Upcoming Conferences
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These upcoming conferences and meetings may be searched by month.
January 2008
Innovative and Smart Structural Systems for Sustainable Habitat—Tamil Nadu, India: January 3-5, 2008. Organizer: Coimbatore Institute of Technology. In its examination of civil infrastructures, this conference will provide an opportunity to understand the latest development in the area of smart materials and smart structures, which can be used for providing sustainable structures. Conference themes include smart materials, smart structures, earthquake resistant structural systems, wind resistant systems, performance-based design, fast track construction, and use of nano materials.
inshab_2008@yahoo.com
www.citinshab2008.info
8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Climate Change: Science and Solutions—Washington, DC: January 16-18, 2008. Organizer: National Council for Science and the Environment. This large interactive conference focuses on developing and advancing science-based solutions to climate change. Climate Change: Science and Solutions will explore approaches to climate stabilization, minimization, mitigation, and adaptation. Workshops, breakout sessions, and symposia will provide opportunities for institutions, organizations, and individuals to contribute ideas and innovations, visionary concepts, successful models and prototypes, and pragmatic recommendations on moving forward on solutions to climate change.
www.ncseonline.org/2008conference/
88th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting—New Orleans, Louisiana: January 20-24, 2007. Organizer: American Meteorological Society (AMS). The broad theme of the 2008 meeting is “Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society.” This is an important topic that will shape weather, ocean, climate, and environmental enterprise for many years to come. A Presidential Forum will consist of diverse presentations from the broad weather and climate enterprise on "Hurricanes—Research Priorities, Improving Forecasts, and Effective Response,” surrounded by a two-day special session on hurricanes, climate and policy, with emphasis on Hurricane Katrina as a case study. In addition to the annual showcase of outstanding exhibits, events, conferences, and symposia, this year’s meeting will include a number of new and unique sessions, such as joint sessions between selectively-grouped AMS scientific and technological conferences to identify societal impacts of their important work, an Educational Forum on Data Assimilation, special symposium on hurricanes, THORPEX symposium, GOES Users Conference, and First Colloquium on Industrial Meteorology and Certified Consulting Meteorologists.
www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/
The Inland Empire: Towards a More Humane Metropolis—Riverside, California: January 24, 2008. Organizers: University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Speakers and panelists from Southern California and elsewhere will examine some of the environmental and social challenges confronting the Riverside-San Bernardino region, one of the fastest growing and most hazardous metropolitan areas in the United States. The meeting is the second regional workshop based on The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st Century City, a series that began in Pittsburgh in 2007 and tentatively will continue in Baltimore later in 2008.
platt@geo.umass.edu
www.humanemetropolis.org
29th Annual International Disaster Management Conference—Orlando, Florida: January 31-February 3, 2008. Organizer: Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center. The 29th Annual International Disaster Management Conference has been designed to meet the educational needs of all persons and agencies involved with emergency preparedness, response, and disaster recovery. This year’s Planning Committee acknowledges the unique role that the myriad of first responders, response agencies, and communities play in planning for, responding to, and mitigating disasters. All persons and agencies involved with emergency preparedness, management, and response are invited to attend.
info@emlrc.org
www.emlrc.org/disaster2008.htm
February 2008
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting—New Orleans, Louisiana: February 6-9, 2008. The objective of EERI is to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering; improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political, and cultural environment; and advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes. EERI fulfills this role by fostering a sense of shared commitment among the diverse communities dedicated to earthquake risk management; promoting research; facilitating the exchange of information among members and others; and forging a consensus and speaking with a common voice to public forums and legislative bodies on behalf of the diverse risk management community. The EERI annual meeting addresses all of these goals. The format consists of a session dedicated to the discussion of the business affairs and a group of technical programs consisting of submitted and invited presentations on the various phases of earthquake engineering.
www.eeri.org/news/meetings.html
7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities—Washington, DC: February 7-9, 2008. Organizer: Local Government Commission. This conference draws a multidisciplinary audience of local elected officials, city and county staff, landscape architects, developers and builders, planners, transportation professionals and traffic engineers, public health professionals, and others committed to building safer, healthier, and more livable communities. The 2008 program will include a dynamic mix of plenaries, interactive breakouts, implementation workshops, specialized trainings, and optional tours of local model projects. It will also feature the latest on cutting-edge smart growth issues, implementation tools and strategies, best practices, interactive learning experiences, new partners, new projects, and new policies, as well as tours of local model projects and case studies in the DC area.
www.newpartners.org
Emergency Management Summer Institute— Wellington, New Zealand: February 11-15, 2008. Relationships between the physical and social aspects of natural hazards and their management will be explored during this course, which is designed for those involved in all aspects of emergency management: planners, educators, engineers, local and central government policy makers, insurance managers, emergency managers, and business, utility and property owners. This short course program provides a theoretical and practical introduction to selected topics relating to emergency management. Each course will begin with an introduction and review of New Zealand and international research and practice. The topics will then be explored through a series of relevant case studies. For more information, see www.gns.cri.nz/news/conferences/index.html.
2008 International Code Council (ICC): 2008 Codes Forum-Code Development Hearings—Palm Springs, California: February 17–March 2, 2008. This seminar provides an in-depth look at the wildland-urban interface fire problem in the United States and its impact to local jurisdictions. Strategies to best utilize ICC codes are discussed, with a thorough examination of the International Wildland/Urban Interface Code. Mitigation tactics are explored, including how to integrate Community Wildfire Protection Planning (CWPP), GIS mapping with Web-based hyperlinked planning, and the International Codes.
jcanter@iccsafe.org.
http://www.iccsafe.org/news/annual/
Environmental Connection 2008—Orlando, Florida: February 18-21, 2008. Organizer: International Erosion Control Association. Billed as the world’s largest soil and water event, this conference has served as the gathering place for the erosion and sediment control community for over 30 years. Over 2,500 professionals attended last year's conference in Reno, Nevada. The event combines full-day training courses, technical sessions (case studies, technical papers, forums, workshops, and poster presentations), and more than 165 vendors.
www.ieca.org/conference/annual/
Cat Modeling 2008—Tampa, Florida: February 19-22, 2008. Organizer: The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). The 2008 Catastrophe Modeling seminar explores the use of models, how their use impacts the decision-making process, and how past events impact both the primary and reinsurance markets in subsequent years. With an unbiased perspective of all catastrophe modeling applications, as well as an open forum for developing methods to confidently make modeling-based decisions, the 2008 seminar will provide attendees with a wealth of information to give them with a greater level of confidence when using modeling technology to estimate the financial impact of natural catastrophes and other extreme events.
meetings@reinsurance.org
www.reinsurance.org
2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition— Orlando, Florida: February 24-28, 2008. This conference brings together healthcare IT professionals, physicians, nurses, HIT executives, pharmacists, and vendors from around the world. Sessions will focus on a variety of health related topics, including the retail health phenomenon, e-Discovery, and patient-centric EHR. Keynote speakers include Bill Frist and Steve Case.
http://www.himssconference.org/
Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council (EPICC) Forum 2008—Richmond, British Columbia: February 25-27, 2008. Organizer: Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council (EPICC). This annual forum features presentations and workshops that provide information on how organizations can materially improve their chances of surviving a disaster. The theme of EPICC Forum 2008 is “Continuity of Business is Everybody’s Business.”
www.epiccforum.org
National Flood Risk Management: Levee Safety Summit—St. Louis, Missouri: February 26-27, 2008. Flood risk managers, levee owners, and colleagues are urged to participate and attend the National Flood Risk Management conference, hosted by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA). The objectives of this meeting are to solicit broad feedback from and provide updates to local, state, regional, and federal officials, and the private sector on vital national flood risk management policies currently under consideration at the federal level. Key issues that will be addressed include levee certification/decertification, levee operations and maintenance, vegetation management, flood insurance and mapping issues, and residual flood risk in levee-protected areas. Specialized sessions on levee issues and a technical field tour of local flood loss reduction projects will be offered. For more information, see www.floods.org/leveesafety.
