EMPA Australia 2025
4 - 6 June 2025
Mercure Melbourne Albert Park
EMPA Australia to be held in Melbourne in 2025
The EMPA Australia Committee is pleased to announce that EMPA Australia 2025 will be held in Melbourne from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 June 2025!
Registrations will open in February 2025.
The conference will take place at the Mercure Melbourne Albert Park.
The committee is busy planning another high-quality line-up of speakers, panels and workshops, so ensure you are on the mailing list to receive program announcements!
EMPA Australia is the meeting of the voices of emergency management in this country
Effective public information and connection with communities is critical to building safer and more resilient communities. The need for constant improvement in warnings, information and engagement is always a major component of Royal commissions and inquiries into natural disasters.
It is critical that we focus on improving the capability and capacity of our public information and communications staff by
exposing them to research and experience of their local, interstate and overseas peers.
EMPA’s are the only EM conferences which occur in this region that provide the intense focus on communications and engagement that Australasia’s EM professionals require.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Philippe Borremans
Author of "Mastering Crisis Communication with ChatGPT; A Practical Guide"
Read MoreMelissa Pexton
Deputy Commissioner, Strategy and Emergency Management, DFES WA
Read MoreJoe Buffone
Deputy Coordinator-General, National Emergency Management Australia
Read MoreDr Jonica Newby
Science reporter, author, speaker, TV presenter and director
Read MoreDr Jeannette Sutton
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, University...
Read MoreCONFERENCE PROGRAM
The EMPA Australia 2025 program will be available in early 2025.
UPDATES
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Read MoreOver 100 delegates attended EMPA Australia in 2024. Delegates came from a broad range of emergency services agencies, local and State government, NGOs and industry groups. The EMPA Australia conference has become an important professional development and engagement event for communications specialists within the emergency management community.
DELEGATES’ HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TAKE-AWAYS FROM 2024
Register
Registrations for 2025 will open in February 2025. One-day and full registrations available. Special rates for groups of three or more and student rates available.
Program
The 2025 program will be announced in early 2025. Join us for two days of engaging and insightful presentations and panel discussions from leading emergency communicators.
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