February 11-13, 2013
International LIDAR Mapping Forum
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Denver, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $630 before February 11, open until filled
This conference will examine data capture technologies with an emphasis on mobile mapping systems. Topics include wetland mapping, scanning of roads and tunnels, terrain modeling, using mobile LIDAR to inventory transportation assets, and conservation planning with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Elevation Program.
February 12-15, 2013
Building Resilient Communities through Policy and Mitigation
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Seattle, Washington
Cost and Registration: $650, open until filled
This conference will discuss earthquake policy and mitigation strategies that increase community resilience. Topics include the role of policy and mitigation in promoting resilient construction, seismic safety in schools, advances in tsunami-resistant structures, recovery modeling methodologies, post-earthquake assessment technology, and resilience models from across the country.
February 18-22, 2013
Fourth Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
International Association of Wildland Fire
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cost and Registration: $530, open until filled
This conference will look at the future of wildland fire management and ways to best respond to population growth, climate change, and technology. Topics include water management for prescribed fires, controlled burn debates, future costs of wildfire suppression, best practices in risk and crisis communication, and LIDAR fuel measurements.
March 5-7, 2013
Missouri Community Forestry Council 20th Annual Conference
Missouri Community Forestry Council
Joplin, Missouri
Cost and Registration: $164, open until filled
This conference will discuss the effects of natural disasters on community forests and basic preparedness, mitigation, and disaster response strategies. Topics include the wildland urban interface, utility disaster response strategies, Joplin’s tornado recovery, flooding effects on trees along the Missouri River, and ways to leverage resources to restore trees after a disaster.
March 19-21, 2013
Natural Resource Distribution and Development in the 21st Century
The Society for Applied Anthropology
Denver, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $150, open until filled
This conference examines how equitable access to basic resources can be sustained. Topics include issues of water usage and distribution, the impact of disasters on cultures and livelihoods, current drought adaptations and how they apply to future climate variability, coastal community disaster resilience strategies, postdisaster community reconstruction and resettlement, and the gaps between disaster knowledge, policy, and practice.
March 20-22, 2013
Disaster Resistant University Workshop
The University of New Orleans CHART
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $30, open until filled
This conference will address the risk assessment and mitigation planning challenges facing universities. Topics include an introduction to multi-hazard mitigation planning, campus emergency management, the differences between disaster “resistance” and “resilience,” faculty’s role in building campus resilience, and how to conduct detailed vulnerability assessments of campus buildings.