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Here's the latest from DISASTER RESEARCH  April 17, 1992

                        DISASTER RESEARCH 89

              Meetings, Workshops, Training, Courses

[These are the most recent announcements of conferences received by the
Hazards Center. Additional announcements are contained in earlier issues of
Disaster Research.]

Technical Briefing on the Erzincan, Turkey, Earthquake of March 13, 1992.
Sponsor: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. San Francisco, California:
April 21, 1992; Pasadena, California: April 22, 1992. Contact: Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA
94612-1902, (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411.

Disaster Response Management. Course offered by the Australian Counter
Disaster College. Mt. Macedon, Victoria: April 26-May 1, 1992; May 31-June 5,
1992; July 12-17, 1992; August 30-September 4, 1992; December 6-11, 1992;
February 28-March 5, 1993; April 25-30, 1993. Contact: Australian Counter
Disaster College, Main Road, Mt. Macedon, Victoria 3441, Australia; tel: (054)
261205; fax: (054) 262479.

1992 Annual Forum of InterAction-the American Council for Voluntary
International Action: "Accomplishing our Mission: Principles of Effective
Action." Arlington, Virginia: April 27-29, 1992. Includes sessions on
disasters and refugees and disaster mitigation. Contact: Stephanie Gordon,
Interaction, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036,
(202) 667-8227; fax: (202) 667-8236.

Effective Management of Public Works II. Sponsor: Department of Engineering
Professional Development, College of Engineering, University of
Wisconsin-Madison/Extension. Madison, Wisconsin: April 27-30, 1992. Includes
extended sessions on emergency management and public works. Contact:
Engineering Registration, The Wisconsin Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison,
WI 53706, (800) 462-0876, (608) 262-1299; fax: (608) 263-3160. For information
on course content call (608) 262-8592 and talk to Robert T. Fey or Jane Sauer.

Workshop on Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation of Earthquake Consequences in
Southeast Asia. Hanoi, Vietnam: May 1992. Contact: Nguyen Dinh Xuyen,
Institute of Geophysics, Box Hop Thu 411, Buu Dien Bo Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA) and the
Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) Seminar Series on Seismic Design.
 May 6-7, 1992       St. Louis, MO
 May 27-28           Newark, NJ
 June 10-11          Boston, MA
 June 25-26          Lexington, KY
 July 15-16          Kansas City, MO
 July 30-31          Philadelphia, PA
Contact: BOCA International, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL
60478-5795, (708) 799-2300, ext. 329, attn: Terrence Leppellere.

First International Conference on Disaster Prevention in Urban Areas. Tehran,
Iran: May 11-13, 1992. Contact: Studies and Planning Institute of Tehran, 842
Pasdaran Avenue, South of Niavaran Park, Postal Code 19547, Tehran, Iran; fax:
9821-289383.

Southwest Pacific Disaster Managers' Workshop. Honiara, Solomon Islands: May
12-14, 1992. Contact: Chair, Australian IDNDR Co-ordination Committee, P.O.
Box 1020, Dickson, ACT 2602, Australia; fax: 61-6-2571490.

International Summer Course - Development Planning: Disaster Management.
Delft, The Netherlands: May 18-June 27, 1992. Contact: Course Coordinator,
Disaster Management Programme, University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600
GA Delft, The Netherlands.

Response '92: Annual Conference of the National Association for Search and
Rescue (NASAR). Phoenix, Arizona: May 27-30, 1992. Contact: NASAR, Response
'92, P.O. Box 3709, Fairfax, VA 22038, (703) 352-1349.

Disaster Medicine 101-Health Consequences of Earthquakes: Implications for
Medical Care and Emergency Search and Rescue. Sponsors: Central United States
Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
 June 11, 1992       Little Rock, AR
 August 22           Paducah, KY
 October 17          Jackson, MS
Contact Anne Brown, CUSEC, 2630 East Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38118-8001,
(901) 345-0932, (800) 762-4313 (in Tennessee, (800) 824-5817).

Urban Search and Rescue 101-Orientation on Collapsed Structure Rescue and
Emergency Stabilization of Victims. Sponsors: Central United States Earthquake
Consortium, State Farm Insurance, and the National Committee on Property
Insurance. This workshop will be presented at varying times and locations in
late 1992. Contact the Central United States Earthquake Consortium, 2630 East
Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38118-8001, (901) 345-0932, (800) 762-4313 (in
Tennessee, (800) 824-5817).

Seminar on Extreme Wind Events in Urban Areas. Sponsor: Australian Counter
Disaster College (ACDC). Mt. Macedon, Australia: June 14-19, 1992. Contact
ACDC, Mount Macedon, Victoria 3441, Australia; fax: 054-262479.

International Disaster Management and the U.K. Contribution. Yorkshire, U.K.:
June 19-21, 1992. Contact: Mr. V.G.B. Atwater, 21 Ballantrae House, Lyndale,
London NW2 2PB, U.K.

International Conference on "Trauma and Tragedy." Amsterdam: June 21-26, 1992.
Contact: ISTSS conference Secretariat, P.O. Box 13362, 3507 LJ, Utrecht, The
Netherlands.

Disasters - Media Relations and Management. London: June 26, 1992. Contact:
Anne Lloyd-Williams, Information Studies Unit, Central Office of Information,
Hercules Road, London SE1 7DU, U.K.

URISA '92: Making Connections. Sponsor: Urban and Regional Information Systems
Association (URISA). Washington, DC: July 12-16, 1992. Includes entire day
devoted to "Emergency Services & 911." Contact URISA, 900 Second Street, N.E.,
Suite 304, Washington, DC 20002, (202) 289-1685.

Hazards '93: Fifth International Conference on Natural and Man-Made Hazards.
Sponsors: The International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of
Natural Hazards and others. Qingdao, China: August 29-September 3, 1993.
Contact: M.I. El-Sabh, Centre Oceanographique de Rimouski, 310 allee des
Ursulines, Rimouski, Quebec G5L 3A1, Canada; or Sun Honglie, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, 54 San Li He Road, Beijing 100862, China.

Third U.S.-Japan Workshop for Natural Disaster Reduction. Mt. Hood, Oregon:
September 7-11, 1992. Contact: Paul Kilho Park, NOAA, 1825 Connecticut Avenue,
N.W., Room 625, Washington, DC 20235-0001; fax: (202) 387-8945.

European and International Dimensions of Environmental Disasters. Sponsor:
University of Bradford, Disaster Prevention and Limitation Unit. Bradford,
U.K.: September 8-10, 1992. A call for papers has been issued. Contact:
University of Bradford, Disaster Prevention and Limitation Unit, Bradford,
West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K.; tel: 0274 384237; fax: 0274 391333.

IAFC '92: International Association of Fire Chiefs Annual Meeting. Anaheim,
California: September 12-16, 1992. Contact: IAFC, 1329 18th Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20036-6516, (202) 833-3420.

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) 1992 Annual Conference.
Baltimore, Maryland: September 13-16, 1992. Contact ASDSO, P.O. Box 55270,
Lexington, KY 40555, (606) 257-5146; fax: (606) 258-1958.

"Assessment and Control of Risks to the Environment and to People" - 1992
Annual Symposium of the Safety and Reliability Society. Altrincham,
Manchester, U.K.: September 16-17, 1992. Contact: The Safety and Reliability
Society, Clayton House, 59 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2AQ, U.K.

American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) 1992 Annual Meeting.
South Lake Tahoe, Nevada: September 27-30, 1992. With sessions on the "Role of
the Geologist in Predicting Earthquakes" and "Geological Common Sense
Regarding Environmental Hazards." Contact: Jonathan G. Price, Nevada Bureau of
Mines and Geology, Mail Stop 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
89557-0088, (702) 784-6691; fax: (702) 784-1709.

International Conference on Risk Assessment. London: October 5-9, 1992.
Contact: John Ewins, HSE, Baynards House, 1 Chepstow Place, London W2 4TF,
U.K.

Second International Conference on Continental Earthquakes. Beijing, China:
October 7-10, 1992. Contact: The Secretariat, Second International Conference
on Continental Earthquakes, State Seismological Bureau, No. 63 Fuxing Avenue,
Beijing 100036, China; fax: 86-1-8210995.

Third International Disaster Congress. Oficina Nacional para Casos de
Desastres. Havana, Cuba: October 12-15, 1992. Contact: Lic. Jose Llanes
Guerra, Oficina Nacional para Casos de Desastres, Defensa Civil, Calle 18,
Esq. 7ma Avenida, Havana, Cuba.

Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Human Settlements. Plovdiv, Bulgaria:
October 14, 1992. Contact: Habitat Infra Plan Training Consultants, Piet
Heinstraat 1, Enschede, 7511 JE, The Netherlands.

Geological Society of America 1992 Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, Ohio: October
26-29, 1992. Abstracts due July 8. Contact: GSA Meetings, P.O. Box 9140,
Boulder, CO 80301.

Disaster Recovery Conference. Sidney, Australia: October 28-30, 1992. Contact:
Institute of Engineers Australia, 11 National Circuit, Barton, ACT 2600,
Australia; fax: (61) 1 2732918.

Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) 1992 Annual Meeting. San Diego, California:
December 6-9, 1992. Contact SRA, 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 130, McLean, VA
22102, (703) 790-1745; fax: (703) 790-9063.

Eighth World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Stockholm, Sweden:
June 20-23, 1993. Contact: The Congress Secretariat, Stockholm Convention
Bureau, WCDEM '93, P.O. Box 6911, S-10239, Stockholm, Sweden.

Emergency Planning '93. Lancaster, U.K.: July 11-14, 1993. Contact: Peter
Vincent, Physics Building, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1
4YB, U.K.

Tsunami '93: International Tsunami Symposium. Wakayama, Japan: August 23-27,
1992. Contact: Yoshito Tsuchiya, Co-Chair Tsunami '93, Disaster Prevention
Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611, Japan.

Tenth Annual European Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vienna, Austria:
August 28-September 2, 1994. Contact: R.G. Flesch, Austrian Association for
Earthquake Engineering, c/o Technische Universitat Wien, A-1040 Wien, Wiedner
Hauptstrasse 8- 10/20, Austria.
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