International disaster and emergency resilience 2007
The 8th Annual IDER (International Disaster and Emergency Resilience) Conference will take place in the City of London this October. The three-day event running from 8th to 10th Oct has been kindly sponsored by Deutsche Bank and will take place in their conference facilities in London. The conference will also coincide with the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 10 October 2007.
The conference, which studies best practices and solutions to ensure readiness for, response to, recovery from and resilience for disasters and major emergencies will focus on lessons learned from past disasters. Workshops will take place on Monday 8th Oct from 2pm followed by speaker sessions on Tuesday 9th October and Wednesday 10th October.