This combined TEFMA workshop and AURIMS conference builds on the Emergency Management Workshop held in Brisbane in 2007 and subsequently the issues that universities have had to address during the recent H1N1 pandemic.
A critical incident management team in any large organisation needs to comprise people from many roles or functions and this workshop is designed to bring those people together to consider surviving the impact of a major critical incident and to specifically address the team response to a critical incident.
The workshop is intended for, and will be of interest to, all members of the critical incident management team. For institutions to gain the most from the workshop, people from (but not limited to) Facilities Management, Information Technology, Communications and Media, Student Administration, Health & Safety and Risk and Insurance should consider attending as this event will assist in building your own institutions team. For this occasion we will be joined by our colleagues at AURIMS who will be bringing the risk and insurance perspectives to the event, thereby adding a valuable component to the response and recovery picture.
The workshop is featuring excellent international speakers who have skills and experience from their campuses following major critical incidents. This experience has been woven into a scenario on day 2. The scenario will provide attendees with a realistic experience of a major critical incident which could well occur on their own campus and which will give everyone the opportunity to consider their own institutions ability to respond to a similar incident. Topics will include first response, liaison with emergency services, communications and media management, welfare, business continuity, recovery and insurance.
The programme for day 1 features presentations from speakers with the skills and background necessary to provide information which will assist attendees both during the simulation on day 2 and on into the future.
Spaces are limited and on the basis of 5 team members from each institution, we can accommodate approximately 32 institutions so don’t delay.
We look forward to seeing you in Christchurch.
Chris Hawker
TEFMA Workshop and AURIMS Conference Chair
On behalf of the organizing committee
