Recordings of the NCC Bushfire Conference 2023

We are excited to release the recordings of NCC’s 13th Biennial Bushfire Conference Managing Fire Together: Applying science, skills, and stories, held on the 24th and 25th of May 2023.

Purchase Early Release Access to two days of presentations (over 11 hours of content) by leading academics, practitioners, Traditional Owners, agencies and communities to explore how we can improve in managing bush fire together. Access is available for $60AUD for those who were unable to purchase tickets to experience the conference live in May. 

Ticket-holding conference delegates receive complimentary access to these recordings, with access instructions previously sent via email. If you are eligible for this complementary access but have not received this email, please contact NCCBushfireConference@nature.org.au.

Through the lens of climate change, resilience and collaborative communities, presentations investigate how collective bushfire strategies can strengthen our communities and environments.   

The program examines how changes in climate are impacting the capacity of both natural and human systems to cope with different fire seasons. It explores how to better prepare, respond and recover from bushfires.

Download the full Conference Program Here

(Please note - the recordings do not include the poster session, outlined in the program)

Addresses and keynotes:

• Commissioner Rob Rogers ASFM, NSW Rural Fire Service. Address.
• Atticus Fleming, A/Coordinator General Environment and Heritage Group. "Managing fire and ecological health in NSW national parks."
• Darren Grover, Head, Healthy Land and Seascapes WWF-Australia. "A multi-faceted response to recovery from the Black Summer fire."
• Jacqui Mumford,Chief Executive Officer, Nature Conservation Council of NSW. Address.
  
• Oliver Costello, Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation. "Connecting to Jagun (Country) for healing and community resilience."
• Dr Sarah Harris, Country Fire Authority. "Climate change and bushfire management."
• Professor David Lindenmayer, The Australian National University. "Forests, forestry and fire"
• Assoc Prof Lauren Bennett, The University of Melbourne. "Fires and forests – can we assume carbon stability and neutrality?"
• Prof Euan Ritchie, Deakin University. "Burning issues: managing fire and interacting threats for effective ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation."

Images (top to bottom): audience applause after RFS Comissioner Rob Rogers' opening address on 24th May; delegates interact with sponsor representatives in the heritage room.

Please see the conference program for a full list of presentations. If you have any further questions please contact the Bushfire Program Team at NCCBushfireConference@nature.org.au, or visit https://www.nature.org.au/bush... 

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW would like to acknowledge the generous support of our NCC Bushfire Conference 2023 sponsors: Platinum - NSW Rural Fire Service; NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service; WWF - Australia || Gold - Toolijooa Environmental Restoration || Silver - Humane Society International; Local Land Services || Bronze - Western Sydney University; Eco Logical Australia; Saving our Species Program, NSW Government; Science, Economics and Insights Division, Department of Planning and Environment