Call for Abstracts
National Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Deadline: June 15, 2013

The Earthquake Engineering Institute is accepting abstracts for presentation at its 10th annual National Conference on Earthquake Engineering to be held July 21-25 in Anchorage, Alaska. Abstracts will be chosen based on a variety of criteria, including clarity of concepts, significance of the technical material, and treatment of subject matter. For a full list of criteria and topic areas or to submit your abstract online, visit the EERI conference website.


Call for Abstracts
Sixth International Conference on Flood Management
Brazilian Water Resource Association
Deadline: September 15, 2013

The Brazilian Water Resource Association is accepting abstracts for presentation at its International Conference on Flood Management to be held September 16-18 in São Paulo, Brazil. Papers should address one of the conferences themes, which include urban flooding, climate change-related floods, flood risk, flood forecasting and early warning systems, and flood resilient societies. For more information or to submit your abstract online, visit the conference website.


Call for Papers
Drought in the Life, Cultures, and Landscapes of the Great Plains
Center for Great Plains Studies
Deadline: November 1, 2013

The Center for Great Plains Studies is accepting papers for presentation at it’s annual symposium to be held April 1-4, 2014, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Papers from any discipline that examine the causes, impacts, projections, social and cultural consequences, and ramifications of drought are welcome. For more information on the symposium and how to submit an abstract, visit the website above.