Outline

Emergency Management Conference 113 will be held on May 29 to May 31 at the Mecure Sydney.

The conference will cover a wide range of issues including:

• USAR training
• Operational debriefs / lessons learnt
• Desktop exercise
• Psychological screening
• Self care refresher
• Planning and policy update
• Equipment distribution
• ICT updates and software distribution
• Deployment preparedness
• Technical inspection
• Operation centre visits

This  will be an opportunity to welcome new members of the team, network with other team members and also to farewell and thank Rod Murphy.

The program is presented here. Please check this page occasionally for the latest update as the program may  be adjusted (some items may also be dropped if time restrictions prevent us from covering the topic adequately).

Roger Davison
A/ESFAC

Location

EEM 113 will be hosted by the Mecure Sydney Hotel

The hotel is located on Railway Square between George and Lee Streets (it is quite close to McKell and can be easily seen from the upper levels). The Mecure Sydney is a short walk from Central Station (use the Devonshire Street pedestrian tunnel).

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The hotel has 8 levels of undercover car parking available for 120 vehicles. Note: The car park has a height restriction of 2.1 metres.

Access to the hotel car park is via Little Regent Street
turning left off George (west bound) or
left off Lee Street (city bound)

Location of Four Elements Restaurant

Location of Meeting Rooms (initially Museum)

WiFi (free) is available for us for the duration of conference on Level 2

Username:   nswpublic                  Password:   works

After dinner networking options in the vicinity of the hotel are plentiful however the Turkish themed

Bar and Restaurant (just across the road from the Mecure) is recommended.

Mezbah Bar and Restaurant (in Railway Square)

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Agenda

Start	Finish	Activity	Details
DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY		May-29
9:30	9:45	Arrival at Aust. Technology Park, Eveleigh	Parking off Central Avenue
9:45	10:00	Sign in at Transport Management Centre	Cnr Garden St and Central Ave
10:00	12:00	Transport Management Centre Presentation	TMC Staff
12:00	12:15	Travel to Mecure Sydney Hotel
12:15	12:45	LUNCH
12:45	13:00	Session 1.1 - Introduction
15:00		AFTERNOON TEA
13:00	16:45	Session 1.2 - Exercise	Team Focus International
16:45	17:00	Distribution of equipment/clothing
17:00	18:30	Evans Time - Inspection of ABC Studios
18:30	19:15	Networking - The Abercrombie Hotel
19:30	22:00	EEM DINNER	Malacca Straits on Broadway TBC
22:00	Late	Vivid Sydney - Light, Music, Ideas (option)	City
DAY 2 - THURSDAY		May-30
7:00	8:00	BREAKFAST	Four Elements Restaurant
8:00	10:15	Session 2.1 - USAR Training	Michael Griffith
10:15	10:45	MORNING TEA	Prof. of Structural Engineering
10:45	12:15	Session 2.2 - USAR Training	University of Adelaide
12:15	12:30	Photos	and
12:15	13:00	LUNCH
13:00	15:15	Session 2.3 - USAR Training	John Wilson
15:15	15:30	AFTERNOON TEA	Prof. of Civil Engineering
15:30	16:45	Session 2.4 - USAR Exercise	Swinburne University of Technology
16:45	18:30	Evans Time - Visit POC and SEOC
18:30	19:15	Networking - The Forresters
19:15		EEM DINNER	Queenies
DAY 3 - FRIDAY		May-31
7:00	8:00	BREAKFAST	Four Elements Restaurant
8:00	9:45	Session 3.1 - Various Topics
9:45	10:15	Hotel checkout
9:45	10:15	MORNING TEA
10:15	12:45	Session 3.2 - Various topics
12:45	13:30	LUNCH	Four Elements Restaurant
13:30		DEPARTURE

Friday Agenda

DAY 3		May-31	Details
Start	Finish
7:00	8:00	BREAKFAST	Four Elements Restaurant
8:00	9:45	Session 3.1
		> Upper Coopers Ck Lessons Learnt	Mick Donohoe
		> Psychological Self Care	Geoff Orme
		> Coming Up in EM	Roger Davison
		> Meet the Trainees	Chair
		> EEM Housekeeping	Roger Davison
		> Did You Know?	Chair
9:45	10:15	Hotel Checkout
9:45	10:15	MORNING TEA
10:15	12:45	Session 3.2
		> Incident and Exercise Lessons Learned	Chair
		> EEM SWOT Analysis	Jack Domis
		> iPhone App Swap Meet	Greg Goodlet
		> ICT - The Future	Roger Davison
		> General Business / Q & A	Chair
		> Review of Agreed Actions	Chair
		> Next Meeting	Roger Davison
		> Thanks	Roger Davison
12:45	13:30	LUNCH	Four Elements Restaurant
13:30		DEPARTURE

Jobs for the Boys

(and Girls)

Key

Chair - Chairperson

Time  - Time keeper - business sessions

Sherriff - People mover and hurry-uper

Notes - Recorder (of actions and suggestions)

Candy - Candy, catering, and stationary

Data - Presentation coordinator

Power Pts - PowerPoint file storage

E Time - Evans Time coordinator

Wrangler - Networking Sessions coodinator

Concierge - Accomodation issues