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Events
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Pandemic Influenza Expo
Canberra: 7 March 2007
The Pandemic Influenza Expo is a small scale expo designed to provide the latest knowledge on issues, products and services of importance to those responsible for workplace pandemic influenza measures.
The Expo consists
of
1. informative presentations
2. a table-top display of exhibiting
organisations.
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Proudly
supported by
Lunch Sponsor
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Working as your organisation's pandemic influenza officer
Canberra: 20 March 2007
Perth: details coming soon
Course aims:
The aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge, confidence and process to effectively serve as an organisation’s pandemic influenza officer before, during and after a major influenza outbreak.
Brochure and bookings.
Pandemic Influenza Exercise Day for Workplace
Influenza Officers
Canberra: 21 March 2007
The Exercise Day is designed to provide the practical skills required for those personnel who would be responsible for advising management and training staff on the practical measures that are effective in preventing the spread of pandemic influenza and other infectious diseases in the workplace.
The Day focuses heavily on personal hygiene, cleaning and the workplace organisation changes required in pandemic workplace management.
Brochure and bookings.
Past events
Working as your organisation's pandemic influenza officer
All States
Course aims:
The aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge, confidence and process to effectively serve as an organisation’s pandemic influenza officer before, during and after a major influenza outbreak.
Brochure and bookings.
Pandemic Influenza Exercise Day for Workplace
Influenza Officers
Canberra: March 2007
The Exercise Day is designed to provide the practical skills required for those personnel who would be responsible for advising management and training staff on the practical measures that are effective in preventing the spread of pandemic influenza and other infectious diseases in the workplace.
The Day focuses heavily on personal hygiene, cleaning and the workplace organisation changes required in pandemic workplace management.
Event aim:
To educate pandemic officers, business continuity managers, security managers and senior executives on the opportunities, costs and risks of teleworking.
Workshop aim:
To identify the specific and unique issues which IT professionals need to address when preparing for or responding to pandemic influenza. A publication identifying the issues and appropriate responses will be produced following the workshop. Participants will receive a free copy of the publication.
A report of the event is coming soon.
Course aims:
The aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge, confidence and process to effectively serve as an organisation’s pandemic influenza officer before, during and after a major influenza outbreak.
Pandemic Preparations for
Agencies, Essential Services, Critical Infrastructure Organisations and Businesses
31 March 2006,
Rydges Lakeside,
Canberra
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This briefing provided practical preparation information for dealing with the panic arising from a feared outbreak as well as from an actual epidemic and pandemic. It focused on the actions that essential services, critical infrastructure and other agencies/businesses should consider taking.
Program
Registrants to the conference can access all audio files at no cost. You need to obtain the username and password from info@pandemic.net.au and then click here to log in.
• MP3 (3 Meg)
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Welcome by Morning Chair
Chris Uhlmann |
• MP3 (5 Meg)
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Opening address
Athol Yates, Executive Director, Australian Homeland Security Research Centre |
• Powerpoint presentation of Dr Gilbert
• MP3 (38 Meg)
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How did employees, employers, customers and the public respond before, during and after the SARS experience?
• Hacy Tobias, former Human Resources Director, Asia Pacific for SAS one of the worlds’ largest software companies (Currently with Strategic Value Management)
• Dr Barry Gilbert, Public Health Management
• Balbir Singh, worked for 3M in Singapore during the SARS outbreak (Currently
Technical Manager for 3M Australia’s Medical and Dental Division)
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• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (30 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here
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The strategy, alert levels and responsibilities for health, essential service and critical infrastructure organisations at different pandemic alert levels
Dr Moira McKinnon, Office of Health Protection, Department of Health and Ageing |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (23 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Converting the ACT Pandemic Plan into reality
Dr Paul Dugdale, ACT Chief Health Officer
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• Details
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Role Play Scenario
Agency CEO's Address
Agency Business Continuity Manager’s Address |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (23 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Aligning your business continuity measures with the pandemic alert levels, and what should be in the plans
Gavin Love, Business Continuity Management Group, WorleyParsons |
• Details
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Role Play Scenario
Agency CEO's Address
Agency Influenza Manager’s Address |
| • MP3 (5 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Chair: Leslie Whittet, Business Continuity Institute Representative for the ACT |
• Powerpoint presentation from Dr Romeyn
• MP3 (33 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Panel on workplace relations and insurance during a pandemic: Compensation for closures, insurance, duty of care, employee entitlements, workers compensation
Panellists
• Alistair Waters, National Secretariat, Community and Public Sector Union
• Dr Jane Romeyn, General Manager, Research and Strategy, Comcare
• Kevin Le Plastrier, Divisional Manager, Corporate Insurance Services, Aon Risk Services Australia Limited
• Ken Pogson, Senior Executive Lawyer, Australian Government Solicitor, Australian Government Solicitor |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (20 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Case study:
Experiences with Pandemic Preparedness in a large Government Department
Christine Bruce, Branch Manager, Business Support Branch, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and
Stephen Doyle, Principal, Ernst & Young
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• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (20 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Case study: Melbourne Fire and Emergency Service Board
Dr Barry Gilbert, Public Health Management
• Pandemic preparations in an essential service organisation (ESO)
• Barriers to being prepared in an ESO
• Challenges to stakeholder consultation
• Introducing hygiene and other behaviour changes |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (20 Meg) Free to conference attendess, others click here |
Case study: Pandemic preparation on a university campus
Gaye Cameron, University of NSW
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• Details
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Role Play Scenario
Agency CEO's Address
Agency HR Manager’s Address |
• Details
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Role Play Scenario
Agency CEO's Address
Agency Influenza Manager’s Address |
| • MP3 (32 Meg) |
Effective decontamination of infected surfaces and spaces
Jim Gault, Senior Vice President, Hypherion Corporation |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Isolation Strategies for the Management of Contaminated Patients
Peter Murphy, Managing Director, OPEC Systems |
• Powerpoint presentation
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
How to calculate an appropriate stockpile
John Hallam, 3M |
• Details
• MP3 (32 Meg) |
Role Play Scenario
Agency Acting CEO’s Address |
Conference CD - Audio and Powerpoint files
A CD of the presentations has been produced which includes MP3 audio files of all sessions plus the powerpoint files of presentations.
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