Call for Applications
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes
National Science Foundation
Deadline: November 10, 2010
The National Science Foundation is accepting applications for students interested in attending one of seven East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes from June to August 2011. Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend, airfare to the host country, living expenses, and other support. Masters and PhD students studying in a variety of fields, including the social sciences, environmental science, geoscience, and engineering, are invited to apply.
Call for Presentations
Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference
Washington State University
Deadline: November 10, 2010
The Partners in Emergency Preparedness conference is now soliciting proposals for presentations at its upcoming event, to be held April 26-27 in Tacoma, Washington. The 75-minute presentations should focus on lessons learned, best practices, participant interaction, and creating emergency management partnerships. A full list of topics and online submission instructions are available at the conference website.
Call for Papers
ISCRAM 2011
International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Deadline: November 15, 2010, (Full Papers) and December 15, 2010 (Works-in-Progress)
The International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management is accepting full research papers, works-in-progress, and practitioner papers for presentation at ISCRAM 2011, May 8-11 in Lisbon, Portugal. Papers on a number of topics will be accepted, including early warning and alert systems, risk perception and analysis, social media, GIS and crisis management, and humanitarian action.