48th Annual Floodplain Management Conference—Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia: February 26-29, 2008. Organizers: International Conferences & Events (ICE) Australia Pty Ltd, Wollongong City Council, and Floodplains Management Authority. The conference program will feature a number of outstanding local and international speakers, concurrent sessions, a trade display, and exhibitions. Field trips will also be part of the program. The conference attracts practitioners, councilors, and representatives from government agencies from both New South Wales and interstate and provides a wonderful opportunity to meet and extend contacts.
http://www.iceaustralia.com/fmawollongong/
March 2008
Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR) Symposium: Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Planning for Catastrophic Health Emergencies—New York, New York: March 3, 2008. LaSER is a three-year effort to improve national response capabilities to catastrophic events, and is composed of five interrelated projects – Modeling and Simulation, Legal Issues, Organization-Based Incident Management, Organizational Safety Net, and Risk Communication. The cornerstone of LaSER is PLAN C (Planning with Large Agent-Networks against Catastrophes), a novel multi-agent computer-based model capable of creating real-time simulations of emergency response. The symposium will assemble leaders from multiple sectors to assess the state of the art in preparedness and response and focus on a model developed by LaSER that has the potential to change the way we respond to catastrophic events. Please RSVP to David Berman, associate director at CCPR. david.berman@nyu.edu
www.nyu.edu/ccpr
Advanced Training Course on Spatial Planning as a Strategy for Mitigation and Adaptation to Natural Hazards—Santiago de Compostela, Spain: March 3-8, 2008. This course addresses the perspective of strengthening the role of mitigation in risk management through spatial planning. Innovative approaches will be brought on how to translate the concepts of sustainability and vulnerability assessment into effective measures in an integrative program that assembles risk analysis and management and spatial planning. Prevention and reduction of exposure to natural hazards are reviewed as key mitigation strategies. This course is designed to enable some of the outstanding specialists to share their expertise, and provide opportunities to both young scientists and decision makers to learn more about these problem areas and the new scientific insights in the matter.
upaleo@usc.es
www.xente.mundo-r.com/science/atc/index.html
Wildland Urban Interface 2008—Reno, Nevada: March 4-6, 2008. Organized by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Wildland Firefighter magazine, this conference will address operational best practices for preparedness and response, innovations and procedures in fighting wildland fires in the interface, and opportunities to network with peers on shared issues like ensuring firefighter safety and engaging community stakeholders as partners. For more information, see www.iafc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=100.
National Disaster Management Conference— Kingston, Jamaica: March 5-6, 2008. The 2008 conference will address two very important areas of risk management and risk reduction: landslides and earthquakes. These have been identified as two of the most critical subject areas in the national, regional, and international disaster management dialogue. The conference program includes speakers from across the field in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean and other parts of the world and provides excellent opportunities for networking with experts and practitioners in disaster management/planning, risk reduction, emergency response, business continuity, disaster management research, information technology, community planning, risk management, the environment, and many more areas. For more information, see www.odpem.org.jm. National Severe Weather Workshop 2008—Norman, Oklahoma: March 6-8, 2008. Organizer: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Oklahoma Emergency Management Association, and the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association. This workshop allows participants to step out of their normal operational roles and responsibilities and take part in a simulated emergency. Role reversals occur as weather data from an actual archived event appears in real time. Team members then manage the various issues associated with the unfolding event as changing demands are put to the different groups. Eye-opening interactions among the different groups managing the scenario spur on-going discussions about ways to improve emergency communications and the warning process.
linda.crank@noaa.gov
http://www.norman.noaa.gov/nsww2008/
69th American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) National Conference—Dallas, Texas: March 7-11, 2008. Organizer: American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Since 1939, the ASPA has been the nation's most respected society representing all forums in the public service arena. It subscribes to the belief that by embracing new ideas, addressing key public service issues, and promoting change at both the local and international levels, quality of lives can be enhanced worldwide. The 2008 conference theme is “Transformational Public Administration: A Call for Public Service.”
www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index_aspaconference.cfm
GeoCongress 2008: The Challenge of Sustainability in the Geoenvironment—New Orleans, Louisiana: March 9-12, 2008. Organizer: Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This conference focuses on the role of geoengineers and geoscientists in protecting and preserving the environment and highlights the expansive and interdisciplinary nature of geoenvironmental issues. Practitioners, consultants, regulators, policymakers, researchers, educators, and students will have numerous opportunities to learn about innovative and emerging scientific advances and technologies that are needed to address a wide range of geoenvironmental issues. Topics will include sustainability, geohazard mitigation, waste management, and site assessment and remediation. http://content.asce.org/conferences/geocongress2008/index.html
2nd International Joint Emergency Preparedness and Response & Robotics and Remote Systems Topical Meeting—Albuquerque, New Mexico: March 9-12, 2007. This bi-annual conference is a forum for the discussion of the social, regulatory, scientific, and technical aspects of emergency management and robotics for hazardous environment applications. For more information, see http://cimar.mae.ufl.edu/rrsd.
