Conference Day One: Monday, 1 June, 2009

09:00 Chairperson’s Welcome

Responding to emergencies from a regional and global perspective

09:10 Identifying How To Effectively Combat The Aftermath Of A Widespread Earthquake

• Evaluating the damage caused by an earthquake and identifying what measures need to be implemented
• Determining how to ensure that key stakeholders effectively co-ordinate their activities during the clear-up operation
• Understanding the potential issues arising from a lack of communication during a post-earthquake rescue operation

Lieutenant General Sajjad Akram
Deputy Chairman
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority

09:50 Effective Emergency Response: Planning And Executing Effective Drills In Oil Storage Installations

• Developing a practical Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
• Outlining the key elements of the ERP
• Assessing how to develop a pre-fire plan
• Evaluating the preparation required to conduct effective joint fire drills

Nabeel
Chief Fire & Safety Compliance Officer
Emirates National Oil Company

• Determining the true scale of the outbreak in terms of population size
• Identifying the development of triage in relation to a biological incident
• Assessing how to effectively manage resources during a prolonged biological incident
• Understanding what lessons can be learned by the international emergency response community when handling such an incident

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

11:40 Inter-Agency Coordination And Cooperation – The Key To Disaster Management Success

• Assigning jurisdiction – who is in charge and when?
• Determining Interoperability to maximize your operational capacity
• Practicing what you preach by training together to identify and solve strategic and operational issues
• Outlining best practice and benchmarking by learning from the success and failures of others
• Identifying an all hazards approach to disaster management

Chris Maguire
Fire & HAZMAT Services Manager
SEACOR Environmental Services International

13:30 Identifying What Determines A Pandemic And The Lessons Learned From Previous Incidents

• Understanding what constitutes a pandemic threat
• Determining the challenges involved in overcoming a pandemic
• Identifying how emergency response agencies deal with a pandemic situation
• Assessing how prepared the UAE is for a wide-scale pandemic

Dr. Ahmed Abdalla
Communicable Diseases, Public Health and Policy
Health Authority Abu Dhabi

14:10 Prepardness To Accreditation Of The UAE Search And Rescue Team By The United Nations International Search & Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG)

• Understanding the work of the UAE Search and Rescue team
• Outlining the steps taken to meet the accreditation requirements
• Identifying the priorities for future development and investment

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

14.50 Before And After A Disaster – The Role Of Information Technology

• Training and simulation to help you prepare
• Challenges in collaboration and communication between first responders
• Partnerships and community involvement

Bert Oltmans
Executive Director Public Safety & National Security
Microsoft - Middle East Africa region

16:00 Case Study: Emergency Response In The UAE

• Understanding how the Abu Dhabi Emergency & Public Safety Department respond to a disaster situation
• Determining future developments within the Abu Dhabi Emergency & Public Safety in terms of forming international relations

Firas Mohamad Al-Dakak
Instructor, Abu Dhabi Emergency & Public Safety Department
Abu Dhabi Police

16.40 The Pakistan Earthquake Disaster – Operational Response Of 2005

• A case study on the ERT SAR deployment mission to the NWFP Pakistan – Oct 2005
• A report on the actual disaster mission activities and details
• How the team SOPs improved response and safety
• 10 operational lessons learned in a chaotic environment
• 3 leadership mandates which assured the mission success and safety

Gary Foo
SAR Chief – Tech Rescue & International Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor
ERT Search & Rescue

17:20 End Of Conference Day One

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