This successful one day symposium was held in Melbourne on Tuesday March 10 to coincide with the Australian International Airshow. Program details and links to speaker notes – where available – are listed below.

Program
Welcome by Chair - Gerard Frawley, Managing Editor, Australian Aviation

Aviation assets operator updates
* Victoria Police Air Wing - Inspector Bruce Thomas, Officer in Charge, Victorian Police Air Wing - Click here to view speaker notes
* RAAF Air Lift Group - Air Commodore John Oddie, Commander, Air Lift Group
* Developments in crew training - Dean Minchington, Chief Operating Officer - Commercial, CareFlight Queensland
* Australian Maritime Safety Authority - Shane Johnson, SAR Unit Coordinator, AMSA

Major trends in civil and military aviation’s involvement in disaster prevention and response
* Generation of situational awareness - John Young, General Manager, Emergency Response, AMSA
* Civilian air ambulance assets in disaster response - Dr Allan MacKillop, Chief Operating Officer - Air Ambulance, CareFlight Group, Queensland - Click here to view speaker notes
* The future of air ambulance services in Australia - Phil Hogan, Metropolitan Ambulance Service

Case studies of aviation’s role in disaster prevention, response and recovery
* Military aviation response to disasters, including Sumatra Assist - Air Commodore John Oddie, Commander, RAAF Air Lift Group
* Victoria Police Air Wing’s response the Victorian bushfires - Inspector Bruce Thomas, Officer in Charge, and Sgt David Key - Click here to view speaker notes
* Army Aviation - LTCOL Stephen Jobson, 16 Brigade (Aviation) operations

Advances in disaster preparation, prevention, response and recovery
* Tactical mapping on demand: Near real time assessing of flood damage using aerial imagery and mapping of the Barkly Highway- Gadi Bichler, General Manager, Point Trading
* Evacuation operations after the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Thailand protests, and helicopter relief operations in the Queensland floods - Grant Chisnall, Director, Dynamiq - Click here to view speaker notes

All profits from this conference were donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Queries
For any follow-up queries regarding this event, please contact Australian Homeland Security Research Centre on (02) 6161 5143 or email admin@homelandsecurity.org.au