SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

CAROLINE DOUGLASS

Caroline is the Executive Director Flood and Coastal Risk Management at England’s Environment Agency.

Flooding from rivers and the sea is the second highest risk on the UK Natural Hazards National Risk Assessment after pandemic. Caroline is responsible for leading England’s preparedness and response to flooding and coastal erosion risks, including a A$9 billion flood defence capital programme.

Caroline is an Australian who has worked in the UK since 2013. Prior to leaving Australia, Caroline was an Executive Director at the then Victorian Department of Sustainability & Environment. Over two decades, Caroline worked in most areas of the department’s responsibilities – catchment management, forestry, flora and fauna, water and fire management and in both policy and operational roles. During this period Caroline undertook a number of incident management roles including being a State Duty Officer at the Victorian State Control Centre. She also led a team of 45 Australian and New Zealand firefighters to the US in 2008 to support Californian bushfire response.

Caroline will draw on her natural emergency services experience in Australia, the USA and England and her partnership work with the Netherlands and other European partners to highlight the issues facing England and the latest ways in which these are being tackled.

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SPEAKERS A - Z:

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Emeritus Prof Frank Archer

Emeritus Professor, Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative

Wednesday 5 July | 11:10 AM 
PANEL: How Australian disaster resilience can learn from international humanitarian programs

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Angelo Botuyan

Municipal Emergency Management Officer, Corangamite Shire

Wednesday 5 July | 2:30 PM
72 hour resilience – an emergency preparedness campaign

Angelo Botuyan (he/his)

Municipal Emergency Management Officer, Corangamite Shire Council

Angelo is an emergency management officer from the Corangamite Shire Council, with a passion for empowering people and helping communities become more resilient. After breaking into the emergency management industry, Angelo was drawn to Victoria’s unique hazardscape and diverse ethnoscape, which poses challenging and complex questions for local disaster resilience initiatives and solutions.

Angelo’s interest in natural hazards and response drove him to complete a Master’s degree in disaster management from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His expertise lies in the dynamic relationship between social capital and disaster resilience. Angelo is excited to be part of the Gen Z voice as cultivating the next generation in the sector is critical for ensuring strong intergenerational collaboration and resilient communities in the future.
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Dr Rina Bruinsma

Deputy Coordinator-General, Disaster Resilience and Recovery, National Emergency Management Agency

Wednesday 5 July | 9.00 AM
National Emergency Management Agency – A new vision for coordination and management

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Dr Rachel Carey

Senior Lecturer, Food Systems, School of Agriculture and Food, University of Melbourne

Tuesday 4 July | 2.15 PM
Building the resilience of agri-food systems to compounding shocks and stresses: A case study from Melbourne

Dr Rachel Carey

Senior Lecturer, Food Systems, University of Melbourne

Dr Rachel Carey is a Senior Lecturer in Food Systems in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where her research focuses on the governance of resilient and sustainable food systems and food security. Rachel leads the Foodprint Melbourne research project, which is collaborating with policy makers and other food system stakeholders to develop tools for planning resilient food systems. Rachel has a particular interest in cross-sector and collaborative approaches to developing food policy Rachel sits on the advisory group to the UNESCO Chair in Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, and she is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Agriculture and Human Values. Rachel has worked on food policies for the City of Melbourne and the City of Greater Geelong. She has a PhD from the University of Manchester (UK) and a Masters degree in Food Policy from City University (UK).
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Ella Cheeseman

Young Peer Worker, Indigo Shire Council

Tuesday 4 July | 1:40 PM 
Future Proof: Young people, disaster recovery and (re)building communities

Ella Cheesman (She/her)

Young Peer Worker, Indigo Shire Council

Ella has lived in Rutherglen all her life. Having moved away to Canberra for university, she is incredibly proud to be working back in her home area.

