This sucessful conference ran from 1st July to 5 July 2007 at the Mercure Hotel in central Brisbane, Australia. The conference was split into a variety of sessions as listed below.
Lori Peek, Colorado State University.
Gissing, NSW State Emergency Service.
Early warning systems: Reframing the discussion - Phillip Hall, Faerber Hall.
Coastal-hazard risk management conundrums - Robert Bell and Doug Ramsay, NIWA.
Assessing Auckland�s capacity and capability to prepare for and respond to a disaster - Michelle Daly and Karen Stephens,Kestrel Group.
Land use, planning and risk: three Australian river ports � Brisbane, Newcastle and Adelaide - Ken Granger, Institute for International Development Ltd.
Disaster management and schools - Richard Graham, Innisfail State High School.
Gendering the Hyogo Framework For Action - Elaine Enarson, Brandon University.
Social impact assessment for disasters - Alison Cottrell and David King, James Cook University.
Tort liability for failure to warn � a threat to community resilience - Michael Eburn, University of New England.
Emergency warnings and ABC local radio - Ian Mannix, ABC Radio.
Targeted flood awareness and preparedness � a South Australian case study - Chris Wright and Linton Johnston, BOM, Robert Stevenson, SA State Emergency Service, and John McArthur, City of Unley.
Now is the time to be Floodwise - Cathy Wilson, Brisbane City Council.
Zealand - Chris Massey, GNS Science.
Crisis information management systems (CIMS) for hazard information sharing - Renato Iannella, National ICT Australia.
Volcanic hazard and loss modelling for New Zealand and Japan - Christina Magill and John McAneney, Risk Frontiers.
If you have any further queries about this past conference, please email the conference organisers.