Annual Conference
Attendance Growth
– Held every year since 2012 (except 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
– Audience of experienced practitioners and decision-makers across industries and sectors
Registration for the 2023 DRI Conference & Expo in Austin, TX was 500+, representing 150+ organizations from 42 states and 19 countries.
Size of Organization
66%
Are over 1000 employees
Types of
Organizations
| Financial Svcs/Banking/Insurance | 23% |
| Professional Svcs/Consulting | 19% |
| Computer/IT | 18% |
| Government | 9% |
| Healthcare/Pharma | 7% |
| Utilities/Energy | 4% |
| Nonprofit/NGO | 4% |
| Education | 4% |
| Retail | 3% |
| Transportation/Aviation | 3% |
| Manufacturing | 3% | Comm/Ent/Media | 2% |
| Other | 2% |
Job
Function
| Business Continuity Management | 31% |
| Business Resiliency | 15% |
| Business Continuity Planning | 11% |
| Emergency Planning / Preparedness | 7% |
| Information Security/IT Services | 7% |
| Disaster Recoverys | 5% |
| Operations | 5% |
| Business Development/Sales | 4% |
| Marketing | 3% |
| Corporate Security | 2% |
| Other | 9% |
Buying Influence
63%
Look to either recommend, specify or make the final purchasing decision on DR Products / Services
Types of BC/DR
Products
| BC & Recovery Training | BC Planning Services |
| BC Planning Software |
| BR DR Audit & Compliance |
| Communication Technology |
| Consulting |
| Global Intelligence Security |
| Incident/Crisis Management |
| Insurance |
| IT Security |
| Recovery/Restoration Services |
| Resilience systems & servcies |
| Training / Testing |
| Other |
WHO WILL YOU MEET AT DRI CONFERENCES?
Business Continuity & Resilience Professionals
- Program Leads/Managers
- Emergency Preparedness Managers
- BC & Disaster Recovery Analysts/Specialists
- Coordinators/Planners
Information Technology Professionals
- IT Managers
- Project Managers
- Engineers
- IT Analysts
Risk Management Professionals
- Risk Management Leads
- Risk Evaluation Program Leads
- Risk Managers
- Operations Managers
- Risk Analysts
Senior Management & Executives
- CEO/COO/CSO/CROs
- Presidents & VPs
- Principals
- Directors
- Department Heads