International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management and the 2 nd African Regional Meeting of the National Committees of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program—Cape Town, South Africa: March 10-12, 2008. Organizers: Water Research Commission of South Africa Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, UNESCO IHP Focal Point (South Africa) Water Institute of Southern Africa. This conference is designed to reflect on how implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is progressing around the world. The conference aims at targeting a specific angle to IWRM, which are universal and important for developing countries. The aim will be to compose assessments of local practices and experiences. http://www.goingtomeet.com/conventions/details/25910
Australian Disasters Conference 2008— Canberra, Australia: March 11-14, 2008. Organizer: Emergency Management Australia. With the theme “Surviving Future Risks,” this conference will provide participants with the opportunity to hear a diverse range of speakers from the fields of emergency management, community safety, and risk reduction. It will offer the opportunity for interaction with representatives from a broad range of disciplines, while the exhibition display and social events will provide further opportunities for networking and discussion on community safety issues.
ema@ema.gov.au
www.ema.gov.au
International Symposium on Mitigative Measures on Snow Avalanches— Egilsstadir, Iceland: March 11-15, 2008. Organizer: Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland. The aim of this symposium is to connect three themes: snow engineering, environment, and society. The goal of the meeting is to get a glimpse of the future, facilitate exchange of experience and ideas, and find ways of cooperating in order to improve living in areas threatened by avalanches.
kristjana@congress.is
www.orion.is/snow2008
37th Regional Training Course on Disaster Management (DMC-37)—Bangkok, Thailand: March 17 -April 4, 2008. The purpose of the course is to provide comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of executive managers who have key disaster management responsibilities. The course is designed to enable professionals working in disaster management, development, and donor agencies to effectively integrate disaster management into their development programs and policies. Participants will be encouraged to develop key skills and adopt proactive attitudes through participation in interactive lectures and reflection on a range of key issues raised during discussions and practical activities. For more information, see
www.adpc.net/v2007/TRG/TRAINING%20COURSES/Special%20Courses/2007/DMC-37/DMC-37.asp.
Search and Rescue (SAR) 2008—Bournemouth, UK: March 18-20, 2008. Organizer: The Shephard Group. This meeting brings together world leaders in Civil and Combat Search and Rescue and provides delegates with the opportunity to hear their perspectives and priorities for saving lives and for rescue mission success.
afh@shephard.co.uk
www.shephard.co.uk/Events
EMS Today Conference and Exposition—Baltimore, Maryland: March 25-29, 2008. EMS Today Conference and Expo 2008 will return to Baltimore, Maryland, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. As a leader in prehospital care education, EMS Today prides itself on bringing together the best national speakers with powerful, relevant topics and discussions, focused session tracks and an interactive exhibit hall. The 2008 meeting will include commemorative 25th anniversary events, powerful keynote addresses, and many networking opportunities.
www.emstodayexpo.com
Natural Disasters in Small Communities: How Can We Help?—Buffalo, New York: March 29-30, 2008. The University at Buffalo's Center for GeoHazards Studies is hosting its first annual conference, which will be held adjacent to the UB campus in Buffalo, New York. Sessions will focus on the following themes: modeling and uncertainty of geohazards, geohazard analysis and management using remote sensing and geographic information science, case studies of natural disasters, and communicating the danger to stakeholders.
mfs@geology.buffalo.edu
www.geohazards.buffalo.edu
Spring World 2008—Orlando, Florida: March 30-April 2, 2008. Organized by the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ), the purpose of this conference is to guide planning professionals through the complications and challenges of contingency planning, focusing on resilience and recovery. Industry experts will share their expertise and knowledge. This year’s meeting will offer attendees more than 40 sessions, workshops, and courses, as well as mock disaster exercises, an exhibit hall, receptions, and networking breakfasts and lunches. For more information, see www.drj.com/conferences/orl2008/.
Urban Water Management— Louisville, Kentucky: March 31-April 2, 2008. This conference, titled An Integrated Water Quality Conference & Exhibition,
will focus on the integration of Stormwater BMPs, Phase II regulations, green infrastructure, and funding of municipal water management programs. It will also cover design, construction, maintenance and emerging technology for urban water quality.
http://uwm08.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm
2008 National Hurricane Conference— Orlando, Florida: March 31-April 4, 2008. The primary goal of this conference is to improve hurricane preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. In addition, the conference serves as a national forum for federal, state, and local officials to exchange ideas and recommend new policies to improve Emergency Management.
mail@hurricanemeeting.com
www.hurricanemeeting.com
April 2008
Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference—Tacoma, Washington: April 1-2, 2008. This conference has grown into the largest emergency management conference in the Pacific Northwest, bringing together non-profit organizations, public agencies, business and industry, military, healthcare, and schools to explore emergency management issues, principles, and practices. The theme for the 2008 conference is “It’s a Different World: Looking to the Future.”
PartnersCurriculum@gmail.com
URISA/NENA Addressing Conference (formerly GIPSC) — Portland, Oregon: April 7-10, 2008. The 2006 and 2007 Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conference (GIPSC) brought together GIS professionals, addressing coordinators, and 9-1-1 and emergency response specialists to one place for opportunities in networking and learning. Following this conference, discussions were held about bringing an addressing focus back to the conference while maintaining the qualities of the GIPSC event. The specified three general program tracks for this year’s conference are: addressing basics, coordination, and standards; emergency response and 9-1-1; and case studies of GIS integration with public safety. For more information, see www.urisa.org/conferences/Addressing/Info.
2008 Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference— Alexandria, Virginia: April 8-9, 2008. This conference focuses on planning for circumstances in which health care facilities may be destroyed, rendered unusable, or stretched beyond capacity. Adequate instruction in disaster-specific content, as well as pertinent clinical topics, will be addressed. Because each health care organization and community are unique in the emergencies they face and the resources they possess, this conference will provide the foundation from which each participant can build and/or enhance their state of readiness through the knowledge they gain and the tools provided.
http://www.jcrinc.com/27006/Programs2008/28380/
Oceans ’08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean ’08— Kobe, Japan: April 8-11, 2008. This event brings together scientists and engineers with a vast range of scientific knowledge and technological expertise. With the theme “Voyage toward the Future,” this year’s conference will provide a thematic umbrella under which attendees will discuss the problems and potential long-term solutions that concern the world’s oceans.
info@oto08.org
http://www.oceans08mtsieeekobe-technoocean08.org/
2008 APWA North American Snow Conference—Louisville, Kentucky: April 13-16, 2008. The American Public Works Association’s North American Snow Conference combines four days of educational programs and technical tours with opportunities to network with manufacturers, distributors, consultants, and other public works professionals. More than 120 companies will showcase equipment, technology, products, and services needed for snow and ice removal. More than 40 educational sessions, roundtables, and technical tours are designed to help attendees stay abreast of the latest state-of-the-art practices and procedures in snow and ice control and winter road maintenance.
bshaver@apwa.net
http://www.apwa.net/Meetings/Snow/2008/
Solutions to Coastal Disasters—Oahu, Hawaii: April 13-16, 2008.Organizer: The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This conference is designed for coastal planners, managers, social scientists, engineers, geologists, biologists, economists, oceanographers, meteorologists, property owners, elected officials, and others interested in the coast. The series was developed to provide formal and informal venues for the exchange of information, tools, and ideas relating to coastal hazards. It will include plenary and technical sessions, exhibits, posters, field trips, and social events that encourage participant interactions.
http://content.asce.org/conferences/cd2008/
International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation— Jakarta, Indonesia: April 14-15, 2008. Organizers: Indonesian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA) and Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). This international conference, titled Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction: Engineering Challenges after Recent Disasters, will provide an opportunity to share views and experiences regarding lessons learned from recent and past earthquakes, enabling scientists, practicing engineers, and government officials to formulate action plans for anticipating future earthquakes. Session topics will include advances in earthquake engineering, seismic and tsunami - from hazard to risk assessments; disaster mitigation and management, rehabilitation, and reconstruction; case-histories; on-shore and off-shore earthquake resistant facilities; tsunami warning system; and other related subjects. Two optional post-conference activities will be provided.
