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CONFERENCE REGISTRAR Brazil:
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July Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Host: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Boston, Massachusetts: July 21-25, 2002. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: 7ncee@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org/Meetings/7ncee.html 2002 Annual Conference of the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR): “Integrated Transboundary Water Management.” Traverse City, Michigan: July 23-26, 2002. Co-sponsors: Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), National Ground Water Association, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Contact: UCOWR, Southern Illinois University, 4543 Faner Hall, Carbondale, IL 62901-4526; (618) 536-7571; fax: (618) 453-2671; e-mail: ucowr@siu.edu; WWW: http://www.uwin.siu.edu/ucowr/. 20th Annual Meeting Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP): “Sound Science and Sound Survival Insurance after September 11.” Colorado Springs, Colorado: July 27-28, 2002. Contact: DDP, 1601 N. Tucson, Blvd. Suite 9, Tucson, AZ 85716; (520) 325-2680; WWW: http://www.oism.org/ddp. August Critical Incident Stress Management. Offered by: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). Denver, Colorado: August 22-25, 2002. Contact: ICISF, 10176 Baltimore National Pike, Unit 201, Ellicott City, MD 21042; (410) 750-9600; fax: (410) 750-9601; WWW: http://www.icisf.org. Fire Rescue International. Presented by: International Association of Fire Chiefs. Kansas City, Missouri: August 23-26, 2002. Contact: International Association of Fire Chiefs, 4025 Fair Ridge Dr., Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-0911; fax: (703) 273-9363; e-mail: jericson@iafc.org; WWW: http://www.iafc.org/conference.shtml#newsitem1030078800,25903. National Information Officers Association (NIOA) Annual Conference. Reno, Nevada: August 25-28, 2002. Conference topics include: 9/11 and other terrorist attacks, the development of coordinated homeland security communications, and other emergency/disaster issues. A registration form is available from http://www.nioa.org; for more information, contact: Lisa McNeal, (865) 670-6120, e-mail: info@nioa.org. World Congress on Disaster Reduction. Sponsors: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and others. Washington, D.C.: August 26-30, 2002. Contact: Walter Hays, ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191; (703) 295-6054; fax: (703) 295-6141; e-mail: whays@asce.org; or Michael Cassaro, ASCE; e-mail: macass@aye.net; WWW: http://www.asce.org/conferences/disaster2002/. Floodplain Management in Ohio - Statewide Conference 2002. Sponsors: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Floodplain Management Association, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Columbus, Ohio: August 28-29, 2002. Contact: Alicia Silverio, Ohio Division of Water- Floodplain Management Division; (614) 265-6750; e-mail: alicia.silverio@dnr.state.oh.us. September National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Annual Conference. Ashville, North Carolina: September 1-5, 2002. Contact: NEMA; (859) 244-8162; e-mail: nema_admin@csg.org; WWW: http://www.nemaweb.org/index.cfm. Dam Safety 2002. Association of State Dam Safety Officials. Tampa, Florida: September 8-11, 2002. Contact: Association of State Dam Safety Officials, 450 Old Vine Street, 2nd Floor, Lexington, KY 40507; (859) 257-5140; fax: (859) 323-1958; e-mail: info@damsafety.org; WWW: http://www.damsafety.org/conferences.cfm?content=annual. Fall World 2002: 14th International Disaster Recovery Symposium and Exhibition. Sponsor: Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ). Orlando, Florida: September 8-11, 2002. Contact: DRJ, P.O. Box 510110, St. Louis, MO 63151; (314) 894-0276; fax: (314) 894-7474; WWW: http://www.drj.com/conferences/orl2002/24pg/. Ninth International Conference on Urban Drainage. Sponsors: Joint Committee on Urban Storm Drainage of the IAHR and IWA and others. Portland, Oregon: September 8-13, 2002. Contact: Cindy Gold, Conference Manager, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; (703) 295- 6197; fax: (703) 295-6144; e-mail: cgold@asce.org; WWW: http://www.asce.org/conferences/9iucd2002. Firewise Communities Workshops.
