All Sectors Resilience Network Forum 2019

Towards 2030: are we ready? 

Recent national events have demonstrated the importance of ensuring that our critical infrastructure can adapt to the challenges posed by extreme weather events and related shocks and stressors. Preparation for 2030 begins now, so how do we position ourselves to respond to the future opportunities and challenges ahead?

The All Sectors Resilience Network Forum 2019 will bring together representatives of Victoria's eight critical infrastructure sectors to explore the application of a resilience approach to critical infrastructure. 

The forum will be opened by Andrew Crisp PSM, the Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner, and will centre on the implications of extreme weather and climate change on critical infrastructure and essential service delivery.

Professor John Thwaites, the Chair of Melbourne Water, will make the keynote address, presenting a 'Roadmap to 2030', addressing the vulnerabilities his sectors faces in a challenging 2030 context. He will also speak to recent experiences collaborating with emergency services to protect the Thomson Dam from fire and helping prioritise emergency management resources to better protect Victorian Critical Infrastructure and prevent negative consequences on the Victorian community.

Attendees will also be invited to explore interdependencies of critical infrastructure systems thorough a discussion exercise and share potential avenues for cooperation and collaboration. Representatives from industry and the Department of Home Affairs will also present on lessons learnt and future threats to critical infrastructure.