http://www.si.itb.ac.id/iceedm08
Resilience 2008: Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in Turbulent Times—Stockholm, Sweden: April 14-16, 2008. The organizers of the Resilience 2008 conference agree with the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment that the capacities of societies to manage the earth's ecosystems are not evolving quickly enough. This conference aims to explore to what extent human societies are adapting their capacity for learning and foresight to deal with new global challenges. The overall framework of the conference emphasizes the following: society and nature represent truly interdependent social-ecological systems; social-ecological systems are complex adaptive systems; and cross-scale and dynamic interactions represent new challenges for governance and management in relation to interdependent social-ecological systems and ecosystem services.
chris@beijer.kva.se
www.resilience2008.org
2008 Meeting of the AAG—Boston, Massachussets: April 15-19, 2008. Organizer: Association of American Geographers (AAG). This annual meeting attracts more than 6,500 geographers and related professionals from the United States, Canada, and abroad and stimulates discussion about research, education, accomplishments, and developments in geography.
meeting@aag.org
www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm
Disaster Management 2008: An Endeavour to Combat Disaster—Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India: April 16-18, 2008. This event focuses on several aspects of disaster management involving prevention, mitigation, and preparedness in early disaster-phase and post-disaster relief, rehabilitation, and crisis management. The exhibition provides a platform/opportunity where buyers and sellers in the disaster industry can plan, prepare, and update the latest techniques and technologies and exchange and share ideas to combat disasters.
info@servintonline.com
http://www.dmindiaexpo.com/
Seismological Society of America (SSA) 2008 Annual Meeting—Santa Fe, New Mexico: April 16-18, 2008. The 2008 meeting will provide a stimulating exchange of research on a wide range of topics with professionals from all over the world. Oral presentations, poster sessions, exhibits, field trips, business meetings, and social gatherings will provide members the opportunity to meet and share with their peers. This year's meeting is being hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory in cooperation with other Rio Grande institutions, including New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Sandia National Laboratory, and the University of Texas at El Paso.
tabitha@seismosoc.org
www.seismosoc.org/meetings/2008/index.html
National Earthquake Conference—Seattle, Washington: April 22-26, 2008. Organized by FEMA, USGS, NIST, and NSF, this broad, multidisciplinary conference has five goals: (1) to develop a shared understanding of scientific, engineering, and social research; (2) to exchange ideas about tools for earthquake hazard and risk reduction; (3) to showcase successful programs; (4) to learn from past disasters; and (5) to build resiliency. The 2008 conference theme is “Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience.”
www.earthquakeconference.org
Regional Conference on Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Wisconsin and the Great Lakes—Milwaukee, Wisconsin: April 24-25, 2008. This conference is developed to address the global issues of climate change and focuses on the regional context of Wisconsin, the Great Lakes, and other midwestern states. The goal is to examine observations regarding climate change, their implications, and potential solutions to enhance and extend awareness of the issues. This conference aims to reach businesses and other community members, as well as academic communities in the region that are involved in activities relevant to global climate change.
tarun@uwm.edu
www.gccsdi.uwm.edu
4th International i-Rec Conference—Christchurch, New Zealand: April 30-May 2, 2008. Following the success of previous conferences in Montreal 2002, Coventry 2004, and Florence 2006, the 4th International i-Rec Conference theme will be "Building Resilience: Achieving Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction." The i-Rec Conference brings together researchers and practitioners from a diverse range of professional disciplines, including civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, international development, humanitarian aid, and sociology.
www.resorgs.org.nz/irec2008/
May 2008
5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)— Washington, DC: May 4-7, 2008. This conference provides an important networking opportunity where the latest research on the design, development, use, and evaluation of information systems for crisis response and management are presented and discussed. The meeting will take place at the George Washington University and is hosted by the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management. The general theme of ISCRAM2008 is "Creating Advanced Systems for Inter-organizational Information Sharing and Collaboration."
www.iscram.org
4th International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Congress 2008—Cape Town, South Africa: May 4-9, 2008. The theme for this congress will be Sustainable Livelihood in a Changing Earth System. The overall objectives are to seek advice in order to refine the IGBP scientific agenda for 2008–2013; to begin the mid-term synthesis in light of International Council for Sciences’ (ICSU) IGBP review; to broaden outreach efforts toward agencies, corporations, and civil society by developing communication tools that deal with risk and vulnerability in global change; and to question where IGBP work is contributing to the effort needed to address mitigation and adaptation, large-scale pilot projects on sustainability science, and specific institutional networking among its user communities.
charlottew@igbp.kva.se
www.igbp.net
Risk Analysis 2008: Sixth International Conference in Computer Simulation Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation—Cepalonia, Greece: May 5-7, 2008. Risk Analysis 2008 is the sixth in this conference series on “Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation.” Covering a series of important topics that are of current research interest and have practical applications, the conference is concerned with all aspects of risk analysis and hazard mitigation, ranging from specific assessment of risk to mitigation associated with both natural and anthropogenic hazards. Engineers, managers involved in the development of simulated risk analysis, and researchers who are concerned with these problems are encouraged to attend.
rcreasey@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/risk08/index.html
11th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science— Girona, Spain: May 5-8, 2008. Organizer: Servei de Sistemes d'Informació Geográfica i Teledetecció (SIGTE), Universitat de Girona. Titled Taking Geoinformation Science One Step Further, this program will offer paper presentation sessions, plenary round table debates, poster sessions, and pre-conference workshops. The goal of the conference is to provide a venue where participants may share ideas; explore on-going research and future developments, including state-of-the-art applications; and network with the professionals from academia, industry, and government who are interested in promoting GI teaching and research activities among GI laboratories at the European level. Session topics will fall within the fields of geo-information, geomatics, and geocomputation.
www.agile2008.es/
16th Annual VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) Conference: Pathways to Partnership—Little Rock, Arkansas: May 5-8, 2008. The theme of this year’s conference is “Pathways to Partnership.” Preconference meetings will take place on Monday and Tuesday, and kick-off events begin on Tuesday night. The meeting will include “Talkshops”—facilitated discussions around topics of interest.
info@nvoad.org
www.nvoad.org/annualconf1.php
2008 FEMA National Flood Conference—Chicago, Illinois: May 7-10, 2008. This year’s conference marks the 40th anniversary of the National Flood Insurance Program and the 25th anniversary of the conference. The meeting will include workshops, general sessions, exhibits, and awards presentations.
Cking28@csc.com
http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/natl_fldconf.shtm
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008—Honolulu, Hawaii: May 12-16, 2008. This congress is an opportunity for the best minds at work in water and environmental fields to convene and focus on key topics of today. In this time of climate changes and shifting resources, it is vital that those working at the forefront of the profession share their ideas and insights from research and experiences in the field to generate the best practices for the future. This congress will focus on sustainability issues related to water resources and the environment in 18 technical tracks covering local, national, and global issues, with special focus on the Pacific Rim Region. For more information, see http://content.asce.org/conferences/ewri2008/.
