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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.
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