International CRED Summer Course 2008: Assessing Public Health in Emergency Situations—Brussels, Belgium: July 7-18, 2008.
This two-week intensive course is designed to familiarize professionals with epidemiological techniques that will help determine the impacts of disasters and conflicts. The course will introduce participants to the methods and tools used in the context of humanitarian emergencies. The course will also include different uses of quantitative tools for the assessment of health needs in populations affected by catastrophic events. See http://www.cred.be/Aphes/.
2008 International Public Works Congress & Exposition—New Orleans, Louisiana: August 17-20, 2008.
Hosted by the American Public Works Association (APWA), this conference will showcase public works professionals who display outstanding qualities of innovation, leadership, and resourcefulness in meeting the challenges of engineering and technology. Presentations will share lessons learned, “how we did it” case studies, strategies for addressing emerging trends, and practical and relevant methods for dealing with the critical issues facing public works today. A special track will be reserved for presentations highlighting the renewal and recovery efforts in the Gulf States region. See http://www.apwa.net/SpeakAtCongress.
2nd International Disaster Reduction Conference—Davos, Switzerland: August 25-29, 2008.
This conference will address a broad range of risks including those related to pandemics, terrorism, climate change, and natural hazards. Risks of a technical, biological, and chemical nature will be featured at this gathering of leading experts, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from a broad range of interdisciplinary fields. Visit http://www.phree-way.org/resources/community-events/international-disaster-reduction-conference.
RGS-IBS Annual International Conference 2008: Geographies that Matter—London, England: August 27-29, 2008.
Like all research and teaching subjects, geography evolves through the combined, relatively ungoverned acts of its many practitioners. Geographies that matter to geographers and others raise the perennial question of the subject's wider role in socio-environmental change, conservation, and transformation. The goal of this conference is to critically look at the ‘drift’ of the field by addressing the following questions: What are the geographies that matter, to who and why? What is the role of geographical research, teaching, and advocacy in respect of them? See http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars
13th World Water Congress—Montpellier, France: September 1-4, 2008.
The objective of this congress is to raise global consciousness of the impact of global climate change on water resources. The congress contributes to the study of the earth’s water resources by opening the dialogue between public and private partners, users and decision makers, and emerging and developed countries. Topics will include water availability, use, and management; climate change and disasters; development of water resources and infrastructure; water governance and water security; water conservation and demand management; and capacity building in developing countries. See http://www.worldwatercongress2008.org
11th International Specialized Conference on Watershed and River Basin Management—Budapest, Hungary: September 4-5, 2008.
This conference presents attendees with an opportunity to engage in innovative discussion on the subjects of water resource management, climate change, water supply protection, sustainable urban drainage, pollution sources, and monitoring and modeling. This year’s conference themes include river basin management planning under the EU Water Framework Directive; river basin management practices in different continents; managing water resources in trans boundary river basins; managing competing uses to protect water quality and quantity; watershed management methods to facilitate availability for aquatic ecosystem health and human uses; the impact of climate change on watersheds, river basins, estuaries, and reservoirs; flood control and prevention; and the economics of river basin management. See http://www.eugris.info/DisplayNewsItem.asp?n=459
Dam Safety ’08—Indian Wells, California: September 7-11, 2008.
Dam Safety 2008 will attract approximately 850 attendees from 50 states, Puerto Rico, and several other nations. The American Society of Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) annual conference offers a unique blend of training in both technical and practical dam safety applications, along with the opportunity to network with a variety of professionals representing all aspects of the dam safety community. University students in engineering, hydrology, geology, and related fields are encouraged to attend. Visit http://www.damsafety.org