EMC 2025
Save the date!
ESF and the EMC 2025 conference committee are excited to announce that the Emergency Management Conference 2025 – EMC’s 25th anniversary will be held at the Pullman Melbourne Albert Park from Tuesday 29 – Wednesday 30 July 2025!
The conference program will be released and registrations will open in January 2025.
EMC 2024
DISASTERS HAVE NO BOUNDARIES: NAVIGATING THE INCREASING FREQUENCY AND COMPLEXITY OF EVENTS
The conference explored the myriad challenges faced by communities and responsible authorities as disaster events become more frequent and diverse.
The impacts of emergencies often do not observe clear geographical or social boundaries. Rather, the intensity of emergencies and types of impacts vary from place to place and between communities and individuals. This also changes over time.
Further, as bushfire, flood and storm activity increasingly overlaps, the lines can become blurred between resilience building, response, recovery and reconstruction. Emergency management must be able to operate at all levels continually and often simultaneously.
EMC 2023
NAVIGATING RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THE CENTRE OF GLOBAL MEGATRENDS
The seven global megatrends identified in CSIRO’s recent report, Our Future World, clearly positions Emergency Management at the centre of the challenges and opportunities to be faced in the near future.
EMC 2023 explored the recent events in Australia and overseas, and gave delegates the opportunity to learn and reflect on the experiences of their colleagues and peers in floods, bushfires, heatwaves, severe storms and cyclones, pandemic, and more.
EMC 2022
The theme for EMC 2022: As the world changes, so must we.
For 22 years the Emergency Services Foundation has proudly hosted EMC, the premier event in Victoria that brings our sector together to connect, harness and grow our collective wisdom and strength.
Over that time our operating environment has changed significantly, and through necessity our sector has also changed to meet the ever increasing complexity and duration of the emergencies we face. There have been numerous significant events to learn from and so many innovations to share. The theme for this years EMC was change, whilst change is something that is often driven by us it is also something that can be forced upon us.
Recordings of the proceedings have been made available to conference delegates. Please contact High Profile Events if you were a delegate and did not receive a link to the presentations.
EMC 2020
You can watch a selection of presentations from the 2020 EMC event here.
What Kids Can Do! Lessons from Research with Young People in Disasters
Prof. Lori Peek – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnGOEV61eJU
Barriers to good mental health
Prof. David Forbes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tBGBiGD7A
Volunteer driven initiatives – the expertise, adaptability and creativity of volunteers
Dr Faye Bendrups – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtfp9UU_1KY
Community, Trust & Empathy at the Heart of Recovery – Thoughts from Christchurch
Mayor Liane Dalziel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTE0WIKTcZo
Meet two new EM leaders to Victoria
Michelle Young and Megan Stiffler – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Md1d0cL3Eo
Industry leaders discuss leadership, professionalism and communicating with stakeholders
Panel Discussion – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kOTfd3XhhY
Command and Control – Learnings from recent global events
Dr Justin Ready – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvWWIsd5uc
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: Research insights and practical tips
Dr Darja Kragt – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5iwa7ip03U
Collaboration & Partnership with Indigenous Communities
Dr Tim Neale – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UaLKbWTyQ
Smartphone activated medics – GoodSAM implementation in Victoria
Danielle Saxton – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2N9qZYSkN0
The establishment of Bushfire Recovery Vic and its future integration with the sector
Lee Miezis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZg2iu2gPU
