Europe Regional Emergency Management and Response Conference October 28, 2007

BCIU is pleased to announce

The Europe Regional Emergency Management and Response Conference
Sponsored by the United States Trade & Development Agency

Countries represented at the conference will include:

• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, and Turkey.

Confirmed special events include:

• A reception & dinner at the Hungarian Academy of Science on the evening of Mon., Oct 29th,


• A reception at the Hungarian Parliament on the evening of Tues., Oct 30th,


• A closing reception on the evening of Wed., October 31st.

Event Description:

As the countries of Central Europe and Turkey prepare to modernize their emergency management and response systems to increase their capabilities for handling both natural and man-made disasters, millions of dollars of investment is needed in order to replace and upgrade monitoring, warning, and command and control systems. Many of these countries have already begun to procure new integrated emergency management and response systems (IEMS), while others are preparing to install such systems. This conference will present a minimum of 15 IEMS-related or meteorological / hydrological monitoring projects with upcoming procurement opportunities.

U.S. Government representation will include:

• The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Forestry Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://www.bciu.org/wip01/view_element.asp?continent=0&country=0%C2%A4torpast=current&eventsorprograms=programs&IDNumber=1&element=presentation