October 31 to November 2, 2012
FLASH Annual Conference
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Cost and Registration: $250, open until filled
This conference will form the basis of a new online community devoted to promoting disaster safety with an emphasis on leadership, outreach, partnership, and education. Attendees will hear from multidisciplinary speakers who will apply skills such as social media, advocacy, public relations, and Web design to the work of communication risk and preparedness.
November 12-15, 2012
Hazards XXIII
IChemE
Southport, United Kingdom
Cost and Registration: $1,237, open until filled
This conference will help energy sector businesses create a culture of safety that weathers the uncertainties of both disasters and normal operations. Topics include learning from incidents, performance indicators and major accidents, emergency spill response, operational risk management, assessing environmental risk on offshore platforms, and the societal risks of hazardous material pipelines.
November 28-29, 2012
Second International Conference on Climate Change and Social Issues
Glasgow Caledonian University and the International Center for Research and Development
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cost and Registration: $450, open until filled
This conference will address issues related to climate change with an emphasis on the social impacts of warming. Topics include health issues, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, community development, human rights and water, climate technology, and food security.
December 3-5, 2012
Reducing Risks and Building Disaster Resilience
Center for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies
Abuja, Nigeria
Cost and Registration: $94, open until filled
This conference will showcase current disaster research, examine ways to build resilience and reduce disaster risk, and raise public awareness about disasters. Topics include community-based risk reduction, vulnerability and capacity building assessments, critical infrastructure, gender and disasters, climate change adaptation, early warning systems, and disaster prevention education.
December 4-6, 2012
2012 AHIMTA Conference
All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cost and Registration: $325, open until filled
This conference will familiarize attendees with best practices and lessons learned from recent incidents. Topics include the national firefighting mobilization system, incident management and emergency operation centers, coordinating public information, national frameworks, social media, and National Guard Resources. Pre- and post-conference workshops and training sessions are also offered.
January 15-17, 2013
13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment
National Council for Science and the Environment
Washington, D.C.
Cost and Registration: $395 before October 26, open until filled
This conference will examine the connectedness of six themes in a series of symposia, keynote addresses, plenary sessions, and breakout workshops. Themes include: cascading disasters, the intersection of the built and natural environments, disasters as mechanisms of ecosystem change, rethinking recovery and expanding the vision of mitigation, human behavior and its consequences, and "no regrets" resilience.