The Disaster Recovery Forum offers an exceptional platform for partners to collaborate with key stakeholders in disaster recovery and resilience efforts. This forum fosters meaningful connections among councils, government agencies, local authorities, and the private sector, enabling them to work together in developing innovative solutions that enhance disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. The forum will address a broad range of critical topics, including:

• Disaster recovery planning and strategies
• Emergency response coordination
• Resilient infrastructure development
• Supply chain and logistics management
• Community recovery and rebuilding
• Infrastructure repair and restoration
• Technology and data in disaster management
• Risk mitigation and preparedness measures
• Government funding and support mechanisms
• Case studies and lessons learned from past disasters

 

About Disaster Recovery Forum

• One (1) Day Forum
• Latest Innovations in Disaster Recovery Management
• Focus on enhancing sector working relationships
• Representatives from all levels of government and parts of the private sector
• Case Studies of best practice in sector
• Networking throughout the day and early evening

Presentations and Speakers 
This forum will showcase engaging presentations from highly skilled public works professionals and will cover a wide range of topics.

	Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell AFSM Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW ‘Keynote’
	Graham Kennett Executive Director Reconstruction, NSW Reconstruction Authority ‘DRFA Management Reforms and the Reconstruction Authority’
	Professor Mark G. Stewart FTSE, FIEAust, FIAPS, FRSN Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Technology Sydney ‘Resilience By Design: Climate Adaptation Engineering For Extreme Events’
	Will Barton Director Infrastructure Services, Hawkesbury City Council ‘Cutting through the noise: Communicating in recovery’
	Tim Mackney Manager Infrastructure Delivery, Tweed Shire Council

 

 

Ticket Prices (Excl. GST)

Standard Registration - Non-member	$             600.00
Standard - Member	$             450.00
Early bird Registration - Non-member	$             500.00
Early bird Registration - member	$             350.00

*early bird ends on Thursday, 4 September 2025.

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