4th International Symposium on Flood Defense—Toronto, Ontario, Canada: May 14-16, 2008. Organizer: Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Entitled Managing Flood Risk, Reliability, and Vulnerability, this conference provides a unique opportunity to bring the interdisciplinary group of flood experts together to share critical knowledge from regional and international perspectives. The focus of the Toronto meeting will be a new perspective of flood risk management and assessment - one that recognizes flood risk reduction as an integral part of water resource management and that aims to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital systems.
http://www.flood2008.org/flood/
7th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters—Torrance, California: May 18-21, 2008. This multidisciplinary conference will unite academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from public health, mental health, community disaster preparedness and response, social sciences, government, media, and non-governmental organizations to study the public health consequences of natural and intentional disasters. The conference seeks to provide an annual forum that promotes a dialogue and exchange of ideas between local health departments and others involved in improving emergency public health preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. It is designed for public health professionals as well as individuals and organizations from both the public and private sectors involved in emergency public health preparedness and response. Topics will be relevant to public health and medical practitioners, emergency medical services professionals, researchers, and managers involved in the wide range of emergency public health issues resulting from natural and human-generated disasters.
cphdevents@ucla.edu
www.cphd.ucla.edu
Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual Conference— Reno-Sparks, Nevada: May 18-23, 2008. With the theme, “A Living River Approach to Floodplain Management,” this comprehensive conference will showcase the state-of-the-art in techniques, programs, resources, materials, equipment, accessories, and services to accomplish flood mitigation and other community goals. Non-profit, government, business, and academic sectors will share how they successfully integrate engineering, planning, open space, and environmental protection all over the nation and world to prepare for a better, sustainable future.
memberhelp@floods.org
www.floods.org/Reno-Sparks
18th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference—Las Vegas, Nevada: May 19-21, 2008. This conference will provide an opportunity to tap into the latest developments of the geographic information systems (GIS) field. The 2008 meeting will bring attention to emerging topics such as GIS and healthcare, the use of spatial tools in hazard mapping and mitigation, the role of GIS in protecting critical infrastructure, the role of project management and GIS, issues concerning succession planning for future leaders in the GIS profession, and professional certification. Workshops, panel discussions, and educational sessions will be featured.
afaustin@co.clark.nv.us
http://www.ngis.org/portal/
UNESCO-ERCE Ecohydrological Processes and Sustainable Floodplain Management Opportunities and Concepts for Water Hazard Mitigation, and Ecological and Socioeconomic Sustainability—Lodz, Poland: May 19-23, 2008. This conference will unite specialists from various disciplines, with the aim of contributing to the perception of floodplains as an integrative element of strategies to manage water-related disaster risks and enhance opportunities for sustainable management. Sessions will be organized around regional perspectives (Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America). Their aim is to present a range of contrasting philosophies and associated practical approaches appropriate for different parts of the world. Lectures will reflect different scales of problem solving - ranging from large scale systems (e.g. the Aral Sea, the Danube River basin, the Florida Everglades, the Great Lakes, etc.) to small ones (e.g. single watersheds and streams).
e.wolanski@aims.gov.au
http://www.erce.unesco.lodz.pl/
The Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education Effective Risk Communication: Theory, Tools, and Practical Skills for Communicating About Risk—Boston, Massachusetts: May 19-21, 2008. This introductory program will introduce the scientific foundations for effective risk communication. The program features the latest scientific findings on risk perception, global case studies, a suite of practice tools, and hands-on skill training. It is designed to aid professionals in communicating risk to various audiences. Legislators and their staff, along with senior policymakers, managers, regulators, and communications staff from government, public safety, and public health agencies at national, regional, and local levels are encouraged to attend.
contedu@hsph.harvard.edu
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/RCC.shtml
Climate Change: From the Geological Past to the Uncertain Future: A Tribute to André Berger—Louvain-la-Neuve ( Belgium): May 26-29, 2008. This symposium celebrates the retirement of André Berger, who has been a key figure in the world of past and future climate modeling since his 1978 publication of an algorithm to calculate the changes in the Earth orbit that trigger glacial-interglacial cycles. With the help of his team in Louvain-la-Neuve, he never stopped delivering world-leading research on the astronomical theory of paleoclimates. Scientists worldwide, including some of the most authoritative experts on quaternary climatic changes, past climates reconstruction and climate modeling will summarize some of the most intriguing and outstanding questions about the astronomical theory of paleoclimates: What are the mechanisms of glacial-interglacial cycles? When and why did they regime change? Would they occur in absence of orbital forcing? What do we learn from recent marine, ice core and terrestrial records? Can we predict climate on long time scales? When will the next glacial inception occur? Do past and future greenhouse gas emissions have long-term consequences?
http://www.uclouvain.be/berger2008
June 2008
Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) 2008 Annual Conference— Anaheim, California: June 1-4, 2008. This conference features sessions on human resources, law/legal, financing, public administration, risk management, schools, and terrorism. Attendees will have access to state-of-the-art risk management products and services at the trade show. The annual conference attracts companies featuring safety, workers’ compensation, finance, insurance, training, and software geared specifically toward risk management professionals.
info@primacentral.org
http://www.primacentral.org
11th Annual FEMA Emergency Management High Education Conference— Emmitsburg, Maryland : June 2-5, 2008. This conference is designed to provide a medium for academics to discuss problems and issues faced in the fields of hazards, disaster, emergency management, and homeland security/defense educational programs. Representatives of colleges and universities that have such programs in place or are attempting to develop and implement programs in these fields are encouraged to attend.
barbara.l.johnson@dhs.gov
http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/
18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)—Toronto, Ontario, Canada: June 15-18, 2008.Organizer: The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness. The theme of this conference will be Resiliency - Individual, Community and Business. Participants will be from diverse backgrounds, including Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Risk Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Emergency Health, or other related Disaster Management disciplines. The conference aims to provide a unique venue for Disaster Management professionals from around the world to present, network and learn. A major goal of WCDM is to offer a program that challenges delegates by examining traditional concepts and methods and provides new ideas and approaches to problem solving, both leading edge and topical presentations, and opportunities to connect with key individuals and organizations across the disaster management spectrum.
http://www.wcdm.org/
Geo-Environment & Landscape Evolution2008: Third International Conference on Evaluation, Monitoring, Simulation, Management, and Remediation of the Geological Environment and Landscape—The New Forest, United Kingdom: June 16-18, 2008. This conference aims to study the role of geosciences in environmental management. The meeting’s objective is to provide a forum for discussion of these topics among researchers, engineers, planners, decision makers, consultants, and other professionals interested in the contribution of geosciences and geo-information to environmental management, land preservation, remediation, and sustainable development.
