Program launch for key scenario-based conference

Based around a scenario of cascading natural hazards that will investigate how our systems would cope today and in the year 2035, the program for the 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference has been launched.

Hosted by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC in Canberra from 17-19 June, the program explores an all hazards scenario through a series of expert panel discussions designed for audience contribution. ANHMC19 will be an important discussion point for the future of emergency management in Australia and New Zealand that looks at how our natural and constructed systems would be impacted now, before examining how the same series of events could play out in the future.

Guest speaker Robert de Castella AO MBE, Director of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, kicks off the welcome reception on Monday 17 June, on the role of sport and community in disaster recovery.

Keynotes on days two and three include:

• Jo Horrocks, Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, New Zealand
• Mark Crosweller, National Resilience Taskforce, Department of Home Affairs
• Animesh Kumar, Deputy Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Asia and Pacific.

Download the full program to see the details of the research and impact sessions featuring expert panellists covering emergency management, land management, insurance, local government, federal government, utilities, media and science.

Who should attend?

The conference is for those who are called upon to deal with the impacts of natural hazards, including those from research, government (local, state and federal), fire and emergency service agencies, community and volunteer groups, health, essential services and others. If this sounds like you, your voice is needed.

Attendance will be limited to allow for plenty of discussion and debate. Participants will be required to contribute. New ways of thinking about the issues will be encouraged, and your views will count. Register today. Earlybird prices apply until 20 May 2019.

Pricing (including GST)

Registration type            Earlybird        Full

CRC Member                    $550                $660

Non-member                   $660                $770

The 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference is supported by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, which is part of the International Science Council and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.