UPCOMING EVENTS
April
April 29 to May 3, 2013
Natural Disturbance Conference
Bavarian Forest National Park
Neuschönau, Germany
Cost and Registration: $403, open
until filled
This conference will look at the role of
catastrophes in natural regeneration,
biodiversity, and landscape restructuring.
http://bit.ly/Z8byTQ
April 30 to May 2, 2013
Great Lakes Homeland Security
Training Conference
State of Michigan Emergency
Management & Homeland Security
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cost and Registration: $350, open
until filled
This conference will discuss a wide
range of homeland security responsibili-
ties, such as school security planning,
cybersecurity programs, emergency
healthcare credentialing, and lessons
learned from Hurricane Sandy. Topics
include business continuity in disaster
recovery, smart phones as mobile
toolboxes for emergency preparedness
and response, public health response
to radiation emergencies, and partner-
ships for preventing and managing
school emergencies.
http://1.usa.gov/15Eca1u
May
May 8-10, 2013
Preparedness, Emergency
Response, and Recovery
Consortium
Chesapeake Health Education
Program
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $500, open
until filled
This conference will provide up-to-date
disaster preparedness, response, and
recovery training. Topics include evacuation decisions and implications, objective risk assessment methodologies,
the role of social media in disaster,
mental health intervention for disaster
response, volunteer integration, preparedness and emergency response for
children with special health care needs,
healthcare facility workplace violence,
emergency preparedness rural areas,
and incorporating the Hospital Incident
Command System into healthcare
emergency management programs.
http://bit.ly/10wMLr1
May 8-9
London, UK
Smart Water Systems
SMi Group are pleased to announce the
second annual Smart Water Systems
conference is due to take place on 8th
and 9th of May 2013 in London. Senior
industry decision makers will be provid-
ing case studies on efforts to improve
water efficiency including: Thames
Water, Anglian Water, Veolia Water,
Suez Environment and many more. The
conference programme will address
how these companies are navigating
through technology and regulatory
changes to ensure commercial success
and will offer valuable insight into how
to manage future developments.
www.smi-online.
May 19-22, 2013
Emergency Public Health and
Disasters Conference
Southwest Regional Public Health
Training Center
Torrance, California
Cost and Registration: $475 before
April 1, open until filled
This conference will discuss the public
health consequences of natural and
intentional disasters with and emphasis
on the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Topics include public health perspec-
tives of Hurricane Sandy, community
partnerships, measuring and assessing
preparedness, climate change, and
community resiliency.
http://bit.ly/Y31GZj
May 19-23, 2013
World Environmental & Water
Resources Congress
American Society of Civil Engineers
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost and Registration: $820 before
April 15, open until filled
This conference will discuss economic
stresses, developing technologies, and
emerging requirements in water man-
agement. Topics include decision sup-
port tools for drought monitoring and
forecasting, advances in rainwater cap-
ture and reuse, emerging contaminants
in groundwater, past floods, alternate
water supply planning, and hazardous,
toxic, and radioactive waste.
http://bit.ly/13m661i
May 20-22, 2013
Seventh National Seismic
Conference on Bridges and
Highways
Federal Highway Administration,
Caltrans, and others
Oakland, California
Cost and Registration: $550 before
February 15, open until filled
This conference will focus on teaching
engineers best practices for mitigating
earthquake damage to bridges and
highways. Topics include the design
and use of seismic isolation bearings,
post-earthquake repair and recovery,
performance-based seismic design, liq-
uefaction, lateral spreading, and ground
movement, tsunami loads and design,
multi-hazard design, monitoring bridge
performance in extreme events, and
innovative technologies and materials
for improved bridge resilience.
http://bit.ly/WDKjva
May 21-22, 2013
Aid and International Development
Forum
Aid and International Development
Forum
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: Free, open
until filled
This forum will discuss challenges
faced by the aid and development
sector after disaster. Topics include
post-disaster coordination of shelter,
water, and sanitation, halting the spread
of malaria and other diseases, innova-
tions in humanitarian relief, using social
media to improve disaster prepared-
ness and crisis response initiatives,
and building state capacities to reduce
disaster risks.
