Upcoming Conferences
To list your conference on this site, e-mail hazctr@colorado.edu.
These upcoming conferences and meetings may be searched by month.
November 2012
November 2-3, 2012
Children’s Disaster Services Volunteer Workshop
Church of the Brethren
Denver, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $45, open until filled
This workshop will teach ways to comfort, relieve stress, and calm the fears of young children during disaster and other traumatic situations. Topics include a shelter simulation, the needs of children after disaster, the role of play in the recovery process, and how to set up and operate a children’s disaster services center.
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November 5-11, 2012
Fourth International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy
Mexico National Forestry Commission, U.S. Forest Service, International Wildland Fire Association, and Others
Mexico City, Mexico
Cost and Registration: $400, open until filled
This conference will look at increased costs of wildfire management and the futility of fighting fires in environments without fuel management strategies. Topics include the consequences of differing management strategies, real and perceived influences of climate change, sustainable forest management, hazardous fuel treatment, and research solutions to current wildland fire challenges.
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November 6, 2012
High-Rise Aerial Firefighting and Rescue
Tangent Link
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cost and Registration: $140, open until filled
This conference will examine the feasibility of fighting high-rise fires using helicopters. Topics include case studies of helicopter use in urban Moscow firefighting, how to form helicopter firefighting and rescue teams, and standard operating procedures for high-rise fire and rescue operations.
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November 7-8, 2012
Business Continuity Management World Conference and Exhibition
The Business Continuity Institute
London, United Kingdom
Cost and Registration: $1,140, open until filled
This conference will provide all levels of business continuity managers with the tools and education needed to navigate continuity issues in a global market. Topics include why organizational resilience isn’t the future of business continuity, applying scenario analysis to crisis management planning, determining continuity strategy, using software and technology in business continuity management, and determining the role of social media in continuity operations.
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November 7-8, 2012
Fourth International Conference on Geo-Information Technology for Natural Disaster Management
Geoinformatics Center of the Asian Institute of Technology
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Cost and Registration: $300, open until filled
This conference will present technological advancements for understanding natural hazards and their impacts. Topics include climate impacts on Himalayan glacier dynamics and water resources, intelligent evacuation route identification systems, a preliminary study on intraplate earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, a conceptual model for landslide prediction in Sri Lanka, cloud computing as an approach to natural disaster management, drought monitoring using GIS and remote sensing in Rajasthan, India, and the effects of coastal land use on tsunami inundation along the South Indian Coast.
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November 7-9, 2012
Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and the China Ministry of Civil Affairs
Beijing, China
Cost and Registration: Free, open until filled
This conference will discuss how to enhance long-term risk reduction efforts by obtaining space-based climate change data from international and regional organizations. Topics include national climate change-related risk reduction efforts, the increasing availability of open source data, applying space technology to disaster risk assessment and mapping, and activities supported by the UN Platform for Space-Based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER).
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November 12-15, 2012
Hazards XXIII
IChemE
Southport, United Kingdom
Cost and Registration: $1,237, open until filled
This conference will help energy sector businesses create a culture of safety that weathers the uncertainties of both disasters and normal operations. Topics include learning from incidents, performance indicators and major accidents, emergency spill response, operational risk management, assessing environmental risk on offshore platforms, and the societal risks of hazardous material pipelines.
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November 12-15, 2012
Fourth International Conference on Drylands, Deserts, and Desertification
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheba, Israel
Cost and Registration: $430, open until filled
This conference will discuss challenges of living sustainably in arid environments and offer possible solutions. Topics include water resource management tools, architecture and urban planning to make arid environments livable, intergovernmental management of water resources, dryland ecosystem benefits, agricultural productivity using minimal irrigation, and remote sensing tools in drylands.
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November 13, 2012
Emergency Management: Themes in Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, England
Cost and Registration: $219, open until filled
This conference will discuss the theoretical and empirical foundations of emergency management and new research implications for policy and practice. Topics include major incident response and crisis management, emerging trends in emergency response and disaster management, business continuity planning and disaster recovery, and community resilience and recovery.
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November 13-14, 2012
Texas Dam Safety and Field Technician Training Workshop
National Hydrologic Warning Council
Austin, Texas
Cost and Registration: $175 before October 15, open until full
This workshop will examine issues of dam safety in Texas, with emphasis on challenges, regulations, and the impact the drought has on dam safety and maintenance. In addition to the workshop, extensive training for hydrologic field technicians will also be offered.
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November 13-15, 2012
Seventh Annual Industrial Fire, Safety, and Security Conference
Trade Fair Group
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $595, open until filled
This conference will provide insight into and training on disaster preparedness and response from the viewpoint of transportation, security, chemical manufacturing, emergency management, and regulatory agencies. Topics include scenario-based training, industrial response, surviving workplace violence, and medical response to active-shooter emergencies.
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November 15-16, 2012
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters and the China Program Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Cost and Registration: $300, open until filled
This conference will examine best practices and lessons learned in reducing the socioeconomic impact of disasters on vulnerable communities in China with a focus on how such lessons can be improved and applied internationally. Topics include sustainable land use planning, traditional and public policy practices in managing floods, strategies for integrating disaster risk reduction into business planning, culture-based disaster support for the poor, the role of media in disaster, urban reconstruction policies, and the role of women, children, the elderly, and the disabled in postdisaster reconstruction.
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November 19-21, 2012
Water Contamination Emergencies
SecurEau Drinking Water
Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany
Cost and Registration: $645, open until filled
This international conference will discuss the response to and collective responsibility for water contamination. Topics include managing water supply threats, using smart sensor networks for water monitoring, the Japanese water environment post-Fukushima, early warning systems for water treatment facilities, risk governance among water utilities, and using hydraulic modeling for contamination response planning.
