In-person attendance 
27-28 June 2023

$440.00 per person

Includes:

• Two day program
• Participation in Q&A with speakers
• Printed delegate program
• Day catering
• Networking function at the conclusion of day one

Virtual attendance 
27-28 June 2023

$275.00 per person

Includes:

• Two day program, via Zoom
• Participation in Q&A with speakers
• Digital delegate program

Workshops 
29 June 2023

$90.00 per person

Includes:

• Choice of workshop on Day 3 (29 June) 

• Real time lessons workshop
  OR
• Lessons and communications workshop 

Only available for in person attendance.

10.00am

Welcome and opening
Welcome to Country, introduction

Using lessons identified to improve health service delivery to First Nations communities
Carla Bailey and Kelly Trudgen, Queensland Health

Creativity and imagination for positive and sustainable change
Cheryl Ames, Tasmania State Emergency Service

Learning from the June 2021 extreme weather event
Dr Claire Cooper, Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA), and Lisa Marie Jackson, Emergency Management Victoria

Capability - closing the loop on the challenges of change
Kevin Thom, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

What do we have to sell? Garnering executive support
Wayne Snell, Australian Civil Military Centre

CLOSING PANEL
PANEL DISCUSSION:
How do we learn best to influence policy change?

Panel host:
Andrew Gissing, Natural Hazards Research Australia

Panelists:
Prof. Stephen Dovers, Australian National University
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Board Member

Afternoon tea

PANEL DISCUSSION
International lessons

Panel host:
Margaret Moreton, Forum Host

Panelists: 

Bronwyn White, National Emergency Management Agency New Zealand
Caitlin Bell, National Emergency Management Agency Australia
Des Hosie, Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Lianna Roast, Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College, UK
Dana Toufar, International Affairs Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Networking function
Available to those attending in person 

Facilitated by: 

Nathan Maddock, Natural Hazards Research Australia 

Workshop overview:

We are all communicators in our jobs – but the process of identifying and communicating what is relevant and important in the science of natural hazards and emergency management has become complex and fraught with pitfalls for all of us. This workshop will identify a range of sources of new thinking on emergency management and natural hazards science, give guidance on how to prioritise the important parts for your work, and provide tips on how to translate important but complex scientific concepts to your colleagues, your leadership, government and the community.

Audience: 

Lessons Management Forum attendees who are involved with communicating complex, research-based information to the public, colleagues or others.

Attendees with be introduced to tools, ideas, methods and case studies that will provide the confidence and the ability to translate important research-based concepts into messages that are understood by non-scientific audiences.

Facilitated by: 

Lisa Marie Jackson and Grace Grech, Emergency Management Victoria

Workshop overview:

Victoria’s Real Time Monitoring and Evaluation (RTM&E) program is a systematic and objective function that monitors and evaluates operational systems and processes in real time using a pool of trained multidisciplinary evaluators from across the emergency management sector. RTM&E differs from a traditional evaluation process as it is undertaken during the readiness, response, relief and early recovery phases of an emergency. It captures observations in real time and enables the sharing of rapid feedback to those managing an emergency.

This workshop will take participants through the following components of real time evaluation:

• Establishing a real time evaluation function – what processes, governance, resources and tools are required.
• Deploying real time evaluation – processes and requirements during activation, pre-deployment, deployment and post deployment.
• Utilising learnings from real time evaluation to inform change – including learning products, tracking change, identifying lessons.

The workshop will use case studies and activities to support participant learning and understanding about real time evaluation, its benefits and how it supports lessons management in real time.

Audience: 

Lessons management practitioners who are interested in real time evaluation either to inform their own processes or interested in establishing a function within their agency or jurisdiction.

Participants will gain:

• Guidance on how to implement a similar process within an agency or jurisdiction.
• Guidance on how to participate in Real Time Evaluation – both as a monitor and when being monitored.
• An understanding of how real time evaluation is utilised to support emergency managements continuous improvement.