Sponsor: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). 13th Annual Conference of the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers. Steamboat Springs, Colorado: September 11-13, 2002. Contact: Robert Krehbiel, Program Chair, c/o Matrix Design Group, Inc., 1601 Blake St., Suite 508, Denver, CO 80202; (303) 572-0200; e-mail: robertk@matrixdesigngroup.com. SARSCENE 2002 - Search and Rescue Workshop. Host: Canadian National Search and Rescue Secretariat. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: September 11-14, 2002. Contact: Lynn Tremblay, SARSCENE 2002, Registrar, National Search and Rescue Secretariat, 275 Slater Street, Fourth Floor, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada; tel: 1-800-727-9414 or (613) 996- 4737; fax: (613) 996-3746; e-mail: ltremblay@nss.gc.ca; WWW: http://www.nss.gc.ca. Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Annual Conference 2002. Denver, Colorado: September 15-18, 2002. Contact: WSSPC, 125 California Avenue, Suite D201 #1, Palo Alto, CA 94306; (650) 330-1101; fax: (650) 326-1769; e-mail: tfleming@wsspc.org; WWW: http://www.wsspc.org. 2002 American Public Works Association (APWA) International Congress and Exposition. Kansas City, Missouri: September 22-25, 2002. The APWA congress typically includes several sessions on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Contact: APWA, 2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 500, Kansas City, MO 64108-2641; (816) 472-6100; fax: (816) 472-1610; e-mail: congress@apwa.net; WWW: http://www.apwa.net/Meetings. Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association Annual Fall Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: September 23-25, 2002. Contact: OFMA, P.O. Box 8101, Tulsa, OK 74101-8101; (405) 530-8800; WWW: http://www.okflood.org. Disaster Management Workshops. Offered by: University of Wisconsin- Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development. Madison, Wisconsin: September 23-27, 2002, and March 12-21, 2003. Contact: Don Schramm, e-mail: schramm@epd.engr.wisc.edu; or Jennifer Oster, Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 432 Lake Street, Madison, WI 53706; 1-800-462-0876 or (608) 262-4468; fax: (608) 263-3160; e-mail: oster@epd.engr.wisc.edu. Or see http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/courses (click on “Disaster Management”). Firewise Communities Workshops.
Sponsor: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). AEG/AIPG Annual Meeting: Gambling with Geologic Hazards. Sponsor: Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) and the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG). Reno, Nevada: September 24-27, 2002. Contact: Jonathan Price; (775) 784-6691; e-mail: jprice@unr.edu; WWW: http://www.aegweb.org. 2002 Structural Engineers Association of California Annual Convention. Santa Barbara, California: September 24-28, 2002. Contact: SEAOC, 1730 I Street, Suite 240, Sacramento, CA 95814-3017; (916) 447-1198; fax: (916) 443-8065; e-mail: info@seaoc.org; WWW: http://www.seaoc.org/. Dealing with Disasters. Sponsor: Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). London, Ontario, Canada. September 27-28, 2002. Contact Sandra Doyle, ICLR, University of Western Ontario, 1389 Western Road, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9; (519) 661-3234; fax: (519) 661-4273; e-mail: ssdoyle@uwo.ca; WWW: http://www.iclr.org. Sixth Annual Colorado Mitigation and Wildfire Conference. Longmont, Colorado: September 27-29, 2002. Contact: Colorado Mitigation and Wildfire Conference (CMWC), 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 4550, Golden, CO 80419; (303) 271-8217; WWW: http://www.wildfirecolorado.org/. Third International Conference on Mapping the News: GIS and Satellite Imagery for News Organizations and NGOs. Sponsors: ESRI, National Geographic, Associated Press, and American University School of Communication. The meeting will feature lunch speaker James Lee Witt, former FEMA Executive Director, speaking on GIS and information access during emergencies. Other sessions will address disaster reporting. Washington, D.C.: September 27-29, 2002 (Rescheduled from April 12-14, 2002). Contact: Conference organizers by phoning; (202) 885-2037; e-mail: simpson@american.edu; WWW: http://www.american.edu/radiowave/newsmapping. Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM) 2002 National Conference. Louisville, Kentucky: September 29-October 2, 2002. Contact: ACHMM, P.O. Box 1216, Rockville, MD 20849-1216; 1-800- 437-0137, (301) 916-3306; fax: (301) 916-3308; e-mail: academy@achmm.org; WWW: http://www.achmm.org. October 2002 International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW). Penticton, British Columbia, Canada: October 6-10, 2002. Contact: Jack Bennetto; e-mail: jack.bennetto@gems8.gov.bc.ca. International Association of Emergency Managers 2002 Annual Meeting. Columbus, Ohio: October 12-16, 2002. Contact: IAEM, 111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046; (703) 538-1795; fax: (703) 241-5603; e-mail: info@iaem.com; WWW: http://www.iaem.com/2002_mid-year_program.html. COSTO 