BCWG Agenda - Croatia 2025
Business Continuity Working Group (BCWG) Meeting Agenda
Location & Date: A1 Croatia HQ, Zagreb, Croatia, 29-30 January 2026
Address: Vrtni Put 1, 10000 Zagreb
Day 0 (28th January, 2026)
19:30 - Community Dinner (at own expense)
Location TBD
Day 1 (29th January, 2026)
08:30– 09:00
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09:00– 09:30
Arrival to A1 Croatia HQ (meeting venue) + checking in by receiving your name tag
Welcome Session for both groups
Goal: Welcome speech and meeting logistics
Speakers:
- A1 Croatia - welcome speech and intro into the organisatio, 15'
- ETIS Central Office - welcome, logistics and updates from ETIS, 5'
- Sponsors' welcome, 5'
Q&A session, 5'
>>> Groups split into 2 separate rooms <<<
09:30 – 11:00
Room TBC
Session 1: "Introduction and Roundtable + Company Updates"
Introductions, 5'
Goal: Welcome speech and agenda overview, followed by a roundtable where all participants introduce themselves (only name, company, role).
Company Updates (part I), 80'
Goal: Each company is allocated 3 minutes to present what threats you focus on and major updates to most recent strategy or plans you made . Also delivering expectations from this 2-day meeting. New members in the group receive a longer time slot, if requested.
A Power Point Template to fill in will be circulated to all members in advance of the meeting. Members who presented their update in Athens (June 2025) are asked to only present news since June.
- A1 Austria
- A1 Croatia
- Deutsche Telekom
- Elisa
- KPN
- LMT
- MEO
- NOS
- OTE
- Proximus
- Swisscom
- TDC NET
- T-Mobile Poland
- Telenet
- Telenor Norway
- Telia Company
- + Other
Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Room TBC
Session 2: "Powering Resilience: Smarter Investment in Telecom Backup Systems"
Format: Workshop for all BCWG attendees
Goal:
- Review the latest EU & national regulatory expectations around telecom power resilience.
- Identify investment limits and cost-effectiveness trade-offs in current backup strategies (diesel, battery, hybrid, renewable).
- Exchange practical insights on what’s working — and what’s outdated — in energy continuity planning.
- Co-create a shared matrix of impactful actions (technical + policy + operational) to guide next-phase investments.
Introduction: BCWG core-team, 10'
Moderators: BCWG core-team
- 3 groups of 5 participants are created, each one with a rapporteur
- 30 min is allocated for each breakout group discussion
- 10 min for Group 1 to present their results + Q&A
- 10 min for Group 2 to present their results + Q&A
- 10 min for Group 3 to present their results + Q&A
Final product:
- A subset of group members is invited to work on a one-pager of best practices to be circulated amonst the group.
13:00 – 14:00
Room TBC
Lunch Break
>>> Groups come together again in one room <<<
14:00 – 15:30
Room TBC
Session 3: "JOINT SESSION - BCWG and SAWG: Creating and Facilitating a Business Continuity Awareness Campaign"
Format: Presentations & a Card Game
Goal: Successful BCM awareness campaigns are being executed in telcos around Europe. This is an opportunity to share the best practices in the field amongst 15+ telecom operators' representatives.
Presentation 1: Swisscom, 20'
Presentation 2: TBC, 20'
Card Game: TBC and organised by Swisscom, 40'
Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00
Session 4: JOINT SESSION: "Advancing resilience in the times of hybrid war"
Format: Presentation & Discussion
Goal: Based on experience from telecom operators in Eastern and Northern Europe, ETIS members are invited to discuss how to rethink and bolster the concept of resilience.
Presentations:
- Presenter 1: TBC
- Presenter 2: TBC
To submit a presentation proposal, simply contact Andrija at av@etis.org.
