Help shape a disaster resilient Australia - register now to be involved

Is our current state of knowledge in natural hazards adequately preparing us for an extreme weather event? Make sure you're at the 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference in Canberra from 17-19 June to ensure your voice is heard.

The program is being regularly updated as new organisations sign up - check out the program here!

#ANHMC19 will provide insights into what action is required now to prepare Australia and New Zealand for the natural hazards we're likely to face in the year 2035. The program is based around a scenario of cascading events, where key research and industry representatives explore the impacts through a series of panels designed for audience participation. Guest speaker Robert de Castella AO MBE, Director of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, kicks off the welcome reception on 17 June, on the role of sport and community in disaster recovery. Keynotes on days two and three include:

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

Secure your registration today. Earlybird prices end 20 May.

Hosted by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and sponsored by the Department of Home Affairs, #ANHMC19 will be unlike any other conference, investigating how our systems would cope today, before shining a light on the future to examine how the same series of events could play out in 2035.

Your view is needed

Attendance will be limited to allow for plenty of good discussion and debate, both in a plenary format with expert speakers and in facilitated breakout sessions. Participants will be required to contribute. New ways of thinking about the issues will be encouraged. Your views will count. Your vision on how to use research and influence policy is needed.

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.

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 Department of Home Affairs, 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.

Participants include:

• ABC Emergency 
• ACT Parks and Conservation Service 
• ACT State Emergency Service 
• ACT Territory and Municipal Services 
• AFAC 
• Ambulance Victoria 
• Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience 
• Australian Energy Market Operator 
• Australian National University 
• Australian Red Cross 
• Australian Strategic Policy Institute  
• Bureau of Meteorology 
• CQUniversity 
• Country Fire Authority, Vic
• Country Fire Service, SA 
• Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA 
• Deakin University 
• Emergency Management Australia  
• Energy Networks Australia 
• Inspector-General Emergency Management Queensland 
• Geoscience Australia 
• Indigenous Marathon Foundation 
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 
• Insurance Australia Group  
• Insurance Council of Australia 
• LendLease 
• Massey University 
• Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, New Zealand 
• National Resilience Taskforce, Department of Home Affairs 
• Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW 
• QBE Insurance 
• Queensland Fire and Emergency Services 
• Queensland Reconstruction Authority 
• Queensland University of Technology 
• Resilient Organisations NZ
• RMIT University 
• Singtel 
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction 
• University of Adelaide 
• University of Canberra 
• University of Melbourne 
• University of New England 
• University of Queensland 
• University of Western Australia 
• University of Wollongong 
• Victoria University 
• Western Australian Local Government Association  

And more to come...