Registration

7:30AM - 8:00PM

Foyer L

Development Session 1: Compressed Air Foam Systems - a new beginning

9:00AM - 2:30PM

Riverbank 8

Keynote

8:45AM - 9:45AM

Hall L

Chair: Richard Thornton

Keynote

9:45AM - 10:30AM

Hall L

Chair: Richard Thornton

Morning Tea & Poster Session

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Foyer F

Supporting Personal Resilience

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Hall L

Chair: Fiona Dunstan

Volunteering

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Riverbank 5

Chair: John Richardson

Satellite Systems

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Riverbank 6

Chair: John Bally

Land Management - Cultural Influences

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Riverbank 7

Chair: Steve Rothwell

Lunch

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Foyer F

Supporting Community Resilience

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Hall L

Chair: Tony Jarrett

Engineering for Natural Hazards

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Riverbank 5

Chair: Andy Barnicoat

Economics of Natural Hazards

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Riverbank 6

Chair: Monique Blason

Land Management - Science

1:00PM - 2:30PM

Riverbank 7

Chair: Liam Fogarty

Afternoon Tea

2:30PM - 3:00PM

Exhibition Hall

Exploiting Computer Technology

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Hall L

Chair: Damien Killalea

Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Riverbank 5

Chair: Andrew Richards

Flood Science

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Riverbank 6

Chair: Alistar Robertson

Fire Weather

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Riverbank 7

Chair: Shane Wiseman

Keynote

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Hall L

Chair: Michael Rumsewicz

Welcome and Awards

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Hall L

Chair: Paul Willis

Welcome Drinks

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Exhibition Hall

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Registration

7:30AM - 6:00PM

Foyer L

Breakfast Workshop - Introducing the new generation of firefighter COMMS

7:30AM - 8:15AM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Christian Ferris

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Opening Ceremony

8:30AM - 9:15AM

Hall L

Chair: Greg Mullins

Keynote

9:15AM - 10:00AM

Hall L

Chair: Greg Mullins

Keynote

10:00AM - 10:45AM

Hall L

Chair: Greg Mullins

Morning Tea & Poster Session

10:45AM - 11:45AM

Exhibition Hall

Emergency Medical Response

11:45AM - 12:45PM

Hall L

Chair: Jim Higgins

Diversity

11:45AM - 12:45PM

Hall M

Chair: Ann De Piaz

Cyclones and Storms

11:45AM - 12:45PM

Hall N

Chair: Chris Beattie

Major Urban Events

11:45AM - 12:45PM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Peter Button

Strategic Issues

11:45AM - 12:45PM

City Room 3 & 4

Chair: Darrin McKenzie

Lunch

12:45PM - 1:45PM

Exhibition Hall

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Lunchtime Session - Demonstration of the new generation of firefighter COMMS

12:45PM - 1:15PM

Exhibition Hall

Chair: Christian Ferris

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Lunchtime Session - Teaming: Benefits to ESOs’

1:15PM - 1:45PM

Exhibition Hall

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Community Recovery

1:45PM - 3:20PM

Hall L

Chair: Ian Mannix

Floods

1:45PM - 3:20PM

Hall M

Information and Warnings

1:45PM - 3:20PM

Hall N

Chair: Amanda Leck

Emergency Management into the Future

1:45PM - 3:20PM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Wayne Gregson

Community Resilience

1:45PM - 3:20PM

City Room 3 & 4

Afternoon Tea

3:20PM - 3:50PM

Exhibition Hall

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Health & Wellbeing

3:50PM - 4:50PM

Hall L

Chair: Gavin Freeman

Diversity

3:50PM - 4:50PM

Hall M

Chair: Stuart Ellis

Fuels and Fires

3:50PM - 4:50PM

Hall N

Chair: Mike Williams

Multi-sectoral Approach

3:50PM - 4:50PM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Euan Ferguson

A New Way of Working

3:50PM - 4:50PM

City Room 3 & 4

Chair: Paul Fletcher

Tres Fiesta - Conference Dinner

6:30PM - 11:00PM

Halls J & K

Registration

7:30AM - 6:00PM

Foyer L

Keynote

8:30AM - 9:15AM

Hall L

Chair: Stuart Ellis

Keynote

9:15AM - 10:00AM

Hall L

Chair: Stuart Ellis

Major Incidents

10:05AM - 11:05AM

Hall L

Chair: Andrew Lawson

Modelling and Hazards

10:05AM - 11:05AM

Hall M

Chair: Greg Nettleton

Professionalisation

10:05AM - 11:05AM

Hall N

Chair: Paul Baxter

USAR and Earthquakes

10:05AM - 11:05AM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Stephen Griffin

Volunteering

10:05AM - 11:05AM

City Room 3 & 4

Chair: Leanne Adams

Morning Tea

11:05AM - 11:35AM

Exhibition Hall

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Disaster Risk Reduction

11:35AM - 1:10PM

Hall L

Chair: Greg Crossman

Fire Behaviour

11:35AM - 1:10PM

Hall M

Chair: Joe Buffone PSM

Indigenous

11:35AM - 1:10PM

Hall N

Chair: Shane Wiseman

Engaging Youth

11:35AM - 1:10PM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Bob Stevenson

Managing the Recovery

11:35AM - 1:10PM

City Room 3 & 4

Chair: Naomi Stephens

Lunch

1:10PM - 2:10PM

Exhibition Hall

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Health & Wellbeing

2:10PM - 3:10PM

Hall L

Chair: Katarina Carroll

Educating Young People

2:10PM - 3:10PM

Hall M

Chair: Glenn Benham

A Framework for Risk

2:10PM - 3:10PM

Hall N

Chair: Grant Pelton

Fire Systems & Tools

2:10PM - 3:10PM

City Room 1 & 2

Chair: Mike Wouters

Information Management

2:10PM - 3:10PM

City Room 3 & 4

Chair: Greg Saunder

Afternoon Tea

3:10PM - 3:40PM

Halls F,G & H

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Closing Panel: Generation Next - Changing it up

3:40PM - 4:30PM

Hall L

Chair: Tam Hoang

Closing Ceremony

4:30PM - 4:45PM

Hall L

Registration

8:15AM - 1:00PM

City Room Foyer

Development Session 2: Brown Hill and Keswick Creeks flood management – issues with managing risk and engaging the community – the legacy of past planning decisions

9:00AM - 1:00PM

Development Session 3: Managing bushfire risk in the urban interface – a multi-faceted challenge

9:00AM - 3:00PM

Development Session 4: Major fires at bulk waste recycling facilities - findings, recommendations and changes to practice

10:30AM - 2:30PM

Development Session 5: Mapping and location technologies – are you up to speed with all the possibilities?

9:00AM - 3:00PM

City Room 1

Development Session 6: The benefits of the Himawari-8 satellite

9:00AM - 3:00PM

City Room 2

Development Session 7: Beyond engagement: building the social media program your community needs

9:00AM - 3:00PM

City Room 3

Morning Tea - Sessions 5, 6 & 7

10:30AM - 11:00AM

City Room Foyer

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Lunch - Sessions 5, 6 & 7

12:30PM - 1:30PM

City Room Foyer

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