Perth
Australia

Australian Disaster Resilience Conference 2018

Organizer(s) Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
Venue
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road
Date
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The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience will host the inaugural Australian Disaster Resilience Conference (ADRC) in Perth, Western Australia from 6-7 September 2018. 

The ADRC will bring together local government, communities, NGOs, not-for-profits, research organisations, education partners and the private sector to share thinking and practice around disaster resilience. 

The ADRC will run as a single stream conference concurrently with AFAC18 powered by INTERSCHUTZ. ADRC Delegates will have access to the AFAC18 trade exhibition, and will benefit from joint keynote speaker sessions, and opportunities to meet speakers and attend poster presentations at the AIDR-hosted Knowledge Centre.

Theme: The rise of resilience: From the individual to the global - Enhancing recovery by supporting community resilience

Resilience is about how we can understand, live with, manage and adapt to a world of increasing change, uncertainty and surprise. Risks and hazards are a part of our world but building disaster resilience in the face of these events requires a shared responsibility among individuals, communities and nations, and enables them to quickly and effectively recover with coordinated support.

This conference will explore the importance of individual and community effort at the grassroots level of disaster resilience, through to the enabling conditions of governance, investment and strong public policy that are required to support and foster disaster resilience, and effective recovery for those affected by disaster. The conference will provide a premier opportunity to achieve effective and meaningful partnerships and further strengthen cooperation by engaging with disaster resilience thinking and practice across multiple activities and scales.

It also provides an unparalleled opportunity for delegates to access the AFAC18 powered by INTERSCHUTZ trade exhibition, benefit from joint keynote speaker sessions, and enjoy opportunities to meet speakers and attend poster presentations at the AIDR-hosted Knowledge Centre.

Delegates are encouraged to customise their registration by including entrance to the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Research Forum, which precedes the conference. With a focus on the science impacting the sector, the forum is valuable not only for researchers but anyone working in natural hazards management. The forum provides an opportunity to engage with and learn from leading research teams in the field.

Abstracts

Abstracts submitted for this conference may consider:

  • Activities and case studies on disaster resilience
  • Disaster risk reduction strategies
  • Measuring and assessing disaster resilience
  • Enhancing recovery through greater community resilience
  • Disaster resilience strategy and policy
  • New directions in resilience thinking
  • The economics of disaster resilience
  • Building resilience for catastrophic disasters of the future

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