5th Annual Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference
About the conference
Gold Coast City Council hosted the 5th Annual Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference in July 2011.
The program included workshops, papers and technical tours that presented some of the latest research and issues facing emergency managers across the region.
Keynote speakers include:
- Deputy Commissioner Ian Stewart, Queensland Police Service, speaking about Queensland's recent flood and cyclone disasters
- Commissioner Murray Kear AFSM, NSW State Emergency Service, speaking about the preparedness of the New South Wales State Emergency Service and the importance of its research program
- Mr Dan Coward, New Zealand Fire Service, speaking about the recent Christchurch earthquake disasters
- Mr Greg Goebel, Executive Director - Queensland, Australian Red Cross, speaking about the recovery of communities following disasters.
Further information from the conference is listed below:
The full version of the 5th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2011 presentation papers are available for download or you can download the presentations in smaller sections.
5th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2011 - Keynote presentations (PDF 3.9)- 5th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2011 - Proceedings - full version (PDF 11.3mb)
- Conference Proceedings - Table of Contents and Program (PDF 111kb)
- Conference Proceedings - Pages 1 to 65 (PDF 3.3mb)
- Conference Proceedings - Pages 66 to 130 (PDF 2.34mb)
- Conference Proceedings - Pages 131 to 195 (PDF 2.71mb)
- Conference Proceedings - Pages 196 to 260 (PDF 1.9mb)
- Conference Proceedings - Pages 261 to 311 (PDF 1.74mb)
Some further background on the conference
The Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference is an annual international conference which provides a forum within the Australasian region to discuss the integration of hazard information into effective risk management of natural hazards.
The conference included sessions on a range of natural disaster management issues, including:
- applying hazard information to best practice planning
- exploring new technologies and advances in science applications
- natural hazard mitigation
- creating resilient communities and capacity building through integrating science into practice
- recovery from natural disasters
The target audience for the conference included:
- emergency managers
- policy makers
- researchers
- planners
- risk assessors
- asset and utility managers
- scientists, and
- students
The interest in this year's conference was high given the major natural disasters that have impacted communities within Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations over the past 12 months. Some of these include:
- earthquakes in Christchurch
- floods in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Vietnam
- tsunami impacting Sumatra, Indonesia
- severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi impacting North Queensland
- volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Philippines
