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<br />PSOO-16 <br /> <br />Larry Pearce <br />Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre e <br />University of British Columbia <br />2206 East Mall, 4th floor <br />Vancouver, B.C. Canada <br />V6T IZ3 <br /> <br />Phone 604-929-4560 <br />Fax 604-929-4561 <br />Email Laurie_Pearce@telus.net <br /> <br />The 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine and Disaster Management <br />September 27th to 30th, 2000 Vancouver, BC. <br /> <br />The 5th APCDM is an exciting project of global importance and of great significance to Canada. <br />This international conference and exhibition, which is a bi-annual event, will be held at the Empire <br />Landmark Hotel in Vancouver from the 27th September to the 30th September 2000. The <br />conference takes place in North America for the first time since its inception over ten years ago <br /> <br />This conference is being developed and organized by the University of British Columbia (UBC) <br />Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre (DPRC) and the Division of Continuing Medical <br />Education, UBC Faculty of Medicine. The Honourable John A. Fraser, Chairman, Pacific _ <br />Fisheries Resource Conservation Council and Ms. Kazuko Komatsu President and CEO for ., <br />Pacific Western Brewery Company have agreed to be the Honorary Co-Chairs for the conference. <br /> <br />"Disaster Medicine" has become the focus of interest, not only in the medical community, but also <br />in the eyes of the public. The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan, and Hurricane <br />Mitch, which recently struck Honduras and Nicaragua, provide full testimony of the need for <br />disaster medicine to be available to reduce suffering and to save the lives of the injured. As well <br />there is a growing awareness of the need to integrate the aspects of disaster medicine with overall <br />disaster management processes. <br /> <br />The goal of the 5th APCDM is to provide a forum for the international community, health <br />professionals, and disaster experts, as well as government and non-government agencies, to <br />explore disaster management techniques and to discuss emergency medical methods, models, and <br />technologies. The focus will be to facilitate mutual learning by sharing ideas and developing new, <br />unique and optimal multi-disciplinary approaches that will provide a better response to, and help <br />mitigate the effects of disasters. <br /> <br />Several countries, and their corresponding governments, have already made a commitment to <br />attend the conference including Japan, China, Turkey, Mexico, United Kingdom, and the United <br />States. We hope you can join us! <br /> <br />e <br />