April 26-29, 2011
Space Weather Workshop
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Boulder, Colorado
Cost and Registration: $275, closes April 1
This workshop will highlight the impact of space weather on communication, navigation, spacecraft, and electric power grids and identify needed research and operational capacities. Topics include space weather effects on satellites, the national space weather plan, and space weather prediction modeling.
May 9-12, 2011
National Hydrologic Warning Council Training Conference and Exposition
National Hydrologic Warning Council
San Diego, California
Cost and Registration: $500 before April 1, open until filled
This conference will address how to improve warnings for all types of hydrologic hazards with an emphasis on changing environments and technology. Session topics include the future of flood hazards in California, Washington, and Oregon; a nationwide comprehensive water management system; and predicting flash floods and debris flows in fire burned areas. Training, workshops, and listening sessions will also be offered.
May 10-11, 2011
International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $645 before May 9, open until filled
This conference will focus on communicating risk and crisis information in an age of many communication technologies. Session topics will include social media's impact on crisis communication, communications during the Gulf oil spill and H1N1 outbreak, social media’s role in disaster scandals, and federal crisis communications.
May 11-13, 2011
Second International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health
Wessex Institute of Technology
Orlando, Florida
Cost and Registration: $1450, open until filled
This conference will address global risk, strategies to prepare for disruptive events, and methods of prevention in disaster management and public health. Conference topics include risk mitigation; surveillance and early warning systems; pandemic and biological threats; service sustainability; and public health preparedness.
May 15-20, 2011
ASFPM 35th Annual Conference
Association of State Floodplain Managers
Louisville, Kentucky
Cost and Registration: $580 before April 3, closes May 11
This conference will cover flood mitigation, watershed management, and community flood safety, and use Kentucky flood and water issues as a learning tool. National Flood Insurance Program compliance, green infrastructure and stormwater management, levee safety, and dam assessment are among the topics to be covered. Grant writing workshops, training sessions, and a chance to check out ASFPM’s new FloodManager interactive scenario will also be offered.
June 6-9, 2011
14th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Cost and Registration: Free for accepted applicants, application period closes May 13
This conference allows emergency management educators and academic program administrators to meet with practitioners and discuss curricula, creating new programs, accreditation, and other issues involved in emergency management education. Topics will include NIMS training, integrating geospatial technology, and administrating emergency management educational departments.