Events and Conferences
4th International I-Rec Conference on Post Disaster Reconstruction
'Building Resilience: Achieving Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction'
30th April - 2nd May 2008
Hosted by the Resilient Organisations Research Programme, in Christchurch, New Zealand
Registrations now open - see our webpage for more information.
Other events and conferences that our research team are attending
or presenting at:
International Forum for International Decision Making (IFED)
'Optimal Strategies for Disaster and Hazard Mitigation'
12-15 December, 2007
Port Stephens, Australia
Now calling for papers, see here for more information
Researcher attending/presenting: Erica Seville and Frederico Ferriera
World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
'Can you feel the heat?'
8 - 11th July, 2007
Toronto Canada
Researcher attending/presenting: Erica Seville
http://www.wcdm.org/
Dean Kashigawa Seminar Series
The Resilient Organisations Research Group (www.resorgs.org.nz), a government funded collaborative research project between The Universities of Auckland and Canterbury and Kestrel Group Ltd, have organized a series of seminars and workshops presented by Dr Dean Kashiwagi Professor & Director of the Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) at Arizona State University.
Seminar 1: Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS).
Monday 9 July 2007 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Room 403.407
School of Engineering 20 Symonds Street
Auckland University
This presentation will explain the basis and results of field trialling the PIPS system developed by Dean who will give advice and information on how it can be used in New Zealand. Dean’s research has revealed flaws in the present contractual systems, and Dean will show that, in a disaster situation, these flaws will be exaggerated.
Seminar 2: TG61 Benchmarking Building Performance
Monday 9 July 2007 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Room 403.407
School of Engineering 20 Symonds Street
Auckland University
Dean is also the chairperson of TG61, and international research group examining benchmarking across different construction industry sectors. This seminar gives an opportunity for Dean to present an update on this group, whose focus is moving the construction industry away from commoditization and low performance and into an environment of measurement and value.
Seminar 3: Procurement in Disasters
Tuesday 10 July 2007 9.30am 12.00am
Room 403.407
School of Engineering 20 Symonds Street
Auckland University
Dean will review what is required to establish a comprehensive procurement framework and programme management plan for reconstruction after a natural disaster. This presentation will show international procurement systems, contractual systems, the types of procurement systems, the selection of contractual systems (e.g. FIDIC, JCT, NEC, etc.) and the place of industry familiarity in changes to existing contractual or procurement systems.
1st International Workshop on Complexity and Organizational Resilience.
24-25 May 2007, Pohnpei, Micronesia
Pohnpei_2007 Website
Researcher attending/presenting: Erica Seville
Coastal Communities Natural Disasters Preparedness
Management and Business Recovery
New Zealand Coastal development growth and climate change impacts
present a significant increase in natural disaster risk to communities
and their economic survival in New Zealand.
This conference examines expert viewpoints on how to better develop
and manage a structured approach to managing natural hazards, reducing
the impact of coastal natural disasters and accelerating business recovery
and economic well-being following a disaster.
Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 April 2007
Crowne Plaza, Auckland, New Zealand
Researcher attending/presenting: Erica Seville
For more information http://www.conferenceworld.co.nz/events.aspx?EventId=33
3rd Societal Planning Forum for Natural Hazards Research Forum
The 3rd Societal Planning Forum has provided an opportunity to take-stock
of research going on throughout New Zealand in this area, and to promote
greater collaboration and co-ordination across the research programmes.
20 February 2007
University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand
Researcher attending/presenting/charing: Andre Dantas and Erica
Seville
More information, proceedings and presentations
NZ Coastal Society Conference
15-17 November, 2006
Kaikoura, New Zealand
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville
New Zealand Society for Risk Management Conference
Decision Making in Uncertain Times
October 18-19, 2006
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.risksociety.org.nz/
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville
Continuity Forum Conference
20 September 2006
Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.continuity.net.au/
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville
Transport Emergencies 2006
September 13-15, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.tranzland.co.nz/
Researchers attending/presenting: Andre Dantas and Erica
Seville
Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM) Annual Conference
“Taking Care of Business”
3-5 September 2006
Nelson, New Zealand
www.solgm.org.nz
Researchers attending/presenting : Erica Seville
Sixth DPRI-IIASA Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management
13-17 August 2006.
Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/RAV/conf/IDRiM06/
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville
7th Natural Hazards Management Conference 2006
23-24 August 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.gns.cri.nz/news/conferences/NHM_conference_2006_programme.pdf
Researchers attending/presenting: Suzanne Wilkinson, Kelvin
Zuo, Hery Setiawan, Sonia McManus
Managing Infrastructure Vulnerabilities to Natural Hazards:
Beyond Catastrophe Planning and Protection Engineering
Friday 25th August 2006,
Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand
http://www.caenz.com/RI_Workshop/RI_Workshop.html
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville and Dave
Brunsdon
31st Annual Conferenceof Australasian Univerisites Building Educators
Association (AUBEA) 2006
Building in Value
12-14 July, 2006
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
www.dab.uts.edu.au/conferences/aubea2006/index.html
Researchers attending/presenting: James Rotimi
Summary Report
on Conference Attendance (13K, PDF)
Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop
The Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed
to bring members of the hazards research and applications communities
together for face-to-face networking and discussion about current issues
and trends that affect how society deals with hazards and disasters.
July 9-12, 2006
Boulder, Colorado, USA
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/workshop/2006/
Researchers attending/presenting: Sonia McManus
World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
The changing face of disaster managment: a global perspective
June 18th – 21st 2006
Toronto, Canada
http://www.wcdm.org/
Researchers attending/presenting: John
Vargo
Third International Conference on Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Meeting Stakeholder Interests.
I-Rec
May 17 - 18, 2006
Florence, Italy
http://www.grif.umontreal.ca/pages/irechomepage.html#
Researchers attending/presenting: Jason Le Masurier
International Forum for Engineering Decision Making
Decision Making Involving Spatially Distributed Systems
April 26 - 29, 2006
Lake Louise, Canada
http://www.ifed.ethz.ch/
(Unfortunately none of our team are able to make it to IFED this year,
but we highly recommend it)
100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference Commemorating the 1906 San
Francisco Earthquake
Managing Risk in Earthquake Country
April 18-22, 2006
San Francisco, USA
http://www.1906eqconf.org/
Researchers attending/presenting: Suzanne Wilkinson and Jason
Le Masurier
Asset Management and Engineering Directors Forum
Ingenium: Engineers for Public Assets
March 9 - 10, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
Researchers attending/presenting: Erica Seville
Building and Construction Law, Disputes and Contract Management
February 27 - 28 , 2006
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.conferenz.co.nz/2006/events/conferences/february/K039/K039.htm
Researchers attending/presenting: Jason Le Masurier
