October 16-17, 2012
Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone
National Fire Protection Association
Aurora, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $395, open until filled
This workshop will discuss how to reduce wildfire risk in the “home ignition zone” that surrounds residences in the wildland-urban interface. Topics include an overview of wildland-urban fire dynamics and past disasters, public misconceptions about the wildland-urban interface, assessing home ignition zone hazards, and identifying requirements for safer construction.
November 2-3, 2012
Children’s Disaster Services Volunteer Workshop
Church of the Brethren
Denver, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $45, open until filled
This workshop will teach ways to comfort, relieve stress, and calm the fears of young children during disaster and other traumatic situations. Topics include a shelter simulation, the needs of children after disaster, the role of play in the recovery process, and how to set up and operate a children’s disaster services center.
November 12-15, 2012
Fourth International Conference on Drylands, Deserts, and Desertification
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheba, Israel
Cost and Registration: $430, open until filled
This conference will discuss challenges of living sustainably in arid environments and offer possible solutions. Topics include water resource management tools, architecture and urban planning to make arid environments livable, intergovernmental management of water resources, dryland ecosystem benefits, agricultural productivity using minimal irrigation, and remote sensing tools in drylands.
November 15-16, 2012
Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters and the China Program Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Cost and Registration: $300, open until filled
This conference will examine best practices and lessons learned in reducing the socioeconomic impact of disasters on vulnerable communities in China with a focus on how such lessons can be improved and applied internationally. Topics include sustainable land use planning, traditional and public policy practices in managing floods, strategies for integrating disaster risk reduction into business planning, culture-based disaster support for the poor, the role of media in disaster, urban reconstruction policies, and the role of women, children, the elderly, and the disabled in postdisaster reconstruction.
November 20-22, 2012
Second European Conference on Flood Risk Management
Deltares, HR Wallingford, Samui, and Flood Control 2015
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cost and Registration: $939, open until filled
This conference will examine the trend that is moving from flood protection to comprehensive flood risk management, including advances and innovations in risk analysis. Topics include flood hazard analysis and probabilities, vulnerability and societal resilience, damage assessments, flood defense and nonstructural flood control, risk communication, disaster risk reduction, and policy, zoning, and regulation.
December 11-14, 2012
Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts
Union Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability
Orange, California
Cost and Registration: $400 before September 30, open until filled
This conference will present scientific knowledge about extreme natural hazards from around the world. Topics include recent earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, the connection between climate extremes and natural hazards, early warning, satellite sensor monitoring, and disaster management in developing countries.