2008

May

May 20-22, 2008. CPM 2008 WEST, The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada. Complete risk management training and networking for business continuity, security, and emergency management professionals. Disaster Simulation Exercise and over 60 sessions available. Visit CPM for more information.

May 29-31, 2008. Emerging Issues in Embryo Donation and Adoption National Conference, Marriot Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia. Sponsored by National Embryo Donation Center of Baptist Hospital for Women, Knoxville, Tennessee. Find links to conference schedule and other information here.

June

June 8-11, 2008. 2nd World Congress on Risk - Risk and Governance, Hilton Guadalajara, Mexico. Download brochure (PDF version) for more information.

June 17, 2008. SCARR (Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network) Conference on Risk in Societal and Inter-Generational Perspective, Royal Academy of Engineering, London, United Kingdom. Information and registration links are available with the conference listing at http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr/events/forthcomingactivities.htm.

June

September

September 5-8, 2008. First International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology: Sociological Research and Public Debate, Barcelona, Spain. Includes Thematic Group on Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty (TG04), with the main theme "The end of rationality? The challenge of new risks and uncertainties in the 21st century" and 16 sessions. Deadline for early registration at reduced fee and programme participants registration is May 31, 2008. Information and registration are available at http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/.

September 22-25, 2008. ESREL 2008 and 17th Annual SRA Europe 2008 Conference, Valencia, Spain. Major risk analysis, safety, and reliability conference in 2008 that combines the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) and Society for Risk Analysis Europe (SRA-E) annual conferences. Click here for more information.

December

December 7-10, 2008. Society for Risk Analysis 2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Watch events listings at SRA website for more information as it is released.

2009

April

April 15-17, 2009. Managing the Social Impacts of Change from a Risk Perspective, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. This major academic and policy conference is designed to enable Chinese and other scholars to know each other's work better and to promote international research contacts. Paper proposals (places strictly limited) due July 31, 2008. Final registration deadline is October 31, 2008. Information and registration links are available with the conference listing at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr/events/forthcomingactivities.htm. Conference supporters:
Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network (SCARR)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Beijing Normal University
Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Research Councils, UK
The University of Kent, UK

June

June 23-26, 2009. 9th Bi-annual International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM9), Covent Garden, London, UK. Jointly organized with British Computer Society Interaction Specialist Group. Conference will focus on contemporary research on NDM where interaction with computing technology is an essential feature. Submit papers by Friday, October 3, 2008. More information is available at http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/ndm9/.