Ella has a background in climate change volunteering, and working with young people to be the change they want to see. Ella’s role as a Future proof Peer Worker includes supporting young people as they navigate becoming more disaster resilient. As a young person herself, Ella is aware of the power young people have, and looks forward to helping facilitate such an incredible project.
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Andrew Crisp

Emergency Management Commissioner, EMV

Tuesday 4 July | 9:00 AM 
Opening Address

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Rohan Davies

Head of Cyber Risk and Assurance, Department of Government Services

Tuesday 4 July | 2:15 PM 
Cyber Security: A global risk with local consequences

Rohan Davies

Head of Cyber Risk and Assurance, Department of Government Services

Rohan Davies is the Victorian Acting Government Chief Information Security Officer presenting on behalf of the Whole of Victorian Government Cyber Security Branch. Rohan's background includes a range of roles in State Government, the Federal Government, and with industry working in information security and emergency management. Rohan has a Master degree from the University of New South Wales and is a Certified Information System Security Professional.
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Mariela Diaz

Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Recovery Victoria

Wednesday 5 July | 3.25 PM
The hidden challenges in the long tail of flood recovery

Mariela Diaz

Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Recovery Victoria

Mariela Diaz is the Chief Executive Officer of Emergency Recovery Victoria.

Mariela returned to ERV as Chief Executive Officer after being instrumental in its establishment following the 2019-20 Eastern Victorian bushfires. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in emergency management and people-centred service delivery to the role.

With 30 years of experience in diverse public and private sector roles, Mariela has a demonstrated history of values-based leadership, with a community-focused approach. She’s skilled in strategic planning, project management, stakeholder relations, people management and driving change through developing and implementing reforms. Mariela’s previous role of Deputy Secretary and Deputy State Controller, Industry Engagement and Enforcement Operation, where she led the high-profile operation ensuring industries are COVID-19 compliant and critical community safety outcomes were being delivered.

Mariela is committed to ensuring communities, families, and local businesses impacted by all emergencies are supported during every step of their recovery journey.
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Caroline Douglass

Executive Director Flood & Coastal risk management, Environmental Agency, UK

Tuesday 4 July | 9:25 AM 
KEYNOTE: Flood management in the UK – learnings for Australia

Caroline Douglass

Executive Director Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency, UK

Flooding from rivers and the sea is the second highest risk on the UK Natural Hazards National Risk Assessment after pandemic. Caroline is responsible for leading England’s preparedness and response to flooding and coastal erosion risks, including a A$9 billion flood defence capital programme.

Caroline is an Australian who has worked in the UK since 2013. Prior to leaving Australia, Caroline was an Executive Director at the then Victorian Department of Sustainability & Environment. Over two decades, Caroline worked in most areas of the department’s responsibilities – catchment management, forestry, flora and fauna, water and fire management and in both policy and operational roles. During this period Caroline undertook a number of incident management roles including being a State Duty Officer at the Victorian State Control Centre. She also led a team of 45 Australian and New Zealand firefighters to the US in 2008 to support Californian bushfire response.

Caroline will draw on her natural emergency services experience in Australia, the USA and England and her partnership work with the Netherlands and other European partners to highlight the issues facing England and the latest ways in which these are being tackled.
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Mark Duckworth

Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University

Wednesday 5 July | 11:10 AM 
PANEL: How Australian disaster resilience can learn from international humanitarian programs

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Cath Greaves

CEO, Life Saving Victoria

Tuesday 4 July | 2:15 PM 
PANEL: Adapting to climate change

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Carla Hall

Disaster Resilience Programs Coordinator, Youth Affairs Council Victoria

Tuesday 4 July | 1:40 PM 
Future Proof: Young people, disaster recovery and (re)building communities

Carla Hall

Disaster Resilience Programs Coordinator, Youth Affairs Council Victoria

Carla joined the Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) in a newly created role in mid-2020 prior to this Carla worked directly with the flame impacted community of East Gippsland and brings a lived experience of disaster to her work in this space.

Carla’s role involves the development of a youth-centred approach to bushfire recovery engaging directly with young people and community members in rural and regional areas about their experiences of, response to, and recovery from the devastating Black Summer bushfires across Eastern Victoria.

Carla leads a coalition of youth workers across Victoria’s east/north-east to engage, upskill and create networks for young-people in disaster recovery and community building.

Carla assists communities to improve and expand roles in place-based, disaster management, address underlying drivers, innovations and challenges for young-people across the sector.

