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The Queensland Drought Resilience, Relief & Recovery Forum
Join us for the Queensland Drought Resilience, Relief & Recovery Forum.
By Australian Red Cross
When and where
Date and time
Thu, 2 Dec 2021 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM AEST
Location
Building N79 - Engineering, Technology and Aviation Griffith University West Creek Road Nathan, QLD 4111 Australia
About this event
This December the Australian Red Cross will be hosting the Queensland Drought Resilience, Relief & Recovery Forum.
This full day event will bring together key stakeholders to explore how we can support our Queensland Communities’ prepare for the challenges of drought.
Program for the Day
The program of the day will officially run from 9am to 3pm, with the first section of the day focussed on setting the scene before proceeding into roundtable workshops.
The full program can be viewed via this link.
Speakers
- Travis Bover, Assistant Secretary, Future Drought Fund, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Virtual)
- David Brown, Queensland Drought Resilience Coordinator, Red Cross
- Belinda Drew, Chief Executive Officer, Community Services Industry Alliance
- Selena Gomersall, Chief Advocacy Officer, Outback Futures
- Mike Lollback, Manager, Member and Advisory Services, Local Government Association Queensland
- Professor Brendan Mackey, Director – Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University
- Dr Robert Mellor, Program Advisor
- Jaimee-Lee Prow, Community Development Officer, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council
- Vern Rudwick, Director Drought Policy & Response, QDAF
- Associate Professor Jacki Schirmer, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra (Virtual)
- Pip Schroor, Regional Resilience Coordinator, Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) Inc
- Collin Sivalingum, Queensland State Manager, Red Cross Emergency Services
- Dr Geoff Woolcock, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland