March 14-16, 2013
International Conference on Landslide Risk
Tunis National Engineering School
Ain Draham, Tunisia
Cost and Registration: $784, open until filled
This conference will discuss landslide prediction, mitigation, and monitoring techniques. Topics include advances in mapping technologies, risk assessment, drainage and anchoring techniques, modeling of slopes in unsaturated soils, earthquake triggering of landslides, progressive slope failure, and advances in LIDAR and field monitoring.
April 10-12, 2013
International Workshop on Environmental Security, Geological Hazards, and Management
Erasmus Mundus
Canary Islands, Spain
Cost and Registration: $326 before March 15, open until filled
This conference will discuss rural population departure resulting from increased floods, wildfires, drought, and landslide. Topics include climate change impacts on water and energy supply, geological hazards, threats to water resources, public health impacts, and governance leading to resilient, safe, and sustainable communities.
April 13-17, 2013
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
Chicago, Illinois
Cost and Registration: $1,045, open until filled
This conference provides professional development for those involved in community planning. Hazard related topics include Caribbean sea level rise, climate mitigation and adaptation planning, digital hazard planning in Monterey, disaster resiliency planning, post-disaster recovery planning, resources for protecting coastal counties, and how to plan for drought.
April 15-17, 2013
Maritime Security
Maritime Security 2013
St. Petersburg, Florida
Cost and Registration: $445, open until filled
This conference will present technologies and mitigation strategies to reduce maritime security threats. Topics include best practices in the transportation and safeguarding of hazardous materials, the challenges and consequences of an IT breach during a port operation, resources to enhance existing radiological and nuclear detection, and tips for getting funding from the Port Securities Grant Program and the Urban Area Security Initiative program.
May 19-23, 2013
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress
American Society of Civil Engineers
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost and Registration: $820 before April 15, open until filled
This conference will discuss economic stresses, developing technologies, and emerging requirements in water management. Topics include decision support tools for drought monitoring and forecasting, advances in rainwater capture and reuse, emerging contaminants in groundwater, past floods, alternate water supply planning, and hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste.
May 29-31, 2013
Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference
Disaster Management Conference
Brisbane, Australia
Cost and Registration: $799 before March 27, open until filled
This conference will discuss post-disaster psychological and physical problems, as well as community ability to prepare for and recover from disasters. Topics include managing animals in disasters, current trends in emergency management education, the role of local government in business recovery, trauma and disaster mental health mitigation, national response to jurisdictional emergencies, decision support systems for evacuation planning, and New Zealand’s first public alert system with mobile apps.