| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008 | |
| 2:00-2:30 p.m. | Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina Jan Rideout, Jan Rideout, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Shipbuilding Gulf Coast Sector, Northrop Grumman Corporation On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, with two large ship yards in Pascagoula MS, and New Orleans, LA, was heavily impacted by this event. Jan Rideout, CIO for NG Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, will describe the devestation, including the complete destruction of a data center, and the lessons learned for disaster preparation and recovery. |