International calendar

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(2003), "International calendar", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2003.07312aac.005

International calendar

2003

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: 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: 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, MissouriContact: Trisha Nelson, ASFPM, 2809 Fish Hatchery Road, Suite 204, Madison, WI 53713; Tel: (608) 274-0123; Fax: (608) 274-0696; E-mail: asfpm@floods.org; Web site: www.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</a.; Web site: www.iiees.ac.ir.

Fundamentals of Disaster Communications

14-16 May 2003Madison, WisconsinContact: 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; 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").

Eleventh International Conference on Wind Engineering

2-5 June 2003Lubbock, Texas, USAContact: Eleventh International Conference on Wind Engineering, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Box 41023, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023; Tel: (806) 742-3476; Fax: (806) 742-3446; E-mail: 11icwe@wind.ttu.edu; Web site: http://www.icwe.ttu.edu.

36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology

7-11 July 2003Beijing, ChinaA session is currently being organized on "The Sociology of Disasters: Theory and Research". One-page abstracts are due31 December, 2002, and should be sent to Henry Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716; E-mail: elqdrc@udel.edu; Fax: (302) 831-2091. For conference information, see: http://www.IIS2003beijing.com.cn.

Dam Safety 2003

7-10 September 2003Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAContact: ASDSO, 450 Old Vine Street, Second Floor, Lexington, KY 40507;Tel: (859) 257-5140; Fax: (859) 323-1958; E-mail: info@damsafety.org ; Web site: www.damsafety.org/conferences.cfm?content=annual.

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: 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; Tel: 538-1795; Fax: (703) 241-5603; E-mail: info@iaem.com ; Web site: 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; Tel: (303) 447-2020 or (800) 472-1988; Fax: (303) 447-0648; E-mail: meetings@geosociety.org; Web site: www.geosociety.org/.

2004

32nd International Geological Congress (IGC)

15-22 August 2004Florence, ItalyContact: E-mail: 32igc@32igc.org or contact Chiara Manetti, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Via La Pira, 4 50121 Firenze, Italy; Tel/fax: +39 055 2382146; E-mail: cmanetti@geo.unifi.it; Web site: www.iugs.org/iugs/news/igc32-02.htm.

Note: The 32nd IGC includes a Topical Symposium on "Natural Hazards and Mitigation of Geological Risks"; for more information, contact Tina Nunziata, E-mail: conunzia@unina.it, or Attia El-Sayed, E-mail: elsayedat@mans.edu.eg .

It will also include a session on "Geological Data and Seismic Hazard Maps"; for details, see http://www.bghrc.com.Geolhaz/Syposium/info.htm (sic), or contact Ioannis Papanikolaou; E-mail: i.papanikolaou@ucl.ac.uk.