Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

‍Ireland’s First National Security Strategy and Ireland’s Emergency Preparedness

• Principal threats to Ireland’s national security
• Strategic goals Ireland should adopt
• Will the traditional national security policies and approaches remain relevant?
• What strategic capabilities will the State need to develop
• National Emergency Plans
• Strategic Emergency Management (SEM) National Structures and Framework

Johnny Fallon, Strategy Director, Carr Communications

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Climate Change and Environmental Emergencies

Principal threats to Ireland’s national security - Climate Change: An Existential Threat or Not?

• Learning from paleoclimate and modern-day temperature trends.
• Natural variability and “extreme weather events”
• Observations of sea level rise and developments in the cryosphere
• Clearing misunderstandings of the IPCC reports and the media bias
• Proposed refocusing of national energy and agricultural policy.

Jim O’Brien, Chair of the Irish Climate Science Forum

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Planning for an Energy Supply Crisis this Winter

• Oil - Meeting the Distribution Challenge
• How Secure are our Gas Supplies?
• Can we Keep the Lights On Without Gas?

Gerry Duggan, Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering

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Communication is Key

• Notification and information exchange processes
• Public/media communication
• Muti- Agency communication

Paul Cuttle, Owner, Cuttle Consulting.

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Public Health and Medical Response

• The role of Departments of Public Health following a public health major
• Identification of the population who have been exposed to the threat
• Assessment of the risk to public health
• Risk communication and guidance to key health professionals
• Risk communication to the public to address concerns, provide information and advice
• Advice on control measures to protect public health
• Short term and long-term monitoring of those exposed if appropriate.

Dr. Peter Daly, Director, Irish Center for Emergency Management

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Weather Emergencies

• What weather emergencies can we expect in the future. What do we need to prepare for?
• Met Éireann’s Warning System including warnings notifications on App
• Storm Naming
• Accuracy of forecasts and probabilistic forecasting
• New trends towards impact-based forecasts

Evelyn Cusack, Head of Forecasting, Met Eireann

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Cyber Attacks- Be a Cyber Phoenix and rise from the ashes

• See how other organisations addressed existential IT disasters.
• Learn what needs to be considered to prepare your organisation.

Liam Lynch,L2 Cyber Security Solutions

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Building and Sustaining Resilience

• Customer and regulator expectations
• The five key elements of resilience
• Building your resilience plans
• Testing your plans
• Managing your Third Parties

Gerard Joyce, CalQrisk

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Crowd Control and Evacuations in an Emergency situation

• Crowd Management and Risk at Major Events
• Emergency Evacuations - What elements need to be considered for a safe and effective evacuation?
• Application of lessons learned from crowd related incidents or 'near misses' for the future

Sean Ward, Owner and Managing Director, 4Ward Planning

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War - Ireland's Vulnerability during International conflict

Dr David Murphy, FRHistS Director, MA in Military History & Strategic Studies Department of History, Maynooth University

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