Community Events

Events in the Disaster Risk Reduction community. For example workshops, meetings, consultations, and after action reviews.

International Workshop on “Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa - the role of Space Technologies" (Algiers, Algeria, from 2007-10-22 08:00 to 2007-10-24 18:00) — by Maya Schaerer

The UN-affiliated African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology and the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) are organizing a workshop on “Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa – the Role of Space Technologies” which will be held in Algiers, Algeria from 22 to 24 October 2007. This scientific meeting aims at identifying major stakes for Africa by analyzing the important obstacles and by developing strategic ways for the future.

Building Bridges: Connecting Disaster Professionals and Academics (Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, from 2007-10-25 08:00 to 2007-10-26 17:00) — by Randall Kemp

The focus of the conference is to enhance the relationship between emergency management and public safety professionals and the university and academic world.

NSF Workshop on Humanitarian Service Science & Engineering (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, from 2007-10-08 09:00 to 2007-10-08 17:00) — by Randall Kemp

A growing community of scientists, engineers, communication experts, and humanitarian practitioners has been exploring innovative approaches to research on the delivery of service in the context of human disasters and emergencies.

International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation (Jakarta, Indonesia, from 2008-04-14 00:00 to 2008-04-15 00:00) — by Randall Kemp

This international conference will be an opportunity to share view and experiences regarding lessons learned from most recent and past earthquakes, enabling all scientists and practicing engineers, including government officials to formulate action plans for anticipating future earthquakes.

World Conference on Disaster Management (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 2008-06-15 00:00 to 2008-06-18 00:00) — by Randall Kemp

There is no other conference quite like the WCDM. Whether you are in Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Risk Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Emergency Health, or other related Disaster Management disciplines, this is the ONE conference you can't afford to miss. We provide a unique venue for Disaster Management professionals from around the world to present, network and learn.

International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (Washington, D.C., USA, from 2008-05-04 00:00 to 2008-05-07 00:00) — by Randall Kemp

ISCRAM. Conference theme: “Creating Advanced Systems for Inter-organizational Information Sharing and Collaboration.”

International Disaster Reduction Conference (Davos, Switzerland, from 2008-08-25 00:00 to 2008-08-29 00:00) — by Randall Kemp

The second International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC Davos 2008). The conference will address a broad range of risks including those relating to pandemics and terrorism; climate change; and natural hazards. Risks of a technical, biological and chemical nature will also feature at this event. The organising committee invites you to join this global gathering of leading experts, practitioners, academics and policy makers from fields such as the natural and social sciences, government, private enterprise, business, civil society, international organizations, NGOs and other risk management professions.

2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (New Delhi, India, from 2007-11-07 08:00 to 2007-11-08 20:00) — by Randall Kemp

This Conference would be attended by more than 500 delegates from all over the Asia and the world. Ministers, high level delegations, scientists, practitioners, civil society members and representatives from the United Nations, international and regional organizations will meet in the same platform for two days of intensive discussion on various issues and aspects of disaster risk reduction.

Civilian - Military Association in Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Relief: Past, Present and Future (Washington, D.C., from 2008-01-22 07:45 to 2008-01-23 17:00) — by Randall Kemp

Two days of enlightened discussion and determination of a best way forward.

Awareness Creation Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction Management (Ghana, from 2008-05-28 00:00 to 2008-05-29 00:00) — by Randall Kemp

ActionAid Ghana is organising a workshop to broaden the knowledge base on issues of disaster risk reduction and climate change.