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Swine Flu Briefing to be Featured at Secure360 Conference

Twin Cities Epidemiologist and Infectious Disease Expert Michael Olesen to Give Special Presentation on Swine Flu Preparedness Planning and Daily Briefing on Swine Flu Situation

WHAT:                  Twin Cities Epidemiologist and Infectious Disease Expert Michael Olesen from Abbott Northwestern Hospital will give a special presentation on "Swine Flu Preparedness Planning" at 1 - 1:50 p.m. May 13 at the 2009 Secure360 Conference http://www.secure360.org. In addition, Olesen will provide a daily swine flu briefing to conference attendees at 4:30 p.m. on May 12 and 13.

WHO:                    The conference is the premier educational event for enterprise risk management and security professionals in business and government in the Upper Midwest. It is sponsored by the Upper Midwest Security Alliance (UMSA).

WHERE:                Saint Paul RiverCentre - Grand Ballroom

                                175 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102

WHEN:                 May 12 - 13, 2009

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Typical security and risk management scenarios professionals face today include:

• Health pandemics
• Workplace violence
• Theft and fraud
• Workplace bullying
• Cyber attacks and cyber stalking
• Executive kidnapping
• White collar crime
• Natural disasters
• Industrial accidents
• Data breaches

Keynote speakers:

• Dave Kansas, financial journalist and author of the newly-released book "The Wall Street Guide to the End of Wall Street As We Know It" will speak on "Finding Security During a Financial Crisis". A St. Paul native, Kansas is Editor-at-large of FiLife.com.
• Howard Schmidt, president and CEO of R&H Consulting and a veteran of defense, law enforcement and corporate security will speak on "Cyber Security and What It Means to Your Business".

The event is sponsored by UMSA, in association with the following members and affiliates:

• Center for Strategic IT and Security
• Business Continuity Planners Association
• Minnesota Chapter of ISACA
• Minnesota Chapter of Information Systems Security Association
• InfraGard
• Open Web Application Security Project
• Twin Cities Privacy Network