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ATURAL HAZARDS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

31 MAY & 3 JUNE 2016,, WELLINGTON

HOSTED BY MCDEM | IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALASIANNATURAL HAZARDS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

31 MAY & 3 JUNE 2016, WELLINGTON

Capability Development

When: Tuesday 31st May 0900-1200

Venue: Rooms 5.10-5.11, The Treasury, 1 The

Terrace, Wellington

Host: MCDEM

Note: Please bring your laptop/tablet

This interactive workshop will highlight some exciting opportunities available to

the CDEM sector in the capability development space, providing updates on

current and new opportunities. It will include an overview of offerings from

CDEM education providers, including an overview of tertiary opportunities led by

Massey University and presentations on the Integrated Training Framework suite

of courses and the CDEM Controllers Development Programme. Participants will view and navigate around takatū, the new Learning Management System for the

CDEM sector and discover how it can be used to support CDEM training around

the country, promoting sharing of resources, creating learning hubs and

interactive communities of interest. The workshop will conclude with a discussion

on future challenges and opportunities.

WORKSHOP

1.1

Enhancing Community Resilience:

Methodologies for Engaging and

Empowering Local Leaders


Venue: WREMO, 2 Turnbull St, Thorndon,

Wellington

Host: WREMO

Local empowerment is central to WREMO’s approach to community resilience.

Advisors from the Community Resilience Team will teach a range of practical

community development methodologies geared toward helping Emergency

Managers work in partnership with their diverse stakeholders. In a safe

environment, participants will have the chance to share the challenges and

opportunities they face and practice the skills learned in this three-hour session.

Time will be set aside to discuss current practices and future growth

opportunities for the sector. As always, a good level of fun, food and absurdity

can be expected!

WORKSHOP

1.2

Embedding Business Continuity in

Local Government


(registration from 0815)

Venue: Oceania Room, Museum of New

Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

55 Cable Street, Wellington

Host: Wellington City Council

This workshop will examine the journey of developing business continuity

systems within local government. Key issues within continuity planning, testing a

response will be discussed to help participants explore ideas to improve and

embed continuity arrangements in their own organisations.

WORKSHOP

1.3

Improving the Links Between Science

and Disaster Risk Management


Venue: RHMZ05/06, Rutherford House, 23

Lambton Quay, Wellington

Host: GNS / The Earthquake Commission

The call for evidence to underpin disaster risk management (DRM) is wide-

spread, but the engagement between researchers and practitioners is not, as yet,

connected up as well as it could be. This workshop provides an opportunity for

the DRM sector to engage with and influence the research direction of the

principal actors in natural hazard research in New Zealand

WORKSHOP

1.4

Impacts and Consequences of Tsunamis:

Planning for Exercise Tangaroa


Venue: Theatre Room, Royal Society of New

Zealand, 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon,

Wellington

Host: MCDEM

In a large-scale disaster there are a number of issues that arise that we will need

to anticipate and accommodate as part of our response to a large-scale event

such as a tsunami that affects all of New Zealand. The workshop will look at the

big picture of a major disaster response and exploring the urban search and

rescue, disaster victim identification, mass casualty, international, media,

economic, and science and research implications and obligations. This workshop

will help those participating in Exercise Tangaroa (the national tsunami exercise

to be held in August and September 2016), but will also be of value for those

involved in wider response and recovery planning.

WORKSHOP

2.1

Tools, Resources and Ideas for Making

Organisations More Resilient


Venue: Rooms 5.10-5.11

The Treasury, 1 The Terrace, Wellington

Host: Resilient Organisations

Pre-reading: Emailed out

Note: Participants are encouraged to bring their

own devices (laptops, tablets etc.)

In this workshop, participants will be using and creating resilience tools,

resources and ideas to apply in their everyday practice: to improve the resilience

of their organisation and others. This interactive workshop will be suitable for

consultants who work with other organisations, those with a responsibility for

resilience in their own organisation and for CDEM staff responsible for making

their communities more resilient.

WORKSHOP

2.2

Safe, Happy, Engaged, and Resilient

Communities: How Local Government

Can Reduce Vulnerability and be

Response Ready


Venue: Oceania Room, Museum of New



Host: Wellington City Council

This workshop will highlight the importance of recognising and capitalising on

the unintended benefits that come from BAU programmes that support city,

community and neighbourhood resilience. We will use case studies as a platform

to ignite discussion on how to leverage off existing stakeholder and community

relationships to ensure a city-wide integrated approach to emergency welfare

planning and delivery (and subsequent social recovery).

WORKSHOP

2.4

Working Towards Effective and

Connected Public Information

Management Nationwide


(networking 1600-1800)

Venue: WREMO, 2 Turnbull St, Thorndon,

Wellington

Host: PIM

This workshop will be an interactive and collaborative session focusing on;

- building nationwide PIM capability and connections

- the use of technology and channels in an effective, proactive PIM team

- how MCDEM works (and can/could/should work) with Groups and local

authorities both in ‘peacetime’ and during an event.