rswinburn@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/geoenv08/
5th Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Conference (AOGS 2008—Busan, Korea: June 16-20, 2008.This conference assembles scientists to discuss recent research. Scientists studying atmospheric science, hydrological science, planetary science, solar terrestrial science, solid earth science, ocean science, or interdisciplinary groups are encouraged to attend. The conference exhibition provides an opportunity for organizations in both public and private sectors to present their objectives and programs to the worldwide geoscience community.
info@asiaoceania.org
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2008/
Debris Flow 2008—New Forest, United Kingdom: June 18-20, 2008. Population pressures on natural resources in hazard-prone areas and the development of activities that may increase the magnitude of hazard call for improved identification of debris flow risk areas. This conference will provide a forum for engineers, scientists, and managers from laboratories, industries, governments, and academia to exchange knowledge and expertise in the fields of erosion and slope instability, sediment transport, debris flow and debris flood data acquisition, debris flow phenomenology, and laboratory tests.
rswinburn@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/debris08/index.html
Sixth Annual Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Meeting—Portland, Oregon: June 18-20, 2008. The 6th Annual NEES Meeting will provide an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss the past, present, and potential benefit of NEES research to the built environment. This conference features high profile plenary sessions, informative breakout sessions, and networking opportunities. Session tracks include implementing research innovations, innovations in structural research, innovations in geotechnical research, next generation research and experimental techniques, information technology, and cyberinfrastructure applications.
annualmeeting@nees.org
http://www.nees.org/Education/AnnualMeeting/
2008 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies—New Brunswick, Canada: June 26-28, 2008. ISTAS 08 will be a multi-disciplinary event for researchers in engineering, computer science, social sciences, arts, and humanities, as well as for community-based researchers, policy makers, and technology user communities. Papers and discussions will address both the social and technical aspects of the specific topics. The scope of ISTAS 08 will include research on how citizens, groups, and communities are or could be linked with information and communication technologies (ICT), and on designing and developing ICT with and for citizens, groups, and communities. http://www.istas08.ca/~istas08ca/MediaWiki/index.php/Main_Page
July 2008
The International Conference on Flood Recovery Innovation and Response FRIAR 2008: Innovation and response—London, United Kingdom: July 2-3, 2008.FRIAR 2008 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who are actively involved in the repair, reinstatement, and resilience of flood-damaged property. The goal of the conference is to identify and disseminate good practice in flood repair, reinstatement, and flood management. The meeting will also cover research in appropriate flooding and property issues in order to develop critical perspectives on the impact of flooding. Key themes of this conference are: risk management in relation to flood events and climate change, pre-event planning and business continuity, management of major events, post-damage restoration and recovery, victims of flooding, and international and national government policy.
jsolanki@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/friar08/index.html
Coping with Global Change in Marine-Social Ecological System—Rome, Italy: July 8-11, 2008. The central goals of this symposium are to share experiences across disciplines and to identify key next steps and common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes. This involves exploring conceptual issues relating to social-ecological responses in marine systems to global changes; analyzing case studies of specific examples of social-ecological responses in marine systems to significant environmental changes manifested locally; synthesizing the work of natural and social scientists and building comparisons of social-ecological responses in marine ecosystems subjected to major environmental variability; developing innovative approaches to the use of science and knowledge in management, policy and advice; and identifying lessons for governance for building resilient social-ecological systems. While the focus is on climate and environmental change, how these interact with other global changes are important considerations.
http://www.peopleandthesea.org/
6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways—Charleston, South Carolina: July 27-30, 2008. Sponsors: the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Transportation Research Board (TRB), South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER). This conference aims to help others understand and mitigate damage to the nation’s highway infrastructure caused by earthquakes and other natural hazards. Potential topics include lessons learned from recent earthquakes and other extreme events, seismic-induced earth pressure loads, liquefaction and mitigation strategies, international technologies and practices, emerging seismic design and retrofit technologies, and performance criteria and economic considerations.
jso7@buffalo.edu
www.scdot.org/events/6NSC/
2nd Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2008: From Warnings to Effective response and Recovery—Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand: July 28-31, 2008.This conference is developed for emergency managers, planners, risk assessors, asset and utility managers, natural hazards researchers, and scientists. The conference will provide a forum to discuss the integration of hazard information into effective risk management, including applying hazard information to best practice planning, developing effective warning systems, improving response and recovery from events, and creating resilient communities through integrating science into practice. A “Gendering Disasters” workshop will also be provided that examines the different ways gender impacts individual planning and response to natural hazards events in New Zealand and overseas.
74th Annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Annual Conference and Exposition—Kansas City, Missouri: August 3-7, 2008. This conference enables public safety communications professionals to update their knowledge, mingle with peers, and get the latest technology and information for public safety personnel. More than 90 sessions will address topics that enhance career effectiveness and advancement in the field of public safety. galassol@apcointl.org
http://www.apco2008.org/
August 2008
2008 ESRI International User Conference—San Diego, California: August 4-8, 2008. This conference brings together more than 14,000 professionals who work with or are interested in geographic information systems (GIS) solutions for their organizations or communities. The central goal is to enhance learning and provide solutions across disciplines and on campuses. Users from more than 120 countries have the opportunity to learn new skills, share information, and discover best practices, tips, and tricks that can be used instantly.
educ@esri.com
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html
International Geological Congress—Oslo, Norway: August 6-14, 2008. In collaboration with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and other international and national organizations, the National IUGS Committees in the five Nordic countries ( Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden) will host this meeting. The symposia will be arranged in three categories: interdisciplinary global themes, major themes concerning the Nordic countries and the Arctic, and the disciplines comprising the earth sciences. A special session on educational outreach programs will explore the effective communication of information related to the geosciences, natural hazards, and the environment, and will feature presentations by geoscientists who have transmitted the excitement and utility of the geosciences to residents of their communities through service and education.
www.33igc.org/
31st International Geographical Conference—Tunis, Tunisia: August 12-15, 2008. For this major geographical event, the National Organizing Committee of the 2008 Tunis Congress has planned a scientific agenda meant to further develop the reflection and debates of the past two decades, while highlighting new paradigms and promoting new stances to geographers. Building Our Territories Together will be the major theme of the Congress. Three major issues will be discussed: the territory; the operational orientation of geography; and the role of the players. Other topic themes are also scheduled, including the evolution of geographical thought; cultures and civilizations for human development; and the Renaissance of the Mediterranean. Tunis 2008 will provide an ideal forum for geographers to express and confront their visions on the major issues of our time.
http://www.igc-tunis2008.com/index.php?lang=en
2008 International Public Works Congress & Exposition—New Orleans, Louisiana: August 17-20, 2008. Hosted by the American Public Works Association (APWA), this conference will showcase public works professionals displaying outstanding qualities of innovation, leadership, and resourcefulness in meeting the challenges of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as leadership and resiliency. Presentations will share lessons learned, “how we did it” case studies, strategies for addressing emerging trends, and practical and relevant methods for dealing with the critical issues facing public works today. A special track will be reserved for presentations highlighting the renewal and recovery efforts in the Gulf States region.
kwilson@apwa.net
www.apwa.net/SpeakAtCongress
2nd International Disaster Reduction Conference—Davos, Switzerland: August 25-29, 2008. This conference will address a broad range of risks including those related to pandemics, terrorism, climate change, and natural hazards. Risks of a technical, biological, and chemical nature will be featured at this gathering of leading experts, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from a broad range of interdisciplinary fields.
info@idrc.org
http://www.phree-way.org/resources/community-events/international-disaster-reduction-conference
RGS-IBS Annual International Conference 2008: Geographies that Matter—London, England: August 27-29, 2008. The conference theme is an invitation to place geography in its current context and to consider its medium-term future. Like all research and teaching subjects, geography evolves through the combined, relatively ungoverned acts of its many practitioners. Geographies that matter to geographers and others sometimes coincide, sometimes not - raising the perennial question of the subject's wider role in socio-environmental change, conservation, and transformation. The goal of this conference is to critically look at the ‘drift’ of the field by addressing the following questions: What are the geographies that matter, to who and why? What is the role of geographical research, teaching, and advocacy in respect of them?
