June 4-6, 2018
Northeast Regional Conference
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Cost and Registration: $525 before May 21, open until filled
This conference will focus on issues surrounding dam safety for government officials, dam owners, and dam and levee engineers, with an emphasis on the northeast region. Topics include improving hydrologic estimation and flood analysis tools, cases studies of successfully rehabilitated dams, updating spillway designs, and modernizing dam inspection.
July 24-27, 2018
RAPID Intensive Workshop
NHERI RAPID Facility
Seattle, Washington
Cost and Registration: Free, apply to register before June 12
This workshop hosted by the National Hazards Engineering Research Institute will help develop expertise in using RAPID equipment to collect and process data and integrate reconnaissance data using RAPID software. Topics include an overview of the RAPID facility, hands-on training for terrestrial lidar and drone-based image collection, and using the RAPID equipment and software social sciences reconnaissance research.
August 6-9, 2018
PRiMO Conference
Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana
Honolulu, Hawaii
Cost and Registration: $490 before June 30, open until filled
This conference will focus on the role of technology in reducing disaster risk, as well as its potential for unintended consequences. Topics will include learning how to crowdsource elements of response and recovery, balancing innovative technologies with traditional and indigenous practices, improving storm prediction science, and securing data against hacking.
November 7-9, 2018
2018 National Disaster Resilience Conference
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
Clearwater Beach, Florida
Cost and Registration: $375, open until filled
This conference will explore the latest research in creating disaster-resilient buildings and communities. Topics include increasing risk communication in and across communities, encouraging stakeholders to invest in better building design, encouraging new research around innovative resilience policy, and key take-aways from 2017 disasters.