Moderator: BCWG Core-team
17:00 – 18:30
Gap
18:30 – 19:30
TBC - Teambuilding Activity in the evening in the city Centre
19:30 – 22:00
Community Dinner - Location TBC
Business Continuity Working Group (BCWG) Meeting Agenda
Location & Date: A1 Croatia HQ, Zagreb, Croatia, 29-30 January 2026
Address: Vrtni Put 1, 10000 Zagreb
Day 2 (30th January, 2025)
09:00 – 10:30
Room TBC
Session 5: "Incidents Sharing Roundtable + Deep Dive into Ransomware Scenarios"
Format: Roundtable, 30' + Q&A
Goal: Each member reports on at least 1 incident from their organisation, related to the mission and vision of our group. A Q&A session after each input helps members better understand the issue.
Deep Dives into Ransomware scenarios:
- Presentation 1 of a most-recent case: TBC, 20'
- Presentation 1 of a most-recent case: TBC, 20'
To submit a presentation proposal, simply contact Andrija at av@etis.org.
Moderator: BCWG Core-Team
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Room TBC
Session 6: ”How to continue service in case of blackouts – what are the learnings and possibilities?”
Format: Presentations & Discussion
Goal:
Presentations:
- Reflection on the technical details of the blackout in Spain/Portugal/France in 2025 - presenter TBC
- Reflection on the technical details of the blackout in Croatia/Montenegro/B&H - presenter TBC
- "Batteries in telcos - Use cases worth sharing" - presenter TBC
To submit a presentation proposal on any of the above, simply contact Andrija at av@etis.org.
Review of survey results from the BCWG & ISWG meeting in Athens - presentation by Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office, 15' + Q&A
Moderator: BCWG Core-Team
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:20
Room TBC
Session 7: "Dora & NIS2 requirements and how to respond? - What is expected from the 2025 digital omnibus package?"
Format: Discussion
Intro: The “Digital Omnibus” is an umbrella concept the Commission uses to bundle simplification and coherence measures across the digital regulatory acquis: data, AI, cybersecurity, ePrivacy, and related legislation. It builds on “call for evidence” steps, stakeholder feedback, and subsequent proposals to reduce administrative burden, streamline reporting and compliance rules.
Goal: BCWG members are to discuss their expectations regarding the impact of the changes proposed.
Moderator: BCWG Core-Team
14:20 – 14:30
Short Break
14:30 – 15:00
Room TBC
Closing session: "Future of the ETIS BCWG - and topics for next meetings"
Format: Discussion between all members, 20'
Goal: Understand better the need from BCWG members and whether the mission and vision of the group is still the same. This reflection will help us realize what are further needs to be met, with this group.
Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office
10' Roundtable at the end: every attendee is asked to reflect on the last 2 days and come up with at least 1 topic to address in the next BCWG meeting in Riga, 28-29 May 2026.
15:00
Meeting Ends
Event Context and Expectations
This workshop is a collaborative knowledge-sharing event, where success relies on active preparation and engagement from all participants.
- Participants are invited to prepare a 15-20 min presentation relevant to one of the main sessions (ideally addressing one or more of the suggested topics within that session).
- Topic selection confirmation with the organizer by early January 2026 and final presentation submission by late January 2026.
- Meeting is held under Chatham House Rules, following ETIS confidentiality and anti-trust policy which is distributed to every attendee.
Event Sponsorship and Participation
This event is partly sponsored by ETIS and its partners. Lunch & coffee breaks are free of charge, as is the evening activity. Dinner on day 0 is at participants' own expense, while the Dinner on day 1 can be sponsored (TBC). Participation is free of charge.
Participation is open to ETIS member companies (and guests with special invites), and attendees are expected to actively contribute to discussions and presentations.
Registration and Support
If you have not yet registered for the event, or if other colleagues from your organization wish to register, please visit the website: HERE
For any questions, requests, or support, please do not hesitate to reach out to the organizer.
ETIS Central Office contact:
Andrija Višić
av@etis.org / +324 95 26 25 26 (Signal)