There is an exciting start to the conference world following the New Year.  Following are some conferences of interest.

LOCAL CONFERENCES:

February

7th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping: Crisis Intervention in a Changing World.
Description:   “World Congress participants will identify the tools needed to solve current problems and explore what will be needed to meet the challenges presented by our changing World, while attending pre-Congress workshops, plenary sessions, afternoon workshops, poster sessions, exhibits, & Ask-the Experts Hot-Topic Lunch discussions.”
Dates: February 12-16,2003
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Host: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
More Information: Shelley Cohen; (410) 750-9600; e-mail; scohen@icisf.org.
URL: http://www.icisf.org/congress7WC/

NEMA Mid-year Conference
Description:  “More information and conference materials will be available in December 2002” Check URL for future updates.
Dates: February 22-26, 2003
Location: Washington, DC at the Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center
Host: National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
More Information: Contact: NEMA; (859) 244-8162; e-mail: nema_admin@csg.org
URL:  http://www.nemaweb.org/Meetings/Conference.cfm 

 
OTHER CONFERENCES:

January

Coastal GeoTools – 2003
Description: “Possible focus areas include hazard mitigation, land use and community development, remote sensing, watershed planning, and other hazards-related topics.”
Dates: January 6-9, 2003
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Host: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Coastal Services Center (CSC
More Information: Mark Jansen, NOAA Coastal Services Center, (843) 740-1200; e-mail: Geo.Tools@noaa.gov.
URL: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/GeoTools

Weapons of Mass Destruction Conference 2003: 
Description:  “Although the threat from incidents involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is perceived as critical, it is only recently that there have been efforts to address both the crisis and consequence management at the local, state and federal levels. The civilian response component that has received the least amount of attention is the health care system. This vital component of the response system is the final common destination for victims of a WMD event and yet, health care facilities in the community remain less involved and under less scrutiny than other response entities.”
Dates:  January 24-28, 2003
Location:  St. Petersburg, Florida
Host:  Department of Veteran Affiars
More Information: Gregory Watts: (727) 398-9482; e-mail: Gregory.Watts2@med.va.gov 
URL:  http://www.va.gov/wmd/.
 

February

2003 International Disaster Management Conference: "Disaster 2003." 
Description: “Disaster 2003 has been designed to meet the educational needs of all persons and agencies involved with emergency preparedness, response, and disaster recovery. This year’s Planning Committee acknowledges the unique role that the myriad of first responders, response agencies and communities play in planning for, responding to, and mitigating disasters.  The conference theme "Prepare Freedom's Lifelines..." is evident throughout all of this year’s educational programs and tracks.”
Dates: February 6-9, 2003
Location: Orlando, Florida
Host: Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation
More Information: info@fcep.org
URL:  http://www.femf.org/conferences/disaster2003.html

International Disaster Recovery Association (IDRA) Annual Meeting.
Description: “The theme for the 13th annual conference is "readiness, resilience, recovery, and reassessment," and all topics focus on telecom contingency planning 
Dates: February 23-26, 2003
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Host:  International Disaster Recovery Association
More Information: (508) 845-6000; e-mail: 2003@idra.com.
URL: www.idra.com