Use AI on a real emergency management problem from your own work, in two days online. Delivered with PSN Academy.
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This course, run with PSN Academy, is about using AI on emergency management work with care. Over two days you learn what current tools can and cannot do, see examples from preparedness, response and recovery and work on a real problem you bring from your own job.
The course first ran in October 2026 for participants from police, fire and emergency services, councils, a water utility and national agencies across Australia and New Zealand.
The course is for people who plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies, including:
No programming or AI experience is needed. Bring a real problem from your work and your knowledge of where it gets stuck.
Problems participants bring
Most problems sit in the daily work of emergency management. Examples include:
You do not need a proposed solution. Part of the course is working out which approach is worth trying.
How far each design gets depends on the problem, the data and the tools your organisation allows.
Day 1
Learn what current AI can do, see it applied to emergency management and define the problem you will work on.
Day 2
Move from tools to systems, design your solution and test it against the three checks.
Mornings are mostly teaching and demonstrations. Afternoons are practical work in small breakout rooms.
Dr Marcello Sano
Founder and instructor, Apter
Marcello works across hazards, risk and adaptation, with research and practical work in machine learning and AI. He designed this course with PSN Academy and delivered its first run in October 2026.
Two days online with PSN Academy to put AI to work on a real emergency management problem.
18–19 May 2027, Online, with PSN Academy. Registrations are through PSN Academy.
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