For the past 15 years Carla has worked in the Youth Sector in Local Government, Generalist youth work, employment, and homelessness. Carla lives and was raised on the lands of the Gunai Kurnai People.
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Josh Hallwright

Acting Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

Wednesday 5 July | 11:10 AM 
PANEL: How Australian disaster resilience can learn from international humanitarian programs

Josh Hallwright​

Acting Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

Josh is a humanitarian specialist with more than 12 year’s experience in the sector. He has worked for a wide range of organisations, including Oxfam, UN OCHA, Red Cross, MSF, and AusAID in Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.

During this time, he has run hospitals in Afghanistan, negotiated access in Ethiopia, co-led the introduction of distributed ledger technologies to the sector, and raised over AUD $40m for emergency operations from international and domestic donors. Josh is in the final stages of completing his doctoral research on crisis financing.

His research interests lie in the evolution of the humanitarian system, how disaster responses are financed, the use of advanced technologies in the humanitarian sector, and how to connect the local with the global. He has co-authored eight peer-reviewed academic articles along these themes.

Josh is currently the Deputy Director at the Centre, focusing on its strategic priorities, partnership development and engagement, and business sustainability. Josh contributes to the Centre’s teaching and facilitation, its policy and research outputs, and many of its events, including the biannual Humanitarian Leadership Conference.
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Chris Hardman

Chief Fire Officer, Dept of Energy, Environment & Climate Action

Tuesday 4 July | 2:15 PM
PANEL: Adapting to climate change

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Braedan Hogan

Director, Emergency Management, DFFH

Tuesday 4 July | 10:50 AM 
Partnering with communities to support people at greater risk before, during and after emergencies

Braedan Hogan

Director, Emergency Management Strategy and Policy, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

Braedan is the Director of Emergency Management Strategy and Policy at the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. Braedan oversees a range of areas relating to the departments emergency management roles and responsibilities and also has operational responsibilities, regularly filling the role of DFFH State Agency Commander.

Braedan has extensive experience in emergency management, disability and broader social policy having worked in a range of policy roles for Commonwealth and State Governments, international development organisations and community service organisations. Braedan has a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
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Liz Mackinlay

CEO, Australian Business Volunteers

Wednesday 5 July | 11:10 AM 
PANEL: How Australian disaster resilience can learn from international humanitarian programs

Liz Mackinlay

CEO, Australian Business Volunteers

Liz Mackinlay is a global strategist with local community at the forefront of her mind and work. Having grown up in regional Queensland, she's spent 30 years working in more than 80 countries in international, indigenous and community development in roles including CEO of Australian Doctors International and global head of strategy for World Vision. In her current role as CEO of Australian Business Volunteers, Liz has brought the full force of her experience to life by implementing innovative new approaches to community-led recovery following the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires in NSW and Victoria and designing impactful corporate community business collaboration in the Pacific. She’s driven to facilitate radical collaboration between government, non-profit, corporate, academia, the private sector and an army of volunteers to ensure our communities are prepared for a more resilient future.
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Bronnie Mackintosh

Station Officer, Fire and Rescue NSW | Girls on Fire

Tuesday 4 July | 12:00 PM
Teach us how to fish –  case studies in building community capacity & emergency preparedness

Bronnie Mackintosh

Station Officer, Fire and Rescue NSW | Girls on Fire

Bronnie Mackintosh is a dynamic leader and the CEO of Girls on Fire, an innovative not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young girls and women to pursue their dreams and break through societal barriers. With her unwavering passion for gender equality and a fierce determination to create positive change, Bronnie has become a driving force in championing the inclusion and potential of girls and women in the emergency management sector.

Bronnie aspires to steer Girls on Fire enabling a global movement, providing mentorship, educational resources, and empowerment programs to teenage girls from all walks of life. As the CEO, Bronnie leads with compassion, determination, and a deep understanding of the challenges girls face today in Australian society. Bronnie's visionary leadership extends beyond Girls on Fire. She actively collaborates with sector stakeholders and corporate partners to advocate for innovative initiatives that promote and celebrate the contribution that diverse and inclusive teams can make. Her influential voice and strategic partnerships have garnered support and resources to amplify the impact of Girls on Fire's programs.

