Friday, December 5, 2008

NICDEM Conference


Delegates from across the North Island, a few from the South and even Tonga (good on you Maliu) gathered together in Rotorua for the North Island Civil Defence Emergency Management Conference yesterday and today.

Unfortunately I could only make it for day 1 but the region is well represented with about 11 delegates in attendance. Some great speakers filled the audience with hope for resolving what has been a tricky problem for for EMOs... fast moving consumer goods during pandemic emergencies. The Aussies have certainly made excellent progress and don't seem to have run out of steam yet.

The Horizons presentation went well (if a little hurried) and several people have already asked me to explain further some of the benefits we've seen in Groove and just how we're using it. The technology didn't let us down in front of a live audience (phew). Thanks to the team for helping pull this one off.

A good selection of exhibitors were on hand to catch our eyes (and order books) during the breaks.

Hats off to Greg Wilson and the team for organising a great conference.

2 comments:

Kerry McSaveney said...

Hey! Didn't realise you guys had a blog too! *waves from Porirua*

I need to show your systems to our Information Management people.

Shane Bayley said...

All the cool people have blogs... that means there's two of us in EM!