October 8-10, 2013
Future Cities Conference
City of Dubai, Environmental Center for Arab Towns, and others
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cost and Registration: $695 before October 8, open until filled
This conference will discuss how to create resilient and sustainable cities that can withstand future climate change and disasters. Topics include water management, forecasting future water needs, structural preparation for natural disasters, risk assessments, large-scale response systems, emergency services technology, and integrating community organizations in disaster response.
October 18-19, 2013
First International Conference: (Dis)Memory of Disaster
University of Madeira
Madeira, Portugal
Cost and Registration: $20, open until filled
This conference will focus the role memory plays in perceiving danger and how it relates to risk management. Topics include how scientific investigation influences memory, how art can help the public capture memories of natural hazards, and how schools can use the memory of natural disasters to involve students.
October 24, 2013
Global Conference on Disaster Management
Global Conference, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Cost and Registration: $595, open until filled
This conference provides information for businesses and individuals on how to effectively prepare for natural disasters. Topics include disaster management, minimizing the effects of disasters on organizations, risk assessment, emergency communications, and resilience tactics.
October 25-30, 2013
IAEM Annual Conference
International Association of Emergency Managers
Reno, Nevada
Cost and Registration: $630, open until filled
This conference will discuss new and upcoming challenges in homeland security and emergency management. Topics include warning coordination, planning for the needs of children in natural disasters, managing disaster volunteers, tools for conducting damage assessments, and hazard planning for schools and communities.
Feb 2-6, 2014
94th Annual Meeting
American Meteorological Society
Atlanta, Georgia
Cost and Registration: $575, open until filled
This meeting will explore extreme weather, climate and the built environment with a focus on public awareness, technological advances, and societal implications. Topics include strategies for better communication, adaptation and mitigation, emergency response, public perceptions and behavior, and advances in modeling and observations.
April 30-May 3, 2014
50th Anniversary Workshop
University of Delaware Disaster Research Center
Newark, Delaware
Cost and Registration: $100, closes October 31
This workshop will focus on the ways in which urbanization, the economy, aging infrastructure, and growing populations are creating new challenges in disaster research and management. Topics include climate change, technological failures, new research directives and methodology, integrating findings with policy needs, and basic disaster science research.