Bronnie Mackintosh is a dedicated Station Officer with Fire and Rescue, NSW, boasting an impressive 21-year career as a firefighter. Throughout her journey, she has held various roles within the department, showcasing her versatility and commitment to serving her community. From general firefighting to Rescue, Operational Communications, Community Safety, and Education & Training, Bronnie has demonstrated her expertise and passion for every aspect of her profession.

Bronnie was awarded a prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2015 to conduct research on the recruitment strategies employed by international fire agencies that have successfully improved their gender equity scorecards. Her research took her to various countries including Hong Kong, Japan, India, UK, Sweden, France, Canada, and the USA, providing her with invaluable insights into enhancing diversity within the firefighting profession.

In what she describes as the greatest metaphor for the fire sector, Bronnie has been a passionate player and change-maker in Women’s Rugby. She proudly represented Australia in 15 International test matches as a member of the Australian Women's rugby team, the Wallaroos. Bronnie's athletic background instilled in her a strong work ethic, discipline, and teamwork, which she carries over into her firefighting career.

Bronnie will speak about the journey of Girls on Fire and how a movement of change can create a new normal in community resilience and emergency preparedness.
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Dr Ben Meadley

MICA Flight Paramedic, Ambulance Victoria

Wednesday 5 July | 10:35 AM 
Person-centred performance in emergency response: optimising the human dimension

Dr Ben Meadley

Improvement Lead/Researcher, Ambulance Victoria

Dr Ben Meadley has more than 25 years’ experience as a paramedic, gaining expertise in prehospital critical care, paramedic education, and clinical guideline development. Ben is an established researcher, with interests in clinical, health and human performance research.

Ben is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Monash University Department of Paramedicine and works in a process improvement role at Ambulance Victoria, where he is also a senior Intensive Care Flight Paramedic. He has a passion for enhancing human performance and building well-functioning systems to ensure paramedics and other professionals are poised to perform at their best. Ben is also a Fellow of the Australasian College of Paramedicine, and he was awarded the Ambulance Service Medal (ASM) in 2023.
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Dr Blythe McLennan

Node Research Manager, Natural Hazards Research Australia

Tuesday 4 July | 11:25 AM 
Sticking points for tackling challenges to sustainable emergency management volunteering, and how to shake them loose

Blythe McLennan

Node Research Manager, Natural Hazards Research Australia

Blythe is a research manager with Natural Hazards Research Australia. Prior to joining the Centre in 2021, she worked at RMIT University for 12 years, where she undertook major research projects for the Bushfire CRC and its successor the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC focused on community engagement and volunteering.
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Rebecca McDonald

Operations Officer - Emergency Management, Victoria SES

Tuesday 4 July | 1:40 PM
Cross-border communications during significant flood

Rebecca McDonald

Operations Officer - Emergency Management, VICSES

Rebecca transferred to VICSES to take on the role of Operations Officer – Emergency Management in September 2021 following eight years with CFA in various roles including Learning & Development, Regional Operations and Volunteer Sustainability. Rebecca is an accredited Public Information Officer with experience at the Incident, Regional and State Control tiers, who is also involved in training and developing new Public Information Section personnel. Rebecca was deployed to the 2016 Loddon Mallee floods, 2018 St Patrick’s Day fires, 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, 2020 Coronavirus pandemic response, 2021 June storm event, 2021 and 2022 NSW flood events and the 2022 Victorian riverine flood event. Rebecca is passionate about quality public information and communications, youth engagement, best-practice volunteer recruitment and retention initiatives and strengthening interagency relationships.
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Chris Moon

Chief Information Officer, Fire Rescue Victoria

Tuesday 4 July | 1:40 PM 
Lessons Learnt from FRV’s Cyber Incident

Chris Moon

Chief Information Officer, Fire Rescue Victoria

Chris Moon is an experience technology leader, prior to FRV he was the CIO at Good Shepherd ANZ & EPA Victoria. He specialises in the Digital Transformation of enterprise IT. Transforming an organisation’s technology and the way that teams operate, setting businesses up to lead in the digital age. Implementing new technology operating models to ensure an enterprise can continuously deliver strategic capabilities and utilise the latest innovations. At EPA he led a multi-year technology transformation program to align the organisation with new environmental legislation. He was formally a member of Footscray VICSES Unit and the Australian Government Young ICT Professional of the year 2016.
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Michael Morgan

Chief Officer, South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service

Tuesday 4 July | 3.30 PM
Claire Zara Memorial Oration

Michael Morgan

Chief Officer & CEO, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

Michael Morgan, AFSM, MBA (HRM), AIFireE, is the Chief Officer and Chief Executive Officer of South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS).

