20-22 May 2025

Wellington, New Zealand

The Lessons Management Forum 2025 was a hybrid event held in Wellington, New Zealand and online.

The forum had three objectives:

1. Share lessons identified or learned (refer to the Lessons Management handbook for definition of learned lessons). The program committee will prioritise abstracts on lessons identified.
2. Provide introductory level training, workshops and presentations to educate, encourage and empower those new to lessons management.
3. Provide presentations and workshops that challenge and advance the thinking and practice of experienced lessons management practitioners.

The Lessons Management Forum 2025 focused on the following topics:

• Lessons from the frontlines: real-world case studies in emergency management. Emergency management in Australia covers planning, preparedness, response and recovery. In New Zealand, emergency management covers risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery.
• From insight to action: embedding lessons management in strategic decision-making.
• Learning from failure: real-world applications of lessons learned in crisis situations.
• Leveraging AI in lessons management.
• Lessons without borders: adapting knowledge across cultures and/or borders.
• What’s next? Trends shaping the future of lessons management.

Forum recordings

All slides for the event can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.

Day one

Day two

Day three

Presenter Q&A

Our presenters have kindly responded to the audience's Q&A using Slido. You can view the answered questions in the attachment below.

Please note this document will be updated as our presenters send through responses to any questions currently unanswered.

If you have any questions related to the content on this page or the Lessons Management Forum, please contact events.afac@afac.com.au