March 5-8, 2014
Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy
The Water Institute
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Cost and Registration: $475, open until filled
This conference will examine ways to achieve water, food, climate, and energy security in a global context, as well as provide input to the UN Sustainable Development Goals process. Topics include urban challenges, corporate stewardship, natural resource security, social and environmental entrepreneurship, and financing.
April 1-4, 2014
Preparedness Summit
The National Association of City and County Health Officials and others
Atlanta, Georgia
Cost and Registration: $750 before March 6, open until filled
This summit will take an interdisciplinary look at public health and healthcare capabilities that create more prepared communities. Topics include social media monitoring for public health response, legal topics in preparedness, the Strategic National Stockpile inventory, the role of hospitals in building resilience, regional collaboration, and preparing the national healthcare system for catastrophic disasters.
April 10, 2014
The Disaster Conferences
Disaster Conferences
Houston, Texas
Cost and Registration: $595, open until filled
This conference series will help businesses, organizations, and individuals analyze disaster risk, create effective emergency operation and communication plans, and find resources after a disaster. Topics include business continuity strategy, social media, organizational resilience, and applying emergency management standards to business plans.
April 25-27, 2014
Wildland Fire Litigation Conference
Ken Roye
Monterey, California
Cost and Registration: $595, open until filled
This conference discusses infrastructure, environment, and insurance issues in wildland fire litigation. Topics include the economic evolution of wildfire suppression, professional responsibility issues, enterprise liability, federal claims litigation, valuation of natural resources, fire weather, and managing disaster claims.
April 26-30, 2014
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
Atlanta, Georgia
Cost and Registration: $1,045, open until filled
This conference offers sessions and workshops addressing issues in urban and environmental planning, regional planning, natural hazard risk reduction, and others. Topics include sustainable communities, stormwater planning, climate change and urban heat islands, hazard mitigation, ethics and public health, climate action plans, and climate-resilient transportation.