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<br />new agenda will be developed and will include opportuni-
<br />ties for all of the state coastal management programs in
<br />the region to share ideas, solutions, experiences, and les-
<br />sons learned relating to hazards and coastal development.
<br />The meeting will focus on bringing in people and groups
<br />who have tools and expertise to assist coastal programs in
<br />hazards preparedness, recovery, cleanup, and redevelop-
<br />ment. For more information, contact Kris Herrington;
<br />(301) 563 -1168; e -mail: Kris Herrington @noaa.gov;
<br />http://Www.csc.noaa.gov/Seocrm/.
<br />Atmospheric Science and Policy Research -2006 AMS
<br />Conference. Organizer: American Meteorological Society
<br />(AMS). Atlanta, Georgia: January 29- February 2,
<br />2006. The broad theme of the 86th annual meeting is
<br />"Applications of Weather and Climate Data" with an em-
<br />phasis on documenting success stories in the applications
<br />of atmospheric, hydrologic, and oceanic sciences and on
<br />the research needed to continue benefiting from new
<br />knowledge. For more information, call (617) 227 - 2426,
<br />http://www.ametsoc.org/Meet/annual/.
<br />27th Annual International Disaster Management Con-
<br />ference. Presenter: Emergency Medicine Learning and
<br />Resource Center. Orlando, Florida: February 9 -12,
<br />2006. This conference has been designed to meet the edu-
<br />cational needs of individuals and agencies involved with
<br />emergency preparedness, response, and disaster recovery,
<br />such as firefighters, emergency managers, hospital admin-
<br />istrators, physicians, nurses, disaster planning coordina-
<br />tors, medical facility administrators, law enforcement of-
<br />ficials, search and rescue responders, civil preparedness
<br />officials, mass fatality responders, and others who play
<br />important roles in critical incidents. For more informa-
<br />tion, visit http://www.emlrc.org/d`isaster2OO6.htm.
<br />5th Annual Infrastructure Resilience and Infrastruc-
<br />ture Security for the Built Environment Congress and
<br />Expo. Sponsor: State Assemblies for Emergency Re-
<br />sponse. Organizer: The Infrastructure Security Partner-
<br />ship. Washington, DC: February 15 -17, 2006. This two -
<br />day, international conference will include workshops, a
<br />table top exercise, a read team exercise, and keynote
<br />presentations by White House officials, the U.S. Depart-
<br />ment of Homeland Security, the intelligence community,
<br />industry, and their European and Asian counterparts. For
<br />more information, contact George DeBakey, debakey@
<br />ejkrause. com or Barbara Lecker, lecker @ejkrause. cons;
<br />http://www.protectinfrastriicture. coml.
<br />Earth and Space 2006. Organizer: American Society of
<br />Civil Engineers (ASCE). Houston, Texas: March 5 -8,
<br />2006. This conference hosted by the Aerospace Division
<br />of the ASCE will bring together experts from a variety of
<br />disciplines to discuss exploration, engineering, construc-
<br />tion, and operations in challenging environments on
<br />Earth, in space, and on other planetary bodies. Technol-
<br />ogy transfer is a key goal of the conference. Topics of
<br />interest include disaster detection and mitigation; remote
<br />sensing, geomatics, global positioning and geographic
<br />information systems, near -earth objects, and monitoring
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<br />and improving infrastructure using space -based and other
<br />emerging technologies. For more information, contact the
<br />ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191;
<br />(800)548 -2723; http: / /www. asce. org /conferences /SpaceO6 /.
<br />2006 Meeting of the Association of American Geogra-
<br />phers (AAG). Chicago, Illinois: March 7 -11, 2006. Ge-
<br />ographers and related professionals from the United
<br />States, Canada, and abroad are invited to this annual
<br />meeting to discuss research, education, accomplishments,
<br />and developments in geography and related specialties.
<br />For more information, contact the AAG, 1710 16th Street
<br />NW, Washington, DC 20009; (202) 234 -1450; e -mail:
<br />meeting @aag. org; http: / /www. aag. org /annitalmeetings /.
<br />2nd Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Or-
<br />ganizer: Asia Council for Earthquake Engineering. Ma-
<br />nila, Philippines: March 10 -11, 2006. The theme of the
<br />conference is "Seismic Hazards and Damage Mitigation in
<br />the Asian Region." The conference will provide a forum
<br />to bring together researchers, professionals, engineers,
<br />scientists, and academicians to promote and exchange new
<br />ideas and experiences in the broad fields of seismology,
<br />earthquake engineering, seismic risk, and disaster mitiga-
<br />tion. For more information, contact the Association of
<br />Structural Engineers of the Philippines Secretariat; ( +632)
<br />411 -8603; e -mail: aseponline6l @yahoo. com; http: / /www
<br />. aseponline. org /.
<br />Global Visions: From Trauma to Promise. Organizer:
<br />Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS).
<br />Charlotte, North Carolina: March 22 -26, 2006. ATSS
<br />holds biannual conferences for education, training, and
<br />the opportunity to meet and network with international
<br />members, authors, and renowned speakers in the fields of
<br />trauma and traumatic stress. For more information, e-mail
<br />Admin@ATSS. info; http: / /www. atss. info%onference. htm.
<br />The Third International Conference on Early Warn-
<br />ing: From Concept to Action. Sponsor: International
<br />Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Bonn, Germany: March
<br />27 -29, 2006. This conference will bring together a wide
<br />variety of governmental and nongovernmental actors,
<br />scientists, and practitioners to stimulate and help to im-
<br />plement concrete early warning projects on all continents
<br />to bridge existing gaps. Relevant government depart-
<br />ments, United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organi-
<br />zations, scientific bodies, private agencies, and all other
<br />interested parties are encouraged to fill out a preliminary
<br />indication of interest form and to submit proposals for
<br />concrete early warning projects. For more information,
<br />e -mail ewc3 @tin. org; http://Www.ewc3.org/.
<br />100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference Commemo-
<br />rating the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Organizers:
<br />Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Seis-
<br />mological Society of America (SSA), and the California
<br />Governor's Office of Emergency Management. San
<br />Francisco, California: April 18 -22, 2006. The 100th
<br />anniversary of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake provides
<br />a valuable opportunity to learn from the past, assess the
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