Registration Open for NCSE's 13th National Conference: Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and Resilience (Purdue gets 5 free registrations as a member of NCSE) [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/7d3cbb81c8504e3...] [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/f14649d1796e4eb...] <http://www.cvent.com/d/1cqwfs/4W> Early Bird Registration ($395) available through October 26, 2012 The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)<http://ncseonline.org/> invites you to attend its 13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and Resilience. The conference will explore six interconnected themes: * Cascading Disasters * Intersection of the Built and Natural Environments * Disasters as Mechanisms of Ecosystem Change * Rethinking Recovery and Expanding the Vision of Mitigation * Human Behavior and its Consequences * "No Regrets" Resilience Case Studies For three memorable days, join 1,200 scientists, disaster planners and practitioners, government, civil society, and business leaders to network, share your experience, and work across traditional boundaries to develop strategies and launch new partnerships and initiatives to improve forecasting, preparedness, responsiveness, and resilience of communities to environmental disasters of all types. Explore the conference website<http://www.disastersandenvironment.org/> -- view the agenda<http://www.environmentaldisasters.net/topics/view/81252/>, register, and join us in January for what has been called "Davos for the Environment." Watch videos of talks given by Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations; W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why. Listen to interviews with Franklin Nutter, President, Reinsurance Association of America; Margaret Davidson, Director, Coastal Services Center, NOAA; and David Applegate, Associate Director of Natural Hazards, USGS. Keynote Speakers [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/c47a9f4f7545498...] Margareta Wahlström Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/4848dd16ee5842c...] W. Craig Fugate Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/9384601117c1499...] Amanda Ripley Author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/0c488b48199246e...] Mark Tercek President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/4768bf4c8b2446c...] Jane Lubchenco Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator [http://custom.cvent.com/5388A0DC5AB947F0B269F42A535B133E/pix/4798231405954db...] Rowan Douglas CEO, Willis Re Global Analytics and Chairman, Willis Research Network Featured Speakers (to date): Thomas Armstrong Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Chad Briggs Minerva Chair, Air War College, U.S. Air Force Kitty Courtney Marine Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech Susan Cutter Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director, Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina Gerald Galloway Research Professor, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland Peter Jutro Deputy Director for Science and Policy, U.S. EPA, ORD/National Homeland Security Research Center David Kaufman Director of Policy and Program Analysis, FEMA Paul Kelly Energy & Ocean Consultant; Member, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy; President Emeritus, Gulf of Mexico Foundation Nancy Kete Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation Gary Machlis Science Advisor to the Director, National Park Service Marcia McNutt Director, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Timothy Mousseau Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina James Murley Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning Council Margaret Hiza Redsteer Research Scientist, USGS Christopher Shore Director, Natural Environment and Climate Issues, World Vision International Ellis Stanley Vice President, Western Emergency Management Services, Dewberry Bill Walker Gulf of Mexico Alliance Management Team; Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Please direct all inquiries to conference@ncseonline.org<mailto:conference@ncseonline.org>. 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