2002. Sponsor: Council of Security and Strategic Technology Organizations. This conference is intended to support the development and application of safety and security technologies; it will include tracks covering security, homeland defense, business continuity, disaster communications, and other topics. Washington, D.C.: October 14-17, 2002. Contact: COSTO, 421 Hudson St., #320, New York, NY 10014; (212) 352-9720; e-mail: info@COSTO.info; WWW: http://www.costo.info. Firewise Communities Workshop. Sponsor: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Norman, Oklahoma: October 23-25, 2002. Contact: Linda Coyle, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) International, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101; (617) 984-7486; fax: (617) 984-7956; e-mail: lcoyle@nfpa.org; WWW: http://www.firewise.org/communities. 2002 Applied Geography Conference. Binghamton, New York: October 23-25, 2002. Includes sessions on hazards, environment issues, and related applications and techniques. Contact: Burrell Montz, (607) 777- 2615; e-mail: bmontz@binghamton.edu; or Graham Tobin, (813) 974-4932; e-mail: gtobin@chumal.cas.usf.edu. Geological Society of
America (GSA) Annual Meeting. 7th Annual New Mexico Environmental Health Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico: October 28-30, 2002. Topics of special interest include “Emergency, Disaster, and Anti-terrorism Preparedness: Response and Technology.” Contact: Tom Duker, NMEHC-2002, P.O. Box 27176, Albuquerque, NM 87125-1716; (505) 924- 3667; fax: (505) 924-3684; e-mail: tduker@mercury.bernco.gov Contingency Planners of Ohio 2002 Annual Business Survival and Recovery Seminar. Columbus, Ohio: October 29, 2002 (the meeting will be preceded by an informal networking session and vendor exhibit on October 28 and followed by a Disaster Recovery Planning Review Course October 30-31). See: http://www.geocities.com/cpohio; or contact: Joni McLean, President, Contingency Planners of Ohio, e-mail: cpohio@geocities.com; tel: (614) 249-0397. For information about the disaster recovery course, contact: Disaster Recovery Institute International, WWW: http://www.dr.org (see 2002 DRII U.S. Course and Exam Schedule section); or call (703) 538-1792. November Attacks and Encounters: Wildlife as Hazard. Sponsors: The James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research and the Department of Geography at Southwest Texas State University. San Marcos, Texas: November 1-3, 2002. Research presentations and papers will address aspects of unexpected human encounters with wildlife in their natural settings (on land; at sea; and in urban, suburban, and rural contexts). Abstracts are due June 15, 2002. Contact: John Tiefenbacher, Associate Director for Research and Publications, The James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research, Department of Geography, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666; (512) 245-8327; fax: (512) 245-8353; e-mail: jt04@swt.edu; WWW: http://www.geo.swt.edu/centers/lovell/conference.html. AWRA 2002 Annual Water
Resources Conference. Sponsor: American Water Resources Association
(AWRA). Session topics include effects of climate change; flood forecasting,
warning, and preparedness; flooding and floodplain management; and drought
management. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: November 3-7, 2002. Contact:
Janet L. Bowers, Conference Chair, Chester County Water Resources Authority,
West Chester, PA; (610) 344-5400; fax: (610) 344-5401; e-mail: jbowers@chesco.org;
WWW: http://www.awra.org/meetings/Philadelphia2002/ First Annual TISP (The
Infrastructure Security Partnership) Congress on Infrastructure Security
in the Built Environment. Washington, D.C.: November 5-7, 2000. See:
http://www.tisp.org. 2002 Wildland Fire Safety
Summit. Coimbra, Portugal: November 18-23, 2002. See: http://www.iawfonline.org;
or contact: International Association of Wildland Fire, 4025 Fair Ridge
Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (804) 833-2955; fax: (804)
326-0838; e-mail: meetingplanner@ichiefs.org. The Asian Seismological
Commission 2002 Symposium (ASC 2002). Kathmandu, Nepal: November 18-26,
2002. Organizer: National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal.
Abstract deadline: June 1, 2002. Events include: Twenty-Ninth International
Disaster Management Course (DMC-29) Bangkok, Thailand: November 22,
2002. Contact: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Asian Institute
of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;
tel: (66-2) 524-5354; fax: (66-2) 524-5360; e-mail: adpc@ait.th; WWW:
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th. December Interface 2002: Surviving
the Danger Zone - a Conference Focusing on Wildland Urban Interface
Fire. Kansas City, Missouri: December 4-6, 2002. See: http://www.iawfonline.org;
or contact: International Association of Wildland Fire, 4025 Fair Ridge
Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (804) 833-2955; fax: (804)
326-0838; e-mail: meetingplanner@ichiefs.org.
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