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/
31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering—Hamburg, Germany: August 30-September 5, 2008. Organizers: Coastal Engineering Research Council (CERC) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Session topics will include coastal processes; coastal, shore, and estuarine structures; ports, harbors, and waterways; coastal environment; coastal risks; and coastal development. Sessions are expected to investigate different issues of theory, measurement, analysis, modeling, and practice. The conference will offer short courses, technical sessions, and poster sessions.
http://icce2008.hamburg.baw.de/
icce2008@hamburg.baw.de
7th International NCCR Climate Summer School: Key Challenges in Climate Variability and Change—Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland: August 31-September 5, 2008. This summer school unites young scientists and leading climate researchers in a scenic southern Swiss Alpine setting for keynote lectures, workshops, and poster sessions. Session topics will include pertinent aspects of climate physics; climate phenomena and processes from seasonal to centennial time ranges; assessment of predictability, and approaches to prediction and operational tools; and associated impacts of climate change on society and economy's vulnerability. The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate and climate impact research issues and foster cross-disciplinary links. Each topic includes keynote plenary lectures and workshops with in-depth discussion in smaller groups.
http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html
September 2008
13th World Water Congress—Montpellier, France: September 1-4, 2008. Organizers: International Water Resource Association, Verseau Développement, Institut Languedocien de recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement, and ENJOY Montpellier. The objective of this congress is to raise global consciousness of the impact of global climate change on water resources. The Congress contributes to the study of the earth’s water resources by opening the dialogue between public and private partners, users and decision makers, and emerging and developed countries. Topics will include water availability, use, and management; climate change and disasters; development of water resources and infrastructure; water governance and water security; water conservation and demand management; and capacity building in developing countries.
wwc2008@msem.univ-montp2.fr
www.worldwatercongress2008.org
11th International Specialized Conference on Watershed and River Basin Management—Budapest, Hungary: September 4-5, 2008. This conference presents attendees with an opportunity to engage in innovative discussion on the subjects of water resource management, climate change, water supply protection, sustainable urban drainage, pollution sources, and monitoring and modeling. This year’s conference themes include river basin management planning under the EU Water Framework Directive; river basin management practices in different continents; managing water resources in transboundary river basins; managing competing uses to protect water quality and quantity; watershed management methods to facilitate availability for aquatic ecosystem health and human uses; the impact of climate change on watersheds, river basins, estuaries, and reservoirs; flood control and prevention; and the economics of river basin management.
trivent@trivent.hu
http://www.eugris.info/DisplayNewsItem.asp?n=459
The ’88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond—Jackson Hole, Wyoming: September 7-13, 2008. Organizer: International Association of Wildland Fire and the Association for Fire Ecology in association with the 9th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The purpose of this conference is to remember the events of the Yellowstone area fires of 1988. These history-making fires will provide springboards for discussions and presentations about lessons learned, fire effects, fire ecology, large fire management and policy, research related to the fires, the use of fire as a management tool, and other issues. Pre-conference and post-conference optional field trips will be scheduled on September 7 and 13.
www.iawfonline.org
Dam Safety ’08—Indian Wells, California: September 7-11, 2008. Dam Safety 2008 will attract approximately 850 attendees from 50 states plus Puerto Rico, and from several other nations. The American Society of Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) annual conference offers a unique blend of training in both technical and practical dam safety applications, along with the opportunity to network with a variety of professionals representing all aspects of the dam safety community. University students in engineering, hydrology, geology, and related fields are encouraged to attend. Students presenting a valid student ID will be admitted to conference sessions free of charge.
sasorrell@damsafety.org
http://www.damsafety.org/conferences/
Wetlands and Global Climate Change—Portland, Oregon: September 15-18, 2008. Organizer: Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. Global climate change will be the primary topic at ASWM's annual conference. Potential sessions will focus on carbon sequestration and wetlands, sea level change, and strategies for managing wetlands in response to long term changes in temperature and precipitation. Other related topics will include wetland research priorities, monitoring trends in wetlands and related resources, management strategies, invasive species, biodiversity, and policy responses to a changing environment. The purpose of this symposium is to describe challenges, identify opportunities, and share cooperative strategies for protecting, restoring and conserving wetlands in response to climate change.
http://www.aswm.org/
International Conference on Modeling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires—Toledo, Spain: September 17-19, 2008. Forest fires are very complex phenomena that, under the right physical conditions, can rapidly devastate large areas. There is also widespread awareness that the risk may increase as a result of climate change. Forest fire analysis and mitigation requires the development of computer codes that can take into consideration a large number of different parameters. This conference will focus on the latest research and applications of computational tools that are available to analyze and predict the spread of forest fires in an attempt to prevent or reduce major loss of life and property, as well as damage to the environment. At present there is insufficient knowledge of the behavior of fires and how they propagate. This lack of appropriate studies makes these phenomena very difficult to control and is one of the most important obstacles to the reliable production, optimization, and development of an appropriate decision support system. This conference aims to address all aspects of forest fires, from fire propagation in different scenarios to the optimum strategies for fire fighting. It will also cover issues related to economic, ecological, social, and health effects.
rcreasey@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/fires08/index.html
International Snow Science Workshop—Whistler, British Columbia, Canada: September 21-27, 2008. Promoting avalanche awareness is an important consideration for companies that promote and rely on mountainous backcountry recreation in the winter. Advocating awareness of avalanche terrain, improving avalanche forecasting techniques, and providing effective lines of communication to the general public are the focus of this year’s conference. The 2008 International Snow Science Workshop encourages a true merger of theory and practice. In addition to the oral and poster presentations on research and finding projects, virtual field trips, storm reports, or slide shows of remarkable events will be presented. Attendees will be able to familiarize themselves with more than 700 industry professionals for recommendations and testing of avalanche related products, ski touring gear, and technical clothing.
