The conference is developed in conjunction with an international committee of senior emergency planning and disaster management specialists drawn from local and national government organisations, international aid agencies, consultancies, emergency services and academia. The committee identify current issues and topics affecting the disaster and emergency readiness community and a majority of the speakers are by invitation.
IDER 2008 Outline Programme
Monday 13th October
1400: ICDDS Workshop
1400: IAEM Workshop
1800: Speakers & Exhibitors Reception (by invitation only)
Tuesday 14th October
0915: Opening Session
1115: London Looking Forward
1400: Climate Change - how is it affecting our preparedness and response?
1600: Critical National Infrastructure
1930: IDER 2008 Dinner
Wednesday 15th October
0900: Government Reliance on NGOs
1100: Supply Chain
1345: Disasters without Borders
1545: Resilient Technologies
1715: Closing Session
1730: IDER 2008 closes
At the invitation of Openreach, a BT Group business, IDER 2008 will be held in the superb conference facilities at the BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ (near St Paul's Cathedral) on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th October 2008, with Workshops on the afternoon of Monday 13th.
For more information, please go visit International Disaster and Emergency Resilience
