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The ECM® is a two-day, face to face, immersive learning experience, outlining how the Commonwealth prepares for, responds to, and recovers from any crisis. The ECM® brings together scenario work, community speakers, leading subject matter experts, the Australian Government Crisis Management Framework (AGCMF), the National Coordination Mechanism (NCM) and Crisis Appreciation and Strategic Planning Guidelines (CASP), to explore the concurrent, consecutive and compounding complex crises, in a National Context.

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Jun 12 & 13, 2024 GMT+10

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50 Blackall Street
Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Effective Consequence Management through AGCMF

National ECM is delivered in conjunction with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

A$2,900

Speakers

  • Joe Buffone PSM GAICD (Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency)

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

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  • Rhonda Andrews (Managing Director of Barrington Centre)

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

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  • Trevor Jones (Former Assistant Secretary Disaster Preparedness, Plans and Incident Management Branch in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)

    Trevor Jones

    Former Assistant Secretary Disaster Preparedness, Plans and Incident Management Branch in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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  • Mark Duckworth PSM (Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Alfred Deakin Institute Fellow)

    Mark Duckworth PSM

    Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Alfred Deakin Institute Fellow

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  • AC Kylie Rendina (Assistant Commissioner, Australian Border Force)

    AC Kylie Rendina

    Assistant Commissioner, Australian Border Force

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  • Jemima Richards

    Jemima Richards

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  • Tony Thompson (Founder RecoveryWise of RecoveryWise)

    Tony Thompson

    Founder RecoveryWise of RecoveryWise

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  • Amelia Shaw (Government Relations Manager - Resilience at Woolworths Group Limited)

    Amelia Shaw

    Government Relations Manager - Resilience at Woolworths Group Limited

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  • AVM Stephen Chappell, DSC, CSC, OAM (Head of Military Strategic Commitments at Australian Air Force)

    AVM Stephen Chappell, DSC, CSC, OAM

    Head of Military Strategic Commitments at Australian Air Force

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  • Caitlin Bell (Assistant Coordinator General, National Coordination Mechanism Branch at National Emergency Management Agency)

    Caitlin Bell

    Assistant Coordinator General, National Coordination Mechanism Branch at National Emergency Management Agency

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Agenda

  • Day 1 (June 12, 2024)
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AMParticipant Arrival and Sign-In and Refreshments
    Flexible arrival time ready for 9:00am program commencement
    9:00 AM - 9:10 AMWelcome to Effective Consequence Management (ECM®) Program
    Joe Buffone – Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group, National Emergency Management Agency

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    9:10 AM - 9:30 AMSetting the Scene for Program
    Barrington Centre introduction, program context and outline program objectives.

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

    9:30 AM - 10:15 AMParticipants’ Roles and Objectives
    Outline Participants’ roles and discuss Participants’ objectives.

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

    10:15 AM - 10:45 AMMorning Refreshments and Opportunity for Networking
    10:45 AM - 11:20 AMDiscuss Causes, Effects and Consequences in concurrent, consecutive and compounding circumstances

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    11:20 AM - 11:25 AMBrief Break
    11:25 AM - 12:50 PMPolitics and Crisis Management
    Explores the political dimensions of any emergency; provides Participants with a framework for understanding the political ramifications of the decisions they make during an emergency.

    Trevor Jones

    Former Assistant Secretary Disaster Preparedness, Plans and Incident Management Branch in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

    Mark Duckworth PSM

    Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Alfred Deakin Institute Fellow

    12:50 PM - 1:35 PMLunch Break and Opportunity for Networking
    1:35 PM - 2:35 PMAustralian Government Crisis Management Framework
    Emergency Management Australia discusses Australian Government Crisis Management Framework (AGCMF) and the relationships between Commonwealth and States/Territories.

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    2:35 PM - 3:05 PMNational Coordination Mechanism
    Emergency Management Australia discusses National Coordination Mechanism (NCM) and how it fundamentally operationalises the AGCMF.

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    3:05 PM - 3:15 PMParticipant Discussion
    3:15 PM - 3:35 PMAfternoon Refreshments and Opportunity for Networking
    3:35 PM - 4:50 PMExecutive Leadership
    Participants have an opportunity to review their own Strategic and Consequence Management thinking and practices. Each Participant identifies areas for change and broadening their skill suite of strategic and consequence adaptability.

    AC Kylie Rendina

    Assistant Commissioner, Australian Border Force

    4:50 PM - 5:00 PMDiscussion and Plenary Session
    5:00 PM - 5:45 PMCanapés and Refreshments
    5:45 PM - 6:45 PMEvening Event: Joe Buffone PSM GAICD ‘In Conversation With' AVM Stephen Chappell DSC, CSC, OAM

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    AVM Stephen Chappell, DSC, CSC, OAM

    Head of Military Strategic Commitments at Australian Air Force

    Day 2 (June 13, 2024)
    8:00 AM - 8:30 AMParticipant Arrival and Refreshments
    Flexible arrival time ready for 8:30am program commencement
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AMOpening of Day Two and Day One Reflections

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

    9:30 AM - 9:50 AMScenario Session: Setting the Scene
    Briefing to Participants about a hypothetical crisis demonstrating ‘catastrophic situations.’

    Joe Buffone PSM GAICD

    Deputy Coordinator General, Emergency Management and Response Group at National Emergency Management Agency

    9:50 AM - 10:20 AMMorning Refreshments and Opportunity for Networking
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AMPanel: A Community Perspective of Major Crises
    Examining the impact of major crises on communities from the perspective of those who have been directly affected by them with emphasis on how crises can affect a Community.
    To examine the causal relationships between the responsibilities held by Commonwealth officers and how they lead to direct impacts on the ground with Communities.

    Jemima Richards

    Tony Thompson

    Founder RecoveryWise of RecoveryWise

    11:50 AM - 12:30 PMLunch and Opportunity for Networking
    12:30 PM - 1:30 PMConsequence Management for Industry
    Development of processes to embed and inject consequence thinking into policy development and crisis response.

    Amelia Shaw

    Government Relations Manager - Resilience at Woolworths Group Limited

    1:30 PM - 2:00 PMReflection and Open Discussion
    Opportunity to discuss as a Participant Cohort how the learnings out of Modules 9 and 10 can be directly applied and achieve tangible results.

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

    2:00 PM - 3:00 PMScenario Session: Part 1 – Syndicate Deliberations
    Participants apply the learnings from this morning’s briefing to a hypothetical crisis demonstrating ‘catastrophic situations.’
    This hypothetical stretches Participant thinking beyond normal constitutional arrangements and requires innovative, dynamic, and agile Whole of Government responses across Commonwealth, State/Territories Departments and Agencies.

    Caitlin Bell

    Assistant Coordinator General, National Coordination Mechanism Branch at National Emergency Management Agency

    3:00 PM - 3:20 PMWorking Afternoon Tea
    3:20 PM - 4:00 PMScenario Session: Part 2 – Syndicate Presentations
    Syndicate present their prepared scenario responses and gain feedback from Facilitators.

    Rhonda Andrews

    Managing Director of Barrington Centre

    Caitlin Bell

    Assistant Coordinator General, National Coordination Mechanism Branch at National Emergency Management Agency

    4:00 PM - 4:30 PMPlenary Discussion and Closure to Program
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