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| Swine Flu Pandemic Executive BriefingA series of executive briefings on Swine Flu Pandemic- Sustainable Communications Strategies will be taking place in August 2009 in three city locations, Melbourne (14 August), Sydney (21August) and Canberra (28 August) .
Raida Hicks President &Founder RH Production Consultancy Tel:04300 26010 email:rhicks@ www.rhproductionconsultancy.com Swine Flu Pandemic Sustainable Communications Strategies Executive Morning Briefing Friday August 14, 2009, Melbourne, Venue, TBA Friday August 21, 2009, Sydney, Venue, TBA Friday August 28, 2009, Canberra, Venue, TBA Sydney, Friday 17 July 2009, There has been a dramatic increase in the confirmed cases and deaths and so far this is the latest statistics on the spread of the disease and it changes daily. The National total is now at 11, 194 of confirmed cases, an increase of 805 cases in one day! The National Breakdown of Confirmed Cases as of 16 July 2009 ACT NSW NT QLD 2987 SA Tas Vic WA Total number of deaths by state Vic 12 NSW 5 NT 2 SA 2 QLD 1 Tas 1 WA 1 Total National Deaths 24 as of 16 July 2009 Total number of hospitalisation around Australia 199, and 74 of these are intensive care units. Source: Department of Health and Aging World wide confirmed cases 94512 World wide deaths Source WHO 6 July 2009 A series of executive briefings on Swine Flu Pandemic- Sustainable Communications Strategies will be taking place in August 2009 in three city locations, Melbourne (14 August), Sydney (21August) and Canberra (28 August) . The aim of the executive briefing is to develop sustainable communications strategies for organisations that are essential to employees, customers and stakeholders. Some of the key issues that will be covered in the brief are: • Review current world wide Swine Flu situation- How will it affect organisations • Convince senior management to act • Employee awareness and preparedness • Government interface and planning • The psychological barriers that may get in the way of pandemic preparation • Address alternative work arrangements and set clear policy An expert panel have also been assembled and featuring: Keynote and Moderator Rita Parker, Chief Executive, ISSR Rita Parker is Chief Executive, ISSR, with expertise in the areas of issues management, strategic advice and corporate resilience. Rita has worked in several Federal agencies in senior management positions providing high level policy advice on, and management of, security related issues. She was the National Strategic Manager for the counter-terrorism exercise Mercury O5 and an expert adviser to the Department of Health and Ageing for its first pandemic influenza exercise, Cumpston 06. Rita leads the technical working group to develop a national standard for Organisational Resilience and she advises government and the private sector on developing their corporate resilience, tests their business and security plans and facilitates exercises. Rita has presented and facilitated at the Pandemic Influenza & Infectious Diseases Summit 2008. Ms Parker holds a Master of Business Administration and she is a Visiting Fellow with the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Participants Melbourne, Friday, 14 August 2009 Gaye Cameron, Manager Security and Emergency Planning, State Water Corporation Dr Tony Gherardin, National Medical Adviser, Travel Doctor-TMVC Group Geoffrey Conaghan, Former General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Melbourne Airport Sydney, Friday, 21 August 2009 Gaye Cameron, Manager Security and Emergency Planning, State Water Corporation Dr Conrad Moreira, Medical Director, Travel Doctor-TMVC Group Dr Andrew Richards DPhil, ARCS, Senior Advisor, Emerging Risk, Risk & Compliance, Commercial Insurance, Suncorp Group Canberra, Friday 28 August 2009 Gaye Cameron, Manager Security and Emergency Planning, State Water Corporation Dr Tony Gherardin, National Medical Adviser, Travel Doctor-TMVC Group About RH Production Consultancy RH Production Consultancy specialises in providing customised solutions to your marketing strategies through the development of tailor made conferences, summits and round tables. It also produces specialised and timely conferences in Business Continuity, National Security and terrorism for the Government and key vertical markets. For further information please visit http://www.rhproductionconsultancy.com/ # # # RH Production Consultancy provides customised soultions to your marketing strategies through the development of customised events. It produces timely conferences in Business Continuity , National Security and terrorism for the Government&Vertical Markets. End
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