Building Seismic Safety Council Seismic Design Procedures Reassessment Group Workshop — Burlingame, CA: September 10, 2008.
The Seismic Design Procedures Reassessment Group (SDPRG), also known as Project ’07, will host this one-day workshop focusing on the 2008 U.S. Geological Survey seismic hazards maps, web tools, and seismic motion research. The SDPRG recommendations for changes to the 2009 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Plan also will be presented.
http://www.bssconline.org/2008AnnualMeeting/08infopage.html
Disaster Recovery Journal’s Fall World 2008 — San Diego, California: September 14-17, 2008.
Each fall Disaster Recovery Journal hosts a business continuity conference that attracts thousands of planners from around the world. The conference will focus on all aspects of disaster recovery, contingency planning, and business continuity.
http://www.drj.com/special/upcomingdrj.htm
Seismic Symposium for Central U.S. Earthquake Sources: Is New Madrid All There Is? — New Orleans, Louisiana: September 18, 2008 (tentative).
This symposium, to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, will address a possible flux in evaluating hazards from sources other than the New Madrid Seismic Zone and whether general background seismicity remains the best model outside of the zone.
http://www.newmadrid.eeri.org
Structural Engineering Association of California 2008 Convention — Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii: September 23-28, 2008.
This five-day conference features an emphasis on earthquake building techniques including a Seismic Safety, Existing Buildings, and Sustainable Design track and report on the Sichuan Earthquake building damage and retrofit options.
http://www.seaoc.org/events.html
2008 National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Annual Meeting and Emergency Medical Service Expo — Las Vegas, Nevada: October 13-17, 2008.
This four-day conference offers education and training led by emergency medical professionals, as well as networking opportunities and product and technology displays. Conference topics include ethical conflicts from the field, benchmarking, and responding to weapons of mass destruction threat.
http://www.publicsafetyevents.com/ems/index.po
International Earthquake Conference: Policy, Planning, and Preparedness — Los Angeles, California: November 12-14, 2008.
This conference will present best practices and policies, new ideas, and cutting-edge technology that reduce earthquake risk and minimize losses. Policy approaches and disaster response tools will be discussed.
info.iec@lacity.org
http://www.iec.lacity.org/
The World Conference of Humanitarian Studies — Groningen, Netherlands: February 4-5, 2009.
This conference seeks to provide a venue for scholarly understanding of humanitarian crises through dialogue with policymakers and implementing agencies. The conference will be a meeting ground for academics and practitioners concerned with humanitarian issues, allowing them to take stock of the current theory, debates, and humanitarian studies and reflect on existing practice opportunities for improvement.
info@humanitarianstudies2009.org
http://www.humanitarianstudies2009.org
International Erosion Control Association Environmental Connection ‘09 — Reno Nevada: February 10-12, 2009.
This annual IECA Conference will provide peer-reviewed education; tracks on stormwater management, beach and shoreline stabilization, and wetlands technology, and related products and technology.
http://www.ieca.org/conference/annual/ec.asp
2009 National Hurricane Conference — Austin, Texas: April 6-10, 2009.
The National Hurricane Conference aims to improve hurricane preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation with the goal of saving lives and property in the United States, Caribbean, and the Pacific. In addition, the conference serves as a national forum for federal, state, and local officials to exchange ideas and recommend policies improving emergency management. Emphasis will be on lessons learned, programs worthy of emulation, new ideas, assistance programs, and the basics of hurricane preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
mail@hurricanemeeting.com
http://www.hurricanemeeting.com