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National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit

This event is hosted by Monash University's Fire to Flourish and proudly supported by AIDR, Bigibilla, NSW Environment Protection Agency, Jagun Alliance and Natural Hazards Research Australia.

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About the Summit

The National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, emergency management practitioners, and agency heads, to build awareness, share new thinking, and network, beginning the long-overdue conversation between and about Indigenous peoples disaster resilience.

Climate change, including the natural hazards it produces, constitute significant and unique risks for Indigenous peoples. Yet as it stands, disaster response in Australia has not sufficiently taken Indigenous peoples’ distinct needs, nor strengths, into account. As traditional owners and custodians of Australia’s lands and waters, Indigenous peoples must be leading agents in enhancing the resilience of both their lands Country and communities.

The National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit will connect Indigenous stakeholders with leading non-Indigenous partners, organisations, agencies, and researchers. It will explore key issues arising from Indigenous disaster responses and identify viable pathways to strengthen disaster response in Indigenous contexts. The Summit provides a unique opportunity to create and support an Indigenous-led conversation on disaster resilience.

The National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit is an opportunity to develop:

New relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, peak organisations, researchers and disaster resilience organisations and emergency management agencies
An Indigenous disaster resilience community of practice
Better understanding of the needs of Indigenous people’s unique needs and strengths in disaster responses
Improved understanding of the need for investment in Indigenous community resilience
Awareness of past, current, and future possibilities for work and research in this space.

Registration information

The National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit will be hosted in Brisbane, Monday 21 August 2023.

Audience

The Summit is a unique opportunity for Indigenous community leaders, organisations, agency staff, researchers, and more, to share experiences from recent events and shine a light on best practice responses. The Summit presents a unique opportunity to connect Indigenous people with key non-Indigenous stakeholders including resilience organisations, agency staff, researchers, and government, to connect, learn, and identify ways to strengthen their common work.

Venue:

Victoria Park
309 Herston Road
Herston QLD 4006

Time:

8.30am-5.00pm | Summit program

5.00pm-6.30pm | Networking function

Cost:

$100.00 incl. GST

In-person only event

Via the AIDR registration portal

Concession EOI

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Summit program

Time	Session
8.30 am	Guest arrival
8.45 am	Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
9.15am	Opening Briony Rogers, CEO, Fire to Flourish
9.30am	Keynote address: international perspectives on Indigenous disaster resilience Emily Campbell, Pou Whakamahere Kaupapa Here (Tikanga Māori Planner), Hutt City Council Associate Professor Denise Blake, Director, Whakahāngai Mātai Hinengaro Hauora, Victoria University
10.00am	Panel: In conversation with Emily and Denise
10.15am	Indigenous disaster resilience: an introduction Bhiamie Williamson, Project Lead, National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Project
10.30am	Morning tea
11.00am	Reflections from the 2019-20 Bushfires: East Gippsland Tammy Bundle, Former CEO Moogji Aboriginal Council East Gippsland Chris Beal, CEO Moogji Aboriginal Council East Gippsland
11.40am	Reflections from the 2023 Floods: Gulf of Carpentaria Rachel Amini-Yanner, CEO, Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Murrandoo Yanner Jr., Gangalidda & Garawa Land and Sea Indigenous Rangers, Moungibi (Bourketown) Kevin Anderson, CLCAC NRM Support Officer and QLD Rural Fire Service Volunteer member
12.10pm	Panel: In conversation with Tammy, Chris, Rachel, Murrandoo and Kevin
12.30pm	Group activity: a National Framework for Indigenous Disaster Resilience Facilitator: Bhiamie Williamson
1.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm	Reflection: key messages from group activity
2.10pm	Australian Red Cross First Nations Recovery Network Sam Savage, Northern Queensland Emergency Services Regional Coordinator, Australian Red Cross
2.25pm	Community granting and co-design Aunty Helen Duroux, Community Lead, Fire to Flourish
2.40pm	Aboriginal Communities Emergency Management Program Jasmin Speedy, Senior Project Officer, Aboriginal Affairs NSW
2.55pm	Aboriginal culture and healing Sam Kirby, Aboriginal Culture and Healing Manager, Northeast Region Emergency Recovery Victoria
3.10pm	Panel: In conversation with Sam, Aunty Helen, Jasmin and Sam
3.30pm	Afternoon tea
4.00pm	Creating resilient landscapes through Caring for Country Amba-Rose Atkinson, PhD Candidate, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Oliver Costello, Director, Jaguan Alliance
4.25pm	Panel: In conversation with Amba-Rose and Oliver
4.40pm	Group discussion: a community of practice or recurring event?
4.50pm	Closing Margaret Moreton, Executive Director, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
5.00pm	Networking function
6.30pm	Event concludes

Partners and sponsors

National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit is hosted by Fire to Flourish and is proudly supported by:

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

Bigbilla Indigenous Consultants

Natural Hazards Research Australia