May 9, 2013
Naturally Hazardous Queensland
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Brisbane, Australia
Cost and Registration: $385, open until filled
This conference will discuss the increasing frequency of natural hazards in Queensland, Australia. Topics include recent natural disasters and recovery, new approaches to land use and floodplain planning, steps to dealing with coastal hazards, the importance of community engagement in climate adaptation plans, and the role of the insurance industry adapting to climate change.
June 4-5, 2013
Ninth Biennial Bushfire Conference
Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Cost and Registration: $360, open until filled
This conference will explore how holistic fire management helps to maintain community resilience in a changing climate. Topics include how fire restores landscape, examples of resilient ecosystems, the pros and cons of ecological burning, fire in disturbed ecosystems, environmental and cultural assets in risk management plans, community engagement tools, the concept of “shared responsibility” and resilience, fire and pest species management, and fire regimes that maintain and protect healthy ecosystems.
June 4-7, 2013
Disaster Leadership Workshop
Wheaton College Humanitarian Disaster Institute
Wheaton, Illinois
Cost and Registration: $199, open until filled
This workshop will teach pastors and church leaders how to develop effective disaster ministries. Topics include the role of church in disasters, theological issues in disaster, leadership basics, congregational resilience, disaster shelters in church buildings, volunteer and finance management, spiritual first aid, conflict resolution, and global models of church-based response.
June 16-20, 2013
12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering
American Association for Wind Engineering, University of Washington, and others
Seattle, Washington
Cost and Registration: $775 before June 13, open until filled
This conference will discuss the effects of wind on structures, communities, and energy. Topics include East Coast hurricanes, wind load models for green roofs, calculating wind loads on long-span bridges, developing a hurricane impact index, the effects of terrain on tornado paths, and the human perception of risks associated with strong winds.
July 9-11, 2013
Third International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health
Wessex Institute of Technology
A Coruña, Spain
Cost and Registration: $1,280, open until filled
This conference will discuss the global health risks of disaster and how to reduce the human health impacts. Topics include disaster monitoring and mitigation, emergency preparedness, risk and security, socioeconomic issues, biological threats, lessons from disasters, risk mitigation, disaster analysis, and safety and resilience.
September 5-7, 2013
International Conference on Flood Resilience
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Cost and Registration: $421 before July 1, open until filled
This conference will discuss new research in flood management planning and resilience. Topics include flood impacts on human health, adaptive flood risk management plans, flood risk perception, the social impacts of urban floods, lessons learned in flood recovery, data collection and model calibration, weather radar technology in flood forecasting and analysis, urban development and flood risk, and the consideration of climate change and economic growth in future risk analysis.