March 5-7, 2012
International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $495, open until filled
This conference will encourage international dialogue about ethics in crisis and risk communication. Topics include tourist perceptions of safety, best practices for managing a website during crises, business ethics of online social networking, and how to build trust among volunteers in a crisis.
March 12-17, 2012
World Water Forum
World Water Council
Marseille, France
Cost and Registration: $888, open until filled
This conference will consider global water challenges and promote solutions through regional action. Topics include improving access to integrated sanitation services, reducing water consumption in water-scarce areas, improving the quality of water resources and ecosystems, and managing regional water distribution for food security.
March 14-16, 2012
The GLOBE Conference
The GLOBE Foundation
Vancouver, Canada
Cost and Registration: $1,295 before February 28, open until filled
This conference looks at methods for achieving corporate sustainability and how it can ultimately enhance business performance. Topics include energy efficiency and alternative power, climate change adaptation strategies, environmental risk management, green infrastructure, waste-to-energy systems, and efficient water use.
March 19-22, 2012
Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment, and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts
Cost and Registration: $1,595, open until filled
This program teaches participants how to conduct and interpret complex risk analyses involving chemicals, radiation, and other environmental hazards. Topics include economic approaches to social decision making, benefit-cost analysis, basic principles of toxicology, and the connections between epidemiology and environmental health research.
April 10-13, 2012
2012 EERI Annual Meeting and National Earthquake Conference
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Memphis, Tennessee
Cost and Registration: $450 before March 15, open until filled
This conference will discuss lessons learned from recent and historic earthquakes. Topics include geotechnical engineering for seismic and tsunami events, lessons for today from the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, unreinforced masonry performance in recent quakes, and preparedness, response, and recovery operations. A one-day Earthquake Insight Field Trip looking at engineering designs that minimize earthquake risk will be held in conjunction with the conference.
April 11-12, 2012
Emergency Preparedness Conference
The Joint Commission
Arlington, Virginia
Cost and Registration: $699 before March 11, closes April 6
This conference will look at how healthcare organizations can use accreditation standards to guide emergency management planning. Topics include hospital use of disaster medical assistance teams, crisis standards of care, standardization of hospital emergency codes, hurricane preparedness for inland healthcare facilities, and case studies from Joplin, Missouri, and the Vermont State Hospital.
April 16-18, 2012
Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference
Australian Institute of Emergency Services, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association, and the Association for Sustainability in Business
Brisbane, Australia
Cost and Registration: $799 before February 24, open until filled
This conference looks at a variety of issues surrounding natural and man-made hazards. Topics include postdisaster psychological health in children, the role of systems theory in disaster response, the role of insurance in promoting flood resilience, and an all-hazards information management approach to managing disasters.