Upcoming Conferences
To list your conference on this site, e-mail hazctr@colorado.edu.
These upcoming conferences and meetings may be searched by month.
June 2009
June 1-2, 2009
Coastal Engineering: Future Challenges and Risks
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
St. John’s, Canada
Cost and Registration: $1060, open until filled
This conference brings engineers, academics, scientists, designers, and decision makers together to discuss the latest research in coastal engineering, including construction, hydrotechnical and engineering mechanics, and materials.
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June 4-5, 2009
Ghosts of Katrina: Natural Disasters and Community Resilience
University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast
Gulfport, Mississippi
Cost and Registration: Free, open until filled
Scholars will gather to discuss ways communities can better prepare for disasters and enhance community resilience by examining lessons learned through disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.
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June 7-12, 2009
33rd Annual National Conference: Green Works to Reduce Flood Losses
Association of State Floodplain Managers
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $610 before May 29, closes June 3, 2009
This conference will present state-of-the-art techniques, programs, and resources to better improve flood mitigation, watershed management, and other community goals
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June 8-11, 2009
2009 Conference and Expo
National Fire Protection Association
Chicago, Illinois
Cost and Registration: $895, open until filled
This conference will examine best practices in fire protection and electrical safety. Conference tracks include emergency preparedness and business continuity, fire and emergency services, fire protection engineering, and facility fire safety.
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June 9-11, 2009
2009 National Urban Area Security Initiative Conference
Urban Area Security Initiative
Charlotte, North Carolina
Cost and Registration: $250
This conference provides a forum for exchanging technical and administrative UASI information, as well as an opportunity to share best practices in emergency management, public health, evacuations, and mass care planning.
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June 10, 2009
The National Risk Conference
Arup, London First, Crisis Response, and others
London, England
Cost and Registration: $568, open until filled
This conference will encourage debates that increase resilience and safety, facilitate effective business continuity, and provide perspective on risks faced by organizations and the community.
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June 12-14, 2009
Crisis Camp
BSA, Corner Alliance, Google
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $100, closes June 13
This workshop will examine best practices for using social media in public health and crisis response, data aggregation during crisis, lessons learned from disasters such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and other technology-driven crisis issues. The workshop is formatted in a barcamp style, which allows attendees to drive dialogue without a preset agenda.
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June 17-18, 2009
National Disaster Reconstruction EXPO
National Disaster Reduction, Restoration and Recovery, BNP Media, and others
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $99, open until filled
This conference provides a forum for disaster professionals to better prepare and respond to catastrophic events, as well as create effective disaster networks that promote cooperation in all professional sectors.
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June 21-24, 2009
19th World Conference on Disaster Management
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
Toronto, Canada
Cost and Registration: $1025 before April 30, open until filled
Disaster experts, practitioners, business continuity leaders, and others will meet at this conference promoting community preparedness and resiliency. This year’s program will focus on the economic crisis, climate change, natural disasters, pandemic planning, and corporate resilience.
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June 23-25, 2009
Research and Innovation Conference 2009
National Science Foundation Civil Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division
Honolulu, Hawaii
Cost and Registration: $560, open until filled
This forum for research and education spans civil, mechanical, and industrial engineering; engineering design; and manufacturing. Sessions topics include creating resilient and sustainable infrastructures, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEES) in a multi-hazard world, and emerging frontiers in earthquake engineering and multi-hazard experiments.
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June 24, 2009
“Safe Homes for All” Hurricane Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum
WeatherPredict, Institute for Business and Home Safety, and others
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: Free, open until filled
This event features senior elected officials and national experts in emergency management and disaster safety. Topics addressed will include challenges faced by low-income populations during disasters, affordable housing mitigation technology, evacuation planning for low-income populations, best practices for communicating disaster preparedness, and legislative developments that affect at-risk communities.
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June 25, 2009
Disasters Roundtable of the National Academies
The National Academies and the National Commission on Children and Disasters
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: Free, open until filled
This workshop will strive to identify key areas in need of research, address opportunities and challenges, and facilitate conversations about children and youth in disaster planning, mitigation, response, and recovery among practitioners, academics, and policymakers.
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June 28 to July 1, 2009
Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multi-Hazard Environment
American Society for Civil Engineering
Oakland, California
Cost and Registration: $550 before May 28, open until filled
This conference presents a range of technical papers on current practices, recent innovations, and future directions in natural and man made disasters. Emphasis will be on performance, design, analysis, and planning.
July 2009
July 1-3, 2009
Third International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering
Wessex Institute of Technology
Rome, Italy
Cost and Registration: $1,930, open until filled
This conference focuses on recent developments in safety and security engineering theory and practice, with a special emphasis on multifactor risk impacts. Conference topics include crisis management, natural and manmade emergencies and hazards, risk management, and mitigation and protection issues.
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July 8-9, 2009
2009 Regional Workshop
Pacific Public Health Training Center and California Centers for Public Health Preparedness
El Dorado Hills, California
Cost and Registration: $118, open until filled
Workshop topics include social determinants of health, GIS and health for improved emergency preparedness and response, and using science to prepare vulnerable populations.
