Victoria’s approach to emergency management is shaped by lived experiences. However, the emergency management sector faces new opportunities and challenges including:
- the demographics of Victoria’s population continue to change
- more Victorians are changing how and where they work
- communications technology enables connections with others in new ways, and information sharing all over the world
- climate change increases the severity, frequency and duration of emergencies
Workshop 3 – Understanding engagement from diverse perspectives is designed to empower government officials and staff, emergency management staff, volunteers, community members and organisations with skills to better connect and work together before, during and after emergencies and disasters.
Participants at each table will work with a subject matter expert on a series of activities. The subject matter experts will be:
- Cindi Preller, Tsunami Museum, Hawaii
- Bhiamie Williamson, National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Program
- Kate Fawcett and Monika Correa, DisasterWISE.
- Bridget Tehan, Australian Red Cross.
- Ruth Harley and Linto Thomas, Multicultural Emergency Management Partnership.
- Meg Brodie, Victorian Council of Social Service.
- Emmie Dowling, Sunraysia Mallee Ethic Communities’ Council.
- Richard Ogetii, Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council Inc.
- Jenny Lee, RedR.
Subject matter experts will share with their groups leading examples which are influencing change from diverse perspectives and facilitate discussion and activities that help to identify options for change.
All delegates who are registered to attend on Day 2 are able to sign up for up to two workshops. Sign up today for Workshop 3 via the registration portal. Places are limited.