RMLA Annual Conference
"Altitude with Attitude"
Date: 27-29 September 2012
Venue: Millennium Hotel, Queenstown
Life is full of risk. It is how you confront risk that counts. People flock to Queenstown from around the globe to willingly place themselves at risk every day, and not just for its stunning scenery. The RMLA invites (even challenges) you to attend the 2012 conference in Queenstown, where we will tackle risk head on, and at the same time ensure you get to enjoy all of the stunning scenery and exciting adventure tourism activities on offer.
The heights we must scale to achieve a secure future for coming generations in an increasingly risky world may seem daunting to lesser souls, rather like the face of the Remarkables soaring above Lake Wakatipu! The number of recent economic, seismic, climatic and volcanic crises and events affecting New Zealand and overseas countries are all ‘grist to the mill’ for the doomsayers, and those who argue we cannot maintain our current path.
We will certainly need both a positive attitude and a determined effort if we are to sustain prosperity and ensure success in the face of such apparent adversity. But will this be enough? What else should we do to prepare for an uncertain future? How do we best build resilience, scope for innovation, and flexibility into our decision making and planning frameworks to anticipate, survive and respond to these types of chaotic events? What lessons are there from the recent experiences in Canterbury, Queensland and beyond about that? Can we use these recent events as opportunities for positive changes to our environmental policies that will ultimately put us in a better place? Because succeed we must.
The RMLA’s 20th annual conference is set to be a challenging and exciting one not to be missed by anyone committed to the resource management profession. We will explore the broader theme of risk, but focusing on better solutions for a more resilient world. This will demand some deep thinking about our future and the role of environmental planning, policies and management across such issues as energy provision, coastal management, urban development, economic growth, tourism, forestry and agriculture, in the face of recent and foreseeable risk and calamity.
So tie on the bungy, strap on the chute, and we’ll see you there!
If you would like to assist with organisation of the conference or have any ideas concerning events, field trips, sponsorship or any other issues please contact Jayne Macdonald or Mike Steven (jmacdonald@mactodd.co.nz or mike.steven@xtra.co.nz)
This conference is particularly important as it marks the fact it is the Association’s 20th Anniversary…