08:55 Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Alan Hawley
Professor of Disaster Studies, Director of Disasters & Resilience Centre
University of Glamorgan, UK

Disaster management - policy and planning

09:00 Opening Speech And Keynote Presentation: Developing A Unified National Emergency Management Plan: The Role Of NCEMA In Coordinating Policies And Plans

09:30 Moving Forward – The Successful International Accreditation Of The UAE Search & Rescue Team By The United Nations International Search & Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG)

• Identifying the roles and responsibilities of the UAE Search & Rescue team
• Preparedness for the accreditation and outlining the steps taken to meet the requirements
• Moving towards a better future and identifying priorities for development and investment

Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Abdulla Al Neaimi
Deputy Director
Abu Dhabi Emergency & Public Safety Department Abu Dhabi Police, UAE

10.00 Implementing A Highly Adaptive Enterprise Resilience Strategy Within A Constantly Changing Threat Environment

• Shaping Business Continuity and Resilience through the ‘lessons learnt’ from disasters
• The use of ‘Best Practice’ Resilience strategies and frameworks to protect your Organization
• How to dynamically adapt your security posture within a high Risk environment
• Common challenges associated with implementing ‘Enterprise Resilience’ strategies

Guy Paterson
Business Continuity Management
Boartes

11.00 Developing National Systems For The Effective Management Of Key Risks

• Analysing existing policy and institutional arrangements for dealing with disasters
• Identifying gaps in national capacities for managing risks
• Understanding the requirements for an effective disaster risk management system
• Discussing challenges in improving the existing systems to increase their effectiveness

Zubair Murshed
Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor for Arab States
UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery (BCPR), Egypt

11:30 Disasters In The United Arab Emirates – Are We Really Ready?

• Analysing the risks facing the UAE: questioning the perceptions and outlining the facts
• Evaluating the results of a recent survey of the occurences of disasters affecting the UAE and the wider region
• Using the research to enhance preparedness

Dr. Ali Salem Al Alili
Principal House Officer
Dubai Health Authority, UAE

Emergency preparedness and risk mitigation

12.00 Case Study: The HAAD Major Incident Management Structure – Merging Of The UK Major Incident Management Systems (MIMMS) And The US Incident Command System (ICS) To Create A Tailored Programme For Abu Dhabi

• Introducing the ’Incident Management Structure’ and its background and development
• Establishing a unified incident management system and outlining how it improves coordination between organisations – both civilian and military
• Establishing common processes for planning and managing resources

Dr. Ajith George
Consultant – Emergency Preparedness Operations Centre
Abu Dhabi Health Authority, UAE

12:30 Case Study: Examining The Dubai International Airport Emergency Management Plan

• Review of worldwide accidents
• Assessing the integrated role of different systems in response to an aircraft crash
• Testing the Dubai International Airport Emergency Plan and lessons learnt

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali
Specialist Senior Registrar
Emergency and Trauma Center Rashid Hospital, UAE

13.00 Case Study: Biological Agents - Availability Of Medical Counter-Measures: Present Challenges And The Way Ahead

• The social and economic consequences provoked by use of biological agents
• Improving the preparation process through improved Medical counter-measures (MCMs) and partnership between industry and public incident response teams
• Understanding the relationship between investment, procurement and preparedness to cope in a crisis situation
• Defining the importance of continuous investment in CBRN-related MCMs via joint working to ensure population protection at an affordable cost

Allen M. Shofe
Senior Vice-President, Emergent BioSolutions; Chairman
International Security & Biopolicy Institute (ISBI)

14.30 Case Study: The HAAD Major Incident Management Structure – Merging Of The UK Major Incident Management Systems (MIMMS) And The US Incident Command System (ICS) To Create A Tailored Programme For Abu Dhabi

• Introducing the ’Incident Management Structure’ and its background and development
• Establishing a unified incident management system and outlining how it improves coordination between organisations – both civilian and military
• Establishing common processes for planning and managing resources

Dr. Ajith George
Consultant Emergency Preparedness Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Health Authority Abu Dhabi, UAE

15.00 Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) – How To Better Prepare For Large-Scale Incidents

• Differentiating between high risk and low risk disasters
• Utilising effective planning and exercising strategies for smaller-scale, higher risk to prepare better for the larger-scale, lower risk incidents
• Training and communication strategies to ensure that everyone is familiar with your disaster plans to minimise the chances of failure to adhere to the plans in the high-stress environment of a real-life disaster

Andrew Hoar
EMS supervisor/Disaster Clinical Coordinator
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. KSA

Effective crisis response strategies

15.30 On The Ground – Determining Clear Responsibilities Of Emergency Response Teams In Disaster Situations

• Identifying how the police, ambulance and civil defence agencies can work more effectively together
• Assessing the dangers caused by lack of cross-agency coordination within large-scale disasters
• Understanding how to implement clear communication channels between key stakeholders within emergency response teams during the disaster recovery stage

John Pooley
Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer & Head of Emergency Preparedness
London Ambulance Service, UK

16.30 Improving The Response Of Health Providers To Minimise The Impact Of Disasters And Crisis: Essentials Of The Emergency Transfer System

• Differentiating care team responsibilities in normal and crisis situations
• Identifying the standardised and structured communication scheme within an integrated healthcare system across all stakeholders
• Establishing compliance with regulations and best practice as the foundation of patient care
• Successfully distinguishing between needs and demands and creating action plans accordingly

Dr. Mohamed Ali Karkoukli
Senior Quality Specialist, Head of Emergency Preparedness
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company ‘SEHA’, UAE

17.00 Chair’s Closing Comments And End Of Day One