Standing-room only at Master Your Disaster Event

It was standing-room only last month, at the joint event between Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce and ClaireLOGIC in the stunning offices of tech giant’s Datto’s UK HQ in Reading. A carefully chosen panel of business experts including Flourish PR's Harriet Subramanian came together to share best practice; educating delegates about the importance of planning for a disaster.

There was a great atmosphere, as the speakers from across the business community – including IT and technology, law enforcement, public relations, as well as insurance – conducted an immersive agenda of activity and presentations for this sold-out event.

Organised in partnership with the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, delegates were absorbed with the important organisational priority of disaster recovery and business continuity – posing the question ‘is your organisation disaster ready?’

The closing Q&A panel was hosted by Datto’s Eric Torres, and featured speakers form Thames Valley Police, Flourish PR, Jelf insurance, and event organisers’ claireLOGIC.

The day’s host, claireLOGIC’s Managing Director, Andre Vaux said:

“We are delighted to have delivered such an exciting and important agenda. Every expert shared their knowledge generously. From technology solutions, right through to appropriate communication and messaging; everything was touched upon.

We’re really looking forward to working with delegates in the future, there are many things organisations can do to mitigate natural and criminal disasters and downtime, helping organisations get the right technology and policies in place to ensure their businesses are protected is what we do everyday”.


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