Speakers

Paul Fitzgerald

Senior Psychological Business Partner, Fire Rescue Victoria

Paul Harris

Manager Community Engagement Program Development, Country Fire Authority

Paul Skuse

ERGT

Paula Jarzabkowski

Professor, University of Queensland

Peter Martin

Project Officer - Lithium-Ion Battery Education, Fire and Rescue NSW

Phil Saksa

Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer, Blue Forest

Phoebe Angelatos

Assistant Director, Strategic Engagement, ACT Emergency Services Agency

Pisapat Youkongpun

Compliance Officer, Queensland Fire Department

Rachel Bessell

Senior Research Officer, Country Fire Authority

Rachel Cowling

Commander Women's Support Unit, Fire Rescue Victoria

Rachel Morgain

Deputy Director, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, Melbourne University

Raymond Yu BEng(Hons) MA, MBA,Phd, GIFireE

Director of Project Management, China RCR Education Co.

Rebecca Johnson

Project Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness and Response, COORDINARE

Rebecca Postlethwaite

Senior Grants Officer, Emergency Recovery Victoria

Rebecca Price

Principal Policy Officer, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Reid Chen

International Sales Manager, Sanlien Technology Corp.

Revathi Nuggehalli Krishna

Research Fellow, School of Public and Preventive Health, Monash University

Richard Ogetii

Community Executive Officer/ MEMP Co-Chair, Albury Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council

Rick Goddard

Founder & Managing Director, Caylym Technologies

Ricky Carvel MIFireE

Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh

Riley Porteous

Communications Systems Team Leader, Surf Life Saving NSW

Rob Vernon

Fire Foresight, Fire Foresight

Rob Warren

Science and Innovation Group, Bureau of Meteorology

Robert Wilson-Elwood

Aboriginal Programs Officer, NSW Rural Fire Service

Rodney Eksteen

Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian, Emergency, and Disaster Management, Charles Darwin University

Roger Jones

Professorial Fellow, Victoria University

Rohan Fisher

Senior Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University

Roslyn Bailey

Station Officer, Fire and Rescue NSW

Ross Butler

Senior Geographical Information Systems Officer, Victoria State Emergency Service

Roxane Bandini Maeder

Geoneon

Ruby Soin

Director (a/g), Data Strategy and Reporting, National Emergency Management Agency

Russell Boyce

Managing Director, SIGNIS

Russell S. Clark

Blackline Safety

Ruth Harley

Cultural Engagement Advisor, Fire Rescue Victoria

Ryan Alimo

CEO & Co-Founder, Opal AI

Ryan Becker

Aerial Firefighting Capability Lead, Metrea

Sabrina Davis

Senior Project Officer, Australian Red Cross

Saini Yang

Executive Director, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)

Sally Ashton

Lecturer, Adelaide University

Sam Miletta

Fire Rescue Victoria

Samantha Alexander

Program Coordinator National Projects and Innovation, AFAC

Sandra Whight

Executive Director National Capability, AFAC

Sara Mills-Kerr

Firefighter/ PhD candidate, FRNSW/ University of Newcastle

Sarah Harris

Head of Research, Innovation & Predictive Capability, Country Fire Authority

Sarah Hoyal

Nature-based Solutions Lead, NRM Regions Australia

Scott Barber

Working at Height Association (WAHA)

Scott Holman

Founder & CEO, Red Line Safety

Scott Montgomery

National B2B Manager - Work, M&I and OEM HV,, Redarc Group

Sean Haviland

Owner/Director, Magnum Australia Pty Ltd

Shayne Commons

Director - Product Strategy, VOLVO Group Australia

Shelby Robinson

Community Researcher and Advocate, School of Population Health, Curtin University

Silkom Powell

Research Officer, Centre of Excellence: young people and disasters

Simeon Telfer

Senior Research Officer, South Australia Country Fire Service

Sonya Gray

People at Increased Risk in Emergencies Lead, SA, Australian Red Cross

Sophie Raynor

Project Team Member, Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations

Stephanie Andrade

Deputy Director - DEI, Strategy & Performance, AFAC

Stephanie Looi

Board Member, WAFA

Stephen Scimonello AMAIBS, PhD, MEng, MSocSci (Planning & Environment), BTech (Building Surveying)

Academic and Accreditation Policy Manager, Australian Institute of Building Surveyors

Steven Kaiser

Structural Instructor/Leading Firefighter, Fire Rescue Victoria

Storm Richter

EMCORP Group

Sunny Nguyen

Research Officer; Co-Lead of Intergenerational Justice, University of Melbourne

Suzanne Coates

Manager | First Peoples Emergency Management, Emergency Recovery Victoria

Taala Tiaeki

Emergency Response Officer, Office of Te Beretitenti

Tanya Lumley

Volunteer Sustainability, Country Fire Authority Victoria

Tegan Larin

Research Fellow, RMIT University

Tehreem Chaudhry

Senior Project Officer, Centre for Just Places, Jesuit Social Services

Tim Karamitos

Ericsson

Tom Robinson

Senior Forest & Fire Operations Officer, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Tracey White

Senior Advisor - Publicity, Events & Partnerships, Victoria State Emergency Service

Travis Thomas (Nukunu)

Co-Chair, First Nations of South Australian Aboriginal Corporation

Trent Gibson

Senior Program Officer, Cultural Fire, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Trent Nelson

Manager Heritage and Cultural Values, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Trish Dixon

Centre Manager, Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre

Trisha L Wolford MBA, MS, EFO, CFO, FM, NRP

Fire Chief/President & Board Chair IAFC/President Metro Fire Chiefs, Anne Arundel County Fire Department

Valentine Orcher

Aboriginal Programs Officer, NSW Rural Fire Service

Wayne Snell

Chief Officer, Northern Territory Emergency Service

Yasmin King

CEO, SkillsAware

Yhana Lanwin

Yuxuan Yao

PhD student, The University of Osaka

Zena Armstrong

Festival Director, Cobargo Folk Festival

Zoe Schultz

Research Fellow, Monash University