AFTER THE TSUNAMI – HARNESSING AUSTRALIAN EXPERTISE FOR RECOVERY
Canberra, 31 March 2005
Workshop opening
Chair: Dr John Zillman
President, National Academies Forum
Welcoming address
The Hon Bruce Billson MP
Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Opening address
The Hon Tim Fischer
Chairman, ATSE Crawford Fund; Patron, ACIAR; Patron, Engineers Australia
Session 1: Setting the scene
David Templeman
Director General, Emergency Management Australia
Disaster recovery – processes, implications and management
Murray Proctor
Acting Director General, AusAID
Cultural and economic aspects of disaster
Professor Jim Fox
Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU
Learning from the PNG tsunami
Professor Hugh Davies
National University, Papua New Guinea
The Indian Ocean tsunamis – science and seismics
Dr Phil Cummins
Geoscience Australia
Progress in the Maldives and global coral reef recovery
Dr Tony Haymet, Chief, CSIRO Marine Research; and
Dr Charlie Veron, Australian Institute of Marine Science
The human face of disaster
Dr Jim Robertson, Australian Federal Police; and
Professor Beverley Raphael, Department of Health, NSW
Session 2: Focus breakout groups
Session 3: Reporting back and general discussion
Rapporteur – Dr Mark Leonard
Geosciences Australia
Group 2: Sustainable reconstruction
Rapporteur – Professor Colin Woodroffe
University of Wollongong
Group 3: Health systems
Rapporteur – Dr Bronwyn Morrish
Department of Health and Ageing
Group 4: Continuity of knowledge
Rapporteur – Dr Ed Aspinall
Department of Asian Studies, University of Sydney
Group 5: Risk – governance and policy
Rapporteur – Anita Dwyer
Geosciences Australia
Group 6: Longer-term issues – economic, social, cultural, environmental
Rapporteur – Dr Lenore Lyons
University of Wollongong
Group 7: Technology and ICT for recovery and rehabilitation
Rapporteur – Steve Pendry
Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
Group 8: Understanding and harnessing community response
Rapporteur – Dr Nicholas Farrelly
Australian National University
Session 4: Panel discussion – the way forward
Chair: Professor Kurt Lambeck
Close
Dr John Zillman
President, National Academies Forum
Sponsors:
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ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network |
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Australian Institute of Marine Science |
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Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training |