IAEM Oceania

Dates: 31 October - 5 November 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Website: IAEM Conference Page

The theme of the conference is "Emergency Management: United We Stand".
Call for Speakers - 57th IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX 2009
Emergency Management: United We Stand
October 29 - November 6, 2009
Orlando, Florida, USA
IAEM is now accepting abstract submissions for Pre/Post-conference training workshops and conference breakout sessions. IAEM will offer the following six breakout session tracks during its 57th Annual Conference.

Infrastructure: - This track will include presentations on the basic physical structures needed to sustain modern life. Traditional forms of infrastructure would include roads, water supply, and sewer systems, power grids, information technology and communications.

Organizations and Management: - Presentations in this track will examine manag ement theories and practices and may explore components of management including planning, organizing, and staffing. Presentations may also discuss evolving trends in emergency management, hazards (climate change, etc).

Disaster-Related Social Behavior: - This track will delve into behavior at the individual, organizational, community and mass media levels.

Technology: - This track will explore the use of technology to facilitate any of the phases of emergency management.

Leadership and the Future of Emergency Management: - Presentations in this track will peer into futurist and visionary perspectives of disasters, catastrophes and emergency management.

Contemporary: - This track will include information and perspective on recent events, tools, techniques, issues or concerns impacting emergency management.Multiple submissions are welcomed. To be selected it is crucial that applicants be compelling in both the importance of the subject matter and their own knowledge and experience of the subject.

Submission forms are available at http://www.iaem.com/events/annual/documents/IAEM2009SpeakerForm26March20...

Applicants will be notified via email by late June. Selected speakers will be assigned the date and time of their presentation.

The deadline for submitting an abstract is April 24 at 5pm EDT. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact IAEM Program Manager Mary Ackleson at ackleson@iaem.com, or 703.538.1795 x1789.

We look forward to meeting you in Orlando!

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