Build our readiness for emergencies, together

Recent floods and cyclones have underscored the critical need for emergency planning.

This conference will bring together the emergency management and civil defence professional community with first responder agencies and other key stakeholders, providing an opportunity for the broad audience to hear the latest developments in emergency management and catastrophic event planning.

Supporting the emergency management system to improve readiness by identifying and addressing gaps and delivering a framework for nationally coordinating the response.

Emergency fully explored

Featuring:

• Insights from leading global experts sharing their unique experiences that can inform our emergency planning
• The latest developments in emergency management legislative reform and the delivery of change
• Local experts and emergency management leaders discussing both key BAU emergency management issues and how to achieve improvement in preparedness
• Input from all key community representatives and wider stakeholder groups to support the achievement of greater cross agency collaboration and the operationalisation of a true all of community response
• Analysis of the key specific catastrophic planning scenarios
• Unique event to connect with extraordinary professionals planning for the worst

KEY SPEAKERS FOR 2026

Be guided by subject experts in emergency planning and catastrophe science

Sean Fullan

Disaster Response and Recovery Leader – Insurance Council of New Zealand

Professor Jan Lindsay

Co-Leader Determining Volcanic Risk in Auckland (DEVORA) Programme & Professor – School of Environment, University of Auckland

Professor Thomas Wilson

Chief Science Advisor, National Emergency Management Agency|Te Rākau Whakamarumaru & Professor of Disaster Risk and Resilience, University of Canterbury

Not just for emergency rescue

Catastrophe planning must involve everyone in the community. This conference is designed for:

• Emergency Management Teams / First Responder organisations
• Local / central Government leaders, Civil Defence / Emergency Management Committees
• Iwi and Community Groups
• Scientists and academic leaders
• Public services such as health, utilities, infrastructure sectors
• Business risk and continuity teams