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January 2, 2006

The Inocon Group helps Olympic Organizers through final preparations with Readiness Exercise

Torino, Italy
On December 15 and 16 2005, The Inocon Group, an Atlanta, Georgia based firm specializing in operational readiness consulting and crisis management planning conducted a two-day readiness exercise for the Torino Organizing Committee (TOROC) for the upcoming 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

Inocon’s ReadySim™ product is a scenario-based, real-time simulation designed to provide the Organizing Committee an opportunity to practice normal and crisis operations in a risk-free environment. Focused on management-level decision making and games-wide communications, ReadySim served as TOROC’s final tune-up before the XX Olympic Winter Games begin on February 10, 2006.

“A Very Useful Experience”
“Having Inocon produce and deliver the ReadySim exercise was a very useful experience” said Paolo Bellino, Managing Director for TOROC. “We all learned very much from the exercise, and as an organizing committee, we’re now better positioned to have successful Games.”

“ReadySim allows our clients to validate their planning through practice” said Dan Donovan, Inocon’s CEO. “Because it gives the organization a chance to rehearse normal and crisis management operations in a risk-free environment, the simulation is the best tool for identifying any issues that need to be addressed.”

Understanding Client Operations is Key to Success
In order to design, develop, and deliver ReadySim The Inocon Group worked closely with TOROC for more than six months in 2005. According to Inocon project manager Beverly Carey, developing a close working relationship with the client was the key to success. “By locating our operation inside TOROC’s offices, we were able to gain a thorough knowledge of the Organizing Committee’s culture, practices, and structure” said Carey. “We were part of the team, just like any other department within TOROC”

Over the course of the two day simulation, more than two hundred Organizing Committee staff and key partners like The International Olympic Committee and various government and law-enforcement agencies participated in the exercise. Participants conducted simulated Olympic-related operations in real-time, including command center operations, management of the Olympic transport network, executive and scheduling committee meetings, and press briefings.

Final step in readiness program
The two-day exercise was the final step in a program of readiness activities managed by Inocon. In October and November, The Inocon Group conducted seventeen similar exercises for TOROC that focused on venue-level operational readiness.

About the Inocon Group
The Inocon Group is a global leader in crisis management planning and risk mitigation, specializing in operational readiness consulting for major sporting events, leagues, membership organizations, and professional sports franchises. Our Incident Management Programs prepare organizations to effectively prevent, plan and respond to an incident or a crisis. By continually deploying Crisis Management Best Practices our clients proactively reduce their exposure to risk, crisis and incidents. The Inocon Group is based in Atlanta Ga. with offices throughout the world.