Upcoming Conferences
To list your conference on this site, e-mail hazctr@colorado.edu.
These upcoming conferences and meetings may be searched by month.
September 2009
September 7-10, 2009
Children and the Law: International Approaches to Children and Their Vulnerabilities
Prato, Italy
Cost and Registration: $788, Open until filled
This international conference will bring together practitioners, policy contributors, advocates and researchers from welfare, criminology, law, policing, health, and mental health to examine the vulnerabilities of children and young people. The ways in which systems that respond to those at risk should be reshaped to better protect their rights and interests.
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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.
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September 13-17, 2009
10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability
International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability
Osaka, Japan
Cost and Registration: $723, Open until filled
This conference provides the opportunity for scientists and engineers to share knowledge, experience, and information on structural safety and reliability. Special emphasis will be placed on advanced technologies, analytical and computational methods of risk analysis, damage assessment, social aspects, and urban planning.
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September 23-26, 2009
2009 Fall Meeting
National Volunteer Fire Council
Coralville, Iowa
Cost and Registration: $200, open until filled
This conference gathers volunteer firefighters from across the country to discuss topics that include volunteer advocacy, fire education, wildland fires, disaster relief, emergency medical services, and more.
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September 24-27, 2009
Midwest Search and Rescue Conference
Indiana Department of Homeland Security
Edinburgh, Indiana
Cost and Registration: $90, open until filled
This conference provides a variety of courses to improve responder search and rescue knowledge. Specific courses include wilderness first aid, cadaver search, canine tracking and trailing, Hazmat awareness and operations, GPS for search and rescue, and more.
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September 29-30, 2009
Enabled in Emergencies Conference
EnableUS and the National Organization on Disability’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost and Registration: $500, open until filled
This conference discusses the latest issues in emergency response for people with disabilities and special needs. Practical technical assistance principles and real world examples provide insight into effective response to vulnerable populations during disaster.
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September 30 to October 2, 2009
Out of the Storm: Making Reform Work
Competitive Enterprise Institute and the South Carolina Department of Insurance
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $300 before September 1, open until filled
This conference addresses the property insurance reform challenges faced by hurricane-prone states. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Gulf Coast state insurance commissioners have been invited to speak.
October 2009
October 6-7, 2009
Disaster Chaplain Training
National Disaster Interfaiths Networks
New York, New York
Cost and Registration: $195, closes September 25
This curriculum will prepare chaplains and other religious leaders to provide spiritual and emotional care at disaster sites and in their own communities. This training provides operations, mental health, and self-care modules.
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October 12-16, 2009
Ninth Annual Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Kyoto, Japan
Cost and Registration: $300 before August 15, open until filled
This conference addresses identifying and overcoming barriers to systematic disaster risk management in a rapidly changing world. Modeling, adaptive management, and many other topics will be discussed.
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October 12-16, 2009
Fifth European Conference on Severe Storms
European Severe Storms Laboratory
Landshut, Germany
Cost and Registration: $246 before September 13, Open until filled
This conference covers all aspects of severe convective weather. Session topics include severe weather climatology and hazards assessment, climate change impacts on severe storms and adaptation concepts, and severe storms forecasting, nowcasting, and warning.
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October 13-14, 2009
World Conference on Disaster Management Summit
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
Sydney, Australia
Cost and Registration: $1,002 before August 28, open until filled
This conference explores resiliency tactics that sustain business operations and communities during natural, technological, and human induced disasters and provides a forum for ideas that will foster change.
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October 14-15, 2009
2009 Joint Conference of Indiana’s Partners in Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Indiana Department of Homeland Security and the Emergency Management Alliance
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cost and Registration: $205 until September 13, open until filled
This conference will address communication issues between emergency management and higher education administrators, public health officials, government agencies, and businesses. Sessions include power company response to natural disasters, responding to tornadoes on campus, and flu planning.
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October 18-21, 2009
2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Geological Society of America
Portland, Oregon
Cost and Registration: $420 before September 14, open until filled
This conference will advance earth science initiatives to provide future generations with a safer world. Session topics include advances in understanding societal risk and resilience, and preventing disaster in the Ring of Fire region.
October 20-21, 2009
10th International Disaster and Emergency Resilience Conference
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Karlstad, Sweden
Cost and Registration: $400 before October 1, open until filled
This conference identifies best practices for disaster readiness, response, and recovery. Session topics include effective land use and infrastructure planning, recent disaster lessons, and NGO disaster response.
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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.
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October 29 to November 6, 2009
IAEM 57th Annual Conference
International Association of Emergency Managers
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $500 before September 1, open until filled
This conference discusses current trends, information/ and technology in emergency management and advances made by IAEM. Speakers include Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, General Gerald Galloway, and The Unthinkable author Amanda Ripley.
November 2009
November 4-6, 2009
Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards
University College London
London, England
Cost and Registration: $164 before August 28, Open until filled
This meeting examines the concepts and processes of disaster risk reduction and stresses multihazard environments and multidisciplinary approaches in natural hazards research. Defining ways to make disaster risk reduction more effective in the future is emphasized.