issw2008@avalanche.ca
http://www.issw2008.com/
GIScience 2008 5 th International Conference of Geography Information Science—Park City, Utah: September 23-26, 2008. This conference will address emerging topics and basic research findings across all sectors of geographic information science. The conference attracts leading GIScience researchers from all fields to reflect the interdisciplinary breadth of GIScience, including cognitive science, computer science, engineering, geography, information science, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, social science, and statistics. In addition, workshops will form a complementary forum to the main conference, encouraging the presentation and discussion of work in progress and facilitating a dialogue on emerging topics in small groups.
www.giscience.org
Eighth EMS Annual Meeting and Seventh European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC)—Amsterdam, The Netherlands: September 29-October 3, 2008. The European Metrological Society (EMS) and European Climate Support Network (ECSN) have established a tradition of holding the EMS Annual Meeting and the European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC) together. These meetings are meant to provide a forum for the dissemination of latest research and development results, and for the exchange of ideas on future strategies in climatology and meteorology. This forum is attractive to the entire atmospheric and related communities: scientists, service providers, manufacturers, and users. The EMS annual meeting aims to strengthen and widen scientific exchange within the European context to explain the specific characteristics of the science of meteorology, to address the challenges of interpreting the results, and to communicate them to society at large. It includes the application of meteorology for the benefit of society, providing a platform for the meteorological community to discuss demands and aims for the present and the future. To address these issues the 2008 conference will have three streams: the atmosphere and the water cycle; meteorology and society; and forecasting the weather at all time scales – THORPEX studies, applications, and societal impacts.
ems2008@copernicus.org
http://meetings.copernicus.org/ems2008/
October 2008
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth—Houston, Texas: October 5-9 2008.The vision of this conference is to highlight and stimulate discussions in areas of common interest across the diversity of disciplines and organizations represented. Shared involvement in energy, water resources, education, and earth systems will foster a program comprised of thousands of scientific papers, hundreds of exhibits, and a myriad of distinguished lectures and special events in order to engage students and professionals across the earth sciences and in every employment sector.
https://www.acsmeetings.org/2008/
4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration— Providence, Rhode Island: October 11-15, 2008. The conference program will address all aspects of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration, in all habitats and at all scales. This national conference is focused on the goals and practices of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. The five-day conference will explore the state-of-the-art in all aspects and scales of restoration, and will be comprised of field sessions, plenary sessions, expert presentations, special evening events, workshops, a poster hall, and a Restoration Exposition. The goal of this conference is to advance the science, scale, pace, practice, and success of habitat restoration at all scales. It brings together the entire coastal and estuarine habitat restoration community, and provides a unique blend of people and policy, science, strategy, business, and best practices.
conference@estuaries.org.
http://www.estuaries.org/?id=4
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering—Beijing, China: October 12-17, 2008. Organizer: International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE). Started in 1956 and held every four years, the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) is the most influential and the largest professional event in the field of earthquake engineering. The 14WCEE will serve as an international forum at which more than 3000 specialists, government officials, and NGO representatives in earthquake engineering and relevant fields will exchange their latest research results and technologies. It will also serve as a wonderful opportunity for related vendors to show off their latest products and services. The conference strives to promote innovation, transformative practice, and durable safety in reducing the impact of earthquakes on our society and natural environment.
http://www.14wcee.org
IHDP 7th Open Meeting: Social Challenges of Global Change—New Delhi, India: October 16-19, 2008. Organizers: International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IDHP) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). While still reaching out to the large and diverse international human dimensions community, it is expected that this meeting will be highly applicable to the South Asian region generally, and India in particular. The conference will follow up on outcomes from the last Open Meeting in Bonn in 2005, which tried to outline the need for a more specific and selective scientific approach. With the theme of the 7th Open Meeting, “Social Challenges of Global Change,” IHDP wants to indicate the need to incorporate not only the general discussion about climate change, but also many other environmental changes that happen in our society: resource shortages, the destruction of ecosystem services, and new threats to human health. The four core issues the conference plans to address are demographic challenges; limitations of resources and ecosystem services; maintenance of social cohesion while increasing (global) equity; and adaptation of institutions to address global change.
http://www.openmeeting2008.org
1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance Third Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area—Hayward, California: October 22-24, 2008. Meeting organizers include representatives from the California Geological Survey, the U.S. Geological Survey, CSU East Bay, University of California-Berkeley, and URS Corporation. This event is designed to help commemorate the 140th anniversary of the 1868 Hayward fault earthquake. The conference represents the third of a series of workshops, the last was held in 1992. It will offer scientific presentations, a free public forum on earthquake hazards and earthquake preparedness, teacher workshops/tutorials on earthquake science, and geology and engineering field trips in the East Bay area.
kknudsen@consrv.ca.gov
http://1868alliance.org/activities/?id=16
3rd International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC 2008)—Sliema, Malta: October 26-31, 2008. The Third International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC 2008) continues a series of events covering a broad spectrum of systems and network related topics. The conference covers fundamentals on wireless, high speed, sensor, and mobile and ad hoc networks; security, policy-based systems; and education systems. Topics are targeting design, implementation, testing, use, tools, and lessons learnt for such networks and systems.
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/ICSNC08.html
November 2008
American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting—New Orleans, Louisiana: November 17-20, 2008. This annual conference offers a forum for all participants of the water resources community to engage in conversations about the many multidisciplinary aspects of water resources, and to make connections that will improve how the community understands the importance of complex water issues for the region, the nation, and the world. To encourage this exchange, the conference will include oral and poster sessions, plenary panels, field trips, and networking events. Student participation activities are also planned. Special sessions could focus on water resource issues in the New Orleans area; large regional wetlands restoration/protection projects around the world, such as in the Everglades and the Pantenal; the National Levee Certification Program; or other topics from recent specialty conferences and the National Water Policy Dialogue.
http://www.awra.org/
Fourth EGU Alexander von Humboldt International Conference : The Andes: Challenge for Geosciences—Santiago, Chile: November 24-28, 2008.The aim of this interdisciplinary and international EGU 4th Humboldt Conference is to bring researchers from diverse specializations together, and thus catalyze more comprehensive interdisciplinary research towards a better understanding of the complexity of the Andes system. Scientists from all geosciences fields carrying out research related to the Andes are invited to contribute to this interdisciplinary conference. The conference general topics and interdisciplinary themes include: cryosphere and hydrology, climate and its variability and climate change, and tectonics and geodynamics. Interdisciplinary themes include, but are not limited to climate-tectonics-surface processes; water resources in future climate scenarios; the impact of subduction on tectonics, volcanism, and atmospheric chemistry; sustainable, environmentally friendly utilization of natural resources; and coping with incomplete data in geosciences.
http://www.dgf.uchile.cl/~rgarreau/EGU-Andes/
7th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission and Seismological Society of Japan, 2008 Fall Meeting—Tskuba, Japan: November 24-27, 2008. The main theme for this year’s conference is “Sharing of Up-to-date Science and Technology to Reduce Earthquakes Disaster in Asia.” The goal is to bridge science and technology, research and application, domestic efforts and international collaboration, and to bridge the Asia Pacific region to the rest of the world.
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/ssj/asc-ssj2008/