- identifying where the opportunities are to share learnings, resources and

trainings between groups, regions and MCDEM.

We’ll also cover some of the PIM plans for Exercise Tangaroa and how and why

Groups should get involved.

WORKSHOP

2.5

National Disaster Resilience Strategy

When: Friday 3rd June 0900-1200

Venue: Meetings on The Terrace, 152 The

Terrace, Wellington

Host: MCDEM

Help determine the future of emergency management in New Zealand! In this

workshop we will review progress to-date on the National Disaster Resilience

Strategy (cf the National CDEM Strategy), including the findings of the 4 regional

workshops held during April, and what we’ve heard and learnt over the last two

days of the conference. We will seek to summarise and define our challenges and

work on priorities for action, including innovative approaches. This is not about

sitting back and listening, this is a very real opportunity to have your say and be a

part of working out how we reduce risk and build resilience at a local, regional,

and national level, in the short, medium, and long term.

WORKSHOP

3.1

Emerging Infectious Diseases and

Pandemics: Cross-Sectoral Issues and

Challenges


Venue: Rm G:01, Ministry of Health, Freyberg

Building, 20 Aitken Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Host: Ministry of Health

Pre-reading: Emailed out

This workshop will provide a communicable disease 101 on emerging infectious

diseases and pandemics, and explore the issues and challenges around public

health interventions. Recent events such as Zika, Ebola, Middle Eastern

Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus, and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic

have highlighted New Zealand’s global connectedness and exposure. This

workshop will provide attendees with an overview of contemporary issues and

familiarity with communicable disease emergencies.

WORKSHOP

3.2

Risk Communication and Disaster Risk

Management


Venue: Royal Society of New Zealand

11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Host: Joint Centre for Disaster Research and

Communications Research and Natural Hazards

Network

This workshop will include a selection of presentations and activities on recent

research into risk communication in the field of disaster risk management, where

participants will consider:

- Risk communication applications: how to manage uncertainty and

communicate uncertainty; using effective strategies such as emotions,

persuasions and analogies in risk communication; common misconceptions

of risk communication; visual communication and visualisation.

- Risk communication research and practice: research design and ethics;

participatory based approaches; methods for capturing risk communication

data; risk communication data management.

WORKSHOP

3.3

EMIS Master Class


Venue: NCMC Operations Room

Bowen House, 70 Lambton Quay, Wellington –

please go through security and wait at Bowen

House reception

Host: MCDEM

So you’re a Super User that uses EMIS regularly and wants to extend your skills?

You want to design and build SharePoint tools that extend the EMIS capabilities

and make your job easier? Well this session is for you. Come and learn from what

is being done around the country and how to do it yourself.

WORKSHOP

3.4

Moving from ‘She’ll Be Right’ to ‘We’re

Ready’: Redeveloping Public Education


Venue: MCDEM Rooms 4.11-4.12

Level 4, Bowen House, 70 Lambton Quay,

Wellington – please go through security and wait

at Bowen House reception

Host: MCDEM

How do we engage with a changing demographic to make sure all New

Zealanders are prepared for emergencies?

WORKSHOP

4.1

Innovative Approaches to Risk Assessment


Venue: Meetings on the Terrace

152 The Terrace, Wellington

Host: MCDEM

Providing accurate, current, and easily understandable risk information is crucial

to the governance and management of risk. It is a key area of priority in the

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and an area that has long-since

been identified as requiring more attention in New Zealand. This workshop will

look at ways to improve the risk assessment process, including developing better

scenario-based assessments for more focused management of risk, and

processes for consideration of ‘unthinkable’ or ‘black swan’ events alongside

more familiar events. We will examine some innovative work that is being

undertaken at the national and local levels, and look at ways we could improve

and standardise our approach to the measurement, assessment, analysis, and

interrogation of risk information in the future.

WORKSHOP

4.2

The Future of Hazard Monitoring and

Forecasting


Venue: RangiMarie Room 1, Museum of New



Host: GNS/The Earthquake Commission

Mystery Science Theatre: Volcano and Earthquake Forecasts, Early Warning

Systems, and Impacts Ever wanted to know more about earthquake forecasts?

Tsunami early warning? Science app development? Social media and science

communication? Public alerting systems? Volcano ash fall forecasts? This

workshop will be the “choose your own adventure” with a science focus! We’ll

bring a cast of some of New Zealand’s best natural hazards scientists, technicians,

social scientists and engineers to talk about their specialist area. You bring your

curiosity about science topics and how it can enhance your work. Together, we’ll

develop a shared understanding of how scientists can support emergency

managers and vice versa.

WORKSHOP

4.3

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