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Call for Thematic Sessions
The 9th annual CRHNet Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 24-26, 2012, invites you to propose a special session to address the theme of strengthening "Lifeline Connections for Resilience". Proposals accepted until close of business January 12, 2012. Your proposal should address:
Lifeline Resilience
Gateway resilience and security (international and national)
Supply chain robustness and resilience
Sustainability and resilience of transportation and transmission systems
Critical infrastructure strength
Lifeline Connections
Interdependency: physical and social (personal and corporate
relationships / networks)
Urban and rural community resilience as critical lifeline nodes
Scalability: biggest to smallest distribution and receiving points
Communication systems: methods and significance (includes social media)
Link to on-line proposal form
In addition to proposed special sessions, the Symposium will host general sessions that reflect risk and hazard themes in:
- Health sciences or services: includes the psychosocial dimensions of mitigation, emergency management, and pandemic management
- Natural sciences: includes risk assessment and risk modelling methods, and risk mitigation strategies
- Social sciences and services: includes government and governance, strategic and land-use planning, public participation, psychosocial considerations, and community resiliency strategies.
- Industry and commerce: includes industrial resilience, enterprise risk management, risk and insurance management, business continuity and security.
The 9th CRHNet Symposium explores the power, diversity, complexity and necessity of relationships and partnerships as a foundation of community resilience. The symposium promotes CRHNet's values - recognizing the importance of social and physical networks and interconnectivity across all sectors.
The call for abstracts and updates will be announced in February.
Registration information will be available in March.
For further information see: http://www.crhnet.ca
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