http://bit.ly/cbWr0G
May 27 to June 1, 2013
National Professional Development
Symposium
U.S. Fire Administration
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Cost and Registration: Free, closes
May 1, 2013
This symposium will discuss fire service
safety culture, first responder safety
training, and subjects such as fire
operations and prevention, emergency
medical services, higher education,
and technology. Sessions will focus
on residential sprinklers, pipeline
safety education, alternative fuels and
electric vehicles, promoting educational
programs, mobile learning for higher
education, and the Geospatial Location
Accountability and Navigation System
for Emergency Responders.
http://1.usa.gov/13j73XL
May 28-31, 2013
Floodplain Management Association
National Conference
Australian Floodplain Management
Association
New South Wales, Australia
Cost and Registration: $1,149, open
until filled
This conference will examine lessons
learned from recent major floods.
Topics include better land use planning,
disparities in flood information across
jurisdictions, how to determine accept-
able risk, managing flood risk through
statutory planning, and developing
and maintaining flash flood warning
systems.
http://bit.ly/Xxy3w1
May 29-31, 2013
Australian and New Zealand Disaster
and Emergency Management
Conference
Disaster Management Conference
Brisbane, Australia
Cost and Registration: $799 before
March 27, open until filled
This conference will discuss post-
disaster psychological and physical
problems, as well as community
ability to prepare for and recover from
disasters. Topics include managing
animals in disasters, current trends in
emergency management education,
the role of local government in business
recovery, trauma and disaster mental
health mitigation, national response
to jurisdictional emergencies, decision
support systems for evacuation plan-
ning, and New Zealand’s first public
alert system with mobile apps.
http://bit.ly/13h0Snw
June
June 2-4, 2013
Emergency Communication
Conference
Emergency Media and Public Affairs
Brisbane, Australia
Cost and Registration: $1,387, open
until filled
This conference will discuss pre- and
post-disaster planning and communication between emergency management,
public and private sectors, non-govern-mental organizations, and communities.
Topics include the safety benefits of
public-private partnership, community
engagement campaigns, community
behavior modification, media and
emergencies in the United States, the
future of social media and emergency
management, and Auckland’s cloud-based public alert system.
http://bit.ly/ZtnCvk
June 9-14, 2013
ASFPM 2013 Conference
Association of State Floodplain
Managers
Hartford, Connecticut
Cost and Registration: $605 before
June 1, open until filled
This conference will look at improve-
ments that can be made in flood risk
management and national policy. Topics
include Risk MAP communication chal-
lenges, community-funded mitigation
programs, coastal risk communication,
modeling stormwater management,
community outreach and social media,
sea level rise planning and adaptation,
dam and levee management tools,
and post-disaster damage assessment
tools.
http://bit.ly/IzEOtP
September
Sept. 22-25
DRJ Fall World 2013
San Diego, Calif., Hilton San Diego
Bayfront
Fall World 2013 is a three-and-a-half
day conference dedicated to business
continuity and related fields. The
event features more than 40 sessions,
workshops and courses, as well as networking events and meals. DRJ’s conferences are consistently high rated by
attendees for their quality of speakers,
attention to detail and timely topics. The
Fall World 2013 conference will be led
by the same strong management team
that has produced 48 other exceptional
business continuity conferences. A
comprehensive exhibition hall will be
held concurrently with the conference.
Service providers from around the
globe will display products and services
as well as conduct product demonstrations. Early registration discounts and
travel discounts are available for Fall
World 2013. Visit www.drj.com/fallworld
for details on registration and discounts.
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Upcoming events courtesy of the Natural Hazards
Research and Applications Information Center. Contact
them at hazctr@colorado.edu.
