Working To Build Disaster Resilient Nations: The Disaster & Emergency Management Conference Is Bringing Together Leaders On The Gold Coast This July
With its success in 2020, the highly anticipated 2021 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference is returning to Queensland, and will be hosted at The Star Gold Coast from Monday 12th – Tuesday 13th July.
The event is designed for all leaders, change-makers and workers in the disaster and emergency management sector. Its
purpose is to bring like-minded people together, such as disaster & emergency professionals, frontline workers, first responders and volunteers.
Presenters will share their expertise and skills with Delegates and provide knowledge on how to better coordinate
management, leadership, and community driven activities.
This year’s conference theme is “Expecting the Unexpected: The Complexities of Progressive Planning, Response & Recovery”, with the event showcasing a high calibre of keynote speakers who will provide exceptional insight across all sectors
of disaster & emergency management.Keynote Speaker Line UpMr Joe Buffone, Director General, Emergency Management Australia, Dpt of Home Affairs - Consecutive, Concurrent and Compounding Crises
and Disasters – Adapting Our Emergency Management Systems to CopeAnthony Frith, NEMA - New Zealand's Approach: Best Practice in Communications Across AgenciesProfessor Lisa Gibbs, Director, Child & Community Wellbeing Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne - 10 Years Beyond Bushfires Report: Stories of Community Resilience and RecoveryDr Karen O'Connor, Missions Lead, Minderoo Fire & Flood Resilience - A Plan to Stop Bushfires from Becoming Deadly and the Technology to Get Us ThereDr Richard Thornton, CEO, Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC - Driving Change: Case Study Analysis and Lessons Identified for Future Planning – with a
Particular Focus on Fire and FloodsMs Adele Saunders, Manager Wellbeing & Psychological Services & Dr Tony Smith, Medical Director, St John NZ - White Island Eruption - Lessons LearntKeynote Panel – ‘Innovation Across Five States’Mr Shane Stone, Coordinator-General, National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency - QLD KeynoteMr Paul Baxter, Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW - NSW KeynoteAssociate Professor Tony Walker, ASM, Chief Executive Officer, Ambulance Victoria - VIC KeynoteMs Georgeina Whelan, Commissioner, Act Emergency Services Agency - ACT KeynoteFleur O'Connor, Director NT Emergency Service, NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services - NT KeynoteKeynote Panel – ‘Expecting the Unexpected: The Complexities of Progressive Planning, Response & Recovery’Dr John Bates, Research Director, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRCLieutenant General John Frewen DSC AM, Commander, Defence COVID-19 Task ForceMr Greg Mullins, Councillor, Climate CouncilBhiamie Williamson, Research Associate and PhD Candidate, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National UniversityMs Carlene York, Commissioner, NSW State Emergency Service
Over two days, delegates will gather to hear insight from a selection of influential professionals sharing case studies,
knowledge, experiences, challenges, solutions, and developments in the disaster & emergency management sector.