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<br />Below are the most recent conference announcements received by the Natural Hazards Center. A comprehensive
<br />list of hazards /disaster meetings is available at http: / /www.colorado.edu /hazards /confa7tml.
<br />Climate Science in Support of Decision Making. Organ-
<br />izer: U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Ar-
<br />lington, Virginia: November 14-16, 2005. This work-
<br />shop will examine the capability of climate science to
<br />inform decision making. Serving as a forum to address the
<br />program's progress and future plans, it will include dis-
<br />cussion of decision -maker needs for scientific information
<br />on climate variability and change as well as expected out-
<br />comes of CCSP's research and assessment activities that
<br />are necessary for sound resource management, adaptive
<br />planning, and policy formulation. For more information,
<br />contact the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Suite
<br />250, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
<br />20006; (202) 223 -6262; http: / /www.climatescience.gov/
<br />workshop2005 1.
<br />Survive 16th Annual Business Continuity Conference.
<br />London, England: November 16 -17, 2005. This business
<br />continuity conference will inform participants about the
<br />recent work of the UK, European, and world governments
<br />to ensure preparedness for and resilience to disasters.
<br />Some of the conference's topics will include the United
<br />Nations' International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,
<br />climate change awareness and resilience, international
<br />business continuity principles, benefits of a safety culture,
<br />insurance implications, crisis management, and enterprise
<br />risk. For more information, contact Survive, Lloyd's Ave-
<br />nue House, 6 Lloyd's Avenue; +44 (0)20 7265 2030;
<br />http://www.survive.com/.
<br />International Workshop on Strengthening the Resil-
<br />ience of Local Communities in Coastal Areas to Water
<br />Related Natural Disasters, Organizers: Ministry of For-
<br />eign Affairs of Denmark and International Strategy for
<br />Disaster Reduction (ISDR). Copenhagen, Denmark: No-
<br />vember 16 -18, 2005. Denmark is hosting this interna-
<br />tional workshop in collaboration with a number of interna-
<br />tional and regional partner organizations in the ISDR. The
<br />purpose of the workshop is to promote dialogue between
<br />governments, decision makers, and actors in local com-
<br />munities in the six countries affected by the 2004 Indian
<br />Ocean Tsunami. The workshop will contribute to
<br />strengthening community disaster reduction in public pol-
<br />icy and link coastal zone management and livelihood de-
<br />velopment processes with disaster reduction. For more
<br />information and /or to contribute, contact Palle Lindgaard
<br />Natural Hazards Observer November 2005
<br />Jorgensen; e -mail: plj @dhi.dk or Soren Dreyer; e -mail:
<br />SDR @cowi.dk, http: / /www.dhi.dk /resilience /.
<br />2005 Australian Earthquake Engineering Society An-
<br />nual Conference. Albury, New South Wales: Novem-
<br />ber, 25 -27, 2005. Conference topics and sessions will
<br />include tectonic issues and seismic activity modeling;
<br />earthquake attenuation; site response, hazard, and micro -
<br />zonation; structural design, performance assessment and
<br />retrofitting; geotechnical issues; emergency management,
<br />response, and lifelines; codes and regulations; insurance
<br />and risk studies; and social and economic issues. For
<br />more information, visit http: / /Www.aees.org.aul.
<br />American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2005 Annual Fall
<br />Meeting. San Francisco, California: December 5 -9,
<br />2005. The fall meeting provides an opportunity for re-
<br />searchers, teachers, students, and consultants to present
<br />and review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the plan-
<br />ets, and their environments in space. This meeting will
<br />cover topics in all areas of Earth and space sciences. For
<br />more information, contact the AGU Meetings Department,
<br />2000 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009; (800)
<br />966 -2481; e -mail: fm- help @agu.org; http: / /Www.agu.org/
<br />meetings /fm05/.
<br />International Symposium on Tsunami Reconstruction
<br />with Geosynthetics: Protection, Mitigation, and Reha-
<br />bilitation of Coastal and Waterway Erosion Control.
<br />Organizers: Asian Center for Soil Improvement and Geo-
<br />synthetics, King Mongkut's University of Technology
<br />Thonburi, and the International Geosynthetics Society.
<br />Bangkok, Thailand: December 8 -9, 2005. The purpose
<br />of this symposium is to gather experts to educate partici-
<br />pants in the latest technology, applications, and design
<br />techniques in the geosynthetics specialization, particularly
<br />in relation to the rehabilitation of areas devastated by the
<br />2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. For more information, visit
<br />http://www.sce.ait.ac.thlacsiglconferencel.
<br />8th Annual Southern and Caribbean Regional Meet-
<br />ing. Organizer: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
<br />ministration. Panama City, Florida: January 17 -20,
<br />2006. This meeting has been rescheduled due to Hurri-
<br />cane Katrina. The themes of the meeting have shifted to
<br />coastal hazards, coastal planning, and development. A
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