Upcoming IAWF Events

             

First International Conference on Safety and Crisis Management in the Construction, SME and Tourism Sectors: Fire Safety Engineering in Southern Europe, June 24-28, European University Cyprus Cultural Center, Nicosia, Cyprus. The IAWF is pleased to be a partner in this upcoming event with the European University Cyprus, the University of Edinburgh and the International Code Council.

Fire safety engineering in southern Europe is characterized by a number of parameters related to its location, methods of construction, culture and weather. Much of southern Europe is frequently struck by wildland fires, earthquakes and other destructive natural events that have an important impact on the built environment and people's interaction with their natural environment. For more information, visit 1stCoSaCM.euc.ac.cy.

AFAC and Bushfire CRC Conference 2011, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Sydney, Australia. This conference is the premier event for the emergency management service industry in Australia and will explore the changing nature of emergency services as our society changes. The IAWF will be in attendance to meet with the membership, so plan on visiting the booth during the trade expo and during the IAWF's membership meeting.

This conference is the premier event for the emergency management service industry in Australia and will explore the changing nature of emergency services as our society changes. Registration is now open; visit http://afac2011.org for more information.

Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Oct. 17-21, Palm Desert, California. Jointly sponsored by the American Meteorological Society Committee on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and the IAWF, this symposium will share experiences, new techniques and technologies, and changes in the following areas as they relate to wildland fire and smoke: effects of weather and climate; operational forecasting; case studies; model development, including coupled fire-atmosphere models and mesoscale models; use and assessment of climate forecasts in fire management planning; decision support tool development; techniques in smoke management and mitigation; meteorology-related improvements to fire danger and fire behavior systems; field studies; and remote sensing applications or studies.

Further information on the meeting will appear on the AMS website at www.ametsoc.org/MEET/meetinfo.html as it becomes available.