December 8-9, 2008
On Thin Ice: Addressing the Scientific, Economic, Environmental, Cultural, and Security Implications of Climate Change in the Arctic Region
Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies and the Global Majority
Monterey, California
Cost and Registration: $100 before December 1, see website for registration process
This conference will provide a scientific assessment of projected climate change in the Arctic region, identify potential conflicts stemming from Arctic warming, and allow stakeholders to network and explore beneficial outcomes.
December 8-10, 2008
Second Canadian Voice Interoperability Workshop
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
Toronto, Canada
Cost and Registration: $375, open until filled
This conference will promote the transfer of best practices and develop an increasingly unified approach to public safety communications among public safety and emergency management interoperability practitioners.
December 8-12, 2008
Third Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
St. Michael, Barbados
Cost and Registration: $530, open until filled
This disaster management forum reflects on, discusses, and measures the Caribbean’s progress in the context of the Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management strategy and programming framework 2007-2012.
December 10, 2008
National Risk Register Conference
London First and others
London, England
Cost and Registration: $591, open until filled
This conference will increase community safety and business continuity effectiveness by communicating partnerships and activities organizations must develop.
February 3-5, 2009
Fires, Floods, and Earthquakes: Turning Strategy into Action
Disaster Management Integration
Sacramento, California
Cost and Registration: $495 before January 4, open until filled
This training uses real world principles, practices, and lessons learned to give emergency managers the latest disaster management strategies. The emergency management phase integration will be discussed.
February 9-13, 2009
Hydrological Risks and Climate Change
Newcastle University
Newcastle, England
Cost and Registration: $221 to $812, open until filled
This course provides information on developments in flood risk estimation and flood plain mapping, drought risk and low-flow estimation, climate change, and future hydrological scenarios. Attendees will learn fundamental methods and theories underlying frequency analysis of rainfall and floods. Climate change impact and the limitations of existing future-climate scenarios will also be discussed.
February 18-20, 2009
Public Health Preparedness Summit 2009
National Association of City and County Health Officials
San Diego, California
Cost and Registration: $400 before January 15, open until filled
This conference will help public health and emergency preparedness professionals improve disaster and public health emergency planning, response, and recovery. Sessions will identify keys for public health preparedness, strategies for preparedness measurement, and preparedness resources.
February 25-27, 2009
ICESE 2009—International Conference on Earthquake and Structural Engineering
World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Panang, Malaysia
Cost and Registration: $256 before December 31, open until filled
Researchers, scientists, engineers, and students will share experiences, new ideas, and research results on earthquake and structural engineering and discuss practical challenges and possible solutions.
March 4-6, 2009
Third National Emergency Management Summit
International Association of Emergency Managers
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $995 before December 19, open until filled
The summit will assess risk and awareness of natural disasters, epidemics, and terrorism in the United States and set out practical approaches to planning, response, and recovery. The overarching goal is to increase disaster preparedness knowledge, learn to use scarce resources wisely, and effectively implement responses.
March 10-12, 2009
International Scientific Congress on Climate Change
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Cost and Registration: $720 before January 10
The congress aims to synthesize the existing and emerging scientific knowledge to help make intelligent decisions about mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change. The findings of the congress will supplement the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.