First Regional Training Course on Urban Flood Mitigation (UFM-1) under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP)
18-29 September 2000
Bangkok, Thailand

Civil Protection, a Tool for Sustainable Development
30 October - 1 November 2000
International Conferences Center
15, rue de Varembé
Ginebra, Suïssa
http://www.cepredenac.org/insti/calendar/index.htm

II Pan-American Course on Masses Movement
6-10 November 2000
Asociación Costarricense de Geotecnia
Contact: Ing. Marcia Cordero Sandí
P. O. Box 2346-1000 San José (Costa Rica)
Tel.: (506) 2535564 / 2348789
Fax: (506) 2535564

International Training Course on Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation. Federal Republic of Germany
1 October - 5 November 2000
Potsdam, Berlin
GeoforschungsZentrum (GFZ)
Secretariat of Seismology Training Course
C/o Prof. Dr. P. Bormann
E-mail: course@gfz-potsdam.de

Mitigation 2000
Manitoba Emergency Management Conference
November 16-18, 2000.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
E-mail: vhwacha@gov.mb.ca

First World Congress on Disaster Reduction. Sponsors: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)and others
August 19-24, 2001
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Walter Hays, ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell
Drive, Reston, VA 20191; (703) 295-6054
E-mail: whays@asce.org
Michael Cassaro, ASCE;
E-mail: macass@aye.net

Reaching Women and Children in Disaster: a Global Workshop for Policy Makers, Practitioners and Researchers
June, 4 - 6, 2000
Miami, Florida (USA)
Ms. Betty Morrow
International Hurricane Center
33174 Bergen Mountain Road
Evergreen, Colorado 80439
Tel.: (305) 348-1607
E-mail: morrowb@fiu.edu
http://www.anglia.ac.uk/geography/rwcidconference

"Focus on the Poor: Long-term disaster management in Bangladesh"
June 20-21, 2000
Dhaka, Blangadesh

UN-IDNDR and QUIPUNET Internet Conference
June 14-25, 1999
http://www.quipu.net:1999