November 7-8, 2012
Business Continuity Management World Conference and Exhibition
The Business Continuity Institute
London, United Kingdom
Cost and Registration: $1,140, open until filled
This conference will provide all levels of business continuity managers with the tools and education needed to navigate continuity issues in a global market. Topics include why organizational resilience isn’t the future of business continuity, applying scenario analysis to crisis management planning, determining continuity strategy, using software and technology in business continuity management, and determining the role of social media in continuity operations.
November 13-15, 2012
Seventh Annual Industrial Fire, Safety, and Security Conference
Trade Fair Group
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cost and Registration: $595, open until filled
This conference will provide insight into and training on disaster preparedness and response from the viewpoint of transportation, security, chemical manufacturing, emergency management, and regulatory agencies. Topics include scenario-based training, industrial response, surviving workplace violence, and medical response to active-shooter emergencies.
November 19-21, 2012
Water Contamination Emergencies
SecurEau Drinking Water
Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany
Cost and Registration: $645, open until filled
This international conference will discuss the response to and collective responsibility for water contamination. Topics include managing water supply threats, using smart sensor networks for water monitoring, the Japanese water environment post-Fukushima, early warning systems for water treatment facilities, risk governance among water utilities, and using hydraulic modeling for contamination response planning.
December 5-7, 2012
Adult Mortality and Morbidity
Catholic University of Louvain , Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, and others
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Cost and Registration: $195, open until filled
This conference will focus on adult morbidity and mortality analysis from the data collection and measurement perspective, including the impacts of natural hazards and disasters and the different forms of resilience that arise from them. Topics include post-war mortality trends, mortality profile of those evacuated from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, evaluation of mortality surveys from emergencies, and surveillance, prevention, and control of Legionnaires’ disease.
December 5-9, 2012
Sixth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Cost and Registration: $375, open until filled
This conference will promote disaster risk awareness, best practices, and knowledge of comprehensive disaster management as referenced in the Hyogo Framework. Topics will focus on disaster management in the Caribbean and include making Caribbean cities resilient, early flood warning systems, local engagement in long-term planning, innovative social strategies for reducing risk, and the role of science, education, and research in disaster management.
January 7-11, 2013
Building Innovation
National Institute of Building Sciences
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $400 before December 1, open until filled
This conference will highlight building innovations that increase resilience and reduce risk. Topics include integrating risk and performance in resilient design, mitigation and planning for multi-hazard situations, security and disaster preparedness, and sustainability of the built environment.