Disaster & Emergency Management

It's no surprise that the Asia-Pacific region is the most disaster-prone region in the world.
The last few years have highlighted that for us all. The Australian and New Zealand Disaster & Emergency teams, workers, managers and volunteers are amongst the most professional on the globe, but we have our challenges.
An under resourced, under-funded sector with inter-agency miscommunication coupled with an over-worked, burnout frontline is the reality our sector faces. Add to that the changing climate, severe weather events and their effects on our communities and we have a real threat on our hands.
Over two full days, DEMC23 United in Prevention, Preparedness, Response & Recovery will explore topics of:
Resilient Communities – Engagement, Participation, Partnering and Capacity Building.
Applying the learnings from the past to create meaningful change for the future.
Inter-agency and volunteer cooperation and knowledge sharing.
Thriving leadership, Employees Wellbeing and Engagement.
Risks of Disasters – Mitigation, Reduction, Management.
First Nations cultural perspectives in disaster and emergency management.
Beyond 2030: A climate challenged world.
You will hear the leaders in the field discuss these topics plus learn the latest innovations, research findings, current challenges and future predictions so that our prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies are as strong as they need to be.