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Tsunami meetings and conferences
 

 

March 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-8 Paris, France 1st Regional Coordination Meeting is organised by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission/UNESCO convenes a technical meeting of experts from the interested Member States and relevant regional and international organizations. The goal of this meeting will be harmonizing the different early warning initiatives emerging for the Indian Ocean and defining the scope and characteristics of the global system.
http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami/paris_march05.htm
14-15 Jakarta, Indonesia

Multidisciplinary Workshop on the Exchange of Early Warning and Related Information including Tsunami Warnings in the Indian Ocean.
www.wmo.int/web/www/TEM/EMEEW-IO/agenda.doc
http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami/documents/wmo_expertmeeting16_18march05.pdf

    WMO Expert Meeting on the Exchange of Early Warning and Related Information including Tsunami Warnings in the Indian Ocean.
21-23 Delft, the Netherlands First International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management.
www.gdmc.nl/gi4dm
late March India Tsunami Workshop in India
March/April Indonesia Tsunami Conference in Indonesia - Idea put forth by National Geographic.

April 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
8-10 India National Workshop on Tsunami Rehabiliation
arunparwate@yahoo.co.in
14-16 Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius The second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System.
http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami/documents/Mauritius05_Provisional_annotated_agenda_nonames.pdf
21-22 Ottawa, Canada The Institute of Population Health (IPH) of the University of Ottawa. From aid to capacity development: fostering research alliances for tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction.
24-29 Vienna, Austria EGU (European Geosciences Union), special session: "The Sumatra earthquake and the Indian Ocean tsunami".
www.copernicus.org/EGU/ga/egu05/index.htm
25-28 Managua, Nicaragua Curso con respecto al sistema de alerta temprana por tsunamis de Centro América (Participation in Managua tsunami EWS meeting) CEPREDENAC
www.cepredenac.org/
27-29 Lake Tahoe, NV, USA

The SSA (Seismological Society of America), special session on the earthquake and tsunami
www.seismo.unr.edu/ssa2005/


May 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
8-11 Charleston, SC, USA Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference. The program committee is expanding the program to provide some information on the Asian tsunami.
www.asce.org/conferences/cd05
12 Brussels, Belgium The European Commission's Directorate General for "Information Society and Media". Workshop on assessing the current technological gaps for the development and implementation of tsunami early warning and alert capabilities. Please note that attendance to the workshop is by invitation only.
20-21 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Tourcom Bali – held as an integral part of the Phuket Action Plan for post-tsunami recovery.
23-27 New Orleans, LA, USA AGU - American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly Meeting
www.agu.org/meetings/sm05/

Jun 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
1-3 Mexico City, Mexico International Conference for the Development of a Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
Further information: IOCARIBE Secretariat (iocaribe@enred.com cc to c.toro@unesco.org,
fax: 57 5 660 0407)
6-10 Honolulu, Hawaii Asia Pacific All Hazards Workshop “Realizing Tsunami and Disaster Resilience through New Partnerships and Technologies”.
Contact details: www.trademeetings.com
7-9 Lae, Papua New Guinea 12th Regional Disaster Managers Conference
www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=12th+Regional+Disasters+Managers+Meeting
Early June Seattle, Washington, USA University of Washington: Tsunami Deposit Workshop - Proposed by on the Tsunami Bulletin Board. - in planning stages
13-14 Bangkok, Thailand Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union / ISDR Workshop: Emergency Information Flows Workshop.
Contact details: leonib@un.org
15-16 Bangkok, Thailand

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union / ISDR Workshop: Public Awareness, Preparedness and Response.
Contact details: leonib@un.org

20-23 Singapore Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society, with a special session on tsunamis
www.asiaoceania.org/
22-24 Bangkok, Thailand High-level Expert Group Meeting on Technical Options for Disaster Management System: Tsunamis and Others
Contact details: www.unescap.org
27-29 Chania, Crete, Greece 22nd International Tsunami Symposium is organised in the framework of the Tsunami Commission of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
www.gein.noa.gr/English/tsunamis.htm

July 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-7 Madrid, Spain Waves 2005 Special Session on Sumatra Tsunami
www.cedex.es/waves2005/english/welcome.html
10-13 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 15th World Conference on Disaster Management.
www.wcdm.org/main.html
11-14 Tokyo, Japan UN/ISDR and UNESCO/IOC Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementations for High Level Administrators Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities.
For further information please contact: onoy@un.org
24-30 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Disasters
www.iseg.giees.uncc.edu/inceed2005/areas.cfm
26-29 Hawaii, USA UN/ISDR and UNESCO/IOC Study Tour on National Tsunami Warning System Implementations for High Level Administrators Responsible for Tsunami Warning Activities. For further information please contact: onoy@un.org
30/07-1/08 Chennai, India International Conference on Tsunami Disaster Management and Coastal Development.
Contact details: www.mdsindia.net    www.tsunamiconference.in
  Tokyo, Japan July Typhoon Operational Forecasting Training, (at RSMC Tokyo Typhoon Center) APP
  China (Place to be decided) Third Workshop on Storm Surges, Waves and Ocean Circulation Forecasting China (Place to be decided)

August 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
  Australia IAG/IAPSO/IABO Joint Assembly Cairns
3-5 Perth, Australia First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)

September 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
4-8 Seogwipo, Korea Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC) 2005, Third International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts. Indian Ocean Tsunami session to be coordinated by F. Imamura.
http://wave.skku.ac.kr/APAC2005
14–16 New York, US 2005 World Summit High-Level Plenary Meeting
www.un.org/ga/59/hl60_plenarymeeting.html
19-23 Phuket, Thailand Fifth Regional Training Course on Tsunami and Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction for Cities (EVRC-5)
www.adpc.net
www.adpc.net/udrm/brochure/brochureevrc5web.pdf

October 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
3-7 Valparaiso, Chile XX Session of the International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU)
5-7 Auckland, New Zealand

Australasian Fire Authorities Conference 2005 - Innovation & Technology
www.afac.com.au/

9-12 San Francisco, CA, USA ASBPA (American Shore and Beach Preservation Association) Fall Technical Conference. Tsunami session or presentation being organized.
http://wave.skku.ac.kr/APAC2005
16-19 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Geological Society of America Annual Meeting; Special Tsunami Sessions: Pardee Keynote Symposium:"2004 South Asian Tsunami" Convened by B. Atwater and J. Bourgeois. Technical Session (posters): "Waves of Destruction: Historical and Geological Records of Tsunamis and Their Effects" (Convened by J. Bourgeois and H. MacDonald)
www.geosociety.org/meetings/
31 Oct-
3 Nov
Townsville, Australia PIM Conference on "Building Bridges towards Integrated Oceans Governance: Linking Ocean Science, Engineering, Technology and Policy" - Special Session on Marine Natural Hazards
31 Oct-
2 Nov
Townsville, Queensland, Australia Meeting or Conference: Pacem in Maribus XXXI - (Peace in the Oceans)
www.conferenceplanners.com.au/coming.html#peace

November 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
14-19 Hanoi, Viet Nam Thirty-eighth session of the Typhoon Committee of UNESCAP and WMO
Contact details: icd.hms@pt.vn
16-18 Copenhagen, Denmark International Workshop on Strengthening the Resilience of Local Communities in Coastal Areas to Water Related Natural Disasters

December 2005

Date Location Meeting or Conference
5-9 San Francisco, USA Tsunami Special Session, AGU Meeting (Session U03 )
www.agu.org/meetings/fm05/
7- 9 Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India 42nd Annual Convention and Meeting on "Earth system processes relatd to Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic Eruptions"
www.bubhopal.nic.in/42nd_annual_convention_and_meeting.htm
8-10 Colombo,
Sri Lanka,
Fourth Session of IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO-IV)
v.bonnet@unesco.org
14-16 Hyderabad, India Indian Ocean Intergovernmental Coordination Group (IO-ICG) meeting
 
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