Speaker Biograghy: Darron has over 25 years' airport planning and operational management experience, working at a number of UK airports prior to relocating to Australia. He is currently acting in the role of General Manager Risk at Perth Airport, Western Australia, having previously worked as Business Continuity Advisor, where he established a corporate BC policy and published plans for loss or major disruption to passenger terminals. He holds a Master's degree in Airport Planning and Management and is a member of the ACI Business Continuity Taskforce. Personal fact: Darron is a passionate traveller and avid amateur cyclist.


Day 3 - 22 March
Session: Management & Operations: Crisis & Disaster

11:55 - 12:25 - Business continuity planning – are you fully prepared for recovery?
Synopsis: The growing threat of disruptive incidents to airport operations, coupled with the significant contribution of aviation to the global economy, underscores the importance of increasing the resiliency of airports and their ability to recover quickly after an unplanned event. The presentation will outline Perth Airport’s approach to business continuity management and the role new technologies can play in the execution of plans. The value of integrating business continuity planning principles into the very early stages of airport expansion programmes will be examined, with specific reference to the lessons learned from the airport’s major expansion project.

Audience will learn:

• What business continuity management is – and what it isn't
• Why it's critical to your airport
• What you need to do – it's more than just writing plans
• BC lessons learned from Perth Airport experience
• Criticality of embedding BC at the earliest point of the planning process