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Date: Wednesday 19 August and Thursday 20 August 2026
Location: Resources Rescue Theatre, Bay 20, Melbourne Convention Centre
Theme: Leading for Impact in High-Risk Environments: Integrating Integrity, Inclusion, and Operational Excellence
The AFAC26 Resources Rescue Theatre will showcase how leadership intent is translated into practical, measurable impact across high-risk, remote and industrial environments. With a strong resource sector focus, the 2026 program will bring together leaders and practitioners from mining, energy, emergency services, medical response, training, technology and research to explore how operational excellence is built through interoperability, capability development, inclusive leadership and trusted response systems. Aligned to the broader AFAC26 theme, the Resources Rescue Theatre will examine how leadership grounded in integrity, inclusion and operational excellence strengthens readiness, supports innovation, and improves outcomes for responders, organisations and the communities they serve. The program will highlight evidence-based practice, operational case studies and emerging technologies that help translate strategy into safer, more effective frontline action.
PROGRAM
This program has been designed to show how leadership intent translates into measurable frontline impact across high-risk environments.
Day 1 – Operational Leadership for Impact
How leaders build interoperable systems, adopt enabling technologies, strengthen capability frameworks, and set safe technical boundaries in high-risk environments.
Day 2 – Human Leadership for Impact
How integrity, inclusion, resilience, psychosocial safety, community connection, and clinical continuity combine to build trusted, adaptive and high-performing response systems.
Sessions are intentionally linked to support synthesis and discussion:
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Day 1: Sessions 1 & 2 conclude with a panel discussion
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Day 1: Sessions 3 & 4 conclude a panel discussion.
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Day 2: Sessions 5, 6 & 7 conclude with a combined final panel discussion
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