WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

From the WCDM:

The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness in partnership with Diversified Business Communications Canada is proud to present the 18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) in Toronto from June 15-18, 2008.

The 2008 WCDM theme is:

“Resiliency - Individual, Community & Business”

Resiliency is the capacity for individuals, communities and business to be able to adopt and continuously evolve to the challenges we face in our rapidly changing society.

The 18th WCDM will explore individual, community and business resiliency as well as how the three exist as one. Our speakers will take the “complexity” out of understanding how resiliency plays an integral part of their operations.

Hear experts from Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and New Zealand, speak on topics such as:

* Formula for Regional Resilience
* Building Disaster Resilient Communities Through Community Partnerships Focused on Public Education
* People, Our Most Precious Resource: Critical Role for Recovery and Opportunities to Build Resilience in Communities
* Creating Global Resilience: Pushing the Boundaries ->From Both Ends of the World
* Risky Business: Resilience in a Digital Age
* Health Care: A Resilient Community During a Disaster
* Preparing to Bounce Back
* Designing, Engineering, and Leading Resilient Teams
* Resilience and Crisis-Prone Organizations: A Holistic Approach to Business Resilience
* Communities Respond - Building Community Resilience Through Self Help and Mutual Aid in Urban and Rural Environments
* Climate Change Risk Management and Resilience

These are just some of the sessions available at the 18th WCDM. For the full conference at a glance please click here or visit the web site at www.wcdm.org