The 9th Annual Hazus User Conference is scheduled to take place November 7-9, 2016 in Charleston, SC. This theme for this years event is "Achieving Disaster Resilience through Hazus Innovation." The annual event aims to bring Hazus users together to provide an information sharing platform for success stories, best practices, lessons learned, recent research, and
The First IFIP Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR 2016) will be held November 16-18, 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Sponsored by the Domain Committee on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (DCITDRR), the event provides an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their latest R&D findings and innovations. Highlighted topics
The New Jersey Statewide Conference on EMS will be held November 16-19, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event is designed to provide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel with educational opportunities, tools to enhance patient care, and lessons learned to improve efficient on-scene operations. The conference offers over 75 sessions, presented by more than
The Canadian Risk and Hazards Network 13th CRHNet Annual Symposium will be held November 23-25, 2016, in Montreal, Canada. The CRHNet is a not-for-profit organization established in 2003 to promote and strengthen disaster risk reduction and emergency management in Canada. The Network creates an environment for hazards research, education and emergency management practitioner communities to
The Fire Chiefs Leadership Seminar will be held November 28-29, 2016 in Monterey, California. The conference explores challenging leadership topics such as succession planning, labor relations, emergency response late breaking changes in EMS and more. Highlighted sessions include: Fire Service Leadership: The Challenges Before Us Why EMS Antitrust Immunity Matters Update on CAL OES' Regional
The Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management ICTDM 2016 conference is will be held December 13-15, 2016 in Vienna, Austria. The event aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, and disaster recovery to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this
The National Association of State EMS Officials - NASEMSO 2017 annual meeting will be held March 6-9, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NASEMSO meeting purpose is to address emergency medical services and homeland security legislative and regulatory issues; the EMS work force; NASEMSO project updates (model rules for ambulance vehicle design, model interstate compact
The RES/CON 2017 conference, formerly the International Disaster Conference and Expo (IDCE), will be held March 7-9, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This annual event draws over 800 attendees for three days of conference education in the form of individual speaker forums, idea exchanges, plenary sessions and more. Plenary sessions, workshops, policy debates, best-practice reviews
The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) 2017 Mid-Year Emergency Management Policy & Leadership Forum will be held March 20-24 in Alexandria, Virginia. The event gathers emergency management professionals and leadership to collaborate and share best practices. Highlighted workshops include: EMAP: Advancing Professional Emergency Management Keeping the Lights On – Cyber Security and the Power Grid EMAC
