The EMPA Australia 2024 committee is pleased to confirm that Joe Buffone, Deputy Coordinator-General, National Emergency Management Agency will open the conference on Wednesday 5 June 2024.
Joe has more than 30 years’ experience in security and disaster management and has held a number of key senior positions. Joe has had direct involvement in coordinating and responding to major emergencies in Australia and internationally, at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical levels. Some examples are; Leading the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre 2020, Black Summer 2019-20, Far North Queensland Floods 2018-19, Cyclone Debbie 2017, Tasmanian Bushfires 2016, Wye River Bushfires 2016, Nepal Earth Quake 2015, Somerton Building Waste Fire 2015, Hazelwood Mine Fire 2014. NSW Bushfires 2014, 2011 Victorian Floods, 2009 Black Saturday Fires in Victoria.