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November 20-22, 2012
Second European Conference on Flood Risk Management
Deltares, HR Wallingford, Samui, and Flood Control 2015
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cost and Registration: $939, open until filled
This conference will examine the trend that is moving from flood protection to comprehensive flood risk management, including advances and innovations in risk analysis. Topics include flood hazard analysis and probabilities, vulnerability and societal resilience, damage assessments, flood defense and nonstructural flood control, risk communication, disaster risk reduction, and policy, zoning, and regulation.
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November 28-29, 2012
Second International Conference on Climate Change and Social Issues
Glasgow Caledonian University and the International Center for Research and Development
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cost and Registration: $450, open until filled
This conference will address issues related to climate change with an emphasis on the social impacts of warming. Topics include health issues, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, community development, human rights and water, climate technology, and food security.
December
December 3-5, 2012
Reducing Risks and Building Disaster Resilience
Center for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies
Abuja, Nigeria
Cost and Registration: $94, open until filled
This conference will showcase current disaster research, examine ways to build resilience and reduce disaster risk, and raise public awareness about disasters. Topics include community-based risk reduction, vulnerability and capacity building assessments, critical infrastructure, gender and disasters, climate change adaptation, early warning systems, and disaster prevention education.
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December 3-7, 2012
Fifth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Association for Fire Ecology
Portland, Oregon
Cost and Registration: $445 before November 1, open until filled
This workshop will examine wildland fire issues in a global context, study advances in science and technology, and get a perspective on wildland fire worldwide. Topics include assessing fire with geospatial technology, implementing fire policy, the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, climate drivers of historical fires, native species management, and mitigating human risk from wildfire.
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December 4-6, 2012
2012 AHIMTA Conference
All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cost and Registration: $325, open until filled
This conference will familiarize attendees with best practices and lessons learned from recent incidents. Topics include the national firefighting mobilization system, incident management and emergency operation centers, coordinating public information, national frameworks, social media, and National Guard Resources. Pre- and post-conference workshops and training sessions are also offered.
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December 5-7, 2012
Adult Mortality and Morbidity
Catholic University of Louvain , Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, and others
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Cost and Registration: $195, open until filled
This conference will focus on adult morbidity and mortality analysis from the data collection and measurement perspective, including the impacts of natural hazards and disasters and the different forms of resilience that arise from them. Topics include post-war mortality trends, mortality profile of those evacuated from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, evaluation of mortality surveys from emergencies, and surveillance, prevention, and control of Legionnaires’ disease.
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December 5-9, 2012
Sixth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Cost and Registration: $375, open until filled
This conference will promote disaster risk awareness, best practices, and knowledge of comprehensive disaster management as referenced in the Hyogo Framework. Topics will focus on disaster management in the Caribbean and include making Caribbean cities resilient, early flood warning systems, local engagement in long-term planning, innovative social strategies for reducing risk, and the role of science, education, and research in disaster management.
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December 11-14, 2012
Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts
Union Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability
Orange, California
Cost and Registration: $400 before September 30, open until filled
This conference will present scientific knowledge about extreme natural hazards from around the world. Topics include recent earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, the connection between climate extremes and natural hazards, early warning, satellite sensor monitoring, and disaster management in developing countries.
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December 13-15, 2012
Eighth International Conference on Geo-Information for Disaster Management
Eindhoven University of Technology, Technische Universiteit Delft, and University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands
Cost and Registration: $197 before October 4, open until filled
This conference will focus on use of geo-information for data modeling and emergency communication. Topics include semantics and situational awareness, four dimensional geographic information systems, interface design for crisis management, multi-sensor data collection, crowd sourcing and volunteered geographic information, security and privacy, decision enhancement systems, simulation tools for crisis situations, and evacuation and navigation systems.
January 2013
January 7-11, 2013
Building Innovation
National Institute of Building Sciences
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $400 before December 1, open until filled
This conference will highlight building innovations that increase resilience and reduce risk. Topics include integrating risk and performance in resilient design, mitigation and planning for multi-hazard situations, security and disaster preparedness, and sustainability of the built environment.
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January 8-10, 2012
International Disaster Conference
International Disaster Conference and Expo
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $300, open until filled
This conference will discuss emergency management policy and successful mitigation practices. Perspectives from homeland security, emergency response, disaster recovery, business continuity, and global security will be presented. Topics include the differences in responding to natural versus man-made disasters, the Mississippi Alternative Housing Pilot Program, human resilience and logistics in supply chain management, emergency responder decision support tools, societal resilience to terrorism, portable water storage and distribution, and technologies for managing high volumes of insurance claims.
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January 15-17, 2013
13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment
National Council for Science and the Environment
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $395 before October 26, open until filled
This conference will examine the connectedness of six themes in a series of symposia, keynote addresses, plenary sessions, and breakout workshops. Themes include: cascading disasters, the intersection of the built and natural environments, disasters as mechanisms of ecosystem change, rethinking recovery and expanding the vision of mitigation, human behavior and its consequences, and "no regrets" resilience.
March 2013
March 12, 2013
Second Annual Forum for Disaster Victim Identification
The Royal College of Pathologists
London, UK
Cost and Registration: $273, open until filled
This conference will discuss techniques and legislation related to the identification of disaster victims. Topics include the importance of culture in victim identification, roles and duties of coroners in disaster, academic programs for disaster victim identification, and age estimation from developing teeth.