August

August 1-4 – Earthquake Engineering Applications in Geotechnical Engineering - held in conjunction with the Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Dearborn, Michigan. Contact: Takaaki Kagawa, 2150 Engineering Building, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202; (313) 577-3853: fax: (313) 577-3881; e-mail: tkagawa@ce.eng.wayne.edu; WWW: http://141.217.53.75/usnccm6.

August 7-10 – International Tsunami Symposium 2001 (ITS 2001). Seattle, Washington. See http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/its2001 for additional information; or contact: E.N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115-6349; (206) 526-6800; fax: (206) 526-4576; e-mail: bernard@pmel.noaa.gov.

August 19-24 – Linking Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Designs and Performance to Receiving Water Impacts Mitigation. Sponsors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others. Snowmass, Colorado. Contact: Ben Urbonas, Conference Chair, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Denver, Colorado; (303) 455-6277; fax: (303) 455-7880; e-mail: burbonas@udfcd.org; WWW: http://www.engfnd.org/1as.html.

August 29-30 – Floodplain Management in Ohio - Statewide Conference 2001. Sponsors: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Floodplain Management Association, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water - Floodplain Management Program; (614) 265-6750; e-mail: alicia.silverio@dnr.state.oh.us.

September

September 5-6 – Illinois Statewide Emergency Management Conference. Springfield, Illinois. Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 110 East Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701-1109; (217) 782-2700; fax: (217) 524-7967; e-mail: gfelchner@iema.state.il.us.

September 10-14 – Residential Coastal Construction (E386). Offered by: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Emmitsburg, Maryland. This is a new course offered by EMI. For a list of the many upcoming EMI courses, and for additional information, see: http://www.fema.gov/emi/rclists.htm, or contact: EMI, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727; (301) 447-1000; fax: (301) 447-1441.

September 16-19 – 13th International Disaster Recovery Symposium and Exhibition. Host: Disaster Recovery Journal. Orlando, Florida. Contact: DRJ Registrar, P.O. Box 510110, St. Louis, MO 63151; (314) 894-0276; WWW: http://www.drj.com.

September 23-26 – Floodplain Management Association (FMA) Fall Conference: “Water Quality and Floodplain Management - A Concept Whose Time Has Come.” Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Contact: Laura Hromadka, Executive Director, FMA, P.O. Box 2972, Mission Viejo, CA 92692-0972; (949) 766-8112; fax: (949) 459-8364; e-mail: fmalaura@pacbell.net; WWW: www.floodplain.org.


September 24-25 – River Restoration Workshop. Sponsors: Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and New York State Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association. Albany, New York. Contact: ASFPM, 2809 Fish Hatchery Road, Suite 204, Madison, WI 53713; (608) 274-0123; e-mail: asfpm@floods.org; WWW: http://www.floods.org.

October

October 7-10 – 10th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SDEE’2001). Sponsors: Drexel University, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and others. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: Aspasia Zerva, SDEE Conference Secretariat, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 895-2340; fax: (215) 895-1363; e-mail: sdee2001@drexel.edu; WWW: http://www.drexel.edu/sdee2001.

October 10 – Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (SouthWest Ontario Chapter) presents “Business Continuity: When Planning Becomes Reality” One-day symposium will feature Business Continuity Planners whose plans have been tested under actual emergency circumstances - and who are willing to share the lessons learned. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Map and registration form available at www.drie-swo.org.

October 18-20 – Non-Structural Measures for Water Management Problems. Organized by: Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, UNESCO IHP Program and Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and the University of Western Ontario. London, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Sandra Doyle, Workshop Secretary, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, University of Western Ontario, 1389 Western Road, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B9; (519) 661-3234; fax: (519) 661-4273; e-mail: sdoyle@eng.uwo.ca; WWW: http://www.iclr.org.

October 21-24 – Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Annual Conference. Sacramento, California. Contact: Todd R. Fleming, Program Manager, WSSPC, 121 Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; (415) 974-6435; fax: (415) 974-1747; e-mail: tfleming@wsspc.org; WWW: http://www.wsspc.org.


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