Navigating Interconnected Threats: Top Trends
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026 - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Truxton's Restaurant
8611 Truxton Ave., Culver City, CA 90045
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Event Description
Risk and resilience teams are being asked to make faster decisions with less certainty. Misinformation, political volatility, social unrest, extreme weather, and emerging technology risks are no longer isolated issues. They can overlap quickly and create ripple effects across people, facilities, supply chains, and business operations. In this virtual presentation, Sara Pratley, Senior Vice President of Global Intelligence at AlertMedia, will walk through the top threat trends organizations should be watching and share practical ways leaders can improve risk awareness, strengthen preparedness, and respond more confidently when disruption occurs.
Who Should Attend
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Business continuity and resilience professionals
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Emergency management leaders
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Corporate security and risk management teams
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Facilities and operations leaders
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Safety professionals responsible for employee protection
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Organizational leaders involved in crisis response, preparedness, or business continuity
Facilitator:
Sara Pratley is Senior Vice President of Global Intelligence at AlertMedia, where she leads a team of experienced analysts to monitor emerging threats and incidents worldwide. Prior to joining AlertMedia, Sara was Vice President of National News for CNN for more than a decade, where she led the network’s coverage of major events such as the Boston Marathon bombings and the PULSE nightclub shooting, in addition to numerous natural disasters and severe weather events. Sara has also held roles at WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida, and News 10 Now in Syracuse, New York.
Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in both sociology and broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, and she was also a Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program fellow at Columbia University.