Beyondedge is attending Australasia’s biggest annual conference for fire, emergency services, land management and researchers, to showcase some of our latest eLearning in Fire Safety training.

Fire Chiefs and Commissioners from every State and Territory will be joined by overseas fire agency heads from New Zealand, Hong Kong and the Pacific Islands. SES Commissioners from around the country will network with other senior emergency service practitioners from the region and leading national and international experts and researchers will be at the AFAC & Bushfire CRC conference, running over four days, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
The theme of the conference is New World, New Thinking, focusing on how fire and emergency services can adapt and respond to changing expectations in public safety.
The opening keynote speaker is Ben Self, founder of Blue State Digital in Kentucky, US and noted for providing a variety of technology and communication services to the successful 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. He will talk about using the internet and social media to engage the community.
Other invited speakers include Sir Ken Knight, HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services, UK, and Gregory Lo, Director of Fire Services, Hong Kong Fire Services Department, who will talk about their work. Professor Jose Torero, Head, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment at the University of Edinburgh, will talk about smart buildings and how the World Trade Center towers might still be standing.
Leading researchers will present their work and there will be a big display of research posters. The Bushfire CRC’s work will feature strongly during the Science Day on the final day of the conference.

The conference is being held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia from Monday 29 August to Thursday 1 September 2011.
Full details at http://www.afac2011.org

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