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List of Conferences, Seminars and Trainings Note: Click the title highlighted in blue to view the news in the DFDN website. 2010 November International Forum on Natural Disasters and Building and Construction Safety
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
16-17 November 2010
Baku, Azerbaijan
http://www.unece.org
Previous Conferences/Seminars/Trainings
2010 May International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC
Davos
30 May to 3 June 2010
http://www.davos2010.org/ April Conference on disaster management
RICS India and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
23-24 April 2010
Delhi, India
To be confirmed at http://www.rics.org/india 2009 November Dealing with Disasters 2009, Resilience through Local Governance
International Conference
11 - 12 November 2009
Kathmandu, Nepal
Government of Nepal and Northumbria University, UK
http://www.dealing-with-disasters.org.uk October 9th IIASA-DPRI Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) 13 – 15 October 2009
Kyoto, Japan
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University (DPRI-KU)
http://nexus-idrim.net September Disaster Management 2009 - Disaster Management and Human Health Risk: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes
23-25 September 2009
Wessex Institute of Technology
New Forest, UK
http://www.wessex.ac.uk Building relevance: post disaster shelter, shelter professionals’ skills and architects
18 September 2009
Oxford, UK
CENDEP, Oxford Brookes University and IFRC
http://www.brookes.ac.uk African Aid Relief and Disaster Management 2009
17-19 September 2009
Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.fairconsultants.com/ 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum - Maximizing urban poverty housing solutions for greater result
With a session on Rethinking Emergencies
7 -9 September 2009
Manila, Philippines
Habitat for Humanity and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
http://www.aphousingforum.org/ August Japan-UK disaster education conference 2009
20 August 2009
Kyoto, Japan
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI-KU), Kyoto University and Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems (DRS)
http://www.preventionweb.net June Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Modular courses
Training Course on Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
RedR UK
4-6 June 2009
Sri Lanka (Colombo)
http://www.reliefweb.int
or
http://www.redr.org.uk May Disaster Forum 2009 - Plan to Take Action
11-14 May 2009
Banff, Alberta
http://www.disasterforum.ca/events.html April National Conference on Disaster Management
Asian Institute of Management & Technology
Dhaurang, Yamuna Nagar, India
4-6 April 2009
http://www.ncdm2009.com/ Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Modular courses
Training Course on Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
RedR UK
27-29 April 2009
Sri Lanka (Colombo)
http://www.reliefweb.int
or
http://www.redr.org.uk March Disaster Management and Crisis Response 2009
30 March - 2 April 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.iqpc.co.uk Disaster & Preparedness Management Conference
5 – 7 March 2009
Lørenskog/Oslo, Norway
http://www.normeca.com February Australian Disasters Conference 2009: Surviving Future Risks
10-13 February 2009
National Convention Centre, Canberra
http://www.ema.gov.au Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Modular courses
Training Course on Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
RedR UK
16-17 February and 18-19 February 2009
Sri Lanka (Colombo)
http://www.reliefweb.int
or
http://www.redr.org.uk January GDLN Seminar on Strengthening Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific
Session 2: Local government approaches to disaster risk management
January/February 2009 (TBD)
The World Bank, Urban Development, East Asia and Pacific
http://web.worldbank.org International Disaster Management Symposium 2009 "Disaster-Resilient Regional Development Strategies in the World - From Hyogo to the World" and UNCRD Regional Expert Workshop
Symposium: 19 January 2009
Regional expert workshop: 17-20 January 2009
Yomiuri Kobe Hall, Hyogo, Japan
http://www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp/
2008 November 7th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Comission and Seismological Society of Japan, 2008 Fall Meeting
24-28 November 2008
Tsukuba, Japan
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp October International Disaster and Emergency Resilience (IDER) 2008
Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th October 2008, with Workshops on the afternoon of Monday 13th
BT Openreach, BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ (near St Paul's Cathedral)
http://www.iderweb.org/ 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE)
12–17 October 2008
Beijing, China
http://www.14wcee.org/ SSA (Seismological Society of America) Eastern Section Annual Meeting
6-7 October 2008
Kingston, Ontario
http://www.seismosoc.org Disaster Reduction System (DRS) Seminar
3rd October 2008
RISH Wood Composite Hall, Seminar Room, DRS, DPRI, Kyoto, Japan
http://www-drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp August IDRC Davos 2008 Conference
August 25th and August 29th, 2008
Davos, Switzerland
IDRC (International Disaster Reduction Conference)
http://www.idrc.info/ Sixth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Professor James K. Mitchell
11-16 August 2008
Washington, D.C.
http://www.6icchge2008.org The 33rd International Geological Congress (33IGC)
06-11 August 2008
Oslo, Norway
http://www.33igc.org July 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways (6NSC): Seismic Technologies for Extreme Loads
27 - 30 July
Charleston, South Carolina
http://www.scdot.org June 2008 MERCEA’08 Seismic Engineering International Conference commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake
24–27 June 2008
Messina and Reggio Calabria, Italy
http://www.mercea08.org Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2008
16-20 June 2008
Busan, Korea
http://www.asiaoceania.org 27th IUGG Conference on Mathematical Geophysics
15–20 June 2008
Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway
Contact: Hilde Lynnebakken,
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18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
‘Resiliency - Individual, Community and Business’
June 15 - 18, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Center, South Bldg
The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)
http://www.wcdm.org/ Seismix2008
8-13 June 2008
Saariselkä, Finland
Contacts: Dr. Pekka Heikkinen,
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May American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly
27-30 May 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
http://www.agu.org/meetings CFEDWest (California's Fire, EMS & Disaster) conference and expo
19 - 23 May 2008
Pala, California
http://www.cfedwest.com/ Geohazards IV: From Causes to Management
20-24 May 2008
Québec City, Canada
http://www.geohazardsquebec.com Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conf. IV
18-22 May 2008
Sacramento, California.
