Programme

Emergency Management: Themes in Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery

Conference programme

The full conference proceedings are available for download.

We are delighted to announce the names of our keynote speakers.

Dr Anne Eyre is a sociologist specialising in psychosocial aspects of major incidents, emergency planning and disaster management. She works independently and provides research, training and consultancy services for a range of organisations focussing on the management and support of people. Her publications include two research reports for the Government focussing on the development of best practice in humanitarian assistance after disaster. Anne is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and Vice Chair of Disaster Action. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of a number of academic journals related to emergency services and emergency management research.

Keynote presentation: Emerging Themes in Emergency Management

Genevieve Goatcher is a sociologist specialising in emergencies and disaster. Her work is conducted as an independent researcher and consultant. She is currently acting as an adviser to the Cabinet Office on areas elated to community resilience and to mass fatalities. She is also an external member of the Emergency Services Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University.

Lucy Easthope is a specialist in disaster management with a particular interest in the human costs of emergencies, particularly in relation to loss in all its forms. Within this she has a particular interest in the losses incurred in flooding and in the care of the bereaved and deceased. She is an Affiliate of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University, New Zealand. Lucy has participated in the response to several incidents including aviation disasters, the Bali terrorist attacks, and the operations at Brize Norton during the military campaign in Iraq. She has led numerous training and exercise events and provided contingency plans for organisations internationally. She is an adviser to the Cabinet Office: Guidance Inventory Project as part of the National Resilience Intranet and to their National Recovery Group with a specific focus on training and exercising. She is also an adviser to the Metropolitan Police Family Liaison Team and Contingency Planning Unit. She is the Associate Course Director for the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.

Keynote presentation: Lucy Easthope and Genevieve Goatcher: Journeying through research and practice collaborations: co-production in emergency management.