Enjoyed a very long, but full day in Sydney today. Not only managed to get some paid work done, but also attended a very interesting discussion on resilience – and got to catch up with some old friends. The main motivation for the visit was to attend a round table event, “Building Resilience in your […]
… a virtual techo (updated)
I am at the VMware Forum at Darling Harbour in Sydney for two days. Will be experimenting with posting and updating posts from the conference via my trusty 3G iPad. For those readers who are not of the technical bent, VMware sell software that enables you to create virtual computers and servers. This is a […]
… WCDM is over
Actually it has been over for a couple of days, but I have just gotten around to writing about it. This was by first visit to the World Conference on Disaster Management. It is probably the best event in this field that I have been to – I would certainly want to go again next […]
… WCDM Day 2
Another smorgasbord of sessions today – 8 concurrent sessions in each of 4 time slots, plus 2 Plenary Sessions. Unfortunately there is always more than 1 session in each time slot I would have liked to attend. The sessions, both yesterday and today, are organised into streams; Real Events / Lessons Learned Technical Issues / […]
… WCDM Day 1
So much to choose from, 9 current presentations in each time slot – plus the various plenary sessions. Highlights of the day for me were the presentation by Robert Kay, conversation around the table at lunch and of course my own presentation. Robert Kay is an Australian and is not part of the BC/EM community. […]