March 9, 2012
The First Australian Conference on Natural Disasters and Family Violence
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
Melbourne, Australia
Cost and Registration: $267, closes March 2
This conference will look at relationship violence, child abuse, and domestic violence incidents following natural disasters in Australia. Topics include natural disaster impacts on family relationships, strategies for managing increased local government services during and after a natural disaster, and international trends in domestic violence following disasters.
March 20, 2012
Water and Environment
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
London, England
Cost and Registration: $297, open until filled
This conference will present innovations in sustainable water infrastructure around the world. Topics include global water security, flood management schemes, the economic value of regional water trading, and strategies for urban ecosystems.
March 25-29, 2012
Wildland Urban Interface
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Reno, Nevada
Cost and Registration: $425, open until filled
This conference will discuss solutions to wildland-urban interface suppression, prevention, and mitigation challenges. Topics include assessing wildfire hazards, preventing accidental or intentional wildfires, and reducing wildfire risk while protecting environmental interests.
April 9-11, 2012
Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System Workshop
Floodplain Management Association
San Diego, California
Cost and Registration: $695, open until filled
This workshop teaches water resource professionals how to use the Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC-RAS). Participants will learn to conduct water surface profiles, model bridge and culvert hydraulics, and study floodplain using HEC-RAS.
April 14-17, 2012
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
Los Angeles, California
Cost and Registration: $995 before February 16, open until filled
This conference offers sessions and workshops addressing issues in urban and environmental planning, regional planning, natural hazard risk reduction, and others. Topics include urban forestry, climate change, the cost of sea level rise, urban agriculture, Los Angeles River water quality, hazard mitigation, fire management and ecological restoration, and disaster risk reduction.
April 17-19, 2012
Hazardous Materials Transportation Conference
Coastal Region Hazardous Materials Response Organization
Richmond, California
Cost and Registration: $225 before March 15, open until filled
This conference will teach participants how to operate in a unified command system, enhance communications between public and private agencies, and build trusting work relationships. Topics include pipeline safety and security, the use of vacuum trucks at hazardous sites, maritime transportation incidents, and facts and fallacies about hazardous chemicals.
May 7-9, 2012
Sustainable City 2012
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ancona, Italy
Cost and Registration: $1,855, open until filled
This conference addresses environmental challenges facing cities. Topics include natural resources consumption, the generation of waste and pollution, social and economic imbalances, sustainable urban tourism, natural hazards planning, urbanization of rural areas, and sustainable energy resources.