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July 9-14, 2009
Participatory Vulnerability and Risk Analysis Training
Development Associates
Jessore, Bangladesh
Cost and Registration: $400, open until filled
This training will analyze vulnerability and risk assessments so that disaster management programs can better develop and understand the relevance of disaster risk reduction. Course offerings include information on the impacts and consequences of disasters, the Hyogo Framework for Action, stakeholder participation, and disaster mitigation case studies.
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July 10-13, 2009
Fifth International Symposium on Management, Engineering, and Informatics
International Institute of Informatics and Systemics and others
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $640, open until filled
This conference allows those in engineering, management, and informatics to share their research and experience and focus on building interdisciplinary relationships. Session topics include risk management, supply chain management, communications, and informatics.
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July 13-15, 2009
International Disaster and Risk Conference
Global Risk Forum Davos
Chengdu, China
Cost and Registration: $550, Open until filled
This year’s conference will examine the Wenchuan earthquake as an entry into a larger conversation about capacity building in integrated disaster and risk management and sustainable development.
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July 13-17, 2009
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Cape Town, South Africa
Cost and Registration: $930, open until filled
This conference will address geoscience and remote sensing issues related to disaster preparedness and response, global climate change, good governance, and the role of remote sensing in health and disease monitoring.
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July 19-23, 2009
Coastal Zone 2009
NOAA, FEMA, Massachusetts Partnership, and others
Boston, Massachusetts
Cost and Registration: $475, open until filled
This conference explores changing coastal landscapes and provides information on coastal and ocean resource management. Three central tracks will be presented: coastal communities adapting to changing conditions, conservation in the face of change, and planning for the changing uses of the ocean and Great Lakes.
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July 20-24, 2009
International Undergraduate Conference on Climate, Water, Weather, and Society
East China Normal University, University of Colorado, NCAR, and others
Shanghai, China
Cost and Registration: Free before June 10
This conference promotes interdisciplinary understanding of science, technology, and civil society for undergraduates. Attendees will develop baseline skills needed to understand climate, water, weather variability, change, and extremes and get experience dealing with global change issues internationally.
August 2009
August 5-7, 2009
Third Australasian Hazards Management Workshop Series
GNS Science, RMIT University, Massey University, and others
Melbourne, Australia
Cost and Registration: $500, open until filled
This conference provides a forum to discuss the integration of hazard information and effective risk management. Sessions focus on best practices, developing effective warming systems, improving response and recovery efforts, and creating resilient communities.
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August 9-12, 2009
2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness
International Association of Emergency Managers and the Department of Homeland Security
Alexandria, Virginia
Cost and Registration: Free, open until filled
This conference is aimed at those seeking to create safer, stronger, and better-prepared communities, regardless of the hazards faced. Attendees will share best practices in collaborative emergency planning, discuss preparedness outreach and education, discover innovative funding approaches, and receive updates on preparedness research.
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August 10-12, 2009
Third Annual HAZUS Conference: Connecting the Pieces for Mitigation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cost and Registration: See Web site for details
This conference will outline effective approaches for making decisions using HAZUS. Session topics include HAZUS in risk identification and communication, applying HAZUS to estimations and mitigation planning, and HAZUS and manmade hazards.
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August 31 to September 4
2009 Homeland Security Conference
The Naval Post Graduate School, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Lockheed Martin
Monterey, California
Cost and Registration: $795 before August 16, open until filled
This conference will focus on organizational and operating strategies that facilitate homeland security agency collaboration. Issues such as disease control, disaster response, environmental protection, and law enforcement will be addressed.
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August 31 to September 4
World Climate Conference
World Meteorological Organization and the World Climate Program
Geneva, Switzerland
Cost and Registration: $557 before July 30, closes August 19
This conference, arranged around a theme of climate prediction and information for decision making, will develop an international framework to guide the creation of climate services linking scientific predictions with risk management and adaptation.
September 2009
September 7-11, 2009
11th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Cost and Registration: $445 before July 20, open until filled
This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum to improve the understanding of hazardous storms in the Mediterranean. Session topics include the nature and physical processes of extreme events, possible changes in storm behavior resulting from anticipated changes in climate, advanced techniques to track and predict storms, and relationships between atmospheric and surface processes.
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September 8-11, 2009
Investing in Floodplains for Future Generations
Floodplain Management Association
San Jose, California
Cost and Registration: $465 before August 31, open until filled
This conference addresses critical issues in floodplain management including new floodplain infrastructure, leveraging local, state, and federal resources, floodplain mapping tools, and improving relationships with community based organizations.
October 2009
October 22-23, 2009
Symposium on Building Safer Communities—Improving Disaster Resilience
Applied Technology Council
Charleston, South Carolina
Cost and Registration: $225 until October 15, open until filled
This symposium commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Hugo by exploring changes in coastal construction practices, improved building safety and community resilience, and addressing unresolved building safety and damage reduction issues.