http://www.geesd.org 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) 2008
May 4 – 7, 2008
George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., USA
Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM) – GWU
http://www.iscram.org/ April 4th International i-Rec Conference 2008
Building resilience: achieving effective post-disaster reconstruction
Wednesday 30 April – Friday 2 May 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand
i-Rec (International Group for Research and Information on Post-Disaster Reconstruction)
http://www.resorgs.org.nz/ 2008 National Earthquake Conference: “Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience”
22-26 April 2008
Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington
http://www.wsspc.org; http://www.earthquakeconference.org/ Disaster Forum 2008
Monday, April 21 - Thursday, April 24 2008
Banff, Alberta at the Banff Centre
Disaster Forum, Canada
http://disasterforum.ca/past.html SSA (Seismological Society of America) Annual Meeting
16-18 April 2008
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.seismosoc.org/ Disaster Management 2008
16th – 18th April 2008
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
Service International, India
http://www.dmindiaexpo.com/ International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation
Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction: Engineering Challenges after Recent Disaster
14 – 15 April 2008
Indonesian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA)
Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.si.itb.ac.id/ European Geosciences Union (EGU 2008)
13 – 18 April 2008
Vienna, Austria
http://meetings.copernicus.org/ Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference
13- 16 April 2008
Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu, Hawaii, USA
The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
http://content.asce.org/ Confronting Natural Disasters in a Changing Environment seminar
4th April 2008
Inter-American Development Bank, New York
http://www.iadb.org/ March Australian Disasters Conference 2008: Surviving Future Risks
11-14 March 2008
National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Emergency Management Australia, Australian Government - Attorney-General's Department http://www.ema.gov.au/ February Disaster Management Conference 2008
February 27 - 29, 2008
Canad Inns Polo Park, 1405 St. Matthews, Winnipeg, Manitoba
EMO (Emergency Measures Organisation) Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/ Emergency Planning and Disaster Management: Is Your Business Prepared?
Association of Washington Business
26 February 2008
Best Western Tacoma Dome Hotel
http://www.awb.org/ BEAR (Building Education and Research International Conference) 2008
Including a task group on Disasters and the Built Environment
10th - 15th February 2008
Kandalama, Sri Lanka
The School of the Built Environment and the Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment, The University of Salford, UK
http://www.cibworld.nl/ January 29th Annual International Disaster Management Conference
31 January – 3 February 2008
The Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, FL
Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Centre
http://www.emlrc.org/ 2008 Pacific Preparedness Conference
Capacity Building to Address Vulnerable Populations
16 January 2008
Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhlo, Honolulu, Hawaii
http://www.emprints.hawaii.edu/
2007* November 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction – Large Scale Disaster Management
27 – 29 November 2007
Taipei, Taiwan
National Science and Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction
http://www.ncdr.nat.gov.tw/ 2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
7-8 November 2007
The Ashok, New Delhi
The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India
http://www.amcdrrindia.com September International Training Consortium on Disaster Risk Reduction
18 – 19 September 2007
Makassar, Indonesia August World Disaster Reduction Conference
21 – 25 August 2007
Harbin, China
UNESCO / GADR / GDIN / UNISDR
http://www.davos2006.ch/ July Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2007 – from warnings to response and recovery
3 – 4 July 2007
Brisbane, Australia
http://www.hazards-education.org/ URDI International Seminar on Post-disaster Reconstruction:
Assistance to Local Governments and Communities
Yogyakarta, 9-10 July 2007, Indonesia
http://www.urdi.org/ 17th World Conference on Disaster Management
8 – 11 July 2007
Toronto, Canada
The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
http://www.wcdm.org/ June Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
5 – 7 June 2007
UN-ISDR
http://www.unisdr.org/ May
5th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
13 – 16 May
Tehran, Iran
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
http://www.iiees.ac.ir/ March Regional Conference on ‘Engineering and Disaster Management’
20 – 22 March 2007
Lahore, Pakistan
ACEP (Association of Consulting Engineers Pakistan)
http://www.acep.org.pk/ Disaster Management Exhibition and Conference
19 – 21 March 2007
New Delhi, India
Hieroa Gamos Worldwide Legal Directories
http://www.hierosgamos.org/ February 28th Annual International Disaster Management Conference
8 – 11 February 2007
Orlando, USA
Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Centre (EMCRC)
http://www.emlrc.org/
Education without Borders – Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges
25 – 27 February 2007
Abu Dhabi, UAE
An international student conference, organised by students
http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/
January World Disaster Response Summit
23 January 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Centre for Reconstruction and Development, Equity International Inc.
http://www.rec-dev.com/ *Source: Karen Gardham, RICS, Deputy Director, RICS President's Commission on Major Disaster Management 250107. Forwarded by Tony Lloyd-Jones 010207
2006 November Disaster Management Conference 2006 - global impacts ... local response
15 – 17 November 2006
Brandon, Manitoba, USA
http://www.gov.mb.ca/ August International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC)
27 August – 1 September 2006
Davos, Switzerland
http://www.davos2006.ch/ June ECI Conference: Geohazards - Technical, Economical and Social Risk Evaluation
18 - 21 June 2006
Lillehammer, Norway
http://www.geohazards.no
2005 January World Conference on Disaster Reduction
18-22 January 2005
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
http://www.unisdr.org/
2004 April Second International Conference on Post-disaster reconstruction: Planning for Reconstruction
22-23 April 2004
Coventry University, Coventry, UK
http://www.corporate.coventry.ac.uk/ Only registered users can write comments.
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