AFAC powered by INTERSCHUTZ

The AFAC powered by INTERSCHUTZ conferences bring together a broad spectrum of emergency management practitioners together to learn and share experiences. AFAC20 will start with the one-day Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC Research Forum on Tuesday 25 August 2020.

Days two and three of AFAC20 will feature the multi-streamed AFAC Conference, incorporating the Institution of Fire Engineers (Australia) National Conference, the Australian Disaster Resilience Conference and the Women in Firefighting Australasia (WAFA) Conference.

Day four will see the Professional Development Program workshops and site tours.

Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC Research Forum

Tuesday 25 August 2020

The Research Forum offers the latest research on a variety of topics from resilience and recovery, climate change, fire behaviour through to community preparedness.

AFAC
Conference

Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 August 2020

The two-day AFAC Conference features international keynote speakers and local emergency management leaders. After the keynote sessions the conference splits into a multi-stream format which includes the ADRC/IFE/WAFA conferences.

Australian Disaster Resilience Conference

Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 August 2020

The ADRC will be part of the AFAC Conference stream and focuses on resilience and recovery from major disasters.

Institution of Fire Engineers (Australia) National Conference

Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 August 2020

The IFE (Australia) National Conference will focus on the key issues facing the fire engineering community. The conference will also be a stream within the AFAC conference.

Women in Firefighting Australasia (WAFA) Conference

Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 August 2020

WAFA promote and celebrate women in firefighting and for the second time we are pleased to welcome their members into the AFAC conference.

Professional Development Program

Friday 28 August 2020

The Professional Development Program (PDP) offers a range of practical workshops and site tours, aimed at increasing the knowledge of frontline agency personnel.

View the AFAC19 proceedings

Conference

Research Forum

95%

of conference delegates would recommend the conference to others

86%

of delegates rated the conference as a whole as excellent or very good

87%

of delegates rated the exhibition as excellent or very good

"I really enjoyed the conference. The diversity of the program was excellent, so much to see and hear. Thank you, I hope to be back."
“I thought the idea of having the AFAC, IFE and ADRC conferences together was very innovative and made for a much broader program. Congratulations.”
“It was fantastic having the disaster resilience conference running concurrently. There is so much value in being able to move between both conferences. It was really good to see so many people with the white lanyard [AFAC conference delegate] attending sessions in the resilience conference, I don’t think that many of those staff would have had time to attend both if they were on at different times.”
“I found this seminar very informative and the information provided was up-to-date, relevant and provided an opening for discussion with our own policies and procedures.”

The Conferences

Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC Research Forum

AFAC
Conference

Australian Disaster Resilience Conference

Institution of Fire Engineers (Australia) National Conference

Women in Firefighting Australasia (WAFA) Conference

Professional Development Program

Conference

Research Forum

AFAC19 delegate evaluations results

95%

of conference delegates would recommend the conference to others

86%

of delegates rated the conference as a whole as excellent or very good

87%

of delegates rated the exhibition as excellent or very good

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