What does community resilience mean to you?

Ask this question across sectors, professions and experiences and chances are you will receive a range of very different answers. These two days of talks and workshops will explore the challenge of bringing together these different understandings, taking a global, national and local view.

Bringing together a range of speakers, from all sectors, with diverse expertise, this conference is designed to clarify what community resilience is - and could be.

A range of workshops will also enable attendees to hear about real-life experiences, best practice and tools for community resilience - as well as explore ways forward for successfully bringing together existing work.

Draft programme (Sept 7th) - subject to change

Day one - 8th October

09.00 - 10.00

Registration – coffee and networking

10.00 - 10.15

Introduction and welcome

Rob Davis, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Avon Fire & Rescue Service

10.15 - 10.45

The challenge – Prepare for Change

Ian Roderick, The Schumacher Institute

10.45 - 11.15

Liverpool – “The Merseyside Experience”

Jamie Riley, Liverpool City Council

11.15 - 11.45

Coffee

11.45 - 12.15

How building community cohesion and engagement in times of stability can yield the “resilience dividend” when faced with a sudden shock.

Sarah Toy, Bristol City Council – Strategic Resilience Officer

12.15 - 13.00

Disaster Management Facility

Dr El Parker, Coventry University

13.00 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 14.15

UN Safer Cities

(Keynote Speaker)

14.15 - 14.45

Experiences from Cornwall

Cornwall Flood Forum

14.45 - 15.30

Workshops 1, 2 and 3

15.30 - 16.00

Tea available

16.00 - 17.00

Plenary Q & A

Day two - 9th October

09.00 - 10.00

Registration – coffee and networking

10.00 - 10.05

Introduction and welcome

Rob Davis

10.05 - 10.30

Setting the scene and review of day one

Ian Roderick

10.30 - 11.00

Hazard, risk and vulnerability.

Rich Pancost, Cabot Institute, University of Bristol

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee

11.30 - 12.00

North Somerset experience

Ian Wilson

12.00 - 12.30

Greater Manchester Civil Contingencies and Resilience Unit

Kathy Oldham, Civil Contingencies & Resilience Unit, Greater Manchester Police

12.30 - 13.00

Towards healthy, resilient and sustainable communities in a changing climate.

Jim Hodgson, Climate Change Advisor
Environment Agency

13.00 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 14.15

Resilence in communities

University of Bristol

14.15 - 14.45

Communicating with communities in a crisis

Julie Jupe, Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Jupe Communications Ltd

14.45 - 15.30

Workshops 4, 5 and 6

15.30 - 16.00

Tea available

16.00 - 17.00

Plenary Q & A

Workshops

1

Community Risk Register

Steve Pope, Avon and Somerset Local Resilience Forum

2

Disabled people’s contributions to resilience

Sue Porter, University of Bristol and Michael Clinton, The Schumacher Institute

3

Community engagement and dialogue

Alison Crowther

4

Business community resilience

Jim Gillman , Deputy Civil Protection Manager, Bristol City Council and Ian Roderick

5

Communication among stakeholders

Eloise Taysom, University of Cambridge

6

Resilience ‘Dome’ – listening to people

Sara Saltash