2017 is shaping up as busy – dates for your diary

As 2017 begins, the CRC has plans for another important year in our development. All projects are finalising their current work in the next six months, and the research portfolio for the next four years was approved by the Board at the December meeting. Many existing projects are continuing their work, some are transitioning to utilisation, and new projects will begin, looking at predicting the impacts of natural hazards on the built environment in coastal areas, diversity in emergency services, mental health and well-being in emergency services, catastrophic event planning, improving land use planning practices for enhanced mitigation and mental health resilience in disaster recovery.

There will be a number of important forums and conferences throughout the year. Essential dates for your 2017 diary will include:

• Research Advisory Forum for the resilience and policy projects, 4-6 April, Perth
• Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management conference, Gold Coast, 22-23 May
• Research Driving Change - Showcase 2017,  a special event in the life of the CRC, highlighting our research achievements 2013 to 2017, 4-5 July, Adelaide
• CRC annual conference, AFAC17 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, 4-7 September, Sydney
• International Day for Disaster Reduction, 13 October, Sydney, venue TBC
• Research Advisory Forum for the physical science and engineering projects, Melbourne/Sydney, October/November, date TBC 

The CRC will of course be involved in many other forums throughout the year, including the Fire Protection Association of Australia conference (Sydney, May), Floodplain Management Australia conference (Newcastle, May), Emergency Media and Public Affairs conference (Sydney, June), Northern Australia Fire Managers Forum (northern WA, June), Emergency Management Conference (Melbourne, July), Forest and Rural Fire Association New Zealand conference (New Zealand, July), Australasian Natural Hazard Management conference (Perth, October/November), and many partner conferences throughout the year. 

2017 is sure to be a busy and productive year – we look forward to working closely with all our partners over the next 12 months.