International Strategy for Disaster Reduction   


International Meetings & Conferences on Disaster Reduction
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January 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
18-22 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Contact details: www.unisdr.org/wcdr
10-14 Port Louis, Mauritius International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (BP + 10)
Contact details: www.un.org/smallislands2005/
27-28 and
30-31
Abuja, Nigeria 6th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 4th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union
27-28 Seattle, Washington USA Symposium 2005: Best Practices in Risk Reduction for Colleges and Universities
A two-day symposium/workshop for emergency professionals serving colleges and universities
Contact details:
www.washington.edu/admin/business/oem/symposium/index.html
28-29 Thailand, Phuket Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements

February 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
1 Aspen Institute, Washington Round table “Responding to the Tsunami Disaster: Challenges for Charities and Donors”
Contact details: www.aspeninstitute.org
9-11 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Sub regional Workshop on lessons learned and good practices in the context of the national reports on measures undertaken to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
14-15 Brussels, Belgium Earth and Space Week - Group on Earth Observation Conference
16   Brussels, Belgium Earth Observation Summit III
Contact details:
http://earthobservations.org
www.earthobservationsummit.gov
15-17 Douala, Cameroon Sub regional Workshop for Central Africa on measures undertaken to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
17-18 Brussels, Belgium International Conference on Space Cooperation
Contact details:
luc.tytgat@cec.eu.int
21-23 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Subregional workshop on lessons learnt and good practices in sustainable land management in eastern and southern Africa
22-24 Tokyo, Japan Dialogue for High Level Administrative Policy Makers on Establishing a Tsunami Early Warning Mechanism in the Indian Ocean

March 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-8 Paris, France International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a global framework
Organized by
UNESCO
Contact details: ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami
8 Ottawa, Canada National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)
Contact details: wilsond@nrtee-trnee.ca
14-18 Jakarta, Indonesia Expert Meeting and a Workshop on the Exchange of Early Warning and Related Information including Tsunami Warnings in the Indian Ocean
15-19 Rome, Italy Seventeenth Session of the Committee on Forestry
22 Geneva, Switzerland World Water roundtable “Water for Life”
Contact details: www.envrionmenthouse.ch
23-24 Thailand, Bangkok First meeting of the Advisory Panel of the RCC Programme for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Development Policy, Planning and Implementation in Asia (MDRD)
Contact details: www.adpc.net
24-29 Seoul, Republic of Korea ESCAP Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific
Contact details: www.mced2005seoul.org
31/03-5/04 San José, Costa Rica Twenty-seventh session of the RA IV Hurricane Committee

April 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
4-8 Nairobi, Kenya 20th Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT
Contact details: Joseph.Mungai@unhabitat.org
5-6 Beijing, China Workshop on Infectious Disease and Bio-Safety
5-13 San José, Costa Rica Fourteenth session of Regional Association IV (Central America, North America and the Caribbean)
6-8 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Groups I and III Second Joint Session
Contact detils: www.ipcc.ch
11-22 New York, USA 13th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
Contact details: shu@un.org
14 Geneva, Switzerland Palais des Nations Meeting on OCHA activities and requirements for Latin America and the Caribbean
Contact details: medina-poudou@un.org
18 Geneva, Switzerland Université de Genève, Bâtiment Sciences 3, Ground Floor, Room A150 CERG Course 2005 Opening Lecture « Tsunami Early Warning Systems : Monitoring and Mitigating Tsunami Risk»
Contact details: www.unige.ch/hazards
12-19 New York, USA DESA, New York CSD-13 Partnerships Fair
14-16 Port Louis, Mauritius Second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean
Contact details: p.pissierssens@unesco.org
21 Geneva, Switzerland UNICEF, Geneva Meeting with UNICEF and ISDR
22 Bangkok, Thailand DIPECH Regional Consultative Meeting South East Asia
Contact details: program01@echo-bangkok.org
26 - 28 Bangkok, Thailand Internal SIDA Meeting
26 Geneva, Switzerland Geneva Centre for Security Policy Security Course “Natural Disasters and Human Security: Tsunami, Kobe and Beyond “
Contact details: www.gcsp.ch
27/04-6/05 Bonn, Germany Third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of theConvention (CRIC3) Contact details: www.unccd.int
27-28 The Hatton, London UK SMi 7th annual conference on “International Offsets and Industrial Cooperation”
Contact details: www.smi-online.co.uk
29 Geneva, Switzerland Palais des Nations Meeting of IASC WG Task Force for Natural Disasters

