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Present at Disaster and Emergency Management Conference 2025

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Stand out as an expert, your use voice, experience and expertise to create positive solutions and services for the disaster and emergency management community.

 

  • Share your expertise and knowledge with the wider D&E Management community.
  • Have your voice at the front of the conversations shaping the future of the D&E Management sector.
  • Inspire your peers with your ideas, insights, research, stories and case studies.
  • Build your reputation and enhance your professional profile.
  • Build your self-confidence and grow in leadership and influence.

Presenters come from all areas of emergency and disaster management, government, academia and research, culture and community.

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What we’ll cover at DEMC25

Adapting to a Changing World: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Disasters Today

Join us at DEMC and enjoy a renewed enthusiasm and energy for the sector, the people who make it possible and the teams working on the ground.

  1. Elevating Business and Infrastructure Resilience for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
    • Resilience in Action: Case Studies and Strategies for Community, Business and Infrastructure Readiness
    • Fortifying Critical Infrastructure: Government's Role in Innovative Standards, Resilience and Upgrading Aging Systems
    • Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness: Shared Responsibility, Communication and Innovation
    • Business Continuity for Partners: Building Stakeholder Resilience
    • Innovative Strategies in Prevention and Risk Mitigation: From Land Buybacks to Community-Enterprise Collaborations
    • Business Continuity Strategies: Enhancing Organisational Resilience

  2. Strengthening Community-Led and Inclusive Approaches to Safety, Resilience and Ethical Excellence
    • Ethical and Inclusive Disaster Management: Championing Indigenous and Diverse Populations
    • Community-Driven Resilience: Formal and Informal Initiatives
    • Enhancing Disaster Resilience: Engaging Communities, Volunteer and Economic Strategies
    • Empowering Local Associations: Balancing Grassroots Initiatives with Large-Scale Systems
    • Supporting Diverse Populations: Tourists and Vulnerable Groups in Disaster Efforts
    • Navigating Ethical and Legal Complexities: Resource Allocation and Decision-Making
    • Innovative Volunteer Engagement: Enhancing Diversity and Impact
    • Inclusive Planning for Vulnerable Populations and Animals in Disasters: Addressing Unique Needs

  3. Advancing Professionalisation, Leadership and Integration
    • Leadership in Disaster Management: Balancing Styles, Development, and Team Building
    • Enhancing Interagency and Cross-Border Collaboration: Lessons from Operational Case Studies and Strengthening Regional Partnerships
    • Strengthening Interagency Collaboration: Lessons from Operational Case Studies
    • Establishing a Peak Body: Addressing Governance, Advocacy and Sector Fragmentation
    • Decision-Making Tools: Supporting Critical Decisions with Proven Methodologies

  4. Harnessing Technology and Innovation

    • Cutting-Edge Technologies: Shaping the Future of Disaster Management
    • Ensuring Technology Redundancy: Adoption of Common Operating Platforms
    • Leveraging and Navigating AI and Data: Enhancing Emergency Management, Opportunities and Risks
    • Addressing Space Weather and Nuclear Challenges: Disaster Preparedness
    • Cybersecurity in Disaster Management: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
    • National Frameworks: Comparing Global Frameworks

  5. Global and Regional Approaches in Disaster and Emergency Management
    • Global Insights: Lessons and Strategies for Enhancing International Collaboration
    • Indigenous Knowledge: Unique Contributions to Resilience
    • Supporting Multilingual and New Populations: Addressing Needs in Crisis
    • Cross-Border Collaboration: Strengthening Regional Partnerships
    • Adapting Global Best Practices: Local and Regional Contexts in Emergency Management
    • Urbanization and Disaster Risk: Strategies for Growing Populations

  6. Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness for Complex Emergencies
    • Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Climate Change, Greenfield Development and Biosecurity
    • Critical Infrastructure Failures: Cybersecurity and Corporate Preparedness
    • Readiness for Complex Events: Managing Large-Scale Evacuations and Cascading Crises
    • Practical Preparedness: Large-Scale Evacuations, Supply Chains and Technology-Independent Responses
    • Environmental Considerations: Integrating Sustainability in Preparedness
    • Using Spontaneous Volunteers: Best Practices and Legal Considerations

  7. Addressing Sector-Specific Challenges and Health and Wellbeing
    • Emergency Accommodation and Sheltering Solutions: Post-Disaster Strategies
    • Insights from Specialised Sectors: Aviation, Marine Pollution and Logistics
    • Managing Supply Chains and Financial Operations: Disaster Response Challenges
    • Health and Wellbeing in Crisis: Addressing Aggression, Community Agitation and Emerging Health Crises
    • Interpreting the Weather: Tips from Meteorology Experts and Space Experts
    • Understanding a changing climate and Nuclear Risks: 2030, 2050 and beyond

  8. Drawing Lessons from Experience: Case Studies, Practical Insights and Innovative Approaches
    • Case Studies in Disaster Recovery: Regional and Local Government Success Stories
    • Learning from the Past: Embedding Insights and Lessons for Continual Improvement
    • Advancing Social and Infrastructure Resilience: Innovations and Strategies
    • Creative Approaches to Risk Reduction: Practical Case Studies
    • Realities of Response and Recovery: Key Operational Lessons and Experiences from Actual Events
    • Private Sector Initiatives: Case Studies in Corporate Disaster Management

What to present at DEMC245

What content is best shared at DEMC25?

If you are passionate about creating a healthy, thriving D&E Management sector and you have insights, ideas, research, results or future plans to share - please apply to present now.

The conference committee is looking for presents who are ready to share:

  1. Research findings, data and information which could inspire changes in service delivery and help create a sustainable future for the sector.
  2. Case studies which inspire innovations across digital solutions, service delivery models and community connections.
  3. Best-practice applications to create immediate improvement for services and platforms.
  4. Successful D&E Management initiatives and projects which deliver long term success.
  5. Culturally responsive solutions for Indigenous, First Nations people within D&E Management
  6. Your case studies, insights and research drawing from lessons of past experiences to increase awareness and exposure for the work you do in your community.

Presentation Styles

Oral Presentation

Take to the stage and present to the audience in a 15 or 25 minutes speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.

Masterclass Presentation

Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 60 minute masterclass.

Panel Presentation

Panel presentations bring together views from a group of presenters into a discussion of innovative ideas, current topics, and relevant issues. Each panel session will run for 60 minutes and will consist of at least 3 panel members.

Poster Presentation

Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area for the duration of the conference. A dedicated 30 minute poster session is included in the conference program. Posters also displayed virtually to e-delegates.

Important Dates

 

Presentation applications close Friday 28th February 2025
Notifications to presenters Tuesday 25th March 2025
Acceptances and registrations due Tuesday 1 April 2025
Program launch Thursday 3 April 2025