Joining the MFS in February 1986 as a firefighter, Michael progressed through the ranks and gained a Master of Business Administration, specialising in Human Resource Management in 2010. Awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal for developing wellness, welfare, and support programs within the MFS in 2014, Michael represents the MFS across the emergency services sector and government including the Emergency Services Sector Executive, State Emergency Management Committee, and advisor to the Emergency Management Council.

He is a member of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC), including the Commissioners and Chief Officers Strategic Committee, Champions of Change Coalition, and sponsor of the Workforce Management Group.
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Krista Milne

Co-Chief Heat Officer, City of Melbourne

Wednesday 5 July | 1:20 PM 
The experience of heat exposure in the City of Melbourne

Krista Milne

Co-Chief Heat Officer, City of Melbourne

Krista Milne is Co-Chief Heat Officer and Director Climate Change and City Resilience at City of Melbourne. Krista and her team exists to lead the transition to a resilient, well adapted and zero emissions city before 2050. We elevate the city’s ability to tackle ongoing and future challenges, including climate change, by driving integrated solutions, informing and imparting knowledge from worldwide city networks.

Krista has a background resource and environmental management and prior to City of Melbourne worked for 10 years in environment protection including regulatory reform, policy development and corporate sustainability.
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Dr Maureen Murphy

Research Fellow, Food Systems, School of Agriculture and Food, University of Melbourne

Tuesday 4 July | 2.15 PM
Building the resilience of agri-food systems to compounding shocks and stresses: A case study from Melbourne

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Fyowna Norton

State Manager Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross

Tuesday 4 July | 2:15 PM 
PANEL: Adapting to climate change

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Lisa Palma

CEO, Wildlife Victoria

Tuesday 4 July | 2:15 PM 
PANEL: Adapting to climate change

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Natalia Titisari

Municipal Emergency Management Officer, Corangamite Shire

Wednesday 5 July | 2:30 PM
72 hour resilience – an emergency preparedness campaign

Natalia Titisari (she/her)

Municipal Emergency Management Officer, Corangamite Shire Council

Natalia Titisari is an emergency management practitioner with a passion for working with communities to strengthen resilience and preparedness for disasters. Natalia holds a Master's degree in Disaster Management from the University of Auckland and has over seven years of experience working in the disaster management space, both locally and internationally. Throughout her career, Natalia has worked on various disaster response and preparedness projects across Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.

Natalia is a Municipal Emergency Management Officer at Corangamite Shire Council. Her expertise lies in community-based disaster risk reduction. She strongly believes in the importance of engaging with communities to find sustainable solutions to disaster-related issues. Natalia is interested in the intersectionality between climate change adaptation, community resilience in disaster and sustainable development.
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Cath Sharpe

Access Easy English

Tuesday 4 July | 11.25 AM
PANEL: Targeted communications – The implications of low literacy at all levels of emergencies

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Mathew Trigg

AWMA Water Control Solutions

Tuesday 4 July | 11:25 AM 
Solutions to reducing flood impact

Mathew Trigg

FloodFree Sales Engineer, AWMA Water Control Solutions

Mat Trigg is a member of AWMA’s FloodFree Team. He is qualified as a mechanical technician, with 30 years experience. He is also Captain of Cohuna Fire Rescue with 20+ years service.

Mat's mechanical knowledge and extensive emergency management experience makes him a valuable project partner when developing flood mitigation solutions. Mat joins us today to discuss options available for better preparedness pre-flood events. Having experienced first-hand Victorian emergency flood situations, Mat works with stakeholders to minimise flood risk and eliminate downtime post flood events.
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Tim Wiebusch

Chief Officer Operations, Victoria State Emergency Service

Tuesday 4 July | 10:50 AM 
Flood response in Victoria 2022-23

Tim Wiebusch

Chief Officer Operations, Victoria State Emergency Services

Tim has been active contributor to the improvement of the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) and the wider emergency management sector, both in Victoria and across Australia, for almost 30 years.

Tim has been the Chief Officer Operations at VICSES for just over five years and day to day leads the planning for and building of capability for readiness and response to large scale, multi-agency operations, including leading and/or participating in the State Control and State Emergency Management Teams and has contributed to numerous emergency management sector reviews and reforms.

Tim has also spent time on secondment to Department of Economic Development, Job, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) as they established their Emergency Management Branch as Director Capability and Response and Emergency Management Victoria as Manager Capability and Standards. He also chairs the national AFAC SES Operations Group.

Tim regularly performs the State Response Controller role for natural hazard emergencies such as Floods, Fires, Earthquakes and Storms and has provided leadership to the response of other large scale emergencies such as the State Controller for Health during the COVID Pandemic, the State Controller for the Blue Keep Cyber Emergency, and supported the Norwegian Star Cruise ship incident to name just a few.

Tim is highly motivated, community minded, outcomes driven change leader who advocates for building trusted relationships across organisations and with communities.
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James Williams

Emergency Management Coordinator/MEMO, City of Darebin

Tuesday 4 July | 12.00 PM
Culturally appropriate approach by Emergency Management for First Nations communities

James WIlliams

Emergency Management Coordinator, Darebin City Council

James was a Computer Engineer and an IT Manager before starting at Darebin in Emergency Management, when James started at Darebin as the EM Coordinator and became MEMO soon after, he was able to transfer his Management Qualification and experience over to Emergency Management. James is a Traditional Custodian of his Wakka Wakka Country which begins on the outskirts of Meanjin, (Brisbane), He eventually moved to Warrang (Sydney) and whilst working as a Computer Engineer whilst living in Sydney James was a member of the SES, after moving to Naarm (Melbourne) James worked at Australian Red Cross as the National IT Service Delivery Manager, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, whilst working at Australian Red Cross, James got involved with the Red Cross Emergency Management dept as well, during his time working at ARC, he was also the chairman of the Aboriginal Leadership Group for Red Cross in Victoria, this is where his interest in Emergency Responses for First Nation people began, seeing first hand that a Culturally appropriate response for First Nations people was required, starting at Darebin, gave him the opportunity to begin that work.
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Trevor Weston

Commander, COVID Incident Management Team, Ambulance Victoria

Wednesday 5 July | 1:20 PM 
Utilising a surge workforce during a period of peak demand

Trevor Weston

Commander, COVID Incident Management Team, Ambulance Victoria

Trevor Weston has enjoyed a career as a paramedic with Ambulance Victoria for almost 22 years, having previously worked as critical care nursing background prior to that.

Trevor is a well regarded and experienced senior leader within Ambulance Victoria who has worked in a number of leadership roles across the operations directorate.

Throughout his career, Trevor continues to work as a Clinician, and has previously held appointments of Senior Team Manager, Area Manager and most recently spent the past three years as a Regional Director across two rural regions. Currently Trevor is AV’s Commandeer, COVID Incident Management Team and provides critical leadership and oversight to AV’s COVID response.

Outside of AV, Trevor is a member of the Country Fire Authority where he holds the position of Brigade Captain and enjoys exploring Australia with his family.
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Sarah Wilson

National Strategy Director, Volunteering Australia

Tuesday 4 July | 10:50 AM 
Future of volunteering

Sarah Wilson

National Strategy Adviser, Volunteering Australia

Sarah is an expert in volunteer involvement and not-for-profit strategy and governance. She holds degrees in Arts, Psychology, and Law and is currently completing her Honours in Psychology at the University of Canberra. Before joining Volunteering Australia as National Strategy Director, Sarah served as Policy Manager for VolunteeringACT for nearly a decade. Sarah is a passionate volunteer as a Board Director for Animals Australia, Telephone Crisis Supporter for Lifeline Canberra, and Research and Policy Volunteer for the Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds. In her spare time, Sarah is a full-time carer to her rescue greyhound George, a tragic LA Lakers fan, and likes to dedicate her weekends to diving with sharks.