May 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
2-4 Caracas, Venezuela XVII meeting on International Cooperation of Latin America and theCaribbean
Contact details: www.sela.org
2-4 Bangkok, Thailand 3rd Consultative meeting/workshop on SEAGOOS (South-East Asian Global Ocean Observing System)
2-11 Bonn, Germany Third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification (CRIC 3)
3-4 Geneva, Switzerland First Plenary Meeting of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-I)
4-6 Phuket, Thailand WHO Conference on the Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Contact details: www.who.int/tsunamiconference
10-12 Kobe, Japan International Recovery Platform preparation meeting
10-12   Beijing, China China International Exhibition on Technology and Equipment for Disaster Monitoring, Mitigation and Rescue
Contact details: www.zaihai.cn
11-13 Kobe, Japan International Recovery Platform preparation meeting
12-18 Bangkok, Thailand Sixty-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
16-20 Guayaquil, Ecuador First Alexander von Humboldt International Conference on
El Niño Phenomenon and its global impact
Organized by
Centro International para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN)
and European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Contact details: www.ciifen-int.org
16-27 New York, USA Fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Contact details: www.un.org/esa/forests
17-18 Stadthalle, Bonn, Germany 1st European Congress on Disaster ManagementContact details: www.civil-protection.com
18-20 Hanoi, Vietnam 5th meeting of the ADPC Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management
Contact details: www.adpc.net
19 & 27 Bonn, Germany UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
Contact details: www.unfccc.int
20-21 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Tourcom Bali- held as an integral part of the Phuket Action Plan for post-tsunami recovery – Bill Clinton expected to make a video declaration to the gathering
20 & 27 Bonn, Germany UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
Contact details: www.unfccc.int
23-25 Marrakech, Morocco INBO World Liaison Bureau Agencies
Contact details: www.inbo-news.org
22- 26 Algiers, Algeria United Nations/Algeria/European Space Agency International Seminar on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management: prevention and Management of Natural Disasters
Contact details: www.oosa.unvienna.org
24-26 Geneva, Switzerland Palais des nations Eleventh meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction
24-29 Seoul, Republic of Korea 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED 2005)
25-27 Nijmegen, The Netherlands Third International Symposium on Flood Defence
Contact details: www.isfd3.nl
26-27 Geneva, Switzerland UN Private Sector Focal Points MeetingContact details : www.unssc.org
23/05-3/06 Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy Poster for a NATO ASI on Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability
Contact details: www.ecmwf.int/staff/alberto_trocolli/nato_asi/index.html
30 Geneva, Switzerland Meeting with the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mikhail Gorbachev

Jun 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
1 Geneva, Switzerland CERG, Geneva Round Table “Prevention – preparedness: the role of IGOs and NGOs and their professional needs”
Contact details: www.unige.ch/hazards/cerg
1-3 Mexico City, Mexico International Conference for the Development of a Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent RegionsContact details: iocaribe@enred.com; c.toro@unesco.org
6-8 Magang, Papua New Guinea 12th Regional Disaster Management Meeting
Contact details: www.sopac.org/community+risk
6-10 Honolulu, Hawaii Asia Pacific All Hazards Workshop “Realizing Tsunami and Disaster Resilience through New Partnerships and Technologies”
Contact details: www.trademeetings.com
13-16 Bangkok, Thailand ISDR/ABU workshops on:- Emergency Information Flows - Public Awareness, Preparedness and Responce
7-9 Lae, Papua New Guinea 12th Regional Disaster Managers Conference
Contact details:
www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=12th+Regional+Disasters+Managers+Meeting
13-17 Sigatoka, Fiji Second Pacific Health Summit for Sustainable Risk Management for the Pacific Region
Contact details: plg8@cdc.gov
14-16 Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Seminar on the development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change
Contact details: www.unfccc.int
20-30 Paris Executive Council of IOC/UNESCO
21-24 The Hague, Netherlands

International Work Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Contact details: www.climatecentre.org

22-24 Geneva, Switzerland 6th meeting of the Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE)
Contact details:
http://ochaonline.un.org/ochaunep
www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/events/events.html
22-24 Bangkok, Thailand High-level Expert Group Meeting on Technical Options for Disaster Management System: Tsunamis and Others
Contact details: www.unescap.org
21/06-1/07 Geneva, Switzerland WMO Headquarters, Geneva Fifty-seventh session of the Executive Council of WMO
26-29 Singapore Eisenhower Fellowships Conference
Contact details: www.efsingapore.org.sg
27 London, UK One day Conference Catastrophes: The Growing Threat
Contact details: www.almconferences.com
29/06-1/07 Laxenburg, Austria IPCC workshop on new emissions scenarios

