August 31 to September 4
2009 Homeland Security Conference
The Naval Post Graduate School, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Lockheed Martin
Monterey, California
Cost and Registration: $795 before August 16, Open until filled
This conference will focus on organizational and operating strategies that facilitate homeland security agency collaboration. Issues such as disease control, disaster response, environmental protection, and law enforcement will be addressed.
August 31 to September 4
World Climate Conference
World Meteorological Organization and the World Climate Program
Geneva, Switzerland
Cost and Registration: $557 before July 30, Closes August 19
This conference, arranged around a theme of climate prediction and information for decision making, will develop an international framework to guide the creation of climate services linking scientific predictions with risk management and adaptation.
September 7-10, 2009
Children and the Law: International Approaches to Children and Their Vulnerabilities
Prato, Italy
Cost and Registration: $788, Open until filled
This international conference will bring together practitioners, policy contributors, advocates and researchers from welfare, criminology, law, policing, health, and mental health to examine the vulnerabilities of children and young people. The ways in which systems that respond to those at risk should be reshaped to better protect their rights and interests.
September 13-17, 2009
10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability
International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability
Osaka, Japan
Cost and Registration: $723, Open until filled
This conference provides the opportunity for scientists and engineers to share knowledge, experience, and information on structural safety and reliability. Special emphasis will be placed on advanced technologies, analytical and computational methods of risk analysis, damage assessment, social aspects, and urban planning.
October 12-16, 2009
Fifth European Conference on Severe Storms
European Severe Storms Laboratory
Landshut, Germany
Cost and Registration: $246 before September 13, Open until filled
This conference covers all aspects of severe convective weather. Session topics include severe weather climatology and hazards assessment, climate change impacts on severe storms and adaptation concepts, and severe storms forecasting, nowcasting, and warning.
November 4-6, 2009
Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards
University College London
London, England
Cost and Registration: $164 before August 28, Open until filled
This meeting examines the concepts and processes of disaster risk reduction and stresses multihazard environments and multidisciplinary approaches in natural hazards research. Defining ways to make disaster risk reduction more effective in the future is emphasized.