International calendar

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Article publication date: 1 October 2002

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(2002), "International calendar", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.07311dac.005

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International calendar

Ninth International Symposium on Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Disaster Mitigation in the Perspective of the New Millennium

3-6 October 2002

Antalya, TurkeyContact: E-mail; haz2002@metu.edu.trWeb site: http://www.hazards2002.metu.edu.tr.

2002 International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW)

6-10 October 2002Penticton, British Columbia, CanadaContact: Jack Bennetto; E-mail: jack.bennetto@gems8.gov.bc.ca.

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

12-16 October 2002Columbus, Ohio, USAContact: IAEM, 111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA; Tel: (703) 538-1795; Fax: (703) 241-5603; E-mail: info@iaem.com; Web site: http://www.iaem.com/2002_mid-year_program.html

COSTO 2002

14-17 October 2002Washington, DCContact: COSTO, 421 Hudson St., #320, New York, NY 10014, USA; Tel: (212) 352-9720; E-mail: info@COSTO.info; Web site: http://www.costo.info

Interpraevent 2002

14-18 October 2002Matsumoto, JapanContact: Interpraevent 2002 in the Pacific Rim, c/o Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, Sabo Kaikan, 2-7-5, Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0093, Japan; Tel: +81-3-3222-0747; Fax: +81-3-3230-6759; E-mail: IPR2002@ics-inc.co.jp; Web site: http://www.sabopc.or.jp/IPR2002/index.html.

Fifth International Conference of Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies – LACDE 5

15-18 October 2002Shanghai, ChinaContact: LACDE International Secretariat, c/o Union of Local Authorities in Israel, 3 Heftman Street, P.O. Box 20040, Tel Aviv 61200, Israel; Tel: +972-3-695-5024; Fax: +972-3-691-6821; E-mail: ulais@netvision.net.il; Web site: http://www.ulai.org.il/f_lacde.htm.

2002 Applied Geography Conference

23-25 October 2002Binghamton, New York, USAContact: Burrell Montz; Tel: (607) 777- 2615; E-mail: bmontz@binghamton.edu; or Graham Tobin, (813) 974-4932; E-mail: gtobin@chumal.cas.usf.edu.

Earthquake Loss Estimation and Risk Reduction

24-26 October 2002Bucharest, RomaniaContact: Conference Secretariat, INCERC, National Institute for Building Research, 266 Pantelimon, Bucharest, 73559 Romania; Tel: 40-1-255-7866; Fax: 40-1- 255-0062; E-mail: eler2002@hidro.utcb.ro; Web site: http://www.utcb.ro/conferin/conference.html.

Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting

27-30 October 2002Denver, Colorado, USAContact: GSA, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA; Tel: (303) 447-2020 or (800) 472-1988; Fax: (303) 447-0648; E-mail: meetings@geosociety.org; Web site: http://www.geosociety.org/.

7th Annual New Mexico Environmental Health Conference

28-30 October 2002Albuquerque, New Mexico, USAContact: Tom Duker, NMEHC-2002, P.O. Box 27176, Albuquerque, NM 87125-1716, USA; Tel: (505) 924-3667; Fax: (505) 924-3684; E-mail: tduker@mercury.bernco.gov

Sixth International Conference on Corporate Earthquake Programs

28-30 October 2002Osaka, JapanContact: Dr Guna Selvaduray; Tel: (408) 924-3874; Fax: (408) 924-4057; E-mail: gunas@email.sjsu.edu.

Attacks and Encounters: Wildlife as Hazard

1-3 November 2002San Marcos, Texas, USAContact: 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, USA; Tel: (512) 245-8327; Fax: (512) 245-8353; E-mail: jt04@swt.edu; Web site: http://www.geo.swt.edu/centers/lovell/conference.html

AWRA 2002 Annual Water Resources Conference

3-7 November 2002Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAContact: Janet L. Bowers, Conference Chair, Chester County Water Resources Authority, West Chester, PA, USA; Tel: (610) 344-5400; Fax: (610) 344-5401; E-mail: jbowers@chesco.org; Web site: http://www.awra.org/meetings/Philadelphia2002/

2002 IBHS Annual Congress for Natural Hazard Loss Reduction

13-15 November 2002New Orleans, Louisiana, USAContact: Institute for Business and Home Safety, 1408 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 208, Tampa, FL 33607, USA; Tel: (813) 286-3400; Fax:(813) 286-9960; E-mail: info@ibhs.org; Web site: http://www.ibhs.org/congress/.

2002 Wildland Fire Safety Summit

18-23 November 2002Coimbra, PortugalContact: International Association of Wildland Fire, 4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868, USA; Tel: (804) 833-2955; Fax: (804) 326-0838; E-mail: meetingplanner@ichiefs.org. Web site: http://www.iawfonline.org

The Asian Seismological Commission 2002 Symposium (ASC 2002)

18-26 November 2002 Kathmandu, NepalContact: ASC 2002 Secretariat; Tel: 977-1-474192; Fax: 977-1-490943; E-mail: asc@nset.org.np; Web site: http://www.nset.org.np/ASC2002.

Interface 2002: Surviving the Danger Zone – a Conference Focusing on Wildland Urban Interface Fire

4-6 December 2002Kansas City, Missouri, USAContact: International Association of Wildland Fire, 4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868, USA; Tel: (804) 833-2955; Fax: (804) 326-0838; E-mail: meetingplanner@ichiefs.org. Web site: http://www.iawfonline.org

22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis

8-11 December 2002New Orleans, Louisiana, USAContact: Society for Risk Analysis, 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., Suite 402, McLean, VA 22101, USA; Tel: (703) 790-1745; E-mail: sra@burkinc.com; Web site: http://www.sra.org.

12th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering

16-18 December 2002Roorkee, IndiaFor details, e-mail the conference organizers: 12see@rurkiu.ernet.in.

2003

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting

5-8 February 2003Portland, Oregon, USAContact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934, USA; Tel: (510) 451-0905; Fax: (510) 451-5411; E-mail: eeri@eeri.org; Web site: http://www.eeri.org/.

2003 International Disaster Management Conference: "Disaster 2003"

6-9 February 2003Orlando, Florida, USAContact John Todaro, Director of Education, Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation, Florida College of Emergency Physicians, 3717 South Conway Road, Orlando, FL 32812-7607, USA; Tel: (407) 281-7396, ext. 17; Fax: (407) 281-4407; E-mail: jtodaro@femf.org

Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering

13-15 February 2003Christchurch, New ZealandContact: Conference Secretariat, Conference Office, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand; Tel: 64-3-364-2534; Fax: 64-3-364-2057; E-mail: pcee@cont.canterbury.ac.nz; Web site: http://www.nzsee.org.nz/pcee.

Fourth International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE4)

12-14 May 2003Tehran, IranContact: Web site: http://www.iiees.ac.ir.

National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) 2003 Mid-year Conference

22-26 February 2003Washington, DC, USAContact: NEMA; Tel: (859) 244-8162; E-mail: nema_admin@csg.org; Web site: http://www.nemaweb.org/index.cfm.

International Erosion Control Association 34th Annual Conference and Expo

24-28 February, 2003Las Vegas, Nevada, USAContact: International Erosion Control Association, P.O. Box 774904, 1355 S. Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904, USA; Tel: (970) 879-3010; Fax: (970) 879-8563; E-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org; Web site: http://www.ieca.org

Third World Water Forum

16-23 March 2003Kyoto, Shiga, and Osaka, JapanContact: Secretariat of the 3rd World Water Forum, 5th Floor 2-2-4 Kojimachi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan; Tel: +81-3-5212-1645; Fax: +81-3-5212-1649; Web site: http://www.worldwaterforum.org.

Pacific Public Safety and Risk Management Conference, 2003

5-7 May 2003Outrigger Reef Resort, FijiFor submission details and conference themes (which include disaster reduction) see: Web site: http://www.sopac.org/Secretariat/Units/Dmu/Conference.html; or contact: Ms Vive Vuruya, Disaster Management Unit, SOPAC Secretariat, Private Mail Bag, GPO, Suva, Fiji; Tel: +679 338 1377; Fax: +679 337 0040; E-mail: vive@sopac.org

International Conference on "Community Safety and Sustainability in the Pacific" in conjunction with the 11th Pacific Regional Disaster Management Meeting

6-7 May, 2003Nandi, FijiContact: Jack Rynn, E-mail: sally.brown@uq.net.au; or, Atu Kaloumaira, E-mail: atu@sopac.org.fj.

Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual Conference

11-16 May, 2003St Louis, Missouri, USAContact: Trisha Nelson, ASFPM, 2809 Fish Hatchery Road, Suite 204, Madison, WI 53713, USA; Tel: (608) 274-0123; Fax: (608) 274-0696; E-mail: asfpm@floods.org; Web site: asfpm@floods.org

Fourth International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE4)

12-14 May, 2003Tehran, IranContact: Professor Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany; Tel: 98-21-229-4932; Fax: 98-21-229-9479; E-mail: ashtiany@dena.iiees.ac.ir. Web site: http://www.iiees.ac.ir

Fundamentals of Disaster Communications

14-16 May 2003Madison, Wisconsin, USAContact: 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, USA; Tel: 1-800-462-0876 or (608) 262-4468; Fax: (608) 263-3160; E-mail: oster@epd.engr.wisc.edu. Web site: http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/courses (click on "Disaster Management").

11th International Conference on Wind Engineering

2-5 June 2003Lubbock, Texas, USAContact: Wind Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Box 41023, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023, USA; Tel: (806) 742 3476; Fax: (806) 742 3446; E-mail: webmaster@wind.ttu.edu; Web site: http://www.icwe.ttu.edu

Third International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment

10-12 September 2003Davos, SwitzerlandContact: Dieter Rickenmann, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Tel. +41-17-39-24-42; Fax +41-1 7-39-24-88; E-mail: rickenmann@wsl.ch. Web site: http://www.wsl.ch/3rdDFHM

Annual Meeting of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

1-4 November 2003Orlando, Florida, USAContact: IAEM, 111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA; Tel: 538-1795; Fax: (703) 241-5603; E-mail: info@iaem.com; Web site: http://www.iaem.com

Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting

2-5 November 2003Seattle, Washington, USAContact: GSA, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA; Tel: (303) 447-2020 or (800) 472-1988; Fax: (303) 447-0648; E-mail: meetings@geosociety.org; Web site: http://www.geosociety.org/

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