DISASTER RECOVERY
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St. Louis, MO 63151
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PUBLISHER &
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
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SENIOR EDITOR
Janette Ballman
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EDITOR
Michelle Saab
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COPY EDITORS
Edward H. Pearce, CBCP
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Richard Sandhofer
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INTERNET /
ADVERTISING
Robert Arnold
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Corporate

President/CEO
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
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Vice President
Robert Arnold
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CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Patti Fitzgerald, CBCP
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CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Merce Knese
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CIRCULATION
Laura Baugh
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INTERNATIONAL
CONTACTS
England: Thom Hetherington
Business Continuity
Phone: 0161-237-1007
thomh@tempus.demon.co.uk

Australia: Anthony J. Harvey
Journal of Business Continuity
Phone: 0011-613-953-0055-8
fax: 0011-613-953-0528
sector@notability.com.au

Japan: Shinji Hosotsubo
Quake Japan Co., Ltd.
Phone: 03-3215-2880
fax: 03-3215-2881

Brazil: Jose Carlos Ferreira
Disaster Recovery Mercosul
Phone: 55 11 3666-9506
conc2000@uol.com.br
ww.drms.com.br

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February

February 1-5 – SR/DR [Search and Rescue/Disaster Response] Southeast Regional Conference. Jacksonville, Florida. Contact: SR/DR, 5161 RummelsRoad, Conover, WI 54519; (715) 547-3340; fax: (715) 547- 3348; e-mail: SR/DR Events, srdr@newnorth.net; WWW: http://srdr.com.

February 5-7 – International Conference on Natural Disasters. Sponsors: Government of Japan, Hyogo Prefecture, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Secretariat, World Bank, and others. Kobe, Japan. Contact: Mr. Toshiyasu Noda, Director, Disaster Prevention Bureau, National Land Agency, Japan; tel: +81 3 3503 5691; fax: +81 3 3501 5199; e-mail: a711901@nla.go.jp

February 5-9 – International Erosion Control Association 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exposition. Las Vegas, Nevada. Contact: International Erosion Control Association, P.O. Box 774904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904; (970) 879-3010; fax: (970) 879-8563; e-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org; WWW: http://www.ieca.org.

February 7-10 – Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2001 Annual Meeting. Monterey, California. Scholarships are available to enable students and recent graduates to attend the meeting. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

February 25-28 – Second Annual Conference on Innovations in Catastrophe Management. Sponsor: EQECAT, Inc. Ft. Myers, Florida. Contact: Elaine Brovont, EQECAT, Inc., 1111 Broadway, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607; (510) 817-3100; e-mail: emb@eqe.com.

March

March 4-7 – Spring World 2001 Business Continuity Conference. Sponsors: Disaster Recovery Journal, and others. San Diego, California. Contact: Disaster Recovery Journal, P.O. Box 510110, St. Louis, MO 63151; fax: (314) 894-0276; WWW: http://www.drj.com.

March 12-16 – 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.

March 13-16 – Floodplain Management Association Spring 2001 - 20th Semi-Annual Conference. San Diego, California. Contact: Laura Hromadka, Conference Coordinator, Floodplain Management Association, P.O. Box 2972, Mission Viejo, CA 92692; (949) 766-8112; fax: (949) 459-8364; e-mail: fmalaura@pacbell.net.

March 20-23 – Biennial Arid West Floodplain Management Conference. Sponsors: New Mexico Floodplain Management Association (NMFMA) and Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). Albuquerque, New Mexico. See http://weather.nmsu.edu/nmfma/index.htm; or contact: Les Bond, NMFMA, P.O. Box 531, High Rolls, NM 88325; (877) 682-1389 (toll free); fax: (505) 682-1369; e-mail: bond@wazoo.com.

March 25-28 – The 2001 Strohl Systems International User Group Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Educational offerings and networking opportunities available. Register by February 21 to obtain special discount. Contact: Kathleen Aris, Conference Manager, at (800) 634-2016; karis@strohlsystems.com.

April

April 1-4, 2001 - IBM Summit 2001 at the Dolphin in Orlando. Sponsored by IBM Business Continuity and Recovery Services
URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/summit/Gateway+2001

April 1-4 – Eighth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. Louisville, Kentucky. Contact: P.E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Inc., 106 Administration Road, Suite 4, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; (865) 483-7483; fax: (865)483-7639; e-mail: pela@ics.net; WWW: http://www.pela.com/8thcon.htm.

April 18-20 – Millennial (96th) Meeting of the Seismological Society of America (SSA). San Francisco, California. Contact: Anne S. Kiremidjian, John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building 540, MC 4020, Stanford, CA 94305-4020; (650) 723-4164; fax: (650) 725-9755; e-mail: kiremidjian@ce.stanford.edu; or David P. Schwartz, U.S. Geological Survey; (650) 329-5651; e-mail: dschwartz@usgs.gov; WWW: http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings.

April 18-22 – Sixth World Congress on Stress, Trauma, and Coping. Sponsor: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). Baltimore, Maryland. Contact: Shelley Cohen, World Congress Coordinator, ICISF, 10176 Baltimore National Pike, Unit 201, Ellicott City, MD 21042; (410) 750-9600; fax: (410) 750-9601; e-mail: scohen@icisf.org; WWW: http://www.icisf.org.

April 23-27 – Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams. Offered by: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver, Colorado. Contact: Bill Bouley; (303) 445-2754; e-mail: wbouley@do.usbr.gov; WWW: http://www.usbr.gov/dsis/trn_domestic.html.