July 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
1-2 Sirte, Libya 7th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of African Union
4-5 Sirte, Libya 5th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union
13 New York ECOSOC side event: Briefing on the Hyogo Framework for Action
11 - 14 Tokyo, Japan UN/ISDR and UNESCO/OIC Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementations for High Level Administrators Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities
15 New York UN Headquarters, Interagency consultations meeting on review of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010
Contact details: pradhano@un.org
23-25 Tripoli, Libya First International Conference on the Promotion of Ocean Security (OSI)
Contact details: www.acops.org
24-30 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters (INCEED 2005)
Bridging the Gaps for Global Sustainable Development
Contact details: www.iseg.giees.uncc.edu/inceed2005
26 - 29 Hawaii, U.S.A. UN/ISDR and UNESCO/OIC Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementations for High Level Administrators Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities
30/07-1/08 Chennai, India International Conference on Tsunami Disaster Management and Coastal Development
Contact details:
www.mdsindia.net

www.tsunamiconference.in

August 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-5 Perth, Australia First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
Contact details: http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami/
7-11 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress
Contact details: www.wriec.org
17-18 Washington, USA CRED EMDAT TAG Meeting
21-27 Stockholm, Sweden The 2005 World Water Week
Contact details: www.worldwaterweek.org
23-26 Riga, Latvia Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness Table Top Exercice
Contact details: gcap@vugd.gov.lv; ramona.lamberte@vugd.gov.lv
27/08-1/09 Skopje, Macedonia International conference “Earthquake Engineering in 21st Century” (EE-21C)
Contact details: www.iziis.edu.mk/EE-21C
28/08-3/09 Berlin, Germany Hertie School Executive Seminar on “Global Public Policy”
Contact details: www.hertie-school.org

September 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-14 Philippines Interregional, Local and Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) – a practical course in community-based vulnerability reduction and disaster preparedness
5-8 San José, Costa Rica 2nd International Expert Meeting on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production
Contact details: alvarez-rivero@un.org
4-9 Bali, Indonesia 1st Follow-up Conference On UNWCDR "Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-15" " Developing Indicators, Goals & Time Bound Action Plan on Disaster Resilience for Asian and Pacific Nations" organized by Third World Development Centre(NGO)
Contact details: www.thirdworldcenter.org Tel: 00 91 11 27273860
5-6 Suva, Fiji A Regional Planning Workshop Enhancing an Early Warning System for Pacific Island Countries
Contact details: www.sopac.org
7-15 Heidelberg, Germany 14th Session of the Regional Association VI (Europe) of WMO
Contact details: www.wmo.int
13 London

Workshop on Climate change impacts on fisheries important to the poor:
Vulnerability and adaptability of fisher-folk
Contact details:

Nick Dulvy (Team Leader) : n.k.dulvy@cefas.co.uk
Charlotte Howard (Communications): c.howard@mrag.co.uk
www.fmsp.org.uk

14-16 NY, USA GA Millennium Summit (MDG +5)
19-21 Guadalupe (Caceres), Spain The 14th meeting of Housing and Planning Ministries of Latin America and the Caribbean
19-23 Phuket, Thailand 5th Regional Training Course on Tsunami and Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction for Cities (EVRC-5)
Contact details: www.adpc.net
20-21 Beijing, China International Risk Governance Council, General Conference, Implementing a Global Approach to Risk Governance
Contact details: www.irgc.org
20-22 Cordoba, Spain VIII Seminario Internacional de Periodismo y Medio Ambiente
Contact details: www.cordobacongress.com
22-23 St. Julians, Malt a International Seminar on European Project Development “Energy and Environment”
Contact details: http://www.eucenter.org/training/training_malta.php
22-24 Montreal, Canada Eighth Session of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contact details: www.ipcc.ch
23-30 Apia, Samoa 34th Annual Session of SOPAC Governing Council
Contact details: www.sopac.org
26-28 Montreal, Canada Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contact details: www.ipcc.ch
27-29 Tabriz University, Iran The International Conference of Geohazards, Natural Disasters, and Methods of Confronting with them
Contact details:
Dr. Mohammad Hossein Rezaei Moghaddam
Geohazards84@yahoo.com , Rezmogh@Yahoo.com
http://www2.tabrizu.ac.ir/Geohazards/index.htm
Phone 0098-411-3392309
Fax 0098-411-3356013
27-29 Beijing, China Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction
Contact details: www.mca.gov.cn
28/9-1/10 Namur, Walloon region, Belgium Conference of the EURO INBO group for the implementation of the Framework Directive

