| National Emergency Management - Tuesday, May 25th |
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This is the programme for the National Emergency Management Summit.
To view the programme for the separately bookable focus day on flood risk management click here.
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| 8:00 |
Registration & light breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Welcome from the Chair
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Peter Brennan, MD, EPS Consulting |
| 8:40 |
OPENING MINISTERIAL ADDRESS:
Emergency Management at National Level |
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The development of the Emergency Management Framework |
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John Gormley, T.D, Minister for
Environment, Heritage and Local Government
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| 9:00 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
International Case Study: Haiti - Past, Present and Future |
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The failed state that was Haiti before the earthquake - why was
its plight ignored. Why was the earthquake was so devastating?
The failure of the international aid effort in the immediate wake
of the earthquake - what can be learned from that failure and
should have been learned long ago. The present plight of Haiti
demands a different approach - what the future holds for Haiti
depends entirely on the developed world.
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John O'Shea, Founder, GOAL |
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CURRENT AND FUTURE ISSUES IN THE EMERGENCY PLANNING SECTOR
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| 9.40 |
The role of the National Emergency
Co-ordination Committee |
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Seán Hogan, National Director for
Fire and
Emergency Management, Department of
Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
| 10:05 |
Lessons learned from major
disasters - and how regulation alone is often
inadequate for complex risks |
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This presentation will explore the conflicts that arise between
protecting business/property, life and the environment and
how a holistic approach might best be applied: An approach
that addresses the concerns of several stakeholders including
the regulators, insurers and the wider population and the
environment.
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Seán Coleman, Risk Consulting Leader, Marsh |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10.50 |
PANEL DISCUSSION with Q&A
Risks and Resilience - where do we go from
here? |
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- Is the definition of a major emergency a barrier to
implementing the structures outlined in the National Framework?
- Is the risk assessment process as outlined in the framework an
adequate planning tool?
- Who has responsibility for what and how can we
coordinate agencies better?
- How can deeper planning and more effective
and efficient implementation of plans for emergency management be
achieved?
Panel will consist of leading industry experts including:
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Jessie Walsh, Project Coordinator for Emergency
Management, Dublin City Council
Dr Tom Clonan, Security Analyst
Joe Gavin, Cork City Manager |
| 11.20 |
International best practice: What
happens in practice, and being prepared for
the unexpected |
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In the beginning people made it up as they went
along. Today we have independent professional
body guidance. Coincidentally there are striking
similarities when things do still go wrong.
This presentation will address the big and
basic issues and give guidance on how major
pitfalls can be avoided.
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Peadar Duffy, Founder and
chairman, RMI
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| 11:40 |
Preparing to respond: Professional
development in emergency management |
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This presentation will provide an overview of the new Emergency
Management Competence Framework (2009) developed by the
Emergency Planning Society. It will focus on the competencies
required in order to function effectively in an Emergency
Management role. Equally it will include some practical
suggestions as to how these competencies may be developed in
organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors. |
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Dr Caroline McMullan, Dublin City University |
| 12:10 |
Pandemic response and recovery |
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- Assessing our readiness for pandemics
- Lessons learned from the H1N1
response at all levels
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Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer,
Department of Health and Children |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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| 1:40 |
Welcome back from the Chair |
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Matt Moran, Director,
PharmaChemical Ireland |
| MANAGING THE UNEXPECTED
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| 1:45 |
Media in a public crisis: Go to, or run
from? |
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One of the biggest challenges that emergency managers face
is how to deal with communicating to the public in emergency
situations. Can one go directly? What role should the mass media
have? Does one engage or not? Media are invasive and
demanding, regularly pushing the boundaries of access to get as
close to the story as possible and thus get the latest breaking fact
or the most dramatic imagery. Is that in itself an accident waiting
to happen? What are the parameters to use in deciding how to
deal with media, who should make those decisions and when?
Our speaker will reflect on the impact of social media tools in
developing public awareness around emergency situations. He
will highlight best practice in response times and processes. |
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Padraig McKeon, CEO, Drury Communications |
| 2:15 |
CASE STUDY: Seveso: Control of major
accident hazards
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The Seveso Regulations in Practice. An
overview of the philosophy employed at the
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical site's in
Ireland in order to manage the duties placed on
the facilities under the COMAH regulations. The
systems, equipment and personnel involved in
managing the prevention of a major accident
are presented. Should a major event occur the emergency
systems and relationships with the principal response agencies
are discussed. |
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Joyce Fitzharris, Environmental Health and Safety
Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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| 2:45 |
Maintaining continuous business
operations in the face of uncertainty
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Our planet is becoming more intelligent, instrumented
and interconnected by the day. The benefits are exponential, but can
also bring additional risk and complexity and increase the impact
of downtime. To thrive in the current global environment, it is
critical to have a resiliency strategy that helps ensure continuous
business operations and enables speed and agility when an
unforeseen event strikes.
- Reducing risk and complexity within business operations
- How to thrive in the current global environment
- How to ensure continuous
business operations with speed and agility when disaster strikes
- How to optimise your business costs, allowing you to grow your business
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Denis Collins, Global Business Executive, IBM
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| 3:15 |
Afternoon Break |
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INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION
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| 3:30 |
Improving emergency planning: Talk the
talk, now walk the walk
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This presentation will examine what is needed
in Emergency Planning to develop a cohesive
structure. |
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Michael Conway, Emergency
Planning Society
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| 3:55 |
Current challenges of policing: Lessons
learned from the US Office of Emergency
Management
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Our speaker will discuss the dramatic evolution in democratic
policing that has occurred since she started as a young Boston
beat officer thirty years ago. She will provide case study examples
of best practice collaboration between organisations - public, private and NGO's. Kathleen is a strong proponent of interagency
partnership and has successfully applied the collaborative
approach to all facets of her work, whether in Boston, Belfast or
Dublin. |
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Kathleen O'Toole, Chief Inspector, Garda Síochána
Inspectorate
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| 4:25 |
Industry panel discussion: The
convergence of emergency services
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Our panelists will discuss the implementation of the emergency
management framework and how it is working in practice |
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Lieutenant Colonel Michael Smith
Ted Noonan, Red Cross
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| 5:00 |
Conference Close |