Emergency Management Conference - 6-7 July | Inspector-General for Emergency Management Victoria

All hazards

Risks spanning across multiple hazard types and across the emergency management system.

Biosecurity

Exotic animal and plant disease outbreaks and pest incursions can have significant economic, community and environmental impacts.

Bushfire and other fires

Bushfire and other fires have potential consequences including loss of life and property, and damage to infrastructure and environment.

Climate change

Risks include more days of extreme heat, harsher fire weather, less rainfall and rising sea levels.

Communications disruption

Communications services are crucial in keeping communities safe, connected and informed before, during and after emergencies.

Cyber security and ICT systems failure

Risks relating to the confidentiality, availability, integrity of information and data and disruption of services.

Energy supply disruption

Reliable energy supplies are critical to many social and economic activities.

Flood

Major flood events have occurred in Victoria every 10 to 20 years, with much of the increasing risk created by human settlement.

Hazardous material incident

Potential risks relate to many places where Victoria’s hazardous materials are manufactured, stored, transported, used and disposed.

Heatwave

Heatwaves are considered to be the ‘silent killer’ of extreme weather events and are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Australia.

Public health emergency

Risks may relate to the delivery of public health services, with impacts on community health and wellbeing and potential for loss of life.

Supply chain disruption

Geopolitical, environmental, economic, societal and infrastructure-related shocks can expose supply chains to wide ranging consequences.

Terrorism and extremism

Attacks carried out by individuals or non-state groups with ideological, political or religious goals can result in loss of life, severe injury and/or material damage.

Water supply disruption

Risks include collection, storage, treatment, delivery, availability and allocation of water for consumption and environmental, recreation and cultural uses.

Workforce and resourcing

Risks may relate to human resource supply and skills to support emergency management operations.

EMC 2021
'The only thing that is constant is change'
Since October 2019, Australia has experienced an astonishing stream of disasters and emergencies like never before.
Reeling from widespread bushfires to floods and cyclones, then the COVID-19 pandemic to heatwaves, the emergency management sector was given no time to take stock and refuel. No sooner does one event abate, another strikes.
EMC 2021 will examine how the sector is adapting to constantly changing events and scenarios. There is no ‘down-time’ any more. Emergency responders must move seamlessly from one event to the next. Each event has its own characteristics and demands a different set of responses and recovery procedures.

Program and registration

The program runs over 6 to 7 July, and held at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

Early bird registration is open until 30 April.

To see the program and to register go to the website hpe.com.au/emcmelbourne/ (External link)

Keynote presenters

Dr Norman Swan, Health journalist and commentator | Andrew Crisp, Emergency Management Commissioner, Victoria | Luke Wilson, Border Crossing Commissioner, Victoria | Tony Pearce, Inspector-General for Emergency Management, Victoria | Joe Buffone, Director-General, Emergency Management Australia | Dr Niki Vincent, Commissioner for Gender Equity in the Public Sector | Jason Heffernan, Chief Officer, Country Fire Authority | Dr Catherine Bennett, Deakin University

About the conference

The Emergency Management Conference (EMC) has been a landmark event for the past 21 years in Melbourne as the annual gathering for management and operations staff and volunteers from Victoria's emergency management and services agencies. It is also attended by emergency management personnel from state and local government, NGOs and other recovery agencies.

Bringing together emergency management professionals and subject matter experts over two days, EMC offers insight, reflection, understanding and motivation across a wide range of topics and emergency management incidents.

The conference is hosted by the Emergency Services Foundation (External link).

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