March 6-7, 2018
Southeast Public-Private Partner Summit
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Memphis, Tennessee
Cost and Registration: Contact Event Organizer
This summit will focus on creating a dialogue between public and private sectors in the Southeast about emergencies and disasters, including hurricanes and the New Madrid seismic zone. Topics include improving the protection of assets, preventing major disruptions of operations, and creating collaborative techniques for responding to disasters in the future.
March 26, 2018
Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility Workshop
NHERI Natural Hazards Reconnaissance
Arlington, Virginia
Cost and Registration: $75 before February 28, open until filled
This workshop will focus on tools and technologies available at the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility, which promotes reconnaissance-based science, resource sharing, open data, and community engagement to reduce the adverse impacts of natural hazards. Topics will include best-practices for reconnaissance data collection, NSF RAPID proposal preparation, leveraging the RAPID facility, reconnaissance basics, field equipment and techniques, and ethics (including IRB guidance).
April 9-13, 2018
ADCIRC Bootcamp and Users Meeting
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
College Park, Maryland
Cost and Registration: $1,195 for all events before March 31, open until filled
This event will focus on the uses of the Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC) during hazards such as tropical storms. The week consists of a boot camp for high-level government decision makers, followed by a general users group meeting for coastal modelers and ADCIRC developers. Topics include effective risk communication methods, how best to make decisions using risk assessment, and ongoing projects to improve ADCIRC.
April 21-24, 2018
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $840, register before March 22
This conference will focus on lessons learned and new trends in smart planning at the local, state, and federal level. Topics include understanding how to better plan for and foster equity within communities, redesigning more efficient transportation networks, encouraging citizen engagement, and incorporating big data sources available to planners into decision making.
May 21-24, 2018
NASEMSO Annual Meeting
National Association of State EMS Officials
Providence, Rhode Island
Cost and Registration: $520 before May 10, open until filled
This meeting will address issues in emergency medical services, medical transportation, legislative and regulatory issues, and the EMS work force. Topics include model rules for ambulance vehicle design, personnel licensure, EMS clinical guidelines, air medical model rules, traffic incident management, fatigue in EMS, and EMS scope of practice.
June 4-7, 2018
Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Cost and Registration: Free, apply before April 27
This symposium will focus on the academic discipline of emergency management and developing instructional and research skills. Topics include the scholarship of teaching and learning, research methodology and integration, and program policy and administration.