October 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
2-6 Torino, Italy 3rd World Environmental Education Congress
3   UN-HABITAT World HABITAT Day
Contact details: http://www.unhabitat.org/whd
3 IFRC International Day for Disaster Reduction: Launch of World Development Report –2005 (IFRC)
3-14 Philippines Interregional Local and Community Based Disaster Risk Management Course
Contact details: www.idrmhome.org
4-6 Madrid, Spain Conference of the Association of Ibero-american governmental organizations for Civil Defence
6-7 Chisinau, Moldova International Conference “Mitigation of the Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards and Risk Impact on the Environment and Society”
Contact details: http://bsapm.dnt.md
10-12 London, UK A High-Level Brainstorming Workshop on “Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services” organized by UNEP
Contact details: http://www.unep.org/dec/support/mdg meeting.html
11-13 Geneva, Switzerland International Platform on Sustainable Urban Development S-DEV Geneva 05
Contact details: www.s-dev.org
11-13 Fukuoka, Japan The Twelfth Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-12)
Contact details: /www.aprsaf.org
12-14 Bangkok, Thailand ESCAP Second session of the Committee on Managing Globalization
Contact details: http://www.unescap.org/about/managing_global.asp
12-14 Jeju-city, Korea International Symposium on Remote Sensing 2005
Contact details: www.ksrs.or/kr/isrs2005
13-14 Washington, USA First ICL General Assembly Meeting and the Fourth Session of ICL Board of Representatives Contact details: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
14-16 Toulouse, France Second International Meteo Forum
Contact details : www.smf.asso.fr
16-22 Shanghai and Suzhou, China 28th General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and Associated meetings
Contact details: www.icsu.org
17-20 Villach, Austria Hydro 2005 Policy into Practice
Contact details: www.networkevents.ltd.uk/events/hydro2005
18-21 Suzhou, China 28th General Assembly of International Council for Science (ICSU)
Contact details: www.icsu.org
18-21 Punto Fijo, Estado Falcón, Venezuela Conferencia Internacional
“Involucrando a la Comunidad en Programas de Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres”
Organizador y Anfitrión
Centro de Investigación de Desastres (CIR),
Universidad de Falcón (UDEFA)
Contact details : seminariocir@udefa.edu.ve
www.udefa.edu.ve
19-20 Western Cape, Republic of South Africa. Disaster Risk Reduction 2005
Contact details: www.disaster.co.za
25-26 New York, USA UNEP Finance Initiative Global Roundtable
Contact details: www.unepfi.org/roundtable
26 London, UK Special discussion meeting of the Royal Society of London on the topic of Extreme Natural Hazards
31/10-4/11 Tshwane, South Africa Africa GIS 2005 – Beyond talk: Geo-information working for Africa
Contact details: www.africagis2005.org.za
31/10 - 3/11 Townsville, Queensland,
Australia
Pacem in Maribus XXXI - (Peace in the Oceans)
Building Bridges towards Integrated Oceans Governance:
Linking Ocean Science, Engineering, Technology & Policy
Contact details: www.conferenceplanners.com.au/coming.html#peace

November 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
1-4 China 2205 International Conference on Circular Economy and Regional Sustainable Development (CERSD)
Contact details: www.2005cersd.org.cn
3-10 Beijing, China

Fourteenth session of the Commission for Climatology (CCI) of the World Meteorological Organization
Contact details: www.wmo.int

7-11 Hanoi, Vietnam 26th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS2005)
Contact details: www.acrs2005.ac.vn
9-10 UK 6th International Disaster and Emergency Resilience conference and exhibition
Contact details: www.andrich.com/ider
14-16 Australia Symposium on disaster reduction
Contact details: http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au
16-17 Munich, Germany 1st International Symposium of the Munich Re Foundation
Contact details: www.munichre-foundation.org
16-18 Copenhagen International Workshop on Strengthening the Resilience of Local Communities in Coastal Areas and Water Related Natural Disasters, by the Government of Denmark
16-18 Tunisia World Summit on Information Society
16-18 Mumbai, India World Conference on Disaster Reduction – Focus on Corporate Sector Role and Responsibility, Mumbai, India (GRDR)
Contact details:
www.iisd.ca/download/asc/enb2609e.txt
www.sidsnet.org/latestarc/other-newswire/msg00034.html
http://undp.org/bcpr/disred/documents/wcdr/docs/enbsummary_eng.pdf
17-19 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2nd Annual Canadian Risk and Hazard Network Symposium
Contact details: www.crhnet2005.yorku.ca
22-24 Geneva 12th Session of the IATF on Disaster Reduction
22-25 New Delhi XIIth World Water Congress organized by the International Water Resources Association
Contact details:www.iwra.siu.edu
23-25 Jakarta, Indonesia Asia-Europe Environment forum conference
Contact details: http://env.asef.org
28-29 Montreal UNFCCC COP11

December 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
2-5 Wiston House, West Sussex, United Kingdom Improving National and Regional Disaster Response Capacity
Contact details: www.wiltonpark.org.uk
7-9 Bhopal, India Barkatullah University, 42nd Annual Convention and Meeting on “Earth system processes related to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions
Contact details: www.igu.in/schedule.htm

Please submit information on upcoming events related to disaster reduction to
isdrwebmaster@un.org, indicating the meeting or conference title, date, location, contact person, email address and website (if available).
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