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A Selection of Upcoming
Crisis Conferences
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ECMA Conference:
Protecting Our Critical
Infrastructures: Issues for Resilient Design |
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Together with the Dutch
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom relations and Leiden University, Ecma will
organize an international working conference on the topic of critical
infrastructure protection (CIP), on April 18-19, 2007. In the post-9/11 world,
CIP has become one of the biggest challenges confronting national governments.
Policymakers wrestle with a range of issues, such as risk assessment, future
trends and threats, the intelligent design of resilient structures, the
interface between public and private actors, and the organization of crisis
management capacity at the supranational level.
This conference in the heart
of The Hague provides a venue for European policymakers, private partners, and
academic experts to explore and discuss these strategic issues. Through a highly
interactive working format, participants learn to recognize avoidable pitfalls,
recognize strategic opportunities, identify best practices and build
transnational networks. Participation is limited and
will be at a first come, first serve basis. More information on the program will
follow soon. An academic board of experts has been established to advise on the
conference program (see
here).
For more information,
contact Mr. R. van Dijk (Rene.Dijk@minbzk.nl)
at the
Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Please, check the
conference website at
http://www.cipconference.nl/ |
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“Crisis Management and Counter-Terrorism in the Western Balkans”, Advanced
Research Workshop |
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University of
Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Polytechnic College (Croatia) will organise the
research workshop in Ljubljana on 20-21 April 2007. This is a NATO sponsored
event. Working language is English.
General primary objective
of the workshop is to assess
the existing and past
processes, policies, structures, mechanisms, reforms
and challenges
in the interconnected fields
of crisis management and counter-terrorism in the
countries from the Western Balkans
(particularly
FYROM, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro,
including Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia)
and in broader European context.
Security sector reform will be addressed from the perspectives of crisis
management and counter-terrorism. Also contributions reflecting the European
processes in the fields of crisis management and counter-terrorism are
invited. Authors of high-quality papers will be invited to contribute an
article to the edited book.
Secondary
objectives of the workshop are to establish a network of researchers in the
fields of crisis management and counter-terrorism in the region, and
identify directions for future research and educational cooperation in the
region. Participation of speakers at the workshop will be founded by the
organisers. All questions and applications refer to
natoworkshop@yahoo.com or
iztok.prezelj@fdv.uni-lj.si.
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Conference on "The European Union and Security Sector Reform"
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It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the conference on “The European
Union and Security Sector Reform” on 3-4 May 2007,
co-organised by the Swedish National Defence College (SNDC)
and Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
This conference coincides with this year’s Swedish Presidency in the Nordic
cooperation within defence-related matters, in which security sector reform
(SSR) constitutes a central theme.
The purpose of the conference is to come to a common understanding of the
concept of security sector reform, a concept that is currently being
developed and increasingly implemented by the institutions of the European
Union. Special attention will hereby be given to the status of security
sector reform cooperation programmes in the Nordic and Baltic states’
geographical areas of interest, which include the Balkans, former Soviet
Union and Afghanistan.
The conference invites experts on security sector reform/governance,
diplomats, government officials and academics. The conference organisers
would like to extend their appreciation to the Swedish Ministry of Defence
for its generous funding to make this conference possible.
Venue of the Conference is the Swedish National Defence College, Stockholm
Address: Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Box 27805, 115 93 Stockholm, Sweden.
Telephone: +46 8 553 42 500.
If you want to participate in the conference please
respond by April 26 to
pontus.johansson@fhs.se
See this link
for more information on the conference
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European Neighbourhood Policy and
Security: Challenges, Goals and Means |
The Center for European Security Research)
is organizing a conference on European Neighborhood Policy and Security in
Stockholm in 29 November - 1 December 2006 together with Södertörn University
College. Check
here for more information.
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CRN Conference:
Management of Political Risks in Government, Business and Society |
Political risks are a major
challenge for public administrations, international organizations, and
private companies. Today's functionally and geographically interconnected
and integrated world leads to a wide array of new risks and threats, which
may impair or even inhibit political, social, or business objectives. How
can political risk be managed actively in an interdependent world? How can
risk analysts and decision-makers plan for an uncertain future in an
uncertain international environment? What strategies should they follow and
what methodological approaches may help to identify, assess, and mitigate
risks?
The goal of the CRN Conference 2007 (June 1-2, in Zurich, Switzerland) is to
initiate and deepen an international dialog on the challenges,
opportunities, and limitations of political risk management. It will bring
together experts from public administrations, security institutions, private
corporations, and international organizations in order to reflect upon the
topic from many perspectives. The event aims at connecting different groups
of experts through an intense exchange of ideas, thus fostering the
emergence of new ideas and innovative solutions. The conference also helps
to establish new contacts and networks and to cultivate existing ones. The
results of the conference will be summarized in a conference report and made
available on the CRN website. Check
here for more information.
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JCCM Conference and
Special Issue: Quantifying Corporate Crises and Man-made disasters |
The Journal of
Contiongencies and Crisis Management will organize a congress and a
special issue on the theme of ‘quantifying corporate crisis en
man-made disasters’ on June 7-8, 2007. The congress and special
issue seek to inform decision makers and optimise risk management
strategies by generating empirical data on the nature, frequency and
costs of corporate crises (issues that escalate uncontrollably and
cause such serious damage to the assets, reputation and performance
of an organisation that its viability is threatened) and man-made
disasters (single events with major loss of life and/or commercial
damage) and their trends over time. The congress will feature three
sessions. The first will deal with the topic of Financial Crisis,
the second one with Policy Crisis, and the third one will discuss
Corporate Crisis. Papers that are accepted for the congress will be
published in JCCM’s special issue.
Abstracts
for contributions for the congress and for manuscripts submitted for
publication in the special issue should be send to the JCCM’s
addresses before January 1, 2007. (JCCM, Koninginnegracht 26, 2514
AB The Hague, The Netherlands,
jccm@cot.nl ).
For
further information on the special issue please contact Ira Helsloot,
editor of the JCCM (jccm@cot.nl)
or the Guest Editor: Les Coleman, Department of Finance, the
University of Melbourne, Australia (les.coleman@unimelb.edu.au
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International
Disaster Reduction Conference |
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The International Disaster
Reduction Conference will take place August 27th through September 1st, 2006
in Davos, Switzerland. If you are interested to join this global gathering
of experts from science, government, business, civil society, international
organizations, NGOs and risk management professionals across the various
risk sectors, please visit the conference website at
www.davos2006.ch. |
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Esrel 2006: Safety and
Reliability for Managing Risk |
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The Esrel Safety and
Reliability Conference will be organized from September 18-22, 2006
in Estoril, Portugal. Esrel conferences are concerned with the
problems of creation and assurance of safety and reliability in the
human-technology-environment interactions. Authors are encouraged to
submit abstracts directly through the webpage. The abstract should
indicate the context, the innovative aspects and results of the
proposed paper. Industrially oriented papers are specially welcome
as well as industrial case studies. Abstracts will be accepted after
a reviewing process performed by the members of the Conference
Technical Program Committee. See for more information
www.esrel2006.com
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