Program

NOTE: Program is subject to change.

KEY:
Plenary Concurrent Invited Speaker Other Poster
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
17:00
01
Welcome Ceremony
Members Dining Room 		     
23:00        
Thursday, 1 November 2007
09:00
02
Keynote Address - Captain Brenda Berkman
Olympic Room 		     
10:00
03
Plenary Session 1 - The Case for Diversity
Olympic Room 		     
11:00        
11:30
04
Plenary Session 2 (Sponsored by Victorian Multicultural Commission)
Olympic Room 		     
12:30
05
Launch of EMA Guidelines for CALD Communities by Tony Pearce EMA Director
Olympic Room 		     
12:45        
13:30
06
Cultural Competence (Sponsored by Mingara Services)
Olympic Room
07
Responding to Diversity; Two Case Studies on Faith and Disability (Sponsored by Worksafe Victoria)
Jim Stynes Room A
08
Culturally Responsive Emergency Management
Jim Stynes Room B
09
Mainstreaming Diversity (Sponsored by Maddocks Lawfirm)
Yarra Room
14:30
10
Plenary Session 3 - Building Capacity of an Emergency Service (Sponsored by the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner)
Olympic Room 		     
15:50        
16:20
11
Recruiting for Diversity - Indigenous and Multicultural
Olympic Room
12
Recruiting for Diversity - Women and Multicultural (Sponsored by David Shave Human Resources)
Jim Stynes Room A
13
Indigenous Community Engagement
Jim Stynes Room B
14
Emergency Services and Young People
Yarra Room
17:20        
Friday, 2 November 2007
08:30
15
Plenary Session 4 - Diversity and the Law (Sponsored by Emergency Services Foundation)
Olympic Room 		     
09:45        
10:15
16
Plenary Session 5
Olympic Room 		     
11:30
17
Diversity Strategies for Employment and Community Engagement
Olympic Room
18
Volunteering and Community Strengthening
Jim Stynes Room A
19
Diversity, Respect and Innovation
Jim Stynes Room B
20
Communication and Diversity in an Emergency Services Environment
Yarra Room
12:30
21
Poster Session
Olympic Room Foyer 		     
13:30
22
Voices from the Community
Olympic Room
23
Responding to Diversity of Needs
Jim Stynes Room A
24
Diversity and Disaster Management
Jim Stynes Room B
25
Diversity, Community Engagement and Partnerships
Yarra Room
14:30        
14:50
26
Plenary Session 6 - A Personal Reflection On Organisational Change
Olympic Room 		     
16:00 Concluding Remarks: Mr Adrian Nye, President of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board
Olympic Room 		   
16:30        
Published on Wednesday, 31 October 2007 by the Professional Conference Organiser