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Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December ALL Year: 2008 2009 2010 2011

June 15 - 18, 2008
Sponsor(s): The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)
Event: 18th World Conference on Disaster Management: Emergency Management and Business Continuity Working Together
Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Location: Toronto, Canada
Summary: "The World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) is the premier annual event that addresses issues common to all aspects of disaster/emergency management. The conference program includes speakers from many parts of the world and provides excellent opportunities for training and networking with experts and practitioners in Emergency Planning/Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Communications, Emergency Response, Disaster Management Research, Risk Management, Security, IT, HR, Environmental, Community Planning and the organizations which supply and service these professions".

July 20 - 25, 2008
Sponsor(s): School of Public Affairs, American University
Event: 15th World Congress of Criminology - Section on Terrorism, Transnational Crime, Crime Across Borders and International Criminal Justice
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Summary: The conference will discuss trends in crime and crime prevention with emphasis on 1) Organized crime, economic crime, terrorism, traffic in human beings, drug dealing crime, 2) The needs for transnational and transcontinental cooperation, 3) The development of supranational policies to embrace national legislation and crime policies, 4) The specific role of criminology as an academic discipline in this area: education research and crime control policies. There is a call for papers related each of the sections and fields that will be discussed.

October 16 - 18, 2008
Sponsor(s): Calgary Tri-Services Response Team
Event: CollaBoRatioN 2008 - Canadian CBRNE First Responders' Conference
Venue: Deerfoot Inn and Casino
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary: Look through a trade show that will include vendors related to CBRNE. Listen as fellow responders and presenters speak about their experiences and how they were handled. Learn about other ways of preparing and responding to a CBRNE incident to help build and expand your knowledge base and increase your level of preparedness.

December 7 - 9, 2008
Sponsor(s): North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Event: Medical Response to Terror Threats
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Summary: "The NATO Advanced Research Workshop is designed to be a high level advanced research workshop for senior level medical professionals, in order to share lessons learned and best practices. The proposed workshop will deal with the following topics: assessment of the medical threat of various types of terrorist attacks - conventional and non conventional; the special medical threat of suicide terrorism; review of the unique epidemiology associated with terror injuries; pre-hospital and hospital management of terror related MCE; analysis of case studies and presentation of best practices; and lessons learned and Standard Operating Protocols (SOP) developed by experts will be shared with the participants."

Recurring
Event: National Terrorism Preparedness Institute's Live Response Broadcast
Summary: This site now requires use of cookies and creation of a user account to access resources. NTPI hosts this program on a bi-monthly basis. The Live Response program is an hour-long show in which a panel of experts explores topics related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) consequence management and engages in question and answer sessions with the program audience. Please follow the link above to find the date and time for the next showing.

Recurring
Event: National Terrorism Preparedness Institute's CoMNET Broadcast
Summary: This site now requires use of cookies and creation of a user account to access resources. NTPI hosts this recurring satellite broadcast program on a bi-monthly basis. The CoMNET broadcast offers Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related awareness information to the Nation's civilian and military emergency response communities. CoMNET is a news magazine style program consisting of multiple segments, similar to the National Alert programs aired on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Emergency Education Network (EENET). Please follow the link above to find the date and time for the next showing.

Recurring
Event: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Courses and Conferences
Summary: ICISF is a non-profit, open membership foundation providing education, training, and support for all emergency services and mental health professions. ICISF offers a wide variety of courses on Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) relevant to first responders. Of particular interest is the course titled: Domestic Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A CISM Perspective, which features a two-day series of discussions on: terrorism; risk assessments; terrorism-specific CISM elements; demobilization of emergency services personnel; and more. These courses are held at various times throughout the United States.