First Call for Session Proposals at the 14th Annual CRHNet Symposium
This year’s program will continue to review and discuss the history of hazard characterization and disaster risk reduction with a key to creating a vision for the future.  Symposium consists of;
  • Plenary and themed sessions
  • Panel discussions
  • Poster presentations
With over 200 delegates expected to attend over the three days, your involvement as a presenter - sharing your knowledge, experience and efforts will support the CRHNet community to find local and international solutions to common local and global challenges to benefit us as a global community.

It will appeal to people from all disciplines and sectors including;
  • Emergency Management Practitioners
  • Policy Makers 
  • Government Officials 
  • Researchers
  • Emergency Management Practitioners
  • Academics and Students
  • Urban Development Planners
  • Infrastructure and Utilities Managers
  • Security and Safety Planners
The 2017 Symposium tracks will include:
  • Acknowledging Diversity and Equity
  • Building Adaptive Capacity to Rapid Changes in the Climate
  • Collaborative Initiatives (at Local, Regional, National and Transnational Levels)
  • Current Achievements and Challenges
  • Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery
  • Hazard and Risk Science
  • Information and Knowledge Management
  • Inspiring Resilience
  • Legislation, Policy and Practice
  • Mass Evacuations
  • Measuring Success: Frameworks and Metrics
  • Research and Education
  • Resilience in Indigenous Communities
  • When Nature, Technology and Society Collide
Benefits of Presenting & Posters Presentations
  • Contribute to and Bring Awareness of Advancements
    • Increase Professional Exposure and Visibility Internationally
    • Get Industry Feedback 
    • Recognition as Expert and Leader
    • Influence public policy
    • Demonstrate Industry Developments
    • Showcase Strategies, Tools, and Best Practices
    • Facilitate Discussions
    • Discover Professional Opportunities
    • Highlight Global Challenges
    • Papers Will be Published on CRHNet Website
    • Encourage Critical Thinking
    • Discounted Registration Fees
    • Contribute to Disaster Reduction and Public Safety
    Opportunity to Benefit Us as a Community 
    This is your opportunity to participate in an annual event that provides a Canadian venue and forum to learn from the experiences within Canada and from other countries. Share your current work with local and international professionals in hazard risk identification and disaster and emergency management in an interdisciplinary and collaborative forum.

    Deadlines
    March 27, 2017 - Session proposals 
    April 17, 2017 - Abstracts for oral presentations and poster paper presentations .
    About CRHNet
     Established in 2003, the Canadian Risk and Hazards Network (CRHNet) is a broad network of practitioners, academics and researchers. Members of the Network are committed to creating a safer and more resilient Canada – at the local, regional, provincial and national levels.  We are interested in risks and hazards – natural, technological, and human-caused. We are from Indigenous Nations, government, commercial, industrial, education, and not-for-profit sectors.