F24 AG In this episode, we will give you a closer look into F24, as the leading European provider for incident- and crisis management and what has changed during the last year of a global pandemic. Furthermore, we will talk about the importance of technological assistance in crucial situations. 1:57 T...

Why is it an important aspect to integrate? Guest speaker: Dr. Sabine Schnabel, LL.M. (NYU), Founder and CEO of BSH advisors This discussion about compliance in crisis situations highlights different examples of crisis that interfere with the important role of compliance and provides recommendations on how to integrate compliance policies into your crisis management. 2:04 Why is it important for c...

How to bring your plans to life? Guest speaker: Kristian Pettersen from F24 Nordics AS Gain new insights on the benefits of digital task management, as a part of crisis management, and learn moreover about the most important aspects and requirements in practical terms. 1:43 What would you describe to be the most important aspect of crisis management? 3:50 What are the benefits of digital task mana...

How do you organise effective communication for a crisis situation? Guest speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Heinecke from Fresenius This episode highlights the successful communication in crisis situations based on recent examples and our invited communication expert also gives some recommendations on approaching crisis communication. 1:58 Is there a secret miracle solution to successful crisis communic...

Keeping employees safe during work-related travels can be a significant challenge, which is why professional and real time risk monitoring is a must – but how? Guest speaker: Martin Stamm from A3M In this dicussion we talk about the impact that COVID-19 had on employee travels and discuss changes and recommendations of travel safety as well as risk monitoring of the near future. 2:05 How can a sof...

Efficient mass notifications with acknowledgements – what does that look like in practice? Guest speakers: Eske Ofner from F24 AG & Juan Manuel Gil from F24 Servicios de Comunicación S.L.U. The F24 colleagues discuss different use cases of mass alerting in Germany and Spain/Mexico and depictsome successful real examples. They also provide tips to alert a large number of people. 1:55 For which...

Why is it important to train and exercise? Guest speaker: Marianne Brokjøb from Equinor. In this episode we cover the importance of training and get some deeper insights into challenges large companies face, as well as potential training programs and tips. 2:25 Why is it essential to train and exercise, when there are well documented processes that have been well prepared? 6:27 What are the typica...