Leadership in SAR: shaping the future
Making tough calls in times of crisis and major disasters
SAR risk reduction
Mental health interventions at major SAR occurrences
Compassionate care: organisational responsibility when disaster strikes
Training / self-care and wellness for a sustainable career
Culture: political influence, political agendas and internal politics
Funding: lack of resources – people, money, equipment and time
Recruitment and retention of skilled staff
Volunteer management

Information management: expectations and consistency
Communication, procedures and systems
Collaboration between government, community and private organisations: aligning resources, interstate differences and relationships between them
The role of new and emerging technologies
Social media use in disaster response
Risk communications with data visualisations
Media’s role in SAR

Community engaged preparedness
Managing